Real Madrid Football Club

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Real Madrid Football Club, better known as Real Madrid, is a multi-sport organization based in Madrid , capital of Spain . Founded on March 6, 1902 by two brothers Catalan Joan Father Rubio and Carles Father Rubio Society under the name of Madrid Foot-Ball Club, participates in the First Division in Spain since its founding in 1929 , one of the teams that has never down from the top flight.Formed part, as a founding member of the European Club Association (formerly G-14 ), an international organization which brought together the most important and influential clubs of Europe .

At the international level has won nine times in the European Cup five times in a row the editions of 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 , and winning alternately editions 1966 , 1998 , 2000 and 2002 . This makes him the club that has won

more European Cups. He was also champion of the UEFA Cup in 1985 and 1986 , two-time Copa America ( 1955 and 1957 ), three-time Intercontinental Cup ( 1960 ,1998 and 2002 ) and won the European Super Cup in 2002 . Regarding the national championships, made the track listing is as follows: Champion Cup 18 times, champions of the League Cup , champion of the Copa Eva Duarte , who won the Supercopa of Spain on 8 occasions, and won the Spanish League 31 times, being the team that has won more times. It is therefore the most successful club competitions at both national and international importance:Spanish League and European Cup .

The color that identifies the club is the target , although its beginnings were black stockings. Play their home games at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu , with a capacity for 80,354 spectators, was opened in 1947 .

It is the most popular club in your country (with the largest number of followers inSpain with 32.8% of all football supporters according to a study conducted in May 2007 by the Sociological Research Centre ) . Statistically, it is a club that has more titles in Spain and one of the most successful and recognized the world: [a] [b] His first team won 74 trophies in various competitions (59 at 15 national and internationally) recognized by the RFEF and UEFA .He was appointed by FIFA as the Best Club of the twentieth century after the results of a survey of readers of the bimonthly magazine of the organization, FIFA World Magazine, in December 2000 .According to the annual ranking of clubs making the IFFHS , in 2002 was named the best team in world football. In 2009 , the same body as the club named the club up twentieth century in Europe.

Its two historic rivals are Atletico Madrid , against which disputes the Derbi Madrid , and FC Barcelona , who he faces in the Classic , this being one of the largest gatherings of world football rivalry.

One of the sports organizations with a higher value on the market and one that gets more revenue annually, its worth is estimated at 951 million euros and revenues are approximately 351 million euros per season, but the ownership of the club lies in its more than 85,000 members, only one of 4 professional clubs in Spain (along with FC Barcelona , the Athletic Club andOsasuna ) that is not a corporation. developed several sports such as athletics , fight , baseball , volleyball and tennis , but most are extinct.His only surviving section of rugby , restored in 2008 , of indoor soccer , and basketball . His basketball team participates in the top flight of Spanish basketball, the ACB League , and is the club with most titles in the world, recognized by FIBA . [ citation needed ] It is the richest club in the world for the sixth consecutive year and only over 400 million euros, making it the second consecutive year.

Squad 2011/12 Updated September 1 of 2011 Dorsal Player Height Demarcation Age Source Contract In the club since Until Comments Goalkeeper Iker Casillas 1.85 1 30 years Real Madrid Castilla 1999 2017 International. 2 Ricardo Carvalho Defense 1.82 Chelsea Football Club 33 years 2010 2012 International. Kepler Laveran 3 "Pepe" Defense 1.87 FC Porto 28 years 2007 2016 International. 4 Sergio Ramos 2 Defense 1.83 Sevilla Football Club 25 years 2005 2017 International. Midfield player Nuri Sahin 5 1.79 Borussia Dortmund 23 years 2011 2016 International. Midfield player Sami Khedira 6 1.89 VfB Stuttgart 24 years 2010 2015 International. Front Cristiano Ronaldo 7 1.85 26 years Manchester United FC 2009 2015 International. 8 Ricardo dos Santos, "Kaka" Midfield player 1.86 29 years Associazione Calcio Milan 2009 2015 1.84 Front 9 Karim Benzema 23 years Olympique Lyon 2009 2015 International. Midfield player Mesut Özil 10 1.82 Werder Bremen 22 years 2010 2016 International. Midfield player 11 Esteban Granero 1.80 24 years Getafe Football Club 2009 2013 Marcelo Vieira 12 1.72 3 Defense 23 years Fluminense Football Club 2007 2015 Goalkeeper Antonio 1.90 13 Adam 24 years Real Madrid Castilla 2010 2014 Midfield player Xabi Alonso 14 1.83 29 years Liverpool Football Club 2009 2014 International. Defense Coentrão Fábio 1.79 15 23 years Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2011 2017 International. Midfield player Hamit Altintop 16 Bayern Munich 1.83 28 years 2011 2015 International. Alvaro Arbeloa 17 1.83 Defense 28 years Liverpool Football Club 2009 2014 International. Defense Raul Albiol 18 1.90 26 years Valencia Football Club 2009 2014 International. Defense Varane 1.91 19 Raphaël 18 years Racing Club de Lens 2011 2017 Gonzalo Higuain 4 Front 20 1.84 23 years Club Atletico River Plate 2007 2016 International. 1.78 21 José Callejón Front 24 years Spanish Real Club Deportivo 2011 2016 22 Midfield player Angel Di María 1.80 23 years Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2010 2016 International. Midfield player Diarra Lass 24 1.73 26 years Portsmouth Football Club 2009 2013 International.
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= Injured Players with more than 25 lats are for all effects, players from Real Madrid Castilla and as such games may combine the first and second team. As required by the rules of the LFP, the players of the first team must keep the dorsal 1 to 25. From 26 onwards will be team players subsidiary. Spanish teams are limited to having the staff up to three players without passport European Union. The list includes only the main nationality of each player, some players do not Europeans have dual citizenship in any country EU: Pepe holds dual Portuguese and Brazilian nationality. Kaka has the Brazilian and Italian dual citizenship. Marcelo Vieira Brazilian has dual nationality and Spanish. Gonzalo Higuain holds dual French nationality and Argentina. Angel Di Maria Argentina possesses dual nationality and Italiana. Mesut Özil holds dual German and Turkish nationality. Sami Khedira holds dual German and Tunisia. Nuri Sahin holds dual German and Turkish nationality. Hamit Altintop has dual nationality and German Turk. Highs and lows 2011/12 High Player Position Type Cost Source
Raphaël Varane Defense Racing Club 74 Transfer Lens. € 10,000,000.
75 Defense Coentrão Fábio Sport Lisboa e Benfica Transfer. € 30,000,000.
Midfielder Nuri Sahin Borussia Dortmund 76 Transfer. € 10,000,000.
Midfielder Hamit Altintop Bayern 77 Free Munich.
José Callejón 78 Front Royal Club Spanish sports Transfer. € 5,000,000.
Low Position Player Destination Type Charge
Goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek Free Agent Retired.
Real Zaragoza David Mateos Defense Assignment.
Ezequiel Garay Defense Sport Lisboa e Benfica Transfer. € 5,500,000
Midfielder Sergio Canales Valencia Football Club Assignment. € 2,000,000
Midfielder Pedro Leon Getafe Club de Fútbol Assignment.
Everton Football Midfielder Royston Drenthe Club Assignment.
Associazione Sportiva Midfielder Fernando Gago Transfer Rome.
Manchester City Striker Emmanuel Adebayor FC back after assignment. Honours Pichichis Throughout the history of this trophy with Real Madrid has done it 24 times. Hugo Sanchez was one Pichichi season as Atletico Madrid. These are players who have won the trophy Top scorer: Season Player Seasons Manuel Olivares 1 1932/33 (16 goals) Pahiño 1 1951-1952 (28 goals) Alfredo Di Stefano in May 1953 to 1954 (27 goals), 1955-1956 (24 goals), 1956/57 (31 goals), 1957-1958 (19 goals) and 1958-1959 (23) Puskás Ferenc 4 1959-1960 (26 goals), 1960-1961 (27 goals), 1962/63 (26 goals) and 1963/64 (20 goals) Amancio 2 1968/69 (14 goals) and 1969/70 (16 goals) Juanito 1 1983-1984 (17 goals) Hugo Sanchez in May 1984 to 1985 (19 goals). (Athletic Madrid), 1985/86 (22 goals), 1986/87 (34 goals), 1987/88 (29 goals) and 1989/90 (38 goals) Emilio Butragueño: 1 1990/91 (19 goals) Ivan Zamorano 1 1994/95 (28 goals) Raul February 1998/99 (25 goals) and 2000/01 (24 goals) Ronaldo in January 2003/04 (24 goals) Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 2006/07 (25 goals) Cristiano Ronaldo in January 2010/11 (41 goals) Zamoras Throughout the history of this trophy with Real Madrid has done it 16 times. These are the Real Madrid goalkeeper who won the trophy Zamora: Season Player Seasons Ricardo Zamora 1931/32 and 1932/33 2 José Bañón 1 1945-1946 Juan Alonso 1 1954-1955 Vicente Train 3 1960/61, 1962/1963 and 1963/64 Araquistáin a 1961-1962 1964/65 and 1966/67 Betancort 2 Junquera 1 1967-1968 Miguel Angel 1 1975-1976 Augustine one from 1982 to 1983 Francisco Buyo 2 1987/88 and 1991/92 1 Iker Casillas 2007/08 Trofeo Alfredo Di Stefano Raul Gonzalez Blanco: 2007/08 Golden Ball

Golden Balls won by Real Madrid players Alfredo Di Stefano: 1957 and 1959 Raymond Kopa: 1958 Ronaldo: 2002 Luis Figo: 2000 Fabio Cannavaro: 2006 Silver Ball Alfredo Di Stefano: 1956 Raymond Kopa: 1959 Ferenc Puskás: 1960 Predrag Mijatovic: 1997 Davor Suker: 1998 Raul Gonzalez: 2001 Roberto Carlos: 2002 Cristiano Ronaldo: 2009 FIFA World Player Luis Figo: 2001 Ronaldo: 2002 Zinedine Zidane: 2003 Fabio Cannavaro: 2006 Golden Boot Hugo Sanchez: 1989/90 (38 goals) Cristiano Ronaldo: 2010/11 (40 goals) Eleven Golden Zinedine Zidane: 2001 Ronaldo: 2002 World Soccer

Iker Casillas, captain and Zamora Trophy, 2007/08

Former Real Madrid player Raul most games played in Real Madrid top scorer in club history. Luis Figo: 2001 Ronaldo: 2002 Zinedine Zidane: 2003 Fabio Cannavaro: 2006 Cristiano Ronaldo: 2009 Trofeo Bravo Emilio Butragueño: 1985 and 1986 Iker Casillas: 2000 Gold Glove FIFA Iker Casillas: FIFA World Cup 2010 Players with most matches played in all competitions Player Games Raul 741 710 Sanchis Santillana 643 Gento 605 598 Iron 587 Camacho 577 boxes Michel 560 Pirri 559 Top scorers Player Seasons Games Goals Average Raúl González 1994 - 2010 741 323 0.44 Alfredo Di Stefano 1953 - 1964 371 307 0.827 Santillana 1971 - 1988 0446 632 282 Puskás Ferenc 1958 - 1966 262 242 0.92 Emilio Butragueño 1985 - 1992 463 217 0.47 Pirri 1964 - 1980 559 210 0.38 Sanchez Hugo 1985 - 1992 283 207 0.73 Michel 1984 - 1996 560 178 .317 Francisco Gento 1953 - 1971 605 178 0.30 Juanito 1977 - 1987 401 153 0.38 Pahiño 1948 - 1953 144 127 0.88 Fernando Hierro 1989 - 2003 598 127 0.21 Amancio Amaro 1962 - 1976 344 119 .346 Ronaldo 2002 - 2007 177 104 0.59 Ivan Zamorano 1992 - 1996 173 101 0.58 Fernando Morientes 1997 - 2003, 2004 - 2005 242 100 0,41 Players who have won more titles Player Securities Gent 21 Sanchis 21 Chendo 18 Raul 16 Iron 16 Di Stefano 15

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