Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (
Spanish pronunciation: Royal Madrid Football Club), commonly known as
Real Madrid, is a professional
football club based in
Madrid, Spain.
Founded in 1902 as
Madrid Football Club, has traditionally worn a white home kit since. The word
Real is Spanish for
royal and was bestowed to the club by
King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the 85,454-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception.
The club is
the richest football club in terms of annual revenue, generating €512.6million in 2012
and the
second most valuable, worth €1.8billion.
It is one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight of Spanish football, along with
Athletic Bilbao and
Barcelona. Real Madrid holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably
EL CLASSIC'O with FC Barcelona.
The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and
European football during the 1950s. 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.
First-team squad
- As of 4 December 2012.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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