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Real Madrid Club de Fútbol ( spanish pronunciation : [ reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ] ( ), meaning Royal Madrid Football Club ), normally referred to as Real Madrid, is a spanish professional football baseball club based in Madrid. Founded on 6 March 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since origin. The honorific title 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 base matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in business district Madrid since 1947. Unlike most european dissipated entities, Real Madrid ‘s members ( socios ) have owned and operated the club throughout its history. The club was estimated to be worth €3.8 billion ( $ 4.2 billion ) in 2019, and it was the second highest-earning football club in the global, with an annual gross of €757.3 million in 2019. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The baseball club is one of the most widely supported teams in the universe. [ 8 ] Real Madrid is one of three founding members of La Liga that have never been relegated from the lead class since its origin in 1929, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and El Derbi Madrileño with Atlético Madrid. real Madrid established itself as a major force in both spanish and european football during the 1950s, winning five consecutive european Cups and reaching the final seven times. This success was replicated in the league, which the cabaret won five times in the space of seven years. This team, which included Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Francisco Gento, and Raymond Kopa, is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In domestic football, the club has won 66 trophies ; a record 34 La Liga titles, 19 Copa del Rey, 11 Supercopa de España, a Copa Eva Duarte, and a Copa de la Liga. [ 12 ] In european and worldwide competitions, Real Madrid have won a record 26 trophies ; a record 13 european Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, two UEFA Cups and four UEFA Super Cups. In international football, they have achieved a read seven club earth championships. [ note 1 ] real Madrid was recognised as the FIFA Club of the twentieth Century on 11 December 2000 with 42.35 % of the vote, [ 14 ] and received the FIFA Centennial Order of Merit on 20 May 2004. [ 15 ] The club was besides awarded Best european Club of the twentieth hundred by the IFFHS on 11 May 2010. In June 2017, the team succeeded in becoming the first club to win consecutive Champions League titles, then made it three in a row and four in five seasons in May 2018, extending their lead atop the UEFA club rankings. As of 2020, Real Madrid are ranked third behind Bayern Munich and Barcelona. [ 16 ]

history

early years ( 1902–1943 )

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 Oxford University graduates. They founded (Sociedad) Sky Football in 1897, normally known as La Sociedad ( The Society ) as it was the only one based in Madrid, playing on Sunday mornings at Moncloa. In 1900, conflict between members caused some of them to leave and create a new golf club, Nueva Sociedad de Football ( New Society of Football ), to distinguish themselves from Sky Football. Among the dissenters were Julián Palacios, recognized as the first Real Madrid president of the united states, Juan Padrós and Carlos Padrós, the latter two being brothers and future presidents of actual Madrid. In 1901 this modern clubhouse was renamed as Madrid Football Club. Later, following a restructure in 1902, Sky was renamed as “ New Foot-Ball Club “. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] On 6 March 1902, after a new Board presided by Juan Padrós had been elected, Madrid Football Club was officially founded. [ 4 ]
Madrid FC team in 1906 Three years after its basis, 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. [ 20 ] In 1920, the club ‘s name was changed to Real Madrid after King Alfonso XIII granted the title of Real ( Royal ) to the club. [ 21 ] In 1929, the beginning spanish football league was founded. real Madrid led the first league season until the death match, a loss to Athletic Bilbao, meant they finished runner-up to Barcelona. [ 22 ] Real Madrid won its first League claim in the 1931–32 season and retained the title the follow year. [ 23 ] On 14 April 1931, the arrival of the Second Spanish Republic caused the club to lose the claim Real and the royal crown on its emblem, going back to being named Madrid Football Club until the end of the Civil War. Football continued during the moment World War, and on 13 June 1943 Madrid beat Barcelona 11–1 in the second leg of a semi-final [ 24 ] of the Copa del Generalísimo, the Copa del Rey having been renamed in honor of General Franco. It has been suggested Barcelona players were intimidated by police, [ 25 ] including by the film director of state security who “ allegedly told the team that some of them were only playing because of the regimen ‘s generosity in permitting them to remain in the nation. ” [ 26 ] The Barcelona president, Enrique Piñeyro, was assaulted by Madrid fans. [ 27 ] however, none of these allegations have been proven and FIFA and UEFA still consider the leave as legitimate. According to spanish diarist and writer, Juan Carlos Pasamontes, Barcelona musician Josep Valle denied that the spanish security forces came before the equal. [ 28 ] rather, at the end of the first gear half, Barcelona coach Juan José Nogués and all of his players were angry with the hard-style of play Real Madrid was using and with the aggressiveness of the home crowd. [ 28 ] When they refused to take the field, the Superior Chief of Police of Madrid appeared, identified himself, and ordered the team to take the field. [ 28 ]

Santiago Bernabéu and european achiever ( 1943–1978 )

Santiago Bernabéu became president of Real Madrid in 1943. [ 29 ] Under his presidency, the club, its stadium Estadio Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and its trail facilities Ciudad Deportiva were rebuilt after the spanish Civil War damages. additionally, during the 1950s former Real Madrid Amateurs actor Miguel Malbo founded Real Madrid ‘s youth academy, or “ cantera, ” known today as La Fábrica. Beginning in 1953, he embarked upon a scheme of signing first players from afield, the most big being Alfredo Di Stéfano. [ 30 ]
In 1955, acting upon the idea proposed by Gabriel Hanot, a french sports diarist and editor of L’Équipe, Bernabéu, Bedrignan and Gusztáv Sebes created a tournament for the champions teams around Europe, under invitation, that would finally become what today is known as the UEFA Champions League. [ 31 ] It was under Bernabéu ‘s steering that real Madrid established itself as a major impel 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 concluding against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960. [ 30 ] After these five consecutive successes, Real was permanently awarded the original cup and earning the correctly to wear the UEFA badge of honor. [ 32 ] The club won the european Cup for a one-sixth time in 1966 defeating Partizan Belgrade 2–1 in the final with a team composed entirely of lapp nationality players, a first in the rival. [ 33 ] This team became known as the Yé-yé. The name “ Yé-yé ” came from the “ Yeah, yea, yeah ” chorus in The Beatles ‘ song “ She Loves You “ after four members of the team posed for Marca and impersonated the Beatles. [ 34 ] The Yé-yé coevals was besides european Cup runner-up in 1962 [ 35 ] and 1964. [ 33 ] In the 1970s, Real Madrid won five league championships and three spanish Cups. [ 36 ] The cabaret played its first european Cup Winners ‘ Cup final in 1971 and lost to English english Chelsea 2–1 in a play back. [ 37 ] On 2 July 1978, club president of the united states Santiago Bernabéu died while the World Cup was being played in Argentina. FIFA decreed three days of mourning to honour him during the tournament. [ 38 ] The follow year, the golf club organized the beginning version of the Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu in memory of its former president of the united states .

Quinta del Buitre and sustained success ( 1980–2000 )

By the early 1980s, Real Madrid had lost its compass on the Liga title until a modern age group of home-grown stars brought domestic success back to the golf club. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] spanish sport journalist Julio César Iglesias gave to this generation the mention La Quinta del Buitre ( “ Vulture ‘s Cohort ” ), which was derived from the nickname given to one of its members, Emilio Butragueño. The other four members were Manolo Sanchís, Martín Vázquez, Míchel and Miguel Pardeza ; all five footballers were graduates of Real Madrid ‘s youth academy. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] With La Quinta del Buitre ( reduced to four members when Pardeza left for Zaragoza in 1986 ) and noteworthy players like goalkeeper Francisco Buyo, right-back Miguel Porlán Chendo and Mexican striker Hugo Sánchez, Real Madrid had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe during the second half of the 1980s, winning two UEFA Cups, five spanish championships in a rowing, one spanish cup and three spanish Super Cups. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In the early 1990s, La Quinta del Buitre split improving after Martín Vázquez, Emilio Butragueño and Míchel left the clubhouse. In 1996, President Lorenzo Sanz appointed Fabio Capello as passenger car. [ 41 ] Although his tenure lasted only one season, real Madrid were proclaimed league champions, and players like Predrag Mijatović, Davor Šuker, Clarence Seedorf, Roberto Carlos and keeper Bodo Illgner, arrived at the baseball club to strengthen a squad that already boasted the likes of Raúl, Fernando Hierro and Fernando Redondo. As a leave, Real Madrid ( with the addition of Fernando Morientes in 1997 ) finally ended its 32-year wait for its one-seventh european cup : in 1998, under director Jupp Heynckes, they defeated Juventus 1–0 in the final with a goal from Mijatović. [ 42 ] In November 1999 Vicente del Bosque took over as coach. For the last season of the hundred, 1999–2000, the team was hush led by the older veterans such as Fernando Hierro, Fernando Redondo, Roberto Carlos and Raúl González. Real added the bud unseasoned talents of Fernando Morientes, Guti and Iker Casillas, supported by the arrival of Steve McManaman and Nicolas Anelka from the English Premier League, aboard local talents Míchel Salgado and Iván Helguera. In Del Bosque ‘s first season in charge Real won the Champions League for the one-eighth time, following a 3–0 victory over Valencia in the final, with goals from Morientes, McManaman and Raúl. [ 43 ] This victory marked the begin of a successful period in Real Madrid ‘s history. [ 44 ]

Florentino Pérez era ( 2000–2006 )

In July 2000, Florentino Pérez was elected golf club president. [ 45 ] He vowed in his crusade to erase the club ‘s €270 million debt and modernize the club ‘s facilities. however, the chief electoral promise that propelled Pérez to victory was the sign language of Luís Figo from arch-rivals Barcelona. [ 46 ] The keep up year, the club had its train ground rezoned and used the money to begin assembling the Galácticos team by signing a ball-shaped star every summer, which included Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luís Figo, David Beckham and Fabio Cannavaro. [ 47 ] It is arguable whether the gamble paid off, as despite winning the UEFA Champions League and an intercontinental Cup in 2002, followed by La Liga in 2003, the club failed to win a major trophy for the following three seasons. [ 48 ]
The few days after the get of the 2003 Liga title were surrounded with controversy. The first controversial decisiveness came when Pérez sacked winning coach Vicente del Bosque. [ 49 ] Over a twelve players left the baseball club, including Madrid captain Fernando Hierro, while defensive midfielder Claude Makélélé refused to take separate in train in protest at being one of the lowest-paid players at the baseball club and subsequently moved to Chelsea. [ 50 ] “ That ‘s a distribute [ of players leaving ] when the normal rule is : never change a gain team, ” stated Zidane. [ 51 ] Real Madrid, with newly appointed coach Carlos Queiroz, started their domestic league slowly after a hard win over real Betis. [ 51 ] The 2005–06 season began with the promise of respective modern signings : Júlio Baptista ( €24 million ), Robinho ( €30 million ) and Sergio Ramos ( €27 million ). [ 52 ] however, Real Madrid suffered from some inadequate results, including a 0–3 loss at the hands of Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu in November 2005. [ 53 ] Madrid ‘s coach Wanderley Luxemburgo was sacked the following month and his replacement was Juan Ramón López Caro. [ 54 ] A brief hark back to form came to an abrupt arrest after losing the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinal, 6–1 to Real Zaragoza. [ 55 ] shortly after, real Madrid were eliminated from the Champions League for a one-fourth consecutive year, this time at the hands of Arsenal. On 27 February 2006, Florentino Pérez resigned. [ 56 ]

Ramón Calderón era ( 2006–2009 )

Ramón Calderón was elected as club president of the united states on 2 July 2006 and subsequently appointed Fabio Capello as the newly coach and Predrag Mijatović as the new sporting director. real Madrid won the Liga entitle in 2007 for the first meter in four years, but Capello was however sacked at the end of the crusade. [ 57 ] The title was won on 17 June, where Real faced Mallorca at the Bernabéu while Barcelona and Sevilla, the other claim challengers, faced Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Villarreal, respectively. At half-time, Real were 0–1 down, while Barcelona had surged ahead into a 0–3 contribute in Tarragona. however, three goals in the final half-hour secured Madrid a 3–1 winnings and their beginning league championship since 2003. [ 58 ]

second Florentino Pérez era ( 2009–present )

Cristiano Ronaldo was the club’s most expensive signing when he joined in 2009, costing €94 million On 1 June 2009, Florentino Pérez regained Real Madrid ‘s presidency. [ 59 ] Pérez continued with the Galácticos policy pursued in his beginning terminus, buying Kaká from Milan for a record-breaking ( in pounds sterling ) sum of £56 million, [ 60 ] and then breaking the record again by purchasing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United for £80 million. [ 61 ] The 2009–10 season, however, was a transitional one as Madrid again finished second base in the league, although this time amassing 96 points, the club ‘s record at the fourth dimension, and went out of the Champions League at the hands of Lyon. José Mourinho took over as coach in May 2010. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] In April 2011, a rare happening happened when, for the first prison term ever, four Clásicos were to be played in a cross of just 18 days. The first fixture was for the league campaign on 17 April ( which ended 1–1 with penalty goals for both sides ), the Copa del Rey concluding ( which was won by Madrid 1–0 a.e.t., bringing them their foremost trophy in the second Galáctico era ) and the two-legged Champions League semifinal on 27 April and 2 May ( Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate and ultimately won the tournament ). [ 64 ] In the 2011–12 season, Real Madrid won La Liga for a record 32nd time in its history, besides finishing the season with numerous club-level records set, including 100 points reached in a single season, a total of 121 goals scored, a goal dispute of +89 and 16 aside wins, with 32 wins overall. [ 65 ] In the lapp season, Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals scored in spanish league history. In reaching 101 goals in 92 games, Ronaldo surpassed Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskás, who scored 100 goals in 105 matches. Ronaldo set a new club scar for person goals scored in one year ( 60 ) and became the first player ever to score against all 19 confrontation teams in a single season. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] very Madrid started the 2012–13 season by winning the Supercopa de España, defeating Barcelona on away goals. however, the super cup turned out to be their merely trophy of the season, despite being near to win them all. Real end runner-up to Barça in La Liga, accumulating 85 points, and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the third year in a rowing, where they were eliminated by Borussia Dortmund 3–4 on aggregate. Madrid besides entered the Copa del Rey in the round of 32, going on a memorable run to the concluding, which saw them defeat Barcelona in the semi-finals before losing to Atlético Madrid 1–2 a.e.t. . A major transfer of the season was signing of Luka Modrić from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee in the area of £33 million. After a loss to Atlético Madrid in the Copa del Rey final, Pérez announced the deviation of José Mourinho at the end of the season by “ common agreement ”. [ 68 ] [ 69 ]

La Décima and european treble

La Décima) in 2014 real Madrid celebrate their historic one-tenth european Cup/Champions League win ( ) in 2014 On 25 June 2013, Carlo Ancelotti succeeded Mourinho to become the coach of Real Madrid on a three-year deal, with Zinedine Zidane named as one of his assistants. [ 70 ] On 1 September 2013, the long-awaited transportation of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur was announced. The transfer of the Welshman was reportedly a new worldly concern record sign, with the transfer price approximated at €100 million. [ 71 ] In Ancelotti ‘s first season at the club, Real Madrid finished the league political campaign in third base identify ( level on points with Barcelona and three behind cross-city rivals Atlético Madrid ), collecting 87 points in sum, after winning the Copa del Rey – against rivals Barcelona – in April, with Bale scoring the achiever. [ 72 ] Upon reaching the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final, they defeated then-recently-league winners Atlético Madrid 4–1 a.e.t. to win their tenth european claim ( first since 2002 ) [ 73 ] and becoming the beginning team to win ten-spot european Cups/Champions League titles, an accomplishment known as “ La Décima “. [ 74 ] Real ‘s attacking trio of Bale, Benzema and Cristiano, dubbed the BBC, finished the season with 97 goals. [ 75 ] After winning the 2014 Champions League, Real Madrid signed goalkeeper Keylor Navas, midfielder Toni Kroos and attacking midfielder James Rodríguez. [ 76 ] The club won the 2014 UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, the club ‘s 79th official trophy. [ 77 ] During the last workweek of the 2014 summer transfer windowpane, Real Madrid sold two players key to the previous season ‘s successes : Xabi Alonso to Bayern Munich and Ángel Di María to Manchester United. This decisiveness by the club was surrounded by controversy, with Cristiano Ronaldo express, “ If I was in cathexis, possibly I would have done things differently, ” while Carlo Ancelotti admitted, “ We must start again from zero. ” [ 78 ] After a decelerate start to the 2014–15 temper, Real Madrid went on a record-breaking 22-match win streak, which included wins against Barcelona and Liverpool, surpassing the former spanish read of 18 consecutive wins set by Frank Rijkaard ‘s Barça in the 2005–06 season. [ 79 ] The streak came to an end in their open match of 2015 with a loss to Valencia, leaving the clubhouse two short of equalling the world record of 24 consecutive wins. [ 80 ] Madrid was in competition for both the La Liga championship and the UEFA Champions League until the very end but ultimately came up short, finishing with 92 points in the league, two behind double -winning Barcelona and losing to Juventus 2–3 on aggregate in the Champions League semi-finals. Overall, despite playing an attractive attack football and being the highest seduce team in Europe, respective defeats meant that Real finished the season with two trophies out of six possible, which contributed to the dismissal of Carlo Ancelotti on 25 May 2015. [ 81 ] On 3 June 2015, Rafael Benítez was confirmed as the raw Real Madrid director for the 2015–16 season, signing a three-year contract. [ 82 ] Real Madrid remained unbeaten in the league until a 3–2 personnel casualty at Sevilla on the matchday 11. Benítez was relieved of his duties on 4 January 2016 following allegations of unpopularity with supporters, displeasure with players and a bankruptcy to get good results against top teams. [ 83 ] Benítez ‘s deviation was announced along with the promotion of Zinedine Zidane to his first gear head coaching character. [ 84 ] Under Zidane, Madrid ended up coating second in the league, with 90 points and just one charge behind champions Barcelona. [ 85 ] On 28 May, Real Madrid ‘s eleventh Champions League entitle was won after a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory over Atlético Madrid after a 1–1 drawing card in the final, with the accomplishment being termed “ La Undécima “. [ 86 ] [ 87 ]
Zidane, with his real Madrid players, standing to the justly of Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena after Real had won their 33rd La Liga title, May 2017 real Madrid began their 2016–17 campaign, which was to be Zidane ‘s first entire season in charge of the baseball club, with victory in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup over Sevilla. [ 88 ] On 10 December 2016, Madrid won their 35th-straight match without a personnel casualty, which set a new club record. [ 89 ] On 18 December 2016, the club defeated japanese equip Kashima Antlers 4–2 in the concluding of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup. [ 90 ] With a 3–3 draw at Sevilla in the second base leg of the Copa del Rey round of 16 on 12 January 2017, Madrid progressed to the quarter-finals with a 6–3 aggregate victory and extended its unbeaten race to 40 matches, breaking Barcelona ‘s spanish read of 39 matches unbeaten in all competitions from the previous season. [ 91 ] Their unbeaten streak ended after a 1–2 aside personnel casualty against the same opposition in La Liga three days late. [ 92 ] The team then was knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Celta Vigo 3–4 on aggregate. In May that year, Madrid won the league entitle for a record 33rd time, their beginning title in five years, accumulating 93 points in the work. [ 93 ] On 3 June 2017, the clubhouse ‘s Champions League final win against Juventus resulted in Real Madrid being the first team to successfully defend their title in the UEFA Champions League era, and the beginning to win back-to-back titles in the competition since Milan in 1989 and 1990, when the tournament was known as the european Cup. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] Real Madrid ‘s title was its 12th, extending its phonograph record, and its third in four years. The accomplishment is besides known as “ La Duodécima “. [ 96 ] The 2016–17 season was the greatest campaign in terms of trophies won ( four out of potential five ) in the history of Real Madrid, an accomplishment that would be late equalled in the 2017–18 season. [ 97 ] real kicked off the 2017–18 campaign by winning its second straight and fourth overall UEFA Super Cup in a 2–1 victory against Manchester United. [ 98 ] Five days late, Real Madrid outwit Barcelona at the Camp Nou 3–1 in the first leg of the 2017 Supercopa de España and then defeated Barça 2–0 in the return stage, ending their 24 straight match score record in El Clásico matches and winning the second trophy of the season. [ 99 ] On 16 December 2017, Real beat brazilian club Grêmio 1–0 in the FIFA Club World Cup final examination and became the first gear team to retain the trophy. [ 100 ] In the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Madrid once again progressed to the final where they defeated Liverpool 3–1 to become the beginning clubhouse to win three straight titles in the Champions League era, ampere well as the first team to win three straight titles in the european Cup/Champions League since Bayern Munich in 1976. The trophy besides marked Madrid ‘s fourth succeed in five years and their eighth consecutive semi-final appearance. On 31 May, only five days after winning the final, Zidane announced his resignation as Real Madrid coach, citing the club ‘s “ need for change ” as his rationale for departing. [ 101 ] [ 102 ]

Following Ronaldo ‘s departure

On 12 June 2018, Real Madrid named Julen Lopetegui, the head coach of the spanish national team, as their new director. It was announced that he would officially begin his managerial duties after the 2018 FIFA World Cup. however, the spanish home team sacked Lopetegui a day prior to the tournament, stating that he had negotiated terms with the clubhouse without informing them. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] The cabaret then began re-shaping the squad in the summer of 2018, which included the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus for a reported €100 million. [ 105 ] Madrid began their 2018–19 crusade by losing to Atlético Madrid 2–4 a.e.t. in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. After a 1–5 loss to Barcelona in El Clásico on 28 October which left Real Madrid in the ninth position with only 14 points after 10 games, Lopetegui was dismissed a day late and replaced by then Castilla bus, Santiago Solari. [ 106 ] On 22 December 2018, Real Madrid beat Al Ain 4–1 in the FIFA Club World Cup and became the outright read winners of the Club World Cup with four titles. [ 107 ] however, they were knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the semi-final phase by Barcelona, losing 1–4 on aggregate. On 5 March 2019, Real was defeated by Ajax 1–4 ( 3–5 on aggr. ) at home, crashing out of the Champions League at the turn of 16 stage after eight back-to-back semi-final appearances. On 11 March 2019, Real Madrid dismissed Solari and reinstated Zidane as the capitulum passenger car of the club. [ 108 ] In the summer of 2019, Madrid signed Eden Hazard, Luka Jović, Éder Militão, Ferland Mendy, Rodrygo, Reinier and early players for a sum of more than €350 million. [ 109 ] On 12 January 2020, Madrid beat cross-city rivals Atlético Madrid in a penalty gunfight in the Supercopa de España final to win their eleventh title. [ 110 ] After a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, La Liga was restarted in June and Madrid won ten games in a row to capture the team ‘s 34th league title, collecting 87 points in total. [ 111 ] From the competition ‘s resumption in June and until the end of the 2020–21 season, Real Madrid temporarily played home fixtures at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, while the Santiago Bernabéu undergo across-the-board renovation. [ 112 ] Zidane left the team a second prison term on 27 May 2021, [ 113 ] with Ancelotti returning to coach the team for the 2021–22 season. [ 114 ]

Crests and colours

Crests

  • 1902
  • 1908
  • 1931
  • 1941

The beginning crest had a simpleton purpose consisting of a cosmetic intertwine of the three initials of the club, “ MCF ” for Madrid Club de Fútbol, in darkness blue on a white shirt. The inaugural change in the crest occurred in 1908 when the letters adopted a more streamline form and appeared inside a circle. [ 115 ] The next change in the shape of the crest did not occur until the presidency of Pedro Parages in 1920. At that time, King Alfonso XIII granted the club his royal backing which came in the form of the claim “ substantial Madrid, ” meaning “ Royal. ” [ 116 ] Thus, Alfonso ‘s crown was added to the crest and the club styled itself Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. [ 115 ] With the dissolving of the monarchy in 1931, all the imperial symbols ( the pennant on the crest and the title of Real ) were eliminated. The crown was replaced by the darkness mulberry ring of the Region of Castile. [ 23 ] In 1941, two years after the end of the Civil War, the crest ‘s “ real Corona ”, or “ royal Crown ”, was restored while the mulberry chevron of Castile was retained deoxyadenosine monophosphate well. [ 29 ] In summation, the unharmed crest was made full color, with gold being the most big, and the club was again called Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. [ 115 ] The most late modification to the crest occurred in 2001 when the golf club wanted to better situate itself for the twenty-first hundred and promote standardize its cap. One of the modifications made was changing the mulberry band to a more blue shade. [ 115 ]

Colours

Los Blancos (the whites), the club has worn an all-white home kit except for one season in 1925 real Madrid in 1964. Nicknamed ( the whites ), the club has worn an all-white home kit except for one season in 1925 actual Madrid has maintained the white shirt for its home kit throughout the history of the club. There was, however, one season that the shirt and shorts were not both white. It was an inaugural undertake by Escobal and Quesada in 1925 ; the two were traveling through England when they noticed the kit worn by London-based team Corinthian F.C., one of the most celebrated teams at the prison term known for its elegance and sportsmanship. It was decided that real Madrid would wear black shorts in an attack to replicate the English team, but the first step lasted merely one year. After being eliminated from the cup by Barcelona with a 1–5 frustration in Madrid and a 2–0 get the better of in Catalonia, President Parages decided to return to an all-white kit, claiming that the early kit brought badly luck. [ 117 ] By the early 1940s, the coach changed the kit again by adding buttons to the shirt and the club ‘s cap on the entrust breast, which has remained ever since. On 23 November 1947, in a game against Atlético Madrid at the Metropolitano Stadium, Real Madrid became the first gear spanish team to wear number shirts. [ 29 ] English baseball club Leeds United permanently switched their blue shirt for a white one in the 1960s, to emulate the prevailing Real Madrid of the era. [ 118 ] Real ‘s traditional away colours are all blasphemous or all purple. Since the advent of the replica kit grocery store, the golf club has besides released diverse other one coloring material designs, including bolshevik, green, orange and black. The club ‘s kit is manufactured by Adidas, whose contract extends from 1998. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] Real Madrid ‘s first shirt sponsor, Zanussi, agreed for the 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85 seasons. Following that, the club was sponsored by Parmalat and Otaysa before a long-run consider was signed with Teka in 1992. [ 121 ] [ 122 ] In 2001, real Madrid ended their contract with Teka and for one season and used the Realmadrid.com logo to promote the golf club ‘s web site. then, in 2002, a cover was signed with Siemens Mobile and in 2006, the BenQ Siemens logo appeared on the club ‘s shirt. [ 123 ] Real Madrid ‘s shirt sponsor from 2007 until 2013 was bwin.com following the economic problems of BenQ Siemens. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] Fly Emirates became their shirt presenter in 2013, and in 2017 the baseball club renewed their sponsorship with the airliner, signing a deal until 2022 deserving €70 million per class. [ 126 ] In 2015, Madrid signed a new 10-year contract with Adidas believed to be worth a entire of £850 million ( €1 billion ), earning £59 million ( €64 million ) per season. The sign includes a clause sanctioning penalty or agreement termination anytime if substantial Madrid fail to qualify for the european competitions or is relegated from La Liga. [ 127 ]

real Madrid ‘s jersey ( worn by Luka Modrić in 2015 ) is manufactured by Adidas, with Emirates the shirt patronize

Kit deal

Kit supplier Period Contract
announcement		 Contract
duration		 Value Notes
Adidas 1998–present
Undisclosed 2015–2020 (6 years) Total €1 billion[129]
8 May 2019 2020–2028 (8 years)[130] Total €1.1 billion[131]

Note: Early kit contract termination clauses are being activated at any time depending on team’s on-pitch performance.

Grounds

After moving between grounds, the team moved to the Campo de O’Donnell in 1912, which remained its home land for 11 years. [ 20 ] After this period, the club moved for one class to the Campo de Ciudad Lineal, a little crunch with a capacity of 8,000 spectators. After that, Real Madrid moved its family matches to Estadio Chamartín, which was inaugurated on 17 May 1923 with a match against Newcastle United. [ 133 ] In this stadium, which hosted 22,500 spectators, Real Madrid celebrated its first base spanish league style. [ 22 ] After some successes, the 1943 elected president Santiago Bernabéu decided that the Estadio Chamartín was not big enough for the ambitions of the club, and therefore a new stadium was built and was inaugurated on 14 December 1947. [ 29 ] [ 134 ] This was the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as it is known today, although it did not acquire the present name until 1955. [ 30 ] The first couple at the Bernabéu was played between Real Madrid and the portuguese club Belenenses and won by Los Blancos, 3–1, the first goal being scored by Sabino Barinaga. [ 29 ] The capacity has changed frequently, peaking at 120,000 after a 1953 expansion. [ 135 ] Since then, there have been a number of reductions due to modernizations ( the end standing areas were removed in 1998–99 in answer to UEFA regulations which forbids standing at matches in UEFA competitions ), countered to some extent by expansions. [ 135 ] The latest capacity is 81,044 spectators. A design to add a retractable ceiling has been announced. [ 134 ] Real Madrid has the fourth-highest of the modal attendances of european football clubs, behind alone Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Manchester United. [ 136 ] [ 137 ] [ 138 ] [ 139 ] The Bernabéu has hosted the 1964 UEFA European Championship final examination, the 1982 FIFA World Cup final examination, the 1957, 1969 and 1980 european Cup finals and the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final. [ 140 ] The stadium has its own Madrid Metro station along the 10 note called Santiago Bernabéu. [ 141 ] On 14 November 2007, the Bernabéu was upgraded to Elite Football Stadium condition by UEFA. [ 142 ] On 9 May 2006, the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated in the very Madrid City, where real Madrid normally trains. The inaugural address meet was played between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, a replay of the 1956 european Cup final. real Madrid won the match 6–1, with goals from Sergio Ramos, Antonio Cassano ( 2 ), Roberto Soldado ( 2 ) and José Manuel Jurado. The venue is now part of the Ciudad Real Madrid, the club ‘s train facility located outside Madrid, in Valdebebas. The stadium holds 5,000 people and is real Madrid Castilla ‘s home ground. It is named after former Real legend Alfredo Di Stéfano. [ 143 ] From 14 June 2020, the stadium was used by the first team to play their remaining 2019–20 La Liga home games due to remodelling works at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. [ 144 ] [ 145 ]

Records and statistics

Raúl is Real Madrid’s all-time leader in appearances Raúl holds the record for most real madrid appearances, having played 741 first-team matches from 1994 to 2010. Iker Casillas comes second gear with 725 appearances, followed by Manuel Sanchis, Jr., having played 710 times. [ 146 ] The phonograph record for a goalkeeper is held by Iker Casillas, with 725 appearances. With 170 caps ( 167 while at the baseball club ), Sergio Ramos is Real ‘s most cap international player .
Cristiano Ronaldo, the first player ever to score against every team in a single season in La Liga Cristiano Ronaldo is actual Madrid ‘s all-time acme goalscorer, with 450 goals. [ 147 ] [ 148 ] Six early players have besides scored over 200 goals for real : Alfredo Di Stéfano ( 1953–64 ), Santillana ( 1971–88 ), Ferenc Puskás ( 1958–66 ), Hugo Sánchez ( 1985–92 ), Karim Benzema ( 2009–current ) and the previous goalscoring record-breaker Raúl ( 1994–2010 ). Cristiano Ronaldo besides holds the record for the most league goals scored in one temper ( 48 in 2014–15 ), aboard being Real ‘s top goalscorer of all time in La Liga history with 311 goals. Di Stéfano ‘s 49 goals in 58 matches was for decades the all-time highest count in the european Cup, until it was surpassed by Raúl in 2005, and is now held by Cristiano Ronaldo with 105 goals. The fastest goal in the history of the club ( 12 seconds ) was scored by the brazilian Ronaldo on 3 December 2003 during a league meet against Atlético Madrid. [ 149 ] officially, the highest home attendance trope for a veridical Madrid match is 83,329, which was for a Copa del Rey match in 2006. The current official capability of the Santiago Bernabéu is 81,044. [ 150 ] The cabaret ‘s average attendance in the 2007–08 season was 76,234, the highest in european Leagues. [ 151 ] Real has besides set records in spanish football, most notably the most domestic titles ( 34 as of 2019–20 ) and the most seasons won in a course ( five, during 1960–65 and 1985–90 ). [ 1 ] With 121 matches ( from 17 February 1957 to 7 March 1965 ), the cabaret holds the record for longest unbeaten run at home in La Liga. [ 152 ]
The club besides holds the record for winning the european Cup/UEFA Champions League thirteen times [ 153 ] and for the most semi-final appearances ( 29 ). As of December 2019, Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in the UEFA Champions League, with 128 ( 129 including qualifiers ) goals in entire, 105 while playing for Real Madrid. The team has the record phone number of consecutive participations in the european Cup ( before it became the Champions League ) with 15, from 1955–56 to 1969–70. [ 154 ] Among the clubhouse ‘s on-field records is a 22-game winning stripe in all competitions during the 2014–15 season, a spanish record and fourthly worldwide. [ 155 ] The like season the team tied the win-streak for games in the Champions League, with ten. [ 156 ] In September 2017, the baseball club equalled the record of the brazilian club Santos, starring Pelé, by scoring in their 73rd back-to-back game. [ 157 ] In June 2009, the clubhouse broke its own record for the highest transmit fee ever paid in the history of football by agreeing to pay Manchester United €94 million ( £ 80 million ) for the services of Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 158 ] [ 159 ] The tip of €77.5 million ( 100 billion lire ) for Zinedine Zidane ‘s transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001 was the former highest transfer fee ever paid. This record ( in pounds sterling ) had been broken previously in June 2009, for a few days, when real Madrid agreed to buy Kaká from Milan for €67 million ( £ 65 million ). The transfer of Tottenham Hotspur ‘s Gareth Bale in 2013 was reportedly a new populace record sign, with the transfer fee reported at around €100 million. [ 71 ] In January 2016, documents pertaining to Bale ‘s transplant were leaked which confirmed a earth record transfer fee of €100,759,418. [ 160 ] Real Madrid equalled their record sign in 2019, when the club reportedly signed Eden Hazard from Chelsea for €100 million. [ 161 ] The club ‘s sale record came on 10 July 2018, when Juventus signed Cristiano Ronaldo for €100 million. [ 162 ]

support

The act of season tickets at the Bernabéu is capped at 65,000, with the remaining seats made available to the general populace. During most base matches the majority of the seats in the stadium are occupied by season-ticket holders, of which the figure is capped at 65,000. [ 163 ] To become a season ticket holder one must first be a socio, or club penis. In addition to members, the golf club has more than 1,800 peñas ( official, club-affiliated supporters ‘ groups ) in Spain and around the earth. real Madrid has the second highest average all-time attendance in spanish football and regularly attracts over 74,000 fans to the Bernabéu. One of the best confirm teams globally, Real Madrid was the first gear sports team ( and first brand ) to reach 100 million fans on Facebook in April 2017. [ 164 ] [ 165 ] real Madrid ‘s hard-core supporters are the alleged Ultras Sur supporters, or plainly Ultras. They are known for their extreme rightist politics, akin to Barcelona ‘s hard-core supporters group Boixos Nois. The Ultras Surs have developed an alliance with other right wing groups, most notably Lazio Irriducibili fans, and have besides developed an alliance with leftist groups. On respective occasions, they have racially abused opposing players and have been investigated by UEFA for doing indeed. [ 166 ] [ 167 ] Florentino Pérez took it upon himself to ban the Ultras from the Bernabéu and assign their seats to the general public. This decisiveness was controversial with some of the Bernabéu close, however, as the lively air of games would suffer as a result. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] The Ultras have since held protests outside the Bernabéu and have demanded to be reinstated and allowed to enter the grounds. [ 170 ] Questioned over Pope Francis ‘ attachment to 2014 FIFA Club World Cup Final opponents San Lorenzo, Madrid captain Sergio Ramos stated, “ In the semi-finals we noticed the love from supporters in Marrakesh and it seemed like we were playing at home. That sums up the greatness of this team. Madrid is God ‘s team and the team of the populace ”. [ 171 ] Among the club ‘s celebrated supporters is golfer Sergio García, who was invited to take the honorary beginning for El Clásico at the Bernabeu wearing his green crown from winning the 2017 Masters. [ 172 ]

Rivalries

El Clásico

El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium scene from a 2011at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium There is much a fierce competition between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is peculiarly the encase in La Liga, where the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona is known as “ The classic ” ( El Clásico ). From the start of national competitions, the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival regions in Spain, Catalonia and Castile, equally well as of the two cities. The competition reflects what many esteem as the political and cultural tensions felt between Catalans and the Castilians, seen by one writer as a re-enactment of the spanish Civil War. [ 173 ] Over the years, the record for Real Madrid and Barcelona is 97 victories for Madrid, 96 victories for Barcelona, and 51 draws. [ 174 ]
El Clásico. Real Madrid fans also often wave El Clásico games.[175] real number Madrid fans displaying the ashen of their clubhouse before. real madrid fans besides frequently wave spanish flags atgames. During the dictatorships of Miguel Primo de Rivera ( 1923–1930 ) and particularly of Francisco Franco ( 1939–1975 ), all regional cultures were suppressed. All of the languages spoken in spanish territory, except spanish ( Castilian ) itself, were officially banned. [ 176 ] [ 177 ] Symbolising the Catalan people ‘s desire for freedom, Barcelona became “ More than a club ” ( “Més que un club” ) for the Catalans. [ 178 ] According to Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, the best way for the Catalans to demonstrate their identity was by joining Barcelona. It was less hazardous than joining a clandestine anti-Franco movement, and allowed them to express their dissidence. [ 179 ] During Franco ‘s rule, however, Barcelona was granted profit due to its good relationship with the authoritarian at management horizontal surface, evening giving two awards to him. [ 180 ] On the other hand, Real Madrid was widely seen as the embodiment of the sovereign oppressive centralism and the fascist regimen at management level and beyond : Santiago Bernabéu, the early golf club president for whom Real Madrid ‘s stadium is named, fought on the Nationalist side during the spanish Civil War. [ 181 ] [ 182 ] During the spanish Civil War, however, members of both clubs such as Josep Sunyol and Rafael Sánchez Guerra suffered at the hands of Franco supporters. [ 183 ] During the 1950s, the competition was exacerbated far when there was a controversy surrounding the transportation of Alfredo Di Stéfano, who finally played for Real Madrid and was key to their subsequent success. [ 184 ] The 1960s saw the competition reach the european stage when they met doubly in a controversial knock-out round of the european Cup, with Madrid receiving unfavorable treatment from the referee. [ 185 ] [ 186 ] In 2002, the european run into between the club was dubbed the “ Match of The Century ” by spanish media, and Madrid ‘s win was watched by more than 500 million people. [ 187 ] An acute fixture which is marked by its indiscipline in addition to memorable goal celebrations from both teams – much involving mocking the confrontation. [ 188 ] noteworthy examples of this occurred in October 1999 when Raúl silenced the hostile herd of 100,000 Barcelona fans when he scored and then celebrated his finish by putting a finger to his lips as though to tell them to be tranquillity. [ 189 ]

El Derbi madrileño

El Derbi madrileño match held at Santiago Bernabéu. real Madrid supporters during the 2006match prevail at Santiago Bernabéu. The golf club ‘s nearest neighbor is Atlético Madrid, a competition being shared between fans of both football teams. Although Atlético was founded by three Basque students in 1903, it was joined in 1904 by dissentient members of Madrid FC. Tensions escalated further after Atlético were merged with the football team of the spanish air force ( and thus renamed Atlético Aviación ), and in the 1940s, Atlético was perceived as the favored team of Franco ‘s government before he revelled in Real ‘s european achiever in the 1950s. [ 190 ] [ 191 ] Furthermore, Real supporters initially came from the middle and upper classes while the Atlético supporters were drawn from the working class. today, however, these distinctions are largely blurred. They met for the beginning time on 21 February 1929 in matchday three of the inaugural League Championship at the former Chamartín. It was the foremost official bowler hat of the new tournament, and Real won 2–1. [ 22 ] The competition beginning gained international attention in 1959 during the european Cup when the two clubs met in the semi-final. real won the first leg 2–1 at the Bernabéu while Atlético won 1–0 at the Metropolitano. The bind went to a replay, which Real won 2–1. Atlético, however, gained some revenge when, led by erstwhile Real Madrid coach José Villalonga, it defeated its city rivals in two consecutive Copa del Generalísimo finals in 1960 and 1961. [ 192 ] between 1961 and 1989, when Real dominated La Liga, alone Atlético offered it any serious challenge, winning Liga titles in 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1977. In 1965, Atlético became the first team to beat real at the Bernabéu in eight years. real Madrid ‘s criminal record against Atlético in more late times is identical golden. [ 193 ] A high point coming in the 2002–03 temper, when Real clinched the La Liga title after a 0–4 victory at Atlético at the Vicente Calderón Stadium. Atlético ‘s first gain over its city rivals since 1999 came with the Copa del Rey win in May 2013. In 2013–14, Real and Atlético were finalists of the UEFA Champions League, the first final which hosted two clubs from same city. real Madrid triumphed with 4–1 in extra clock time. [ 194 ] On 7 February 2015, Real suffered their first frustration in 14 years at the Vicente Calderón, a 4–0 loss. [ 195 ] On 28 May 2016, Real and Atlético met again for the Champions League championship in Milan, which resulted in a succeed for Real after a penalty gunfight. [ 196 ]

El Viejo Clásico

A foster child competition exists between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. This is known as El Viejo Clásico ( the old classic ), [ 197 ] so named as the two clubs were dominant in the first one-half of the twentieth hundred, meet in nine Copa del Rey finals including the beginning in 1903. [ 198 ] [ 199 ] Until 10 December 2011, this fastness was the most played in the history of spanish football, when it was surpassed by El Clásico. [ 200 ] acrobatic Bilbao, who operate a policy of only using local players, [ 201 ] have long since ceased to be a competitive rival to clubs such as real Madrid who scour the globe for the best talent ; the Lions have collected no major trophies since 1984 and won only two of the 26 matches between the teams from 2005–06 to 2016–17. [ 197 ] [ 202 ] [ 203 ] however, the matches remain keenly contend due to their historic and cultural significance, with some parallels to the political view of the Barcelona/Catalonia competition as Athletic are the largest club in the Basque region. [ 182 ] [ 191 ] [ 204 ]

european rivalries

Bayern Munich

substantial Madrid and Germany ‘s Bayern Munich are two of the most successful clubs in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup rival, Real winning thirteen times and Bayern winning six times. [ 205 ] [ 206 ] Although they have never met in a final, veridical Madrid versus Bayern is the peer that has historically been played most much in the Champions League/European Cup with 26 matches ( 12 wins for Madrid, 11 wins for Bayern, with 3 draws ), [ 207 ] with several controversial incidents occurring due to the great importance of most of their meetings. [ 208 ] [ 209 ] [ 210 ] Real Madrid supporters much refer to Bayern as the “ Bestia negra “ ( “ Black Beast ” ). During the 2010s, the two teams met in the 2011–12 Champions League semi-finals, which ended 3–3 on aggregate ( Bayern won 3–1 on penalties after extra fourth dimension, but lost the final at their own stadium ), and then at the same stage in the 2013–14 edition with Real Madrid winning 5–0 on aggregate on their direction to winning the contest. [ 211 ] They were besides drawn together in the 2016–17 quarter-finals ; Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate and subsequently lifted the trophy. [ 207 ] The follow class, they met in the semi-finals, with Real Madrid again progressing 4–3. [ 212 ] Until the 2018–19 season when they were twice defeated in Madrid by three-goal margins, [ 213 ] [ 214 ] Real ‘s biggest loss at home in the Champions League had been at the hands of Bayern on 29 February 2000, 2–4. [ 215 ]

Juventus

Another match that is often played in the european Cup/Champions League is real Madrid vanadium Juventus, the most decorate italian clubhouse. They have played each other in 21 matches and have an about absolutely balanced record ( 9 wins for Juventus, 10 wins for Real Madrid, 2 draw ), ampere well as closely the lapp goal dispute ( Madrid ahead 26 to 25 ). [ 216 ] [ 217 ] [ 218 ]
Their first meet was in the 1961–62 european Cup, which Real Madrid won 3–1 in a replay held in Paris. [ 217 ] At the quarter-final phase in 1995–96, Juventus prevailed 2–1 and went on to lift the trophy. [ 217 ] In the 1998 UEFA Champions League Final between the teams in Amsterdam, Real Madrid won 1–0. [ 217 ] [ 219 ] They met again in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, when both clubs were in their respective ‘golden eras ‘ ; Juventus won 4–3 on aggregate. [ 217 ] By that time, asterisk midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who played for the Bianconeri in the 1998 final, had moved from Turin to Madrid in a world record €77 million deal. [ 220 ] In the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, early Real Madrid actor Álvaro Morata scored one goal in each leg to take Juventus to the final, winning 3–2 on aggregate. [ 217 ] They faced off again in the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final in Cardiff, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring doubly as real Madrid won 4–1. [ 217 ] [ 221 ] [ 222 ] The latest Champions League touch was in the 2017–18 quarter-finals, which Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate ; the tie ended in dramatic and controversial fashion, with a arguable penalty awarded to Real Madrid in the final minute of the second leg after Juventus built a 3–0 lead at the Bernabeu to pull level in the marry following a defeat at their Juventus stadium by the lapp scoreline. [ 223 ] [ 224 ] Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals over the two matches including the decisive penalty and a spectacular overhead kick, [ 225 ] and having won the Champions League with Madrid for a fourth time, [ 226 ] he transferred to Juventus a few months later for a €100 million transfer fee. [ 227 ]

Finances and ownership

It was under Florentino Pérez ‘s first presidency ( 2000–2006 ) that real Madrid started its ambition of becoming the world ‘s richest master football club. [ 228 ] The baseball club ceded separate of its trail grounds to the city of Madrid in 2001, and sold the stay to four corporations : Repsol YPF, Mutua Automovilística de Madrid, Sacyr Vallehermoso and OHL. The sale eradicated the golf club ‘s debts, paving the way for it to buy the world ‘s most expensive players, such as Zinedine Zidane, Luís Figo, Ronaldo and David Beckham. The city had previously rezoned the train grounds for development, a be active which in turn increased their value, and then bought the site. [ 48 ] The european Commission started an investigation into whether the city overpay for the property, to be considered a mannequin of state subsidy. [ 229 ] The sale of the coach ground for office buildings cleared Real Madrid ‘s debts of €270 million and enabled the clubhouse to embark upon an unprecedented outgo spree which brought big-name players to the club. In summation, net income from the sale was spent on a state-of-the-art aim complex on the city ‘s outskirts. [ 230 ] Although Pérez ‘s policy resulted in increase fiscal success from the exploitation of the club ‘s high marketing potential around the universe, specially in Asia, it came under increasing criticism for being besides focused on marketing the Real Madrid brand and not enough on the performances of the team. [ 51 ] By September 2007, Real Madrid was considered the most valuable football brand in Europe by BBDO. In 2008, it was ranked the second-most valuable club in football, with a measure of €951 million ( £640 million / $ 1.285 billion ), [ 231 ] only tick by Manchester United, which was valued at €1.333 billion ( £900 million ). [ 232 ] In 2010, Real Madrid had the highest turnover in football worldwide. [ 233 ] In September 2009, Real Madrid ‘s management announced plans to open its own consecrated composition park by 2013. [ 234 ] A study at Harvard University concluded that Real Madrid “ is one of the 20 most significant brand names and the only one in which its executives, the players, are well-known. We have some spectacular figures in regard to worldwide corroborate of the cabaret. There are an estimate 287 million people worldwide who follow real Madrid. ” [ 235 ] In 2010, Forbes evaluated Real Madrid ‘s worth to be around €992 million ( US $ 1.323 billion ), ranking them second after Manchester United, based on figures from the 2008–09 season. [ 236 ] [ 237 ] According to Deloitte, Real Madrid had a record tax income of €401 million in the same time period, ranking first. [ 238 ] Along with Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna, Real Madrid is organised as a registered association. This means that Real Madrid is owned by its supporters who elect the club president. The club president can not invest his own money into the golf club [ 239 ] and the club can only spend what it earns, which is chiefly derived through trade sales, television rights and ticket sales. Unlike a limited ship’s company, it is not possible to purchase shares in the club, but only membership. [ 240 ] The members of real Madrid, called socios, form an assembly of delegates which is the highest governing body of the club. [ 241 ] As of 2010, the club has 60,000 socios. [ 242 ] At the end of the 2009–10 temper, the golf club ‘s display panel of directors stated that Real Madrid had a net debt of €244.6 million, €82.1 million lower than the former fiscal class. Real Madrid announced that it had a net debt of €170 million after the 2010–11 temper. From 2007 to 2011, the club made a net profit of €190 million. [ 243 ] [ 244 ] During the 2009–10 season, Real Madrid made €150 million through ticket sales, which was the highest in top-flight football. [ 243 ] The clubhouse has the highest number of shirt sales a temper, around 1.5 million. [ 243 ] For the 2010–11 season its engage placard totalled €169 million, which was second-highest in Europe behind Barcelona. [ 245 ] however, its wage charge to turnover ratio was the best in Europe at 43 percentage, ahead of Manchester United and Arsenal at 46 percentage and 50 percentage, respectively. In 2013, Forbes listed the baseball club as the world ‘s most valuable sports team, deserving $ 3.3 billion. [ 246 ] It was valued at €3.47 billion ( $ 4.1 billion ) in 2018, and in the 2016–17 season it was the second gear highest-earning football club in the world, with an annual gross of €674.6 million. [ 7 ] The second highest paid sports team in the worldly concern – after Barcelona – in November 2018 the average first-team pay up at Real Madrid was £8.1m ( $ 10.6m ) per class. [ 247 ] [ 248 ]

popular culture

actual Madrid was the featured golf club in the second gear installment of the Goal! football movie trilogy, Goal! 2: Living the Dream… ( 2007 ). The film follows erstwhile Newcastle United leading Santiago Muñez as he is first scouted, and then signed by Real Madrid for the 2005–06 season. The movie ‘s creators wanted to put stress on the changes in Muñez ‘s life after his motion to Madrid. output was done with the full support of UEFA, allowing the movie crew to use many real life players in cameo roles. real Madrid police squad members featured in the film included Iker Casillas, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Raúl, Sergio Ramos, Robinho, Michael Owen, Míchel Salgado, Júlio Baptista, Steve McManaman and Iván Helguera. Non-Real Madrid players to make cameo appearances included Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto’o, Andrés Iniesta, Pablo Aimar, Freddie Ljungberg, Cesc Fàbregas and Santiago Cañizares. In the film, both Florentino Pérez and Alfredo Di Stéfano presented the fabricated actor Muñez to the club after his sign. [ 249 ] Real, The Movie is a 2005 part sport, part documentary film that showcases the worldwide love for real Madrid. Produced by the golf club and directed by Borja Manso, it follows five sub-stories of fans from around the universe and their love for the golf club. Along with the fictional part of the movie, it besides contains very footage of the team, during train at Ciudad Real Madrid, matches, and interviews. Although the film mentions all of the squad, it chiefly focuses on galácticos such as David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Raúl, Luís Figo, Ronaldo, Iker Casillas, and Roberto Carlos, among others. The film was originally produced in spanish, but has been dubbed for their worldwide fanbase. The book White Storm: 100 years of Real Madrid by Phil Ball was the first English-language history of Real Madrid. Published in 2002, it talks about the most successful moments of the club during its inaugural centennial, having been translated into respective languages. In late 2011, Real Madrid released a digital music album, entitled Legends, and a remix of the golf club ‘s hymn, “ Himno del Real Madrid, ” was released as the first single from the album. [ 250 ]

real Madrid television

actual Madrid television receiver is an code digital television receiver channel, operated by Real Madrid and specialising in the clubhouse. The channel is available in spanish and English. It is located at Ciudad Real Madrid in Valdebebas ( Madrid ), Real Madrid ‘s train kernel .

Hala Madrid

Hala Madrid is a magazine published quarterly for the Real Madrid cabaret members and the Madridistas Fan Club batting order holders. [ 251 ] The phrase Hala Madrid, meaning “ Forward Madrid ” or “ Go Madrid ”, is besides the entitle of the club ‘s official anthem, which is frequently sung by the Madridistas ( the club ‘s fans ). [ 252 ] The magazine includes reports on the cabaret ‘s matches in the previous calendar month, arsenic well as data about the reserve and youth teams. Features often include interviews with players, both past and present, and the cabaret ‘s historic matches. [ 251 ]

Video games

very Madrid has appeared in many football-based video games, namely in the FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer series. A veridical Madrid player has appeared on the top of both titles a compound seven times. In 2007, spanish game publisher Virgin Play signed a softwood with the baseball club to make officially license Real Madrid video games. The only one released under the deal ( due to Virgin Play ‘s liquidation in September 2009 ) would end up being Real Madrid: The Game, which was developed by Atomic Planet Entertainment and was published under Virgin Play ‘s print part V.2 Play in May 2009 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows, Wii and Nintendo DS entirely in european territories Virgin Play released their products in. The plot featured a career mode with a concoction of role-playing and pretense adenine well as arcade-styled Football gameplay .

Honours

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Players

For a number of all former and current Real Madrid CF players with a Wikipedia article, see category : real Madrid CF players spanish teams are limited to three players without EU citizenship. The team list includes only the principal nationality of each player ; respective non-European players on the team have double citizenship with an EU state. besides, players from the ACP countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement are not counted against non-EU quotas ascribable to the Kolpak predominate .

current police squad

As of 31 August 2021[258]

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Reserve team

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Out on lend

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Personnel

stream technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach ItalyCarlo Ancelotti
Assistant coach Italy
Fitness coach Italy
Goalkeeping coach Spain
Fitness coach/Sports therapist Italy
Sports therapist Spain
  • Last updated: 21 August 2021
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management

spanish businessman Florentino Pérez is the stream president of the golf club .

Position Staff
President Florentino Pérez
1st Vice-president Fernando Fernández Tapias
2nd Vice-president Eduardo Fernández de Blas
2nd Vice-president Pedro López Jiménez
Honorary president Francisco Gento
Secretary of the Board Enrique Sánchez González
Members Ángel Luis Heras Aguado
Santiago Aguadi García
Jerónimo Farré Muncharaz
Enrique Pérez Rodriguez
Manuel Cerezo Velázquez
José Sánchez Bernal
Gumersindo Santamaría Gil
Raúl Ronda Ortiz
José Manuel Otero Lastre
Nicolás Martín-Sanz García
Catalina Miñarro Brugarolas
  • Last updated: 6 March 2019
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See besides

Notes

References

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