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REAL MADRID FC

History

Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football

Club, the team has traditionally worn a

white home kit since. The word Real is

Spanish for Royal and was bestowed to

the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920

together with the royal crown in the

emblem. The team has played its home

matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago

Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid

since 1947. Unlike most European

football clubs, Real Madrid's members

(socios) have owned and operated the

club since its inception.

The club is the most valuable sports team in the world, worth €2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) and

also the world's richest football club, with an annual revenue of €549.5 million. The club is

one of the most widely supported teams in the world.[9]Real Madrid is one of three founding

members of the Primera División which have never been relegated from the top division,

along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most

notably El Clásico with Barcelona and the El Derbi madrileño with Atlético Madrid.

On 14 April 1931, the arrival of the Second Spanish Republic caused the club to lose the title

Real and went back to being named Madrid Football Club. Football continued during the

Second World War, and on 13 June 1943 Madrid beat Barcelona 11–1 in the second leg of a

semi-final[22] of the Copa del Generalísimo, the Copa del Rey having been renamed in honour

of General Franco. It has been suggested that Barcelona players were intimidated by

police,[23] including by the director of state security who "allegedly told the team that some of

them were only playing because of the regime's generosity in permitting them to remain in

the country."[24] The Barcelona chairman, Enric Piñeyro, was assaulted by Madrid

fans.[25] However, none of these allegations have been proven and FIFA and UEFA still consider

the result as legitimate. According to Spanish journalist and writer, Juan Carlos Pasamontes,

Barcelona player Josep Valle denied that the Spanish security forces came before the match

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Real Madrid's origins go back to when football was introduced to Madrid by the academics

and students of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, which included

several Cambridge and OxfordUniversity graduates. They founded Football Club Sky in 1897,

playing on Sunday mornings at Moncloa. It split into two clubs in 1900: New Foot-Ball de

Madrid and Madrid Football Club.[17] On 6 March 1902, after a new Board presided by Juan

Padrós had been elected, Madrid Football Club was officially founded.[3] Three years after its

foundation, in 1905, Madrid FC won its first title after defeating Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish

Cup final. The club became one of the founding sides of the Royal Spanish Football

Federation on 4 January 1909, when club president Adolfo Meléndez signed the foundation

agreement of the Spanish FA. After moving between grounds the team moved to the Campo

de O'Donnell in 1912.[18] In 1920, the club's name was changed to Real Madrid after King

Alfonso XIII granted the title of Real (Royal) to the club.

In 1929, the first Spanish football league was founded. Real Madrid led the first league season

until the last match, a loss to Athletic Bilbao, meant they finished runners-up to Barcelona.

Real Madrid won its first League title in the 1931–32 season. Real won the League again the

following year, becoming the first side to have won the championship twice

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Santiago Bernabebú

Santiago Bernabéu Yeste became president of Real Madrid in 1945.[27] Under his presidency, the club, its

stadium Santiago Bernabéu and its training facilities Ciudad Deportiva were rebuilt after the Spanish

Civil War damages. Additionally, during the 1950s former Real Madrid Amateurs player Miguel Malbo

founded Real Madrid's youth academy, or "cantera", known today as La Fábrica. Beginning in 1953, he

embarked upon a strategy of signing world-class players from abroad, the most prominent of them

being Alfredo Di Stéfano.[28]

In 1955, acting upon the idea proposed by the French sports journalist and editor of L'Équipe Gabriel

Hanot, Bernabéu, Bedrignan and Gusztáv Sebes created an exhibition tournament of invited teams from

around Europe that would eventually become what today is known as the UEFA Champions League.[29] It

was under Bernabéu's guidance that Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and

European football. The club won the European Cup five times in a row between 1956 and 1960, which

included the 7–3 Hampden Park final against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960.[28] After these five consecutive

successes, Real was permanently awarded the original cup and earning the right to wear the UEFA

badge of honour.[30]

The club won the European Cup for a sixth time in 1966 defeating Partizan Belgrade 2–1 in the

final with a team composed entirely of same nationality players, a first in the competition. [31] This team

became known as the Yé-yé. The name "Ye-yé" came from the "Yeah, yeah, yeah" chorus in The Beatles'

song "She Loves You" after four members of the team posed for Diario Marca dressed in Beatles wigs.

The Ye-yé generation was also European Cup runner-up in 1962 and 1964.

In the 1970s, Real Madrid won five league championships and three Spanish Cups. [32] The club played

its first UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and lost to English side Chelsea 2–1.[33] On 2 July 1978,

club president Santiago Bernabéu

died while the World Cup was

being played in Argentina. The

International Federation of

Association Football (FIFA)

decreed three days of mourning

to honour him during the

tournament.[34] The following year,

the club organized the first

edition of theTrofeo Santiago

Bernabéu in the memory of its

former president

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Uniforms

"First , in tribute to the sporting success of the club , the shirt features a star along the chest shining depending on how the light hits him . Along with the star on the front panel , the characteristics of the Bernabeu , Real Madrid command lines are appreciated. Crowning the shirt , a new neck, mao type attributes gives it timeless elegance that contrasts with the novelty of fuchsia details that have never before been used " reads the official statement from the club. The shirt will be available from June 3 at all points of sale Adidas

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Best players

Alfredo di Stefano 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was an Argentine-Spanish footballer and coach, widely

regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.[3][4][5][6] He was most associated withReal Madrid and was

instrumental in their domination of the European Champions' Cup during the 1950s, a period in which the

club won the trophy in five consecutive seasons from 1956. Along with Francisco Gento and José María

Zárraga, he was one of only three players to play a part in all five victories. Di Stéfano played international

football mostly for Spain, but he also played forArgentina and Colombia.

Di Stéfano, nicknamed "Saeta rubia" ("Blond

Arrow"),[7][8][9] was a powerful forward with great

stamina, tactical versatility, and vision, who

could also play almost anywhere on the pitch.

He is currently the fifth highest scorer in the

history of Spain's top division, and Real

Madrid's second highest league goalscorer of

all time, with 216 goals in 282 league matches

between 1953 and 1964. He is the second

highest goalscorer in the history of El Clásico.

Hugo Sanchez He began his career playing for Pumas de la UNAM in 1976, and briefly on loan to

the San Diego Sockers (NASL) of the North American Soccer League in 1979. He returned to UNAM in

1980. Sánchez then moved to Spain to play for Atlético Madrid in 1981, playing for the Colchoneros for

four years before moving to cross-town rivals Real Madrid, where he would experience the best years of

his career, winning numerous titles and accolades. He is currently the third highest scorer in the

history of Spain's top division.

Sánchez was a member of the Selección de fútbol de México

(Mexico national team), gaining 58 caps and scoring 29 goals.

He participated in three FIFA World Cup tournaments and

starred in the Mexico team that reached the quarter-finals of

the 1986 World Cup.

At the high-point of his career, he signed for Real Madrid in

1985 and played with players such as Camacho, Butragueño,

Gordillo, Schuster, Valdano and Míchel. This team won five

consecutive league titles (from 1985-86 to 1989-90), the

Copa del Rey in 1989, and the UEFA Cup in 1986. During those five years, Sánchez won four

consecutive Pichichi trophies (the only player in Spain's football history to achieve this without sharing

the trophy in any season), scoring 253 goals in 283 games. He scored 27 or more goals in four

consecutive seasons between 1986 and 1990, including 38 goals in the 1989-90 season, tying the

single-season record set in 1951 by Telmo Zarra and earning the European Golden Boot award to the

best scorer in Europe. Remarkably, all 38 of these goals were scored with only a single touch. Overall,

he scored 47 goals in 45 European Cup games, though he failed to win the trophy.

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Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), more commonly known

simply as Roberto Carlos, is a retired Brazilian footballer and current manager of Turkish league club

Akhisar Belediyespor. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-

back and has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back

in the history of the game"

He was nicknamed el hombre bala ("the bullet man") due to his

powerful bending free kicks, which have been measured at over 105

miles per hour (169 km/h).[4] He is also known for his stamina,

running speed, technical skills, crossing ability, long throw ins and 24-

inch (61 cm) thighs. In 1997 he was runner-up in the FIFA World Player

of the Year. Considered one of the best left backs in history, he was

chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team, and in 2004 was named in

the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.[

Roberto Carlos was born in the city of Garça, São Paulo, Brazil. Raised

with no luxury, he had a poor childhood and used to spend his time

between helping his parents in farm jobs, and playing with his friends

after all his work duties were over. In 1981, Roberto Carlos moved with his family to Cordeirópolis.

On 24 June 2005, Carlos was robbed by two gunmen while doing a live radio interview. However, the

thieves did not harm him, merely taking his watch and the interviewer's cellular phone

David Bechkham is an English former professional footballer. He played for Manchester United,

Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team

for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He was the first English player to win

league titles in four countries, England, Spain, the United States and France. He announced his

retirement at the end of the 2012–13 season and, on 18 May 2013, played the final game of his 20-year

career.

Beckham's professional career began with Manchester United,

where he made his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17.[6] With

United, he won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup

twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999.[6] He then

played four seasons with Real Madrid, winning the La Liga

championship in his final season with the club.[8] In July 2007

Beckham signed a five-year contract with Major League Soccer

club LA Galaxy.[9] While a Galaxy player, he spent two loan

spells in Italy with Milan in 2009 and 2010. He was the first

British footballer to play 100 UEFA Champions League games

As the summer 2003 transfer window approached, Manchester United appeared keen to sell

Beckham to Barcelona and the two clubs even announced that they reached a deal for

Beckham's transfer, but instead he joined reigning Spanish champions Real Madrid for €35

million[64] on a four-year contract as the latest of the galáctico signings by club president

Florentino Pérez. The news came as a bitter pill to the newly elected Barça president Joan

Laporta, who based much of his presidential campaign precisely on signing Beckham

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Raul Gonzalez known as Raúl, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for New York Cosmos

as a striker. Raúl was born in the San Cristóbal de los Ángeles neighborhood of Madrid where he

played for the local youth team before moving to the Atlético Madrid youth team. He later moved to

Real Madrid's youth academy and played at its various levels. In 1994, he signed his first professional

contract with the fourth division team Real Madrid C and then was swiftly promoted to the first

division team.

Considered one of the most important players in the history of Real Madrid, Raúl is regarded to be one

of the greatest Spanish players of all time.He spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid and

is the club's all-time top goalscorer with 323 goals, ahead of Alfredo Di Stéfano, who scored 307 goals.

Raúl is also the most capped player in the history of the club with 741 appearances, ahead of Sanchís.

With los Blancos, he won six La Liga titles, three UEFA Champions League titles, scoring in two finals,

four Supercopa de España titles, one UEFA Super Cup

and two Intercontinental Cup

The very next week, Raúl scored his first goal in his

second senior game on a home debut against Madrid

rivals and former youth club Atlético Madrid in a bitter

derby match. Duly establishing himself as a fixture in

the first team, Raúl registered a total of nine goals in

28 appearances to help Real Madrid win the 1994–95

league championship in his first season.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional

footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid C.F. and the Portugal national team. He is a forward and serves

as captain for Portugal. By the age of 22, Ronaldo had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year

nominations. The following year, in 2008, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

He followed this up by winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014. He also won the 2013–14 UEFA Best Player

in Europe Award. In January 2014, Ronaldo scored his 400th senior career goal for club and country aged 28

Often ranked as the best player in the world and rated

by some in the sport as the greatest of all time,

Ronaldo is the first Portuguese footballer to win three

FIFA/Ballons d'Or, and the second player to win three

European Golden Shoe awards. In January 2015,

Ronaldo was named as the best Portuguese player of

all time by the Portuguese Football Federation, during

its 100th anniversary celebrations. With Manchester

United and Real Madrid, he has won three Premier

Leagues, one La Liga, one FA Cup, two Football League

Cups, two Copas del Rey, one FA Community Shield,

one Supercopas de España, two UEFA Champions

League, one UEFA Super Cup and two FIFA Club World

Cups.

On 26 June 2009, Real Madrid confirmed that Ronaldo

would join the club on 1 July 2009 from Manchester

United for £80 million (€94 million) becoming the most expensive footballer in history, after agreeing terms and

signing a six-year contract. Ronaldo's contract was worth €11 million per year and had a €1 billion buy-out clause.

He was presented to the world media as a Real Madrid player on 6 July, where he was handed the number 9 shirt.

The shirt was presented to him by Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stéfano.

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Squad

1 Iker Casillas

Spain 20/05/1981

13 Keylor Navas

Costa Rica 15/12/1986

25 Pacheco

Spain 18/05/1992

Rubén Yáñez

Spain 12/10/1993

Defender

30 Abner

Brazil 30/05/1996

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17 Arbeloa

Spain 17/01/1983

15 Dani Carvajal

Spain 11/01/1992

42 Derik

Spain 21/02/1993

5 Fábio Coentrão

Portugal 11/03/1988

31 Jaime

Spain 11/03/1995

34 Llorente

Spain 16/08/1993

12 Marcelo

Brazil 12/05/1988

18 Nacho

Spain 18/01/1990

38 Noblejas

Spain 18/03/1993

3 Pepe

Portugal 26/02/1983

4 Sergio Ramos

Spain 30/03/1986

2 Raphaël Varane

France 25/04/1993

28 Guillermo Varela

Uruguay 24/03/1993

Midfielder

32 Aguza

Spain 02/09/1992

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11 Gareth Bale

Wales 16/07/1989

24 Illarra

Spain 08/03/1990

23 Isco

Spain 21/04/1992

37 Javi Muñoz

Spain 28/02/1995

6 Sami Khedira

Germany 04/04/1987

8 Toni Kroos

Germany 04/01/1990

16 Lucas Silva

Brazil 16/02/1993

35 Lucas Torró

Spain 19/07/1994

36 Marcos Llorente

Spain 30/01/1995

26 Medrán

Spain 15/03/1994

19 Luka Modrić

Croatia 09/09/1985

Martin Ødegaard

Norway 17/12/1998

10 James Rodríguez

Colombia 12/07/1991

Forward

9 Karim Benzema

France 19/12/1987

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7 Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal 05/02/1985

14 Javier Hernández

Mexico 01/06/1988

20 Jesé Rodríguez

Spain 26/02/1993

Management

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Honours As of 24 May 2014, Real Madrid have won a record 32 La Liga, a record 10 European

Cup/UEFA Champions League, and a joint record 3 Intercontinental Cup trophies. The club was

awarded with the recognition of "FIFA Club of the 20th Century" on 23 December 2000,[160] and

named "Best European Club of the 20th Century" by the IFFHS in London on 11 May 2010.[161][162] It

also received the FIFA Order of Merit in 2004. Added to this, Real is allowed to wear a multiple–winner

badge on their shirt during UEFA Champions League matches as they have won more than five

European Cups.[30]

Domestic competitions

La Liga

Winners (32) (Record): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62,

1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–

79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03,

2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12

Copa del Rey

Winners (19): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1973–74,

1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2013–14

Supercopa de España

Winners (9): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012

(* Won Copa del Rey and La Liga )

Copa Eva Duarte (the forerunner to the Supercopa de España)

Winners (1): 1947

Copa de la Liga

Winners (1): 1984–85

European competitions

European Cup/UEFA Champions League[167]

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Winners (10) (Record): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000,

2001–02, 2013–14

(* First ever winners )

UEFA Cup

Winners (2): 1984–85,

1985–86

UEFA Super Cup[169]

Winners (2): 2002, 2014

Worldwide

competitions

Intercontinental Cup

Winners (3) '(Joint

record)': 1960, 1998,

2002

(* First ever winners )

FIFA Club World Cup

Winners (1): 2014