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Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly known by the name of Real Madrid alone, is a professional football club based in the city of Madrid, Spain. Founded on March 6, 1902 with the name of the Madrid Club de Fútbol, the team used the title Real ("of the kingdom") after King Alfonso XIII of Spain gave official permission to the club in June 1920. Real Madrid has played in the Spanish League First Division (Primera División) known as La Liga since the beginning of this competition began, in 1928, and is the most successful club in Spanish based on the number of trophies they have achieved. Along with FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, the club became one of the clubs who have been relegated to a lower division. The club is also one of the best club of the 20th century by FIFA. They have won 32 La Liga titles, 18 Copa del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 9 Champions Cup / UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Cups, 1 UEFA Super Cup and 3 Intercontinental Cups.

Real Madrid is the traditional costume in white, so called Los Merengues (white team). Cage stadium is the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium with a capacity of 80,354 spectators. Real Madrid itself has a pretty fierce rivalry, especially with Barcelona (known as El Clásico) and the club's city rivals Atletico Madrid (known as El Derbi madrileño).

Since the 2000s, Real Madrid is known as a team that likes to buy expensive players world class, so it is given a new nickname, the Los Galacticos (team galaxy). The club is also known as one of the richest clubs in the world, with revenues of 438.6 million Euros in 2011.

History of Real Madrid C.F.
Beginning Real Madrid started when football was introduced to Madrid by the academics and students of Institución libre de Ensenanza which includes several graduate of Oxford University and Cambridge University. They founded Football Club Sky in 1897 which then often play football regularly on Sunday mornings at Moncloa. The club was later split into two in 1900, namely: New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid. Last club split again in 1902, which later resulted in the formation of Madrid Football Club on 6 March 1902.

Three years after its foundation, in 1905, Madrid FC win first title after defeating Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final. The club was a founding member of the Royal Spanish Football Federation on 4 January 1909 when club president Adolfo Meléndez signed the basic agreement for the establishment of the Football Association of the Kingdom of Spain. With some reason, this club then moved to the Campo de O'Donnell in 1912. In 1920, the club's name was changed to Real Madrid after Alfonso XIII of Spain to allow the club to use the word Real-meaning kingdom to this club.

In 1929, the Spanish league was founded. Real Madrid led the first league season until the last match, but it was a surprise when they were defeated by Athletic Bilbao's lead title is almost certainly won, won by Barcelona. Real Madrid finally managed to win their first league title in the 1931-32 season. Real then successfully defended his title the following year and went on to become the first Spanish club to win La Liga twice in a row.

The current era (2000-present)
A few months after the eighth European title, Real Madrid elect a new president in July 2000 and was elected Spanish businessman Florentino Pérez. In his campaign he promised to erase the club's debt and modernize the club's facilities. But the key promise that encourage Pérez to win the election is purchasing Luís Figo of eternal rival Madrid, which Barcelona. The following year, the club built a new training camp and use the money they get from the previous year to begin recruiting star players-a Spanish journalist referred to as "Los Galacticos"-with the signing of players such as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luís Figo, Roberto Carlos, Raúl González and David Beckham. Had a debate when players are bought by Perez failed to support the achievements of the club, but successfully covered by the ninth Madrid Champions League title in 2002 which followed the Intercontinental Cup title the same year and topped the league in 2003. But from 2003 to 2006, although star filled lineup, the club failed to win any trophies.

Ramón Calderón was elected as club president on 2 July 2006, and then he raised Fabio Capello as the new coach and Predrag Mijatović as the new director of football. Real Madrid won the La Liga title in 2007 for the first time in four years. But just moments after winning the title, Capello was fired. In the 2007-2008 season, Real Madrid won the domestic league for the 31st time under German coach, Bernd Schuster.

On June 1, 2009, Florentino Pérez became president of Real Madrid again and continues to this day. Pérez continued with the tradition of signing star players to buy Kaká from AC Milan. and then purchasing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United's record-breaking transfer at a price of 80 million pounds sterling. Under the controversial coach of Portugal, Jose Mourinho, Real Madrid won the La Liga title for the 32nd time in the 2011-12 season.

Achievement Real Madrid

Real Madrid is the most successful club in Spanish football history by number of titles they have earned, winning 31 league titles and 9 times Champions Cup / UEFA Champions League. The club was also awarded Best Club 20th century by FIFA on December 23, 2000. In addition, Madrid also successfully received the FIFA Order of Merit in 2004. As champions nine times Champions League, Real Madrid allowed to wear a badge of honor (badge of honors) on their shirts when they play in the Champions League.

Domestic Title
La liga BBVA
Winner (32): 1931-32, 1932-33, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966 -67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89 , 1989-90, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2011-12
Runner Up (20): 1929, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1941-42, 1944-45, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983 - 84, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11

Copa Del Rey
Winner (18): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1962, 1970, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1980, 1981-82, 1988-89, 1992-93, 2010 -11
Runner Up (19): 1903, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1940, 1943, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1991-92, 2001 - 02, 2003-04

Spanish Super Cup
Winner (9): 1988, 1989 *, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012
Runner Up (4): 1982, 1995, 2007, 2011

Copa Eva Duarte (the predecessor of the Spanish Super Cup)
Winner (1): 1947

Copa de la Liga
Winner (1): 1985
The runner Up (1): 1983

European Title
Champions Cup / Champions League
Winner (9): 1955-56 *, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02
Runner Up (3): 1961-62, 1963-64, 1980-81
(* Champion for the first time in history)

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
Winner (2): 1984-85, 1985-86

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Runner Up (2): 1970-71, 1982-83

UEFA Super Cup
Winner (1): 2002
Runner Up (2): 1998, 2000

World Titles
Intercontinental Cup (the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup)
Winner (3): 1960, 1998, 2002
Runner Up (2): 1966, 2000


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