Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (commonly known as Real Madrid or Madrid) is a Spanish sports club best known for its football team. It is the most successful team in the world and has even been named "The Best Club of the 20th Century" by FIFA in 2000, having won a record 31 La Liga titles, 17 Spanish Cups, a record 9 European Cups and 2 UEFA Cups. Founded in 1902, Real Madrid has since spent all of its history in the top flight of Spanish football. The club's home colours are their legendary all white and they play their home games at the 80,354-capacity Santiago Bernabéu football stadium. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception.

The Crest


The first crest of Real Madrid had a simple design consisting of a decorative interlacing of the three initials of the club, "MCF" for Madrid Club de Fútbol, in dark blue on a white shirt. The first change in the crest occurred in 1908 when the letters adopted a more streamlined form and appeared inside a circle. The next change in the configuration of the crest did not occur until the presidency of Pedro Parages in 1920. At that time, King Alfonso XIII granted the club his royal patronage which came in the form of the title "Real", roughly translated as "Royal". Thus, the crown was added to the crest and the club styled itself Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. With the dissolution of the monarchy in 1931, all the royal symbols (the crown on the crest and the title of Real) were eliminated. The crown was replaced by the dark mulberry band of the Region of Castile. In 1941, two years after the end of the Civil War, the "Real Corona", or "Royal Crown", was restored while the mulberry stripe of Castile was retained as well. In addition, the whole crest was made full color, with gold being the most prominent, and the club was again called Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. The most recent modification to the crest occurred in 2001 when the club wanted to better situate itself for the twenty-first century and further standardize its crest. One of the modifications made was changing the mulberry stripe to a more bluish shade.

The Stadium



The Kit



Real Madrid's traditional home colours are all white. The clubs' nicknames "Los Blancos" ("The Whites") and "Los Merengues" (after the dessert meringue) were influenced by it. The kit initially adopted a blue oblique stripe on the shirt; but unlike today, dark blue socks were worn. The striped shirt was replaced by an all-white version, modeled after the shirt worn by Corinthian F.C. in 1902. In the same year, the blue socks were replaced by black ones. By the early 1940s the manager changed the kit again by adding the club's crest on the left breast (which have remained ever since). On 23 November 1947, in a game against Atlético Madrid at the Metropolitano Stadium, Real Madrid became the first Spanish team to wear numbered shirts.

Madrid's traditional away colours are all black or all purple. The club's kit is currently manufactured by Adidas and their current shirt sponsor is bwin.com

Real Madrid Hymn


Honours:


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Squad List 2011/12



Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Jose Mourinho
1st Assistant Coach: Aitor Karanka
Fitness Trainer: Rui Faria
Goalkeeper Coach: Silvino Louro
Video Analysis Coordinator: Jose Morais

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Added on March 29, 2011, 12:03 pmFixtures 2011/12

Friendly


SuperCopa El Classico
14-8 (2-2)
18/8 (2-3) aggregate (4-5) lose

la liga

29/8 zaragoza v Real Madrid (0-6)
10/9 Real Madrid v Getafe (4-2)
Sep 18 11:00 ET Levante v Real Madrid (0-1)
Sep 21 3:00 ET Racing Santander v Real Madrid (0-0)
Sep 25 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecano (6-2)
Oct 2 11:00 ET Espanyol v Real Madrid (0-4)
Oct 16 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Real Betis ( 4-1)
Oct 23 11:00 ET Málaga v Real Madrid (0-4)
Oct 26 3:00 ET Real Madrid v Villarreal (3-0)
Oct 30 12:00 ET Real Sociedad v Real Madrid
Nov 6 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Osasuna (7-1)
Nov 20 11:00 ET Valencia v Real Madrid (2-3)
Nov 27 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid
Dec 4 11:00 ET Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid
Dec 11 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Barcelona
Dec 18 11:00 ET Sevilla FC v Real Madrid
Jan 8 10:00 ET Real Madrid v Granada
Jan 8 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Granada CF
Jan 15 11:00 ET Mallorca v Real Madrid
Jan 22 11:00 ET Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid
Jan 29 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza
Feb 5 11:00 ET Getafe v Real Madrid
Feb 12 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Levante
Feb 19 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Racing Santander
Feb 26 11:00 ET Rayo Vallecano v Real Madrid
Mar 4 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Espanyol
Mar 11 12:00 ET Real Betis v Real Madrid
Mar 18 12:00 ET Real Madrid v Málaga
Mar 21 4:00 ET Villarreal v Real Madrid
Mar 25 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Real Sociedad
Apr 1 11:00 ET Osasuna v Real Madrid
Apr 8 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Valencia
Apr 11 3:00 ET Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid
Apr 15 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Sporting Gijon
Apr 22 11:00 ET Barcelona v Real Madrid
Apr 29 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Sevilla FC
May 6 11:00 ET Granada CF v Real Madrid
May 13 11:00 ET Real Madrid v Mallorca

UCL
Sept 14 20:45 CET Dinamo Zagreb v Real Madrid (0-1)
Sept 26 20:45 CET Real Madrid v Ajax Amsterdam (3-0)
October 18 20:45 CET Real Madrid v Olympic Lyon ( 4-0)

This post has been edited by zeronehza: Feb 2 2012, 04:29 AM

i heard benzema injured in france friendly game
zzzzzzz

higuain will be back on fire soon.. dont worry

http://realmadrid.footballfantalk.com/2011...friendly-match/

With Higuain and Benzema both out, its time for Adebayor to shine, really lucky for Real to have sign him on loan during the Jan transfer.

Is this RM 2011/12 home kit? Can someone confirm it?

Thankz zero coz volunteer to be our MADRID TS..

+1

I doubt this is real. Too similar to the current one

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Added on April 1, 2011, 5:37 pmI hope this time I found the right person to helm the thread

This post has been edited by verx: Apr 1 2011, 05:37 PM

Wow, Barca's president quite confident that his team can beat us 5-0 again in Copa Del Rey final. cis.................

Over the past few weeks I've seen a couple of leaked RM kit for next season:





I'm still not reli convinced with any to be honest, but if i had to say between those 2, probably the 2nd pic will be more likely.

I've seen the 2nd pic before. But again I have my doubts. It's butt ugly

rumors said game vs sporting and spurs will be without cr, benz & marcelo..

thanks all.. will try my best

shit
april is the most crucial time for real
zzz

Sid Lowe had a...very interesting...interview with Arbeloa

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/apr/0...-arbeloa-madrid

Enjoy the read

Ronaldo to be honoured by Real Madrid ahead of Sporting Gijon clash
Real Madrid will acknowledge Ronaldo’s legacy at the club and will offer him a special gift ahead of their encounter with Sporting Gijon at the Bernabeu...


http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/...ead-of-sporting

hello

Higuain is back.. on bench tonite

There will be 2 Ronaldo at Bernabeu tonite..

mourinho 9 years home league record has ended
title blow....

What a game.. Madrid lost but the match was well worth watching...

Complacency again i guess..