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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 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 in concert with the royal pate in the emblem. The team has played its dwelling matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most european clean entities, Real Madrid ‘s members ( socios ) have owned and operated the club throughout its history. The cabaret was estimated to be worth €3.8 billion ( $ 4.2 billion ) in 2019, and it was the second highest-earning football clubhouse in the world, with an annual gross of €757.3 million in 2019. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the earth. [ 8 ] Real Madrid is one of three founding members of La Liga that have never been relegated from the top division since its origin in 1929, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. The clubhouse holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and El Derbi Madrileño with Atlético Madrid. substantial 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 examination seven times. This success was replicated in the league, which the club won five times in the quad of seven years. This team, which included Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Francisco Gento, and Raymond Kopa, is considered by some in the fun to be the greatest team of all prison term. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In domestic football, the clubhouse 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 cosmopolitan competitions, Real Madrid have won a commemorate 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 phonograph record seven cabaret world 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 golf 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 foremost club to win back-to-back Champions League titles, then made it three in a row and four in five seasons in May 2018, extending their lead atop the UEFA golf club rankings. As of 2020, Real Madrid are ranked third behind Bayern Munich and Barcelona. [ 16 ]

history

early years ( 1902–1943 )

veridical 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 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 real Madrid. In 1901 this new golf club 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 initiation, 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 golf club president Adolfo Meléndez signed the foundation garment agreement of the spanish FA. After moving between grounds the team moved to the Campo de O’Donnell in 1912. [ 20 ] In 1920, the clubhouse ‘s name was changed to Real Madrid after King Alfonso XIII granted the title of Real ( Royal ) to the golf club. [ 21 ] In 1929, the beginning spanish football league was founded. very Madrid led the beginning league season until the last match, a loss to Athletic Bilbao, meant they finished runner-up to Barcelona. [ 22 ] Real Madrid won its first League deed 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 baseball club to lose the title 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 second 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 of matter security who “ allegedly told the team that some of them were entirely playing because of the regimen ‘s generosity in permitting them to remain in the state. ” [ 26 ] The Barcelona chair, Enrique Piñeyro, was assaulted by Madrid fans. [ 27 ] however, none of these allegations have been proven and FIFA and UEFA inactive consider the result as legitimate. According to spanish diarist and writer, Juan Carlos Pasamontes, Barcelona player Josep Valle denied that the spanish security system forces came before the match. [ 28 ] alternatively, at the end of the first 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 aggression of the home herd. [ 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 success ( 1943–1978 )

Santiago Bernabéu became president of the united states of Real Madrid in 1943. [ 29 ] Under his presidency, the club, its stadium Estadio Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and its aim 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 nowadays as La Fábrica. Beginning in 1953, he embarked upon a strategy of signing first players from afield, the most outstanding being Alfredo Di Stéfano. [ 30 ]
In 1955, acting upon the idea proposed by Gabriel Hanot, a french sports journalist 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 nowadays is known as the UEFA Champions League. [ 31 ] It was under Bernabéu ‘s steering that real Madrid established itself as a major pull 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. [ 30 ] After these five straight successes, Real was permanently awarded the original cup and earning the right field to wear the UEFA badge of honor. [ 32 ] The clubhouse 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 beginning in the rival. [ 33 ] This team became known as the Yé-yé. The identify “ Yé-yé ” came from the “ Yeah, yea, yeah ” refrain in The Beatles ‘ song “ She Loves You “ after four members of the team posed for Marca and impersonated the Beatles. [ 34 ] The Yé-yé generation 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 clubhouse played its first european Cup Winners ‘ Cup final in 1971 and lost to English side Chelsea 2–1 in a replay. [ 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 surveil year, the baseball club organized the first gear edition of the Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu in memory of its former president .

Quinta del Buitre and sustained achiever ( 1980–2000 )

By the early 1980s, Real Madrid had lost its compass on the Liga title until a new cohort of home-grown stars brought domestic success back to the club. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] spanish sport journalist Julio César Iglesias gave to this generation the name La Quinta del Buitre ( “ Vulture ‘s Cohort ” ), which was derived from the dub 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 irregular half of the 1980s, winning two UEFA Cups, five spanish championships in a quarrel, one spanish cup and three spanish Super Cups. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In the early 1990s, La Quinta del Buitre split up after Martín Vázquez, Emilio Butragueño and Míchel left the club. In 1996, President Lorenzo Sanz appointed Fabio Capello as coach. [ 41 ] Although his tenure lasted only one season, substantial Madrid were proclaimed league champions, and players like Predrag Mijatović, Davor Šuker, Clarence Seedorf, Roberto Carlos and keeper Bodo Illgner, arrived at the club to strengthen a police squad that already boasted the likes of Raúl, Fernando Hierro and Fernando Redondo. As a result, Real Madrid ( with the accession of Fernando Morientes in 1997 ) ultimately ended its 32-year delay for its seventh european cup : in 1998, under director Jupp Heynckes, they defeated Juventus 1–0 in the final with a finish from Mijatović. [ 42 ] In November 1999 Vicente del Bosque took over as coach. For the last temper of the century, 1999–2000, the squad was still led by the older veterans such as Fernando Hierro, Fernando Redondo, Roberto Carlos and Raúl González. Real added the budding youthful 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 eighth clock time, following a 3–0 victory over Valencia in the final examination, 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 club president. [ 45 ] He vowed in his campaign to erase the club ‘s €270 million debt and modernize the club ‘s facilities. however, the basal electoral promise that propelled Pérez to victory was the sign of Luís Figo from arch-rivals Barcelona. [ 46 ] The follow class, the golf club had its train ground rezoned and used the money to begin assembling the Galácticos team by signing a ball-shaped leading every summer, which included Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luís Figo, David Beckham and Fabio Cannavaro. [ 47 ] It is debatable 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 adjacent three seasons. [ 48 ]
The few days after the capture of the 2003 Liga title were surrounded with controversy. The inaugural controversial decision came when Pérez sacked winning passenger car Vicente del Bosque. [ 49 ] Over a twelve players left the club, including Madrid captain Fernando Hierro, while defensive midfielder Claude Makélélé refused to take part in train in protest at being one of the lowest-paid players at the cabaret and subsequently moved to Chelsea. [ 50 ] “ That ‘s a draw [ of players leaving ] when the normal rule is : never change a succeed team, ” stated Zidane. [ 51 ] Real Madrid, with newly appointed coach Carlos Queiroz, started their domestic league lento after a hard win over substantial Betis. [ 51 ] The 2005–06 temper began with the promise of respective newfangled 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 surrogate was Juan Ramón López Caro. [ 54 ] A brief return to form came to an abrupt stem after losing the beginning 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 fourth consecutive class, this time at the hands of Arsenal. On 27 February 2006, Florentino Pérez resigned. [ 56 ]

Ramón Calderón earned run average ( 2006–2009 )

Ramón Calderón was elected as golf club president of the united states on 2 July 2006 and subsequently appointed Fabio Capello as the new coach and Predrag Mijatović as the new sporting director. real Madrid won the Liga entitle in 2007 for the first time in four years, but Capello was however sacked at the end of the campaign. [ 57 ] The title was won on 17 June, where Real faced Mallorca at the Bernabéu while Barcelona and Sevilla, the other title 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 lead in Tarragona. however, three goals in the last half-hour secured Madrid a 3–1 win and their first league title since 2003. [ 58 ]

second Florentino Pérez earned run average ( 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 first term, 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 moment in the league, although this time amassing 96 points, the golf club ‘s record at the time, 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 gear time ever, four Clásicos were to be played in a straddle 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 first 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 read 32nd clock 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 difference of +89 and 16 away wins, with 32 wins overall. [ 65 ] In the same season, Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest musician 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 score for individual 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 ] real Madrid started the 2012–13 season by winning the Supercopa de España, defeating Barcelona on away goals. however, the extremely cup turned out to be their only trophy of the season, despite being close to win them all. Real finished runner-up to Barça in La Liga, accumulating 85 points, and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the third base year in a rowing, where they were eliminated by Borussia Dortmund 3–4 on sum. Madrid besides entered the Copa del Rey in the round of 32, going on a memorable tend to the final, 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 tip in the region of £33 million. After a loss to Atlético Madrid in the Copa del Rey final, Pérez announced the passing of José Mourinho at the end of the season by “ reciprocal agreement ”. [ 68 ] [ 69 ]

La Décima and european double

On 25 June 2013, Carlo Ancelotti succeeded Mourinho to become the director of Real Madrid on a three-year share, with Zinedine Zidane named as one of his assistants. [ 72 ] On 1 September 2013, the long-awaited transportation of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur was announced. The transfer of the Welshman was reportedly a newfangled world record sign, with the transfer price approximated at €100 million. [ 73 ] In Ancelotti ‘s first base season at the club, Real Madrid finished the league campaign in third base place ( level on points with Barcelona and three behind cross-city rivals Atlético Madrid ), collecting 87 points in total, after winning the Copa del Rey – against rivals Barcelona – in April, with Bale scoring the winner. [ 74 ] 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 title ( first since 2002 ) [ 75 ] and becoming the first team to win ten european Cups/Champions League titles, an accomplishment known as “ La Décima “. [ 76 ] After winning the 2014 Champions League, Real Madrid signed goalkeeper Keylor Navas, midfielder Toni Kroos and attacking midfielder James Rodríguez. [ 77 ] The club won the 2014 UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, the club ‘s 79th official trophy. [ 78 ] During the last workweek of the 2014 summer transfer window, 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 cabaret was surrounded by controversy, with Cristiano Ronaldo submit, “ If I was in charge, possibly I would have done things differently, ” while Carlo Ancelotti admitted, “ We must start again from zero. ” [ 79 ] After a behind start to the 2014–15 season, Real Madrid went on a record-breaking 22-match gain streak, which included wins against Barcelona and Liverpool, surpassing the former spanish commemorate of 18 consecutive wins set by Frank Rijkaard ‘s Barça in the 2005–06 season. [ 80 ] The stripe came to an end in their hatchway match of 2015 with a loss to Valencia, leaving the golf club two short of equalling the world record of 24 consecutive wins. [ 81 ] Madrid was in contention for both the La Liga title and the UEFA Champions League until the very end but ultimately came up short circuit, finishing with 92 points in the league, two behind treble -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 score 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. [ 82 ] On 3 June 2015, Rafael Benítez was confirmed as the fresh Real Madrid coach for the 2015–16 season, signing a three-year sign. [ 83 ] Real Madrid remained unbeaten in the league until a 3–2 passing 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 failure to get good results against top teams. [ 84 ] Benítez ‘s deviation was announced along with the promotion of Zinedine Zidane to his first head coaching role. [ 85 ] Under Zidane, Madrid ended up finish irregular in the league, with 90 points and just one steer behind champions Barcelona. [ 86 ] On 28 May, Real Madrid ‘s eleventh Champions League title was won after a 5–3 punishment shoot-out victory over Atlético Madrid after a 1–1 draw in the final examination, with the accomplishment being termed “ La Undécima “. [ 87 ] [ 88 ]
Zidane, with his real Madrid players, standing to the right of Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena after Real had won their 33rd La Liga title, May 2017 actual Madrid began their 2016–17 campaign, which was to be Zidane ‘s first gear full season in charge of the clubhouse, with victory in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup over Sevilla. [ 89 ] On 10 December 2016, Madrid won their 35th-straight match without a loss, which set a new golf club record. [ 90 ] On 18 December 2016, the club defeated japanese equip Kashima Antlers 4–2 in the final of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup. [ 91 ] With a 3–3 draw at Sevilla in the second 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 campaign to 40 matches, breaking Barcelona ‘s spanish commemorate of 39 matches unbeaten in all competitions from the previous season. [ 92 ] Their unbeaten streak ended after a 1–2 away personnel casualty against the same opposition in La Liga three days late. [ 93 ] 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 deed for a phonograph record 33rd prison term, their first entitle in five years, accumulating 93 points in the process. [ 94 ] On 3 June 2017, the club ‘s Champions League final examination win against Juventus resulted in Real Madrid being the first team to successfully defend their title in the UEFA Champions League era, and the first gear to win straight titles in the competition since Milan in 1989 and 1990, when the tournament was known as the european Cup. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] Real Madrid ‘s championship was its 12th, extending its record, and its third base in four years. The accomplishment is besides known as “ La Duodécima “. [ 97 ] The 2016–17 season was the greatest political campaign in terms of trophies won ( four out of possible five ) in the history of Real Madrid, an accomplishment that would be by and by equalled in the 2017–18 season. [ 98 ] veridical kicked off the 2017–18 crusade by winning its second base back-to-back and fourthly overall UEFA Super Cup in a 2–1 victory against Manchester United. [ 99 ] Five days later, Real Madrid beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou 3–1 in the first gear stage of the 2017 Supercopa de España and then defeated Barça 2–0 in the recurrence leg, ending their 24 back-to-back match score record in El Clásico matches and winning the second gear trophy of the season. [ 100 ] On 16 December 2017, Real beat brazilian club Grêmio 1–0 in the FIFA Club World Cup final and became the first team to retain the trophy. [ 101 ] In the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Madrid once again progressed to the concluding where they defeated Liverpool 3–1 to become the first gear cabaret to win three straight titles in the Champions League era, ampere well as the first gear team to win three consecutive titles in the european Cup/Champions League since Bayern Munich in 1976. The trophy besides marked Madrid ‘s one-fourth succeed in five years and their one-eighth back-to-back semi-final appearance. On 31 May, merely five days after winning the final, Zidane announced his resignation as Real Madrid director, citing the club ‘s “ need for change ” as his rationale for departing. [ 102 ] [ 103 ]

Following Ronaldo ‘s departure

On 12 June 2018, Real Madrid named Julen Lopetegui, the head coach of the spanish national team, as their new coach. It was announced that he would officially begin his managerial duties after the 2018 FIFA World Cup. however, the spanish national team sacked Lopetegui a day prior to the tournament, stating that he had negotiated terms with the baseball club without informing them. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] 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. [ 106 ] Madrid began their 2018–19 campaign 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 place with only 14 points after 10 games, Lopetegui was dismissed a day late and replaced by then Castilla coach, Santiago Solari. [ 107 ] On 22 December 2018, Real Madrid beatnik Al Ain 4–1 in the FIFA Club World Cup and became the outright record winners of the Club World Cup with four titles. [ 108 ] however, they were knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the semi-final stage by Barcelona, losing 1–4 on aggregate. On 5 March 2019, Real was defeated by Ajax 1–4 ( 3–5 on aggr. ) at base, crashing out of the Champions League at the round of 16 degree after eight consecutive semi-final appearances. On 11 March 2019, Real Madrid dismissed Solari and reinstated Zidane as the head coach of the baseball club. [ 109 ] In the summer of 2019, Madrid signed Eden Hazard, Luka Jović, Éder Militão, Ferland Mendy, Rodrygo, Reinier and early players for a full of more than €350 million. [ 110 ] On 12 January 2020, Madrid beat cross-city rivals Atlético Madrid in a penalty gunfight in the Supercopa de España concluding to win their eleventh style. [ 111 ] 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 course to capture the team ‘s 34th league deed, collecting 87 points in total. [ 112 ] From the rival ‘s resumption in June and until the end of the 2020–21 season, Real Madrid temporarily played family fixtures at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, while the Santiago Bernabéu undergo extensive renovation. [ 113 ] Zidane left the team a second time on 27 May 2021, [ 114 ] with Ancelotti returning to coach the team for the 2021–22 season. [ 115 ]

Crests and colours

Crests

The first crest had a dim-witted design consisting of a cosmetic intertwine of the three initials of the club, “ MCF ” for Madrid Club de Fútbol, in dark blue on a blank shirt. The first change in the crest occurred in 1908 when the letters adopted a more streamlined class and appeared inside a encircle. [ 116 ] The next change in the shape of the peak did not occur until the presidency of Pedro Parages in 1920. At that time, King Alfonso XIII granted the club his imperial clientele which came in the form of the title “ veridical Madrid, ” meaning “ Royal. ” [ 117 ] Thus, Alfonso ‘s crown was added to the cap and the clubhouse styled itself Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. [ 116 ] With the dissolution of the monarchy in 1931, all the royal symbols ( the peak on the cap and the title of Real ) were eliminated. The crown was replaced by the dark mulberry band of the Region of Castile. [ 23 ] In 1941, two years after the end of the Civil War, the crest ‘s “ real Corona ”, or “ imperial Crown ”, was restored while the mulberry chevron of Castile was retained angstrom well. [ 29 ] In addition, the unharmed crest was made full color, with gold being the most outstanding, and the club was again called Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. [ 116 ] The most late modification to the peak occurred in 2001 when the club wanted to better situate itself for the twenty-first century and far standardize its peak. One of the modifications made was changing the mulberry stripe to a more blue ghost. [ 116 ]

Colours

Los Blancos (the whites), the club has worn an all-white home kit except for one season in 1925 actual Madrid in 1964. Nicknamed ( the whites ), the club has worn an all-white dwelling kit except for one season in 1925 real Madrid has maintained the white shirt for its home plate kit out throughout the history of the club. There was, however, one season that the shirt and shorts were not both white. It was an enterprise 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 time 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 enterprise lasted merely one class. After being eliminated from the cup by Barcelona with a 1–5 defeat in Madrid and a 2–0 kill in Catalonia, President Parages decided to return to an all-white kit out, claiming that the other kit brought bad fortune. [ 118 ] By the early 1940s, the director changed the kit again by adding buttons to the shirt and the golf club ‘s peak on the impart breast, which has remained always since. On 23 November 1947, in a game against Atlético Madrid at the Metropolitano Stadium, Real Madrid became the first spanish team to wear number shirts. [ 29 ] English club Leeds United permanently switched their blue shirt for a white one in the 1960s, to emulate the dominant allele Real Madrid of the era. [ 119 ] Real ‘s traditional away colours are all amobarbital sodium or all purple. Since the advent of the replica kit market, the club has besides released versatile early one color designs, including red, green, orange and black. The baseball club ‘s kit is manufactured by Adidas, whose contract extends from 1998. [ 120 ] [ 121 ] Real Madrid ‘s beginning shirt patron, 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 distribute was signed with Teka in 1992. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] In 2001, real Madrid ended their sign with Teka and for one temper and used the Realmadrid.com logo to promote the club ‘s web site. then, in 2002, a deal was signed with Siemens Mobile and in 2006, the BenQ Siemens logo appeared on the club ‘s shirt. [ 124 ] Real Madrid ‘s shirt sponsor from 2007 until 2013 was bwin.com following the economic problems of BenQ Siemens. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] Fly Emirates became their shirt sponsor in 2013, and in 2017 the club renewed their sponsorship with the airliner, signing a deal until 2022 worth €70 million per class. [ 127 ] In 2015, Madrid signed a new 10-year contract with Adidas believed to be worth a sum of £850 million ( €1 billion ), earning £59 million ( €64 million ) per season. The contract includes a clause sanctioning penalty or agreement result anytime if real number Madrid fail to qualify for the european competitions or is relegated from La Liga. [ 128 ]

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[130]

8 May 2019

2020–2028 (8 years)[131]

Total €1.1 billion[132]
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 ground for 11 years. [ 20 ] After this period, the club moved for one year to the Campo de Ciudad Lineal, a belittled crunch with a capacity of 8,000 spectators. After that, Real Madrid moved its home matches to Estadio Chamartín, which was inaugurated on 17 May 1923 with a equal against Newcastle United. [ 134 ] In this stadium, which hosted 22,500 spectators, Real Madrid celebrated its first spanish league entitle. [ 22 ] After some successes, the 1943 elected president of the united states Santiago Bernabéu decided that the Estadio Chamartín was not big adequate for the ambitions of the golf club, and therefore a new stadium was built and was inaugurated on 14 December 1947. [ 29 ] [ 135 ] This was the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as it is known today, although it did not acquire the present diagnose until 1955. [ 30 ] The first match at the Bernabéu was played between Real Madrid and the portuguese club Belenenses and won by Los Blancos, 3–1, the beginning finish being scored by Sabino Barinaga. [ 29 ] The capacity has changed frequently, peaking at 120,000 after a 1953 expansion. [ 136 ] Since then, there have been a numeral of reductions due to modernizations ( the concluding stand areas were removed in 1998–99 in response to UEFA regulations which forbids standing at matches in UEFA competitions ), countered to some extent by expansions. [ 136 ] The latest capacity is 81,044 spectators. A design to add a retractable roof has been announced. [ 135 ] Real Madrid has the fourth-highest of the average attendances of european football clubs, behind only Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Manchester United. [ 137 ] [ 138 ] [ 139 ] [ 140 ] The Bernabéu has hosted the 1964 UEFA European Championship final, the 1982 FIFA World Cup concluding, the 1957, 1969 and 1980 european Cup finals and the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final. [ 141 ] The stadium has its own Madrid Metro station along the 10 trace called Santiago Bernabéu. [ 142 ] On 14 November 2007, the Bernabéu was upgraded to Elite Football Stadium condition by UEFA. [ 143 ] On 9 May 2006, the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated in the very Madrid City, where real Madrid normally trains. The inaugural match was played between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, a replay of the 1956 european Cup concluding. real Madrid won the equal 6–1, with goals from Sergio Ramos, Antonio Cassano ( 2 ), Roberto Soldado ( 2 ) and José Manuel Jurado. The venue is now depart of the Ciudad Real Madrid, the club ‘s education facility located outside Madrid, in Valdebebas. The stadium holds 5,000 people and is real Madrid Castilla ‘s dwelling footing. It is named after erstwhile Real caption Alfredo Di Stéfano. [ 144 ] From 14 June 2020, the stadium was used by the foremost team to play their remaining 2019–20 La Liga home games due to remodelling works at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. [ 145 ] [ 146 ]

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 with 725 appearances, followed by Manuel Sanchis, Jr., having played 710 times. [ 147 ] The record for a goalkeeper is held by Iker Casillas, with 725 appearances. With 170 caps ( 167 while at the golf club ), Sergio Ramos is Real ‘s most cap international player.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, the first player ever to score against every team in a single season in La Liga Cristiano Ronaldo is real Madrid ‘s all-time top goalscorer, with 450 goals. [ 148 ] [ 149 ] 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 commemorate for the most league goals scored in one season ( 48 in 2014–15 ), aboard being Real ‘s top goalscorer of all meter in La Liga history with 311 goals. Di Stéfano ‘s 49 goals in 58 matches was for decades the all-time highest match 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 golf club ( 12 seconds ) was scored by the brazilian Ronaldo on 3 December 2003 during a league couple against Atlético Madrid. [ 150 ] officially, the highest home attendance digit for a real Madrid match is 83,329, which was for a Copa del Rey pit in 2006. The stream official capacity of the Santiago Bernabéu is 81,044. [ 151 ] The baseball club ‘s average attendance in the 2007–08 temper was 76,234, the highest in european Leagues. [ 152 ] 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 row ( five, during 1960–65 and 1985–90 ). [ 1 ] With 121 matches ( from 17 February 1957 to 7 March 1965 ), the club holds the record for longest unbeaten run at home in La Liga. [ 153 ]
The clubhouse besides holds the record for winning the european Cup/UEFA Champions League thirteen times [ 154 ] and for the most semi-final appearances ( 29 ). As of December 2019, Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top scorekeeper in the UEFA Champions League, with 128 ( 129 including qualifiers ) goals in total, 105 while playing for Real Madrid. The team has the phonograph record issue of consecutive participations in the european Cup ( before it became the Champions League ) with 15, from 1955–56 to 1969–70. [ 155 ] Among the club ‘s on-field records is a 22-game gain streak in all competitions during the 2014–15 season, a spanish record and fourth global. [ 156 ] The same season the team tied the win-streak for games in the Champions League, with ten. [ 157 ] In September 2017, the club equalled the record of the brazilian golf club Santos, starring Pelé, by scoring in their 73rd consecutive game. [ 158 ] In June 2009, the club broke its own read for the highest remove fee always paid in the history of football by agreeing to pay Manchester United €94 million ( £ 80 million ) for the services of Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 159 ] [ 160 ] The fee of €77.5 million ( 100 billion lire ) for Zinedine Zidane ‘s transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001 was the previous highest transmit fee ever paid. This read ( in pounds sterling ) had been broken previously in June 2009, for a few days, when actual Madrid agreed to buy Kaká from Milan for €67 million ( £ 65 million ). The transportation of Tottenham Hotspur ‘s Gareth Bale in 2013 was reportedly a new worldly concern phonograph record sign, with the transplant fee reported at around €100 million. [ 73 ] In January 2016, documents pertaining to Bale ‘s transportation were leaked which confirmed a world criminal record transmit fee of €100,759,418. [ 161 ] Real Madrid equalled their criminal record sign in 2019, when the baseball club reportedly signed Eden Hazard from Chelsea for €100 million. [ 162 ] The club ‘s sale commemorate came on 10 July 2018, when Juventus signed Cristiano Ronaldo for €100 million. [ 163 ]

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The number of season tickets at the Bernabéu is capped at 65,000, with the remaining seats made available to the general public. During most home matches the majority of the seats in the stadium are occupied by season-ticket holders, of which the figure is capped at 65,000. [ 164 ] To become a season ticket holder one must first base be a socio, or club extremity. In addition to members, the club has more than 1,800 peñas ( official, club-affiliated supporters ‘ groups ) in Spain and around the world. real Madrid has the moment highest average all-time attendance in spanish football and regularly attracts over 74,000 fans to the Bernabéu. One of the best subscribe teams globally, Real Madrid was the first base sports team ( and first base post ) to reach 100 million fans on Facebook in April 2017. [ 165 ] [ 166 ] substantial 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 early right wing groups, most notably Lazio Irriducibili fans, and have besides developed an alliance with leftist groups. On several occasions, they have racially abused opposing players and have been investigated by UEFA for doing sol. [ 167 ] [ 168 ] Florentino Pérez took it upon himself to ban the Ultras from the Bernabéu and assign their seats to the general public. This decision was controversial with some of the Bernabéu faithful, however, as the full of life atmosphere of games would suffer as a resultant role. [ 169 ] [ 170 ] The Ultras have since held protests outside the Bernabéu and have demanded to be reinstated and allowed to enter the grounds. [ 171 ] Questioned over Pope Francis ‘ adhesiveness 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 universe ”. [ 172 ] Among the club ‘s celebrated supporters is golfer Sergio García, who was invited to take the honorary kickoff for El Clásico at the Bernabeu wearing his green crown from winning the 2017 Masters. [ 173 ]

Rivalries

El Clásico

El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium fit from a 2011at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium There is often a cutthroat competition between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is peculiarly the case in La Liga, where the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona is known as “ The classical ” ( El Clásico ). From the begin 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 attentiveness 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. [ 174 ] Over the years, the record for Real Madrid and Barcelona is 97 victories for Madrid, 96 victories for Barcelona, and 51 draws. [ 175 ]
El Clásico. Real Madrid fans also often wave El Clásico games.[176] very Madrid fans displaying the white of their club before. very 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 district, except spanish ( Castilian ) itself, were officially banned. [ 177 ] [ 178 ] Symbolising the Catalan people ‘s desire for freedom, Barcelona became “ More than a club ” ( “Més que un club” ) for the Catalans. [ 179 ] 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 motion, and allowed them to express their dissidence. [ 180 ] During Franco ‘s dominion, however, Barcelona was granted profit due to its good relationship with the dictator at management flat, even giving two awards to him. [ 181 ] On the other bridge player, Real Madrid was widely seen as the shape of the sovereign oppressive centralism and the fascist government at management level and beyond : Santiago Bernabéu, the early baseball club president for whom Real Madrid ‘s stadium is named, fought on the Nationalist side during the spanish Civil War. [ 182 ] [ 183 ] 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. [ 184 ] During the 1950s, the competition was exacerbated farther when there was a controversy surrounding the transfer of Alfredo Di Stéfano, who finally played for Real Madrid and was key to their subsequent achiever. [ 185 ] The 1960s saw the competition reach the european stage when they met twice in a controversial knock-out round of the european Cup, with Madrid receiving unfavorable treatment from the referee. [ 186 ] [ 187 ] In 2002, the european find between the club was dubbed the “ Match of The Century ” by spanish media, and Madrid ‘s acquire was watched by more than 500 million people. [ 188 ] An acute repair which is marked by its indiscipline in summation to memorable goal celebrations from both teams – frequently involving mocking the confrontation. [ 189 ] celebrated examples of this occurred in October 1999 when Raúl silenced the hostile crowd of 100,000 Barcelona fans when he scored and then celebrated his goal by putting a finger to his lips as though to tell them to be silence. [ 190 ]

El Derbi madrileño

El Derbi madrileño match held at Santiago Bernabéu. real Madrid supporters during the 2006match hold at Santiago Bernabéu. The 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 dissident members of Madrid FC. Tensions escalated further after Atlético were merged with the football team of the spanish air force ( and therefore renamed Atlético Aviación ), and in the 1940s, Atlético was perceived as the prefer team of Franco ‘s regimen before he revelled in Real ‘s european achiever in the 1950s. [ 191 ] [ 192 ] 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 first prison term on 21 February 1929 in matchday three of the first League Championship at the former Chamartín. It was the first official bowler hat of the new tournament, and Real won 2–1. [ 22 ] The competition first base gained external attention in 1959 during the european Cup when the two clubs met in the semi-final. real won the first branch 2–1 at the Bernabéu while Atlético won 1–0 at the Metropolitano. The tie went to a replay, which Real won 2–1. Atlético, however, gained some retaliation when, led by erstwhile Real Madrid bus José Villalonga, it defeated its city rivals in two consecutive Copa del Generalísimo finals in 1960 and 1961. [ 193 ] between 1961 and 1989, when Real dominated La Liga, only Atlético offered it any unplayful challenge, winning Liga titles in 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1977. In 1965, Atlético became the first team to beat very at the Bernabéu in eight years. real number Madrid ‘s record against Atlético in more recent times is very favorable. [ 194 ] A high point coming in the 2002–03 season, when Real clinched the La Liga title after a 0–4 victory at Atlético at the Vicente Calderón Stadium. Atlético ‘s inaugural 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 lapp city. actual Madrid triumphed with 4–1 in supernumerary prison term. [ 195 ] On 7 February 2015, Real suffered their first defeat in 14 years at the Vicente Calderón, a 4–0 passing. [ 196 ] On 28 May 2016, Real and Atlético met again for the Champions League title in Milan, which resulted in a winnings for Real after a penalty gunfight. [ 197 ]

El Viejo Clásico

A further minor competition exists between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. This is known as El Viejo Clásico ( the old classic ), [ 198 ] so named as the two clubs were prevailing in the first half of the twentieth century, meet in nine Copa del Rey finals including the first in 1903. [ 199 ] [ 200 ] Until 10 December 2011, this fastness was the most played in the history of spanish football, when it was surpassed by El Clásico. [ 201 ] athletic Bilbao, who operate a policy of alone using local players, [ 202 ] have farseeing since ceased to be a competitive rival to clubs such as very Madrid who scour the globe for the best endowment ; the Lions have collected no major trophies since 1984 and won entirely two of the 26 matches between the teams from 2005–06 to 2016–17. [ 203 ] [ 204 ] [ 198 ] however, the matches remain keenly fight due to their diachronic and cultural significance, with some parallels to the political expression of the Barcelona/Catalonia competition as Athletic are the largest club in the Basque region. [ 205 ] [ 183 ] [ 192 ]

european rivalries

Bayern Munich

real Madrid and Germany ‘s Bayern Munich are two of the most successful clubs in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup competition, Real winning thirteen times and Bayern winning six times. [ 206 ] [ 207 ] Although they have never met in a final, real Madrid versus Bayern is the match that has historically been played most frequently in the Champions League/European Cup with 26 matches ( 12 wins for Madrid, 11 wins for Bayern, with 3 draws ), [ 208 ] with several controversial incidents occurring due to the capital importance of most of their meetings. [ 209 ] [ 210 ] [ 211 ] 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 clock time, but lost the final examination at their own stadium ), and then at the same stagecoach in the 2013–14 edition with Real Madrid winning 5–0 on aggregate on their means to winning the competition. [ 212 ] They were besides drawn together in the 2016–17 quarter-finals ; Real Madrid won 6–3 on sum and subsequently lifted the trophy. [ 208 ] The follow year, they met in the semi-finals, with Real Madrid again progressing 4–3. [ 213 ] Until the 2018–19 season when they were twice defeated in Madrid by three-goal margins, [ 214 ] [ 215 ] Real ‘s biggest personnel casualty at home in the Champions League had been at the hands of Bayern on 29 February 2000, 2–4. [ 216 ]

Juventus

Another match that is much played in the european Cup/Champions League is very Madrid v Juventus, the most dress italian club. 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 pull ), adenine well as closely the lapp finish difference ( Madrid ahead 26 to 25 ). [ 217 ] [ 218 ] [ 219 ]
Their first meet was in the 1961–62 european Cup, which Real Madrid won 3–1 in a replay held in Paris. [ 218 ] At the quarter-final stagecoach in 1995–96, Juventus prevailed 2–1 [ 218 ] and went on to lift the trophy. In the 1998 UEFA Champions League Final between the teams in Amsterdam, Real Madrid won 1–0. [ 218 ] [ 220 ] 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. [ 218 ] By that meter, headliner midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who played for the Bianconeri in the 1998 final, had moved from Turin to Madrid in a world record €77 million cope. [ 221 ] In the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, erstwhile Real Madrid player Álvaro Morata scored one goal in each branch to take Juventus to the final examination, winning 3–2 on aggregate. [ 218 ] They faced off again in the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final in Cardiff, which Real Madrid won 4–1. [ 218 ] [ 222 ] [ 223 ] Portuguese musician Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the match, and was named man of the match. [ 224 ] The latest Champions League confluence 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 last minute of the moment leg after Juventus built a 3–0 run at the Bernabeu to pull level in the tie following a defeat at their Juventus stadium by the same scoreline. [ 225 ] [ 226 ] Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals over the two matches including the decisive punishment and a dramatic overhead kick, [ 227 ] and having won the Champions League with Madrid for a one-fourth time, [ 228 ] he transferred to Juventus a few months belated for a €100 million transplant fee. [ 229 ]

Finances and ownership

It was under Florentino Pérez ‘s foremost presidency ( 2000–2006 ) that real Madrid started its ambition of becoming the world ‘s richest professional football club. [ 230 ] The cabaret ceded part of its coach grounds to the city of Madrid in 2001, and sold the rest to four corporations : Repsol YPF, Mutua Automovilística de Madrid, Sacyr Vallehermoso and OHL. The sale eradicated the 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 coach grounds for development, a motion which in sour increased their value, and then bought the site. [ 48 ] The european Commission started an probe into whether the city overpay for the property, to be considered a form of state of matter subsidy. [ 231 ] The sale of the train ground for agency buildings cleared Real Madrid ‘s debts of €270 million and enabled the cabaret to embark upon an unprecedented spend spree which brought big-name players to the cabaret. In addition, profit from the sale was spent on a state-of-the-art train complex on the city ‘s outskirts. [ 232 ] Although Pérez ‘s policy resulted in increase fiscal success from the exploitation of the club ‘s high selling potential around the world, particularly in Asia, it came under increasing criticism for being besides focused on marketing the Real Madrid brand and not adequate on the performances of the team. [ 51 ] By September 2007, Real Madrid was considered the most valuable football stigmatize in Europe by BBDO. In 2008, it was ranked the second-most valuable golf club in football, with a value of €951 million ( £640 million / $ 1.285 billion ), [ 233 ] only beaten by Manchester United, which was valued at €1.333 billion ( £900 million ). [ 234 ] In 2010, Real Madrid had the highest dollar volume in football cosmopolitan. [ 235 ] In September 2009, Real Madrid ‘s management announced plans to open its own dedicate theme park by 2013. [ 236 ] A cogitation at Harvard University concluded that Real Madrid “ is one of the 20 most important sword names and the alone one in which its executives, the players, are well-known. We have some spectacular figures in esteem to worldwide support of the club. There are an estimate 287 million people worldwide who follow real Madrid. ” [ 237 ] 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 temper. [ 238 ] [ 239 ] According to Deloitte, Real Madrid had a commemorate gross of €401 million in the like period, ranking first. [ 240 ] Along with Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna, Real Madrid is organised as a register association. This means that Real Madrid is owned by its supporters who elect the cabaret president of the united states. The club president of the united states can not invest his own money into the clubhouse [ 241 ] and the club can only spend what it earns, which is chiefly derived through trade sales, television rights and tag sales. Unlike a express ship’s company, it is not potential to purchase shares in the baseball club, but lone membership. [ 242 ] The members of real Madrid, called socios, form an forum of delegates which is the highest governing torso of the baseball club. [ 243 ] As of 2010, the club has 60,000 socios. [ 244 ] At the goal of the 2009–10 season, the club ‘s board of directors stated that Real Madrid had a net debt of €244.6 million, €82.1 million lower than the former fiscal year. Real Madrid announced that it had a net debt of €170 million after the 2010–11 season. From 2007 to 2011, the club made a net net income of €190 million. [ 245 ] [ 246 ] During the 2009–10 season, Real Madrid made €150 million through ticket sales, which was the highest in top-flight football. [ 245 ] The golf club has the highest number of shirt sales a temper, around 1.5 million. [ 245 ] For the 2010–11 season its wage bill totalled €169 million, which was second-highest in Europe behind Barcelona. [ 247 ] however, its engage placard to turnover proportion 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 clubhouse as the world ‘s most valuable sports team, deserving $ 3.3 billion. [ 248 ] It was valued at €3.47 billion ( $ 4.1 billion ) in 2018, and in the 2016–17 season it was the second highest-earning football baseball club in the world, with an annual gross of €674.6 million. [ 7 ] The moment highest paid sports team in the populace – after Barcelona – in November 2018 the average first-team give at Real Madrid was £8.1m ( $ 10.6m ) per class. [ 249 ] [ 250 ]

popular culture

real number Madrid was the featured club in the second episode of the Goal! football movie trilogy, Goal! 2: Living the Dream… ( 2007 ). The film follows early Newcastle United asterisk Santiago Muñez as he is foremost scouted, and then signed by Real Madrid for the 2005–06 temper. The film ‘s creators wanted to put stress on the changes in Muñez ‘s life after his move to Madrid. production was done with the full digest of UEFA, allowing the movie gang 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 fictional player Muñez to the club after his sign. [ 251 ] Real, The Movie is a 2005 character feature, part documentary film that showcases the worldwide passion for actual Madrid. Produced by the club and directed by Borja Manso, it follows five sub-stories of fans from around the world and their love for the club. Along with the fabricated share of the film, it besides contains real footage of the police squad, during train at Ciudad Real Madrid, matches, and interviews. Although the film mentions all of the team, 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 in the first place produced in spanish, but has been dubbed for their global fanbase. The book White Storm: 100 years of Real Madrid by Phil Ball was the inaugural English-language history of Real Madrid. Published in 2002, it talks about the most successful moments of the club during its first centennial, having been translated into diverse languages. In belated 2011, Real Madrid released a digital music album, entitled Legends, and a remix of the clubhouse ‘s anthem, “ Himno del Real Madrid, ” was released as the first single from the album. [ 252 ]

real Madrid television

real Madrid television receiver is an code digital television receiver duct, operated by Real Madrid and specialising in the club. The duct is available in spanish and English. It is located at Ciudad Real Madrid in Valdebebas ( Madrid ), Real Madrid ‘s train center .

Hala Madrid

Hala Madrid is a magazine published quarterly for the Real Madrid club members and the Madridistas Fan Club batting order holders. [ 253 ] The give voice Hala Madrid, meaning “ Forward Madrid ” or “ Go Madrid ”, is besides the title of the club ‘s official hymn, which is often sung by the Madridistas ( the club ‘s fans ). [ 254 ] The cartridge holder includes reports on the clubhouse ‘s matches in the former month, vitamin a well as information about the reserve and youth teams. Features often include interviews with players, both past and present, and the club ‘s historic matches. [ 253 ]

Video games

real Madrid has appeared in many football-based video games, namely in the FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer series. A actual Madrid musician has appeared on the top of both titles a combine seven times. In 2007, spanish game publisher Virgin Play signed a deal with the club to make officially license Real Madrid video games. The only one released under the bargain ( due to Virgin Play ‘s extermination 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 publish division 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 game featured a career manner with a concoction of role-playing and simulation a 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 squad tilt includes only the principal nationality of each player ; several non-European players on the police squad have double citizenship with an EU area. 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 opinion .

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As of 31 August 2021[260]

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Reserve team

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Out on lend

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Personnel

current 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 current president of the 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
  • Source: [1]

See besides

Notes

References

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