Real Madrid Club de
Fútbol (
Royal Madrid Football Club), commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football
club based in Madrid, Spain. It was
founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club and has traditionally worn a white home
kit since. The word Real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club by King
Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem.
The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European
football during the 1950s.
Unlike most European
football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club
since its inception. The club is the richest football club in terms of annual revenue,
generating €479.5million in 2011 and the second most valuable, worth
€1.8billion. Real Madrid holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with FC Barcelona. The team has
played its home matches in the 85,454-capacity Santiago
Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid since 1947.
It is one of three clubs
to have never been relegated from the top flight of Spanish football, along
with Athletic
Bilbao and Barcelona. Domestically, Real Madrid has won a record 32 La Liga titles, 18 Copas del Rey, 9 Supercopas
de España, 1 Copa Eva
Duarte and 1 Copa de
la Liga. Internationally it has won a record nine European
Cup/UEFA Champions League titles and a joint record three Intercontinental Cups, as well as two UEFA Cups, and one UEFA Super Cup
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Real Madrid Official page
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