Spanish football club, based in Madrid. Founded in 1902, it was a founder member of the Spanish League in 1928. Real have never been relegated and have been champions a record 29 times and cup winners 17 times. Their rivalry with Barcelona reflects regional and political tensions within Spain. The club was made world famous by winning the first five European Cup finals between 1956 and 1960, and its total of nine victories - subsequent wins in 1966, 1998, 2000, and 2002 - is still a record. Real were also UEFA Cup winners in 1985 and 1986. They were named Team of the Century by FIFA in 1998, and later that year won the International Cup, to become World Club Champions. Its stadium, Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, was opened in 1947, and was the venue for the 1982 World Cup Final. Current capacity: 109 000.
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| Full name | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Galácticos Los Merengues Los Vikingos Los Madridistas |
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| Founded |
March 6, 1902 as Sociedad Madrid Foot-ball Club |
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| Ground |
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Madrid, Spain |
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| Capacity | 80,354 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Ramón Calderón | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Fabio Capello | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | La Liga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | La Liga, 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club best known for its football team which was ranked as 'The 20th Century's Best Club' by FIFA. The club also operates a reserve football team, Real Madrid Castilla, and a successful basketball team, Real Madrid Baloncesto. Juan Padrós Rubió would be later succeeded by his brother, Carlos Padrós
Names
Sociedad Madrid Foot-Ball Club Real Madrid Foot-Ball Club Madrid Foot-Ball Club Real Madrid Club de FútbolSantiago Bernabéu
Before becoming President in 1945, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste had already carried out the functions of player, first-team captain, club maintanence, first-team manager and director, in an association with the club that lasted nearly 70 years. Although his tenure lasted only one season, in which Real Madrid were proclaimed league champions, the team he built, which included Raúl, Predrag Mijatović, Fernando Redondo, Fernando Hierro, Davor Šuker, Clarence Seedorf, and Roberto Carlos, ended Real Madrid's 32-year wait for their seventh European Cup in 1998 under manager Jupp Heynckes, defeating Juventus 1-0 in the final. Marcelo will be loaned until the end of the season or will play for the Real Madrid reserve team Castilla
Real Madrid have secured the signing's of River Plate striker Gonzalo Higuain and Boca Juniors midfielder Fernando Gago according to club president Ramon Calderon who mentioned it during the Marcelo signing. The rivalry reached a new level during the Franco years when Real Madrid's international success was capitalized upon by Franco and Real Madrid became viewed by some as the regime team, with FC Barcelona sometimes seen as the opposition team; For example, the Brazilian Roberto Carlos also holds a Spanish passport.
As of August 30, 2006
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Casillas Cannavaro Helguera Carlos Ramos Emerson Guti Diarra Raúl G. van Nistelrooy Robinho |
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| The 4-3-3 Lineup. | Position | Player | |
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| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas | |
| 2 | DF | Michel Salgado | |
| 3 | DF | Roberto Carlos (vice-captain) | |
| 4 | DF | Sergio Ramos | |
| 5 | DF | Fabio Cannavaro | |
| 6 | MF | Mahamadou Diarra | |
| 7 | FW | Raúl González (captain) | |
| 8 | MF | Emerson | |
| 9 | FW | Ronaldo | |
| 10 | FW | Robinho | |
| 11 | DF | Cicinho | |
| 13 | GK | Diego López | |
| 14 | MF | Guti (vice-captain) | |
| 15 | DF | Raúl Bravo | |
| 17 | FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
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See also: Real Madrid Castilla
Miñambres recently recovered from his knee injury's and although not included in the squad yet, if things remain OK he will be added in the January window.Roberto Carlos Ronaldo Cicinho Emerson Robinho Marcelo Mahamadou Diarra Fabio Cannavaro Antonio Cassano David Beckham Ruud van Nistelrooy
Notable Former Players
| Alfredo Di Stéfano Fernando Redondo Santiago Hernán Solari Jorge Valdano Esteban Cambiasso Sávio Flávio Conceição Geremi Njitap Davor Šuker Iván Zamorano Freddy Rincón Michael Laudrup Laurie Cunningham Steve McManaman | Michael Owen Nicolas Anelka Christian Karembeu Raymond Kopa Claude Makélélé Zinedine Zidane Paul Breitner Uli Stielike Bodo Illgner Günter Netzer Bernd Schuster Ferenc Puskás Christian Panucci Hugo Sánchez Clarence Seedorf | Luís Figo Gheorghe Hagi Predrag Mijatović Dejan Petković Peter Dubovsky Rafael Alkorta Santillana Amancio Emilio Butragueño José Antonio Camacho Iván Campo Santiago Cañizares Vicente Del Bosque Luis Enrique Gento | Fernando Hierro Juanito Aitor Karanka Rafael Martín Vázquez Míchel Fernando Morientes Miguel Muñoz Pahiño Miguel Pardeza Pirri Josep Samitier Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo Manuel Sanchís Martínez José Santamaria Ricardo Zamora |
see also Cat:Real Madrid footballers
Selected former managers
| Arthur Johnson 1910 - 1920 Hertza 1930 - 1932 Francisco Bru, 1934-36, 1939-41 José Villalonga 1955 - 1957 Luis Carniglia 1957 - 1959 Miguel Muñoz 1960 - 1973 Luis Molowny 1974, 1977 - 1979, 1982, 1985 - 1986 Miljan Miljanić 1974 - 1977 Vujadin Boškov 1979 - 1982 Alfredo Di Stéfano 1982 - 1984, 1990 - 1991 Leo Beenhakker 1986 - 1989, 1992 John Toshack 1989 - 1990, 1999 Radomir Antić 1991 - 1992 | Benito Floro 1992 - 1993 Vicente Del Bosque 1994, 1999 - 2003 Jorge Valdano 1994 - 1995 Jupp Heynckes 1997 - 1998 Guus Hiddink 1998 - 1999 Carlos Queiroz 2003 Jose Antonio Camacho 2004, 1998 Mariano García Remón 2004 Vanderlei Luxemburgo 2004 - 2005 Lopez Caro 2005 - 2006 Fabio Capello 1996 - 1997, 2006 - Present |
see also Cat:Real Madrid managers
Presidents
| Julián Palacios 1900 -1902 Juan Padrós 1902 - 1904 Carlos Padrós 1904 - 1908 Adolfo Meléndez 1908 - 16, 1939 - 40 Pedro Parages 1916 - 1925 Luis de Urquijo 1926 - 1929 Luis Usera 1929 - 1935 Rafael Sanchez Guerra 1935 - 1939 Antonio Santos Peralba 1940 - 1943 | Santiago Bernabéu 1943 - 1978 Luis de Carlos 1978 - 1985 Ramón Mendoza 1985 - 1995 Lorenzo Sanz 1995 - 2000 Florentino Pérez 2000 - 2006 Fernando Martín 2006 (February 27 - April 26) Luis Gómez-Montejano 2006 (April 26 - July 2) Ramón Calderón Ramos 2006 - Present |
see also Cat:Real Madrid presidents
Formula One Sponsorship
In a press conference on 23 October, president of the club, Ramón Calderón announced that Real Madrid will sponsor a Formula One Team for the 2007 Formula One season.
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