this group is all about fans of real madrid,even if you dont like football,i think you must have had about the great team in world real madrid,you are free to join and contact any memebr ok.i will also like to hear ur comment about real madrid ok.THIS IS A SHORT HISTORY IOF REAL MADRID OK

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. It is one of the most successful club of the 20th century and also the football club with most European cups and holds several records. The club also has a similarly successful basketball section. The original uniform colors, white t-shirt and shorts, and blue socks were inspired in the London Corinthians, and the purple band in the badge represents the kingdom of Castile.

The club was one of the founding members of FIFA.[1] They play their home games at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Real Madrid have been European Champions a record 9 times and have also won 29 La Liga titles. The club also operates a reserve football team, Real Madrid Castilla, and a successful basketball team, Real Madrid Baloncesto and are trying to sponsor a rugby team, CRC Madrid Noroeste and a Formula One team. Real Madrid is unusual in that, unlike most football clubs, it has been owned and operated only by its members (socios) since 1902. On December 23, 2000, FIFA awarded Real Madrid as the Best Club of the twentieth Century.

During its history, the club has acquired a lot of nicknames. The first ones were los merengues, because of the white dessert meringue, and los blancos. Both simply referred to the club's legendary all-white strip and are the most common until this day. In the 1970s, the nickname los vikingos became popular, due to the signings of several northern European players. More recently, the media called the club los galácticos, referring to club's tendency to sign the most famous players in the world

[edit] History
Football was introduced to Madrid by the professors and students of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. They included several Oxbridge graduates. In 1895 they founded the club Football Sky, playing on Sunday mornings at Moncloa. In 1900 this club split into two different clubs New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid. The president of the latter club was Julián Palacios. In 1902 the latter club split again, resulting in the formation of Sociedad Madrid FC on March 6, 1902. The first president was Juan Padrós Rubió; the first secretary was Manuel Mendía; and the first treasurer was José de Gorostizaga. Juan Padrós Rubió would be later succeeded by his brother, Carlos Padrós from Spain. In 1905, only three years after its foundation, Madrid FC already won its first major title. The team won the first of four consecutive Copa del Rey - titles (at that time the only statewide competition). In 1920 the club's name was changed into Real Madrid after the King grants the title of Real (Royal) to the club.


[edit] Santiago Bernabéu
Before becoming President in 1945, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste had already carried out the functions of player, first-team captain, club maintenance, first-team manager and director, in an association with the club that lasted nearly 70 years. He was responsible for rebuilding the club after the Spanish Civil War, and under his presidency, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva. Real Madrid has a newly named stadium which is the 'Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium'. .........

He also reorganized the club at all levels, in what would become the normal operating hierarchy of professional clubs in the future, giving every section and level of the club independent technical teams and recruiting staff such as Raimundo Saporta.

Finally, beginning in 1953 he embarked upon a strategy of signing world-class players from abroad, the most prominent of them being the signing of Alfredo Di Stéfano and built the world's first truly multinational side. During Bernabéu's presidency many of Real Madrid's most legendary names played for the club, including the aforementioned Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Francisco Gento, Héctor Rial, Raymond Kopa, José Santamaría, Miguel Muñoz, Amancio, Santillana, Juanito, José Antonio Camacho and others.

In 1955, acting upon the idea proposed by the journalist Gabriel Hanot and building upon the Copa Latina (a tournament involving clubs from France, Spain, Portugal and Italy), Bernabéu met in the Ambassador Hotel in Paris with Bedrignan and Gustav Sebes and created what today is known as the UEFA Champions League. Under the administration of UEFA, it is the world's premier club tournament.

It was under Bernabéu's guidance, that Real Madrid became established as a major force in both Spanish and European football. Before passing away in 1978, Bernabéu had been the club's president for 35 years, during which he won 1 Intercontinental Cup, 6 European Cups, 16 La Liga titles, and 6 Spanish Cups.

See also: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium


[edit] Domestic success
The signings in the early 1950s formed the nucleus of the Real Madrid team, which would dominate the latter half of the decade and beyond. They won La Liga for first time in over 20 years as Real Madrid in 1954 and retained it in 1955. They were winners again in 1957 and 1958, with only Athletic Bilbao interrupting their sequence. CF Barcelona won La Liga in 1959 and 1960 but between 1961 and 1980 Real Madrid dominated La Liga with the club winning the competition 14 times. This included a five-in-a-row sequence (1961-1965) and two three-in-a-row sequences (1967-69 and 1978-1980). It was during this era that legendary players such as Jose Antonio Camacho, Uli Stielike, Santillana and Juanito came into the side.

In the early 1980s Real Madrid lost its grip on La Liga but by 1986 they had resumed normal service with another five-in-a-row sequence (1986-90). This team included Hugo Sánchez and the famous 'Quinta del Buitre' - Emilio Butragueño, Manolo Sanchís, Martín Vazquéz, Míchel and Miguel Pardeza.

Real Madrid has also won the Copa del Rey on 17 occasions, and are 7-time winners of the Supercopa de España.


[edit] International success
In addition to their domestic success, Real Madrid's reputation as a major club was established by their outstanding record in the European Cup. To date have they have been crowned champions of Europe a record nine times. Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás and other famous players helped the club win the European Cup five times in a row between 1956 and 1960, which included the memorable 7-3 Hampden Park final against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960. The club won for a sixth time in 1966 with the team known as the Ye-Ye , defeating Partizan Belgrade 2-1 in the final with a team composed entirely of nationally-born players, a first in the competition. They were also runners-up in 1962, 1964 and 1981. Winning the competition five consecutive times saw Real permanently awarded the original cup and earning the right to wear the UEFA badge of honour. They have also won the UEFA Cup twice and were twice runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup.

In 1996 President Lorenzo Sanz appointed Fabio Capello as coach. Although his tenure lasted only one season, Real Madrid were proclaimed league champions and several important players arrived at the club (Roberto Carlos, Predrag Mijatović, Davor Šuker and Clarence Seedorf) to strengthen a squad that already boasted the likes of Raúl, Fernando Hierro and Fernando Redondo. As a result, Real Madrid (with the addition of Fernando Morientes in 1997) finally ended its 32-year wait for the seventh European Cup in 1998 under manager Jupp Heynckes, defeating Juventus 1-0 in the final, thanks to a goal from Predrag Mijatovic. Real Madrid would go on to win again in 2000 and 2002 under manager Vicente Del Bosque, with sides including players such as Steve McManaman, Luís Figo and Zinedine Zidane.

Real Madrid are also three-time winners of the Intercontinental Cup, defeating Peñarol, Vasco da Gama, and Olimpia Asunción in 1960, 1998, and 2002 respectively.


[edit] Quinta del Buitre years
Quinta del Buitre was the name given to the generation of club grown Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. The name ("Vulture's Cohort") was derived from the nickname given to its most charismatic member Emilio Butragueño. The other four members were Manolo Sanchís, Martín Vázquez, Míchel and Miguel Pardeza.

Sanchís and Martín Vázquez were the first to play for the first team of Real Madrid, making their debut at Murcia on December 4, 1983. Coach Alfredo Di Stéfano brought the youngsters in from the start. Both played surprisingly well and Sanchís even scored the winning goal. A few months later, February 5, 1984, saw the debut of Emilio Butragueño in an away game at Cádiz. El Buitre was an instant sensation and scored twice. Pardeza was added to the first team that same season and Míchel followed at the start of the next.

With La Quinta del Buitre (reduced to four members when Pardeza left the club for Zaragoza in 1986) Real Madrid had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe during the second half of the 1980s, winning amongst others two UEFA Cups and 5 Spanish championships in a row. Their record was only blemished by their failure to win the European Cup.

Martín Vázquez went to play for Torino in 1990. He made a return to Real Madrid in 1992, leaving the club again for good in 1995 (to Deportivo La Coruña). Butragueño left the club in 1995 and Michél in 1996. Both went to play for Atlético Celaya in Mexico.

Sanchís was the only member of La Quinta to never play for a club other than Real Madrid. By winning the Champions League twice (in 1998 and 2000), he also managed to accomplish what La Quinta had failed to achieve in its glory days. He retired in 2001 as last active member of the famous cohort at the age of 37.


[edit] Florentino Pérez years
In July 2000 Florentino Pérez was elected club president vowing to erase the club's debt and modernise the club's facilities, however the primary electoral promise that propelled Pérez to victory was the signing of then-FC Barcelona star Luís Figo. During the campaign, Pérez claimed he had an agreement with the Portuguese winger that would see Figo move to the Bernabeu should Pérez be elected. On July 16, Pérez won the election. Eight days later, Luís Figo was presented with the number 10 shirt of Real Madrid. Days later, surrounded by controversy, Real Madrid idol Fernando Redondo, who had openly supported Pérez's opponent Lorenzo Sanz, was sold to Italian giants AC Milan.

During the summer of 2000, Real Madrid signed Claude Makélélé, Albert Celades, Flávio Conceição, César Sánchez, Pedro Munitis, and Santiago Solari although aside from Makélélé and Conceição the rest had been signed previous to the election of Florentino Pérez. Expectations were high as Real Madrid began the 2000-01 season with the possibility of winning 5 trophies but stumbled at the first test losing the European Super Cup by a score of 1-2 to Galatasaray. An injury to Fernando Morientes left Real Madrid without a centre forward, but manager Vicente Del Bosque improvised by using youth team graduate Guti, in that role and Real Madrid made a good start to both domestic and European campaigns. But Real Madrid were defeated 2-0 at the Camp Nou against Barcelona and were later eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Toledo as well as losing the Intercontinental Cup final to a Boca Juniors side led by Martin Palermo and Riquelme. But Real Madrid recovered form and went top of the Spanish first division in mid-January, a position they would not relinquish on their way to winning the title. Real Madrid advanced from the second group stage of the Champions League to face Galatasaray in the quarterfinals. Real Madrid lost the first leg in Istanbul 3-2 but recovered to win the tie after a 3-0 victory in the Bernabeu. This would produce a replay of the 1999-2000 Champions League semifinal against Bayern Munich. Real Madrid would not reach the final however, losing 2-3 on aggregate to the eventual champions. Real Madrid would not be denied the league title however, and on 26 May, the merengues would crown themselves champions of the Spanish first division with an emphatic 5-0 win over Alaves at the Bernabeu. Goals by Raúl (2), Guti, Hierro, and Iván Helguera would ensure victory and Real Madrid's 28th league title with two matches left to play.



César Sánchez
Hierro (c)
Helguera
R.Carlos
Salgado
Makélélé
Zidane
Raúl
Figo
Morientes
Solari

The 4-1-3-2 lineup. Real Madrid's Starting Lineup in The 01/02 Champions League Final.
After reaching an agreement to re-zone and sell the Ciudad Deportiva, Pérez went on to sign Zinédine Zidane (2001), Ronaldo (2002) and David Beckham (2003). The media began referring to the team as Los Galácticos. Initially the strategy, eventually dubbed Zidanes y Pavones and meant to combine world stars and youth team graduates, was successful and Real Madrid won La Liga in 2001 and 2003 and the UEFA Champions League in 2002, their centenary year. They also won the Intercontinental Cup, the European Super Cup and the Supercopa de España in both 2001 and 2003.

Off the field the Zidanes y Pavones policy resulted in increased financial success based on the exploitation of the club's high marketing potential around the world, especially in Asia[citation needed].

In the summer of 2003, just after capturing another La Liga title, Florentino Pérez and the board of directors refused to renew the contract of coach Vicente Del Bosque and after an internal dispute forced captain Fernando Hierro to leave the club. They also ignored Claude Makélélé's request of a new contract with a better salary, in return, Makélélé asked for a transfer request, and was transferred to Chelsea. In the following years the team's on-field performance started to decline. Portuguese manager Carlos Queiroz replaced Vicente Del Bosque for the 2003-2004 season. Real Madrid started the season brightly and were 8 points clear in the Spanish 1st division in February but a late season slide saw them struggle to finish fourth. Further disappointment came when AS Monaco, thanks impart to goals from on-loan striker Fernando Morientes, eliminated Real Madrid from the UEFA Champions League at the quarterfinal stage. Real Madrid's poor form continued as Real Zaragoza upset them in the Copa del Rey final. Shortly after the season, Carlos Queiroz was sacked and replaced by ex-Real Madrid player, José Antonio Camacho. Pérez, at the request of Camacho, signed two central defenders to try to correct the team's defensive shortcomings. Real Madrid spent a total of €45 millions on Argentine defender Walter Samuel and English centre back Jonathan Woodgate but missed out on signing Arsenal's midfield general, Patrick Vieira due to the Vieira's boldness of asking a 'Galactico' paycheck (like Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham and unlike Claude Makélélé, who left for exactly that reason - €9 million Euro's per year). The summer of 2004 also saw the sale of Cameroon Samuel Eto'o, who had been loaned out to Real Mallorca, to archrivals F.C. Barcelona. English striker Michael Owen was bought from Liverpool FC but never settled at Real Madrid while Eto'o went on to great success with Barcelona. Camacho only lasted two months before resigning after a disappointing start into the season. He was replaced by interim coach Mariano García Remón and in December 2005 Brazilian manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo became the permanent replacement. Although Real Madrid did finish a distant second in the Spanish league, Luxemburgo was unable to lead Real Madrid in to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The 2005-06 season began with the promise of several new signings (Julio Baptista (€20 Million), Robinho (€30 Million) and Sergio Ramos (€30 Million - Release Clause) but the Brazilian coach was not able to find the right formula on the pitch as Real Madrid's poor form continued, with the team hitting rock bottom after a humiliating 0-3 loss at the hands of F.C. Barcelona in the Santiago Bernabeu. Luxemburgo would eventually resign and his replacement was Juan Ramón López Caro, formally the manager of Real Madrid Castilla. A brief return to form came to an abrupt halt after losing the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinal, 6-1 to Real Zaragoza. Shortly after, Real Madrid were eliminated from the Champions League for a third successive year, this time at the hands of Arsenal. On February 27, 2006, Florentino Pérez resigned. Real Madrid eventually managed to finish second in the league but did not pose a serious threat to defending champions, F.C. Barcelona.


[edit] Post Pérez-Galácticos Era

[edit] Ramón Calderón period
On July 2, 2006 Ramón Calderón was elected as club president and subsequently appointed Fabio Capello as the new coach and Predrag Mijatovic as the new sporting director. As new manager of Real Madrid, Capello signed the World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson, both from embattled Juventus, for a total sum of €23 m; Ruud van Nistelrooy from Manchester United for €15 m; Mahamadou Diarra from Lyon for €26 m and on a last minute trade loan - José Antonio Reyes. Ramon failed, however, to sign A.C. Milan star Kaká, Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas and Chelsea star Arjen Robben as was promised by the new president. During the January transfer window, he has managed to sign Fluminense left back Marcelo (€6.5 m), River Plate forward Gonzalo Higuaín (€13 m) and Boca Juniors midfielder Fernando Gago (€18 m).

On January 16, 2007, Calderón made some very unfortunate comments about the behavior of some players in the squad and the Santiago Bernabeu fans, which has put the club in a delicate situation.[2] One of the players that Calderón criticised was David Beckham, who, in January 2007, agreed a deal to play for LA Galaxy at the end of that season. Among others to criticise Beckham was manager Fabio Capello, who, at the time, vowed never to select Beckham for the team again, although he later withdrew his words. At the end of January Ronaldo left the club for 7.5 million euros for AC Milan. On February 9 2007, Capello allowed Beckham back onto Real's starting 11 in an away match against Real Sociedad, Beckham played well and scored the equalizing goal in the match (Real Madrid won the match 2-1). On February 24 2007, the Madrid derby between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium was a 1-1 draw. The scorers were Fernando Torres for Atlético, and Gonzalo Higuain for Real. The Madrid derby is seen as one of the most fiercely contested matches in the Spanish football calendar.

On March 7, 2007 Real Madrid failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League due to Bayern Munich's strong home performance. Despite winning the home leg 3-2, they lost 2-1 in Germany and were eliminated on an away goals tiebreaker.

On March 10, 2007 Real Madrid contested the Clasico against Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Real Madrid took the lead 3 times after 2 goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy and one from Sergio Ramos but were pegged back by a hat-trick from Lionel Messi. Despite the sending off of Oleguer, the Clasico ended 3-3.

Real Madrid managed to put their European disappointments behind them and treated their last 12 league games as "cup finals". Real Madrid managed to find their form consistently for the first time all season as they managed to win seven out their first eight "cup finals", including a 2-1 home win over Valencia on April 21 2007 and another 3-2 home win over Sevilla on May 6 2007. Calderon then went on to say that if the team keep up their great play, he is confident Real Madrid will win the league title and end their four year wait for a major trophy on June 17. Calderon is also unsure if Capello will stay because he has, after all, done well as manager for the club. Calderon will soon talk with Capello about his future in the club.

On May 12, 2007, despite not having Robinho and Beckham on the pitch (due to separate yellow cards given in the previous match against FC Sevilla) Real Madrid took over first place in the La Liga for the first time all season by defeating Espanyol 4-3, coming back from 1-3 first half deficit. Los Blancos were able to avoid a 3-3 draw thanks to a 89th minute goal by Gonzalo Higuaín.

The Sunday after Real won their epic battle with Espanyol, Barca dropped points with a 1-1 draw to struggling Real Betis. By virtue of their superior head to head record, Madrid sat at the top of La Liga, with four crucial 'finals' left to play.

The following Sunday, Real managed to beat Recreativo 3-2 away as the Recreativo famously put out a shocking 3-0 win over Real at the Bernabeu eariler during the season. With the score tied at 2-2, Madrid looked set return the lead back to bitter rivals Barcelona until Roberto Carlos thumped in the winner right before death during injury time to ensure Real remain in the driver seat for at least another week and also leaving them with just three 'finals' left to play. The remaining three are Deportivo La Coruña, Real Zaragoza and Mallorca.

On 26th May 2007, Real Madrid produced yet again, another excellent display to dispatch Deportivo 3-1 at the Bernabeu. This victory will make it six wins in a row for Madrid. Goals from Sergio Ramos, Raul and Ruud Van Nistelrooy secured the win. It also leaves Real with only two 'finals' left to play and with hopes and morale reaching a high point in the Real dressing room, Capello and Calderon believes that Real are just few steps away from securing the league title. Real will play their last two games after the international break.

Transfers and transfer rumors under Capello have been big, with the names of Kaka, Franck Ribery, Christoph Metzelder, Carlos Tevez, Frank Lampard, Javier Saviola, Gabriel Heinze, and Francesc Fabregas being linked with moves to El Bernabeu. Recently, Christoph Metzelder signed a deal to bring him to Real Madrid from Borussia Dortmund.


[edit] Crest
The first crest of Real Madrid had a very simple design. It consisted of interlacing the three initials of the club, that is to say, the "M", the "F" and the "C", that went in blue dark bottom, on the white t-shirt. But as well, the regulation established that for parties with sets of other societies, the equipment had to take the shield of the city of Madrid in the left side of the chest, replacing to the shield of the club.

The first variant data of 1908. The interlaced letters adopted one more a more streamlined form and appeared enrolled in a circle. The following change in the configuration of the crest did not occur until 1920, year in which King Alfonso XIII granted to the club the title of Real. Therefore Corona was added to him Real, the streamlined initials were the same, and the club happened to denominate Real Madrid Foot ball Club. As well, for the official parties, the shield of the city was adopted along with the borbónica crown.

With the restoration of II the Republic in 1931 all the symbols of the Royalty were eliminated, so that the crown was lost that years before it had obtained. In return, the band dwelled in diagonal of the region of Castile was added to him .

Once finished the Civil War, in 1941 the shield recovered Real Corona, but also it maintained the strip mulberry. In addition, the colors were modified, being then gilded the predominant one, and the club happened to be called Real Madrid Club of Football. It is with this shield with which the club would reach the maximum laurels of the world-wide football, and that stayed already until end of the Nineties.

The last modification occurred in 2001, as a result of granting a agreed character to him with century XXI and with related to the marketing research and the band it happened to be of blue color.


[edit] Statistics
Main article: Real Madrid Statistics

[edit] Supporters and rivals
During most home matches the majority of the seats in the stadium are occupied by season ticket holders, of which there are approximately 65,000. In order to become a season ticket holder one must first be a socio, or club member. Not all members are able to get a season ticket. In addition to members, the club has over 1,800 peñas (official, club-affiliated supporters' groups) in Spain and around the world.


[edit] Rivalry with FC Barcelona
See also: Major football rivalries
The rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona is legendary. From the start, the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival regions of Spain, Castile and Catalonia, not just of the two cities themselves.

An important landmark in the rivalry between the two club was the controversial dispute over the signing of Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 1950s.

As the two biggest and most successful clubs in Spain, nowadays the rivalry is renewed on an annual basis with both teams often challenging each other for the league championship. The flashpoint of this rivalry is the twice-a-season El Clasico which draws vast audiences from around the world.


[edit] Rivalry with Atlético Madrid
As well as their rivalry with FC Barcelona, Real also enjoy a local rivalry with Atlético Madrid. Although Atlético was originally founded by three Basque students in 1903, they were joined in 1904 by dissident members of Madrid FC. Further tensions came because initially Atlético supporters came from the working class while the Real supporters were drawn from the middle class. Today these distinctions are largely blurred. The rivalry first gained international attention in 1959 during the European Cup when the two clubs met in the semi-final. Real won the first leg 2-1 at the Bernabéu while Atlético won 1-0 at the Metropolitano. The tie went to a replay and Real won 2-1. Atlético, however, gained some revenge when, led by former Real coach José Villalonga, they defeated Real in two successive Copa del Generalísimo finals in 1960 and 1961.

Between 1961 and 1980 when Real dominated La Liga, only Atlético offered Real any serious challenge, winning La Liga titles in 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1977. In 1965, when they finished as La Liga runners-up to Real after an intense battle for the title, Atlético became the first team to beat Real at the Bernabéu in eight years. Real Madrid's record against Atlético in more recent times is very favourable. A high point coming in the 2002/03 season, when Real clinched the La Liga title after beating Atlético 4-0 at the Vicente Calderón stadium.


[edit] Rivalry with Athletic Bilbao
Madrid also has a rivalry, although to a lesser extent, with Basque side Athletic Bilbao. The rivalry is, like the Barcelona rivalry, one of regional magnitude. The Basques, who have long wanted to form their own independent nation, view the Madridistas as everything they hate -- Spanish nationalists.


[edit] Major trophies

[edit] National titles
La Liga Titles: 29 (record)
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,
Copa del Rey: 17
1904/05; 1905/06; 1906/07; 1907/08; 1916/17; 1933/34; 1935/36; 1945/46; 1946/47; 1961/62; 1969/70; 1973/74; 1974/75; 1979/80; 1981/82; 1988/89; 1992/93.
Supercopa de España: 7
1988 3-2 vs. Barcelona
1989 Won Copa del Rey and La Liga
1990 5-1 vs. Barcelona
1993 4-2 vs. Barcelona
1997 5-3 vs. Barcelona
2001 4-1 vs. Zaragoza
2003 4-2 vs. Mallorca
Copa de la Liga: 1
1984/85 4-3 vs. Atlético Madrid

[edit] International titles
UEFA Champions League: 9 (record)
1955/56 4-3 vs. Stade de Reims
1956/57 2-0 vs. Fiorentina
1957/58 3-2 vs. Milan
1958/59 2-0 vs. Stade de Reims
1959/60 7-3 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
1965/66 2-1 vs. Partizan
1997/98 1-0 vs. Juventus
1999/00 3-0 vs. Valencia
2001/02 2-1 vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Intercontinental Cup: 3
1960 5-1 vs. Peñarol
1998 2-1 vs. Vasco da Gama
2002 2-0 vs. Olimpia Asunción
Ibero-American Cup: 1 (record)
1994 4-3 vs. Boca Juniors
UEFA Cup: 2
1984/85 3-1 vs. Videoton
1985/86 5-3 vs. Köln
European Super Cup: 1
2002 3-1 vs. Feyenoord
Latin Cup: 2
1955 2-0 vs. Stade de Reims
1957 1-0 vs. Benfica

[edit] Current squad 2006/07
The numbers are established according to the official websites of Real Madrid, the Spanish league and UEFA. Spanish teams are limited to three players without EU citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. For example, the Brazilian Roberto Carlos also holds a Spanish passport. As of February 1, 2007

No. Position Player
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 (captain)
8 MF Emerson
10 FW Robinho
11 DF Cicinho
12 DF Marcelo
13 GK Diego López
14 MF Guti H. (vice-captain)
15 DF Raúl Bravo
16 MF Fernando Gago
No. Position Player
17 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy
18 FW Antonio Cassano
19 FW José Antonio Reyes
20 FW Gonzalo Higuaín
21 DF Iván Helguera
22 DF Francisco Pavón
23 MF David Beckham
24 DF Álvaro Mejía
25 DF Óscar Miñambres
26 MF Javi García
27 MF Rubén De la Red
36 MF Miguel Nieto
38 DF Miguel Torres
39 MF Borja Valero


On 01/11/2007, Real Madrid's official website announced Beckham will join Los Angeles Galaxy on June 30, 2007.
On 06/06/2007, Fenerbahçe S.K.'s official website announced Roberto Carlos will join them on June 30, 2007.

[edit] Selected reserve team players
Below were Castilla and C team players which were granted a first team shirt.
No. Position Player
28 GK Antonio Adán
29 GK Kiko Casilla
30 FW Alberto Bueno
31 FW Rayco
32 MF Adrián González
33 MF Esteban Granero
34 FW Juan Manuel Mata
No. Position Player
35 MF Pedro Mosquera
37 MF Marcos Tébar
40 GK Jordi Codina
41 DF Miguel Palencia
42 FW Álvaro Negredo
43 DF David Mateos
44 DF Sergio Alejandro


See also: Real Madrid Castilla


[edit] Out on loan or transferred
No. Position Player
DF Carlos Diogo (at Real Zaragoza)
MF Júlio Baptista (at Arsenal)
MF Javier Balboa (at Racing Santander)
MF Pablo García (at Celta Vigo)
FW Roberto Soldado (at CA Osasuna)



[edit] Future transfer for 2007/2008
No. Position Player
DF Christoph Metzelder (from Borussia Dortmund)



[edit] Club Officials

[edit] Board of directors (2006-2007)
President: Ramón Calderón
Director of football: Predrag Mijatović
Director of basketball: Antonio Martín Espina

[edit] Training Staff
Head Coach: Fabio Capello
Assistant Coach: Italo Galbiati
Third Coach: José Antonio Grande
Fitness Coach: Massimo Neri
Goalkeeper Coach: Franco Tancredi

[edit] Foreign players 2006/2007
Only three non-EU nationals can be on the pitch at anytime. Those with European ancestry can claim a passport from the nation their ancestors came from. e.g Gago can claim an Italian passport as he has Italian ancestry. If a Latin American player cannot prove European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 5 years.

Gonzalo Higuaín
Fernando Gago
Roberto Carlos
Cicinho
Emerson
Robinho
Marcelo
Mahamadou Diarra
Fabio Cannavaro
Antonio Cassano
David Beckham
Ruud van Nistelrooy

[edit] Notable former players
1910s - 1940s

Ricardo Zamora
Jacinto Quincoces
Jaime Lazcano
Manuel Olivares
Santiago Bernabéu
1940s - 1970s

Luis Molowny
Pahiño
Miguel Muñoz
Francisco Gento
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Héctor Rial
José Santamaria
Raymond Kopa
Ferenc Puskás
Didi
Amancio
Pirri
Manuel Sanchís M.
1970s - 1990s

Amancio
Pirri
Vicente Del Bosque
Mariano García Remón
Miguel Ángel González
José Antonio Camacho
Günter Netzer
Paul Breitner
Santillana
Ulrich Stielike
Juanito
Rafael Gordillo
Miguel Porlán 'Chendo'
Manuel Sanchís H.
John Metgod
Emilio Butragueño
Rafael Martín Vázquez
Míchel
Paco Buyo
Jorge Valdano
Hugo Sánchez
Bernd Schuster
90's

Paco Buyo
Hugo Sánchez
Emilio Butragueño
Manuel Sanchís H.
Miguel Porlán 'Chendo'
Fernando Hierro
Ricardo Rocha
Gheorghe Hagi
Robert Prosinečki
Michael Laudrup
Iván Zamorano
Fernando Redondo
Clarence Seedorf
Predrag Mijatović
Christian Panucci
Davor Šuker
Fernando Morientes
Christian Karembeu
Bodo Illgner
Nicolas Anelka
2000's

Manuel Sanchís H.
Fernando Hierro
Albert Celades
Steve McManaman
Esteban Cambiasso
Claude Makélélé
Flavio Conceiçao
Fernando Morientes
Santiago Solari
Geremi
Michael Owen
Luís Figo
Thomas Gravesen
Zinedine Zidane
Ronaldo



[edit] World Cup Winners
Didi (Sweden 1958) and (Chile 1962)
Paul Breitner (West Germany 1974)
Günter Netzer (West Germany 1974)
Jorge Valdano (Mexico 1986)
Bodo Illgner (Italy 1990)
Ricardo Rocha (USA 1994)
Christian Karembeu (France 1998)
Zinedine Zidane (France 1998)
Roberto Carlos (Korea-Japan 2002)
Ronaldo (USA 1994) and (Korea-Japan 2002)
Fabio Cannavaro (Germany 2006)

[edit] Selected former managers
Arthur Johnson 1910 - 1920
Francisco Bru 1934 - 1941
Héctor Scarone 1951 - 1952
Enrique Fernández 1953 - 1954
José Villalonga 1955 - 1957
Luis Carniglia 1957 - 1959
Manuel Fleitas Solich 1959 - 1960
Miguel Muñoz 1960 - 1973
Luis Molowny 1974
Miljan Miljanić 1974 - 1977
Luis Molowny 1977-1979
Vujadin Boškov 1979 - 1982
Luis Molowny 1982
Alfredo Di Stéfano 1982 - 1984
Amancio Amaro 1984-1985
Luis Molowny 1985 - 1986
Leo Beenhakker 1986 - 1989
John Toshack 1989 - 1990
Alfredo Di Stéfano 1990 - 1991
Radomir Antić 1991 - 1992
Leo Beenhakker 1992
Benito Floro 1992 - 1993
Vicente Del Bosque 1994
Jorge Valdano 1994 - 1995
Vicente Del Bosque 1996
Arsenio Iglesias 1996
Fabio Capello 1996 - 1997
Jupp Heynckes 1997 - 1998
Jose Antonio Camacho 1998
Guus Hiddink 1998 - 1999
John Toshack 1999
Vicente Del Bosque 1999 - 2003
Carlos Queiroz 2003 - 2004
Jose Antonio Camacho 2004
Mariano García Remón 2004
Vanderlei Luxemburgo 2004 - 2005
Juan Ramón López Caro 2005 - 2006
Fabio Capello 2006 - Present


see also Cat:Real Madrid managers and List of Real Madrid managers


[edit] 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