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:


Club Records:

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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..

I wonder what's on mourinho mind right now
the shattered record a.k.a title blow
or just put it behind and get ready for champion league

Real 1st home record defeat under Mourinho...

I HAS SADDEN!

no ronaldo no benzema no xabi.
but higuain is back.

home record ended, title race might over if barca win over villareal

Sad to see Jose 9 year miracle has ended like this.

By the way, are Ronaldo, Benzema and Marcelo still out for Spurs clash?

Probably out according to club's doctor but Mourinho might take a risk to give any minutes to injured players.

i heard mourinho congratulated every sporting gijon's member for their victory

hes a special one

Dignified...Sir Alex did the same thing to him when he beat United during his time at Porto

real might as well just handed the trophy to barca
.....

im ready to follow jose next club!

sad to see the record broken.

Jose Mourinho says he may take a "risk" and play Cristiano Ronaldo in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie against Tottenham Hotspur.

Mourinho, who on Saturday night surrendered his nine-year, 150-game unbeaten record in league home matches when Real Madrid lost to Sporting Gijon, had previously ruled Ronaldo out of the game with a hamstring problem.

However, Mourinho will meet with his top scorer, as well as the injured Karim Benzema and Marcelo, to establish whether the three players are willing to take a gamble on their fitness of the game at the Bernabeu.

"If he [Ronaldo] has a chance it's because he and his coach are taking a risk, because the information from the medical department is that he can't play, that he can only play in the game in Bilbao [next weekend]," Mourinho said.

"But if the two of us and only the two of us decide that he's going to play then the risk is mine and his. Tomorrow I will talk with the injured players and decide if we will risk them."

Even if Ronaldo is unable to declare his availability then at least Real saw the unexpected return of Gonzalo Higuain to first-team action on Saturday night. The striker had not played since November after undergoing surgery on a herniated disc but returned ahead of schedule to play against Sporting.

Higuain said: "On an individual level I'm very happy. People believed I would miss the entire season, but I managed to show that statistics aren't everything in life. It was not a challenge or a competition with anybody, it was a matter of pride for myself to show that I could be back ahead of schedule.

"I was able to achieve that and I feel very comfortable. The key to the recovery was fighting hard, not letting myself get down and battling for what I love most, which is to play football.

"I'm grateful to all the coaching staff, the doctors, fans, my team-mates, my family and to myself. I'm very happy to be able to feel like a player again, although this wasn't quite the dream comeback I was hoping for."

i would said that last match was a bad luck for us.. we did have tons of opportunities.. but we fail to at least equalized.. really bad luck at very wrong timing.. we have crucial month ahead and we faced numbers of injuries.. haih..

so, obviously.. we can say that we had just gave the title to barca.. anyway.. hopefully we can win CL or at least CDR.. no more trophy-less season plss..

there is no problem finish second.. the special one said a months ago..
last game not our luck.. most our players suffered fatigue on the pitch after the euro qualification.. with several players are injured too..

no creative player.. we depend on ozil and maria.. but them also collapsed... not really shine.. just reff not our side.. should be 1-2 chance of penalty, at least game end as draw should be ok.. but lost.. title hope were gone..

harry redknapp play mind game liao
say mourinho rest player for champion league during 0-1 defeat to sporting
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Here is the official match-day squad:

Goalkeepers: Casillas, Adan and Dudek.

Defenders: Ramos, Arbeloa, Pepe, Carvalho, Garay, Marcelo.

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Granero, Kaka, Oezil, Di Maria.

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuain and Adebayor.

source : goal.com

Your prefer starting XI ?

As we play on our turf, attacking is a MUST thing to do. so here is my prefer starting XI:-

Casillas, Marcelo, Carvalho, Pepe, Ramos, Diarra, Xabi, Khediera, Oezil, CR9, Papita. formation : 4-3-2-1

my prediction, spurs will play counter and crossing as they will supply ball to either Bale (if he fit to play) or Lennon. and crouch will be the target man.

hope we can win at least 2-0..

so will risking our injured player..... no choice.. ucl is the most important trophy...

I will cheer for Madrid tonight. Go The Special One and hala Madrid

yup.. we really dont have any choice, but IMO, it worth to take risk as we only have 2 trophy left for grab.
playing CR9, Marcelo, Kaka or any injured/half fit players really a big risk but, as mentioned we dont have any choice and we need to win this match at a great margin.

2nd leg will be very depending on this match, it is still an open game for me, anyteam can beat anyteam, so teams that performed with less mistake obviously will win.. it is either do or die..

ya lo
no choice

We dont have to risk everything especially in just the first leg of a CL game. Doing so will only end up with eggs on our faces. Mou has already indicated a similar sentiment. We'll try to score for sure. But keeping a clean sheet should be the priority. We need to make sure that we arent left chasing the game in the 2nd leg.

yup.. clean sheet is a must as well, chasing game in 2nd leg will be hard for us..

do you guys think bale gonna be a problem tonight or ramos can handle him?

Depends how Di Maria plays on the opposite site ! If he takes on the Spurs defenders frequently , then Bale will be forced to back off. Oso please mourinho dun play with 3 def midfielders ! drop either Lass or Khedira. Finaly i hope Higuain starts over Adebayor who is total waste

you forget that when bale scored hattrick against inter, he dribble run the ball deep from his on half
so if ramos overlap like crazy tonight, bale might run and leave ramos behind

I cant wait for tonight match. Waiting for 7th season to fight this stage. arhhhhhhhhhhhhh

waiting for streaming link hehehe.

try this...
Stream

here we go !!!

got any good streaming link?

There goes 1-0

haha nice goal by ade.

urgghh any good streaming link?

crouch sees red...=.=

woot crouch kena sent off

Wow. 1 man down, but Bale got the chance to score also

whoa bale memang gay

Bale is dangerous to RM

handball not given!!!

handball sia lucky totthenham

bale is really dangerous...he himself has cause quite some problem to RM....

Ray Wilkins is biased to maximum. He keep on referring Spurs as 'we'

Ray Wilkins is trending in Twitter for a reason #stayonyourfeet

Can't score!! Spur defend too deep!

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Added on April 6, 2011, 4:01 amADEBAYORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Added on April 6, 2011, 4:01 amGOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

This post has been edited by danger46: Apr 6 2011, 04:01 AM

10 goals in 10 games against sp**s.what a lad.

ok switch channel now

inter -schalke 2-4

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL DI MARIAAAAAAAA STUNNING!

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Added on April 6, 2011, 4:20 amoh btw

Inter 2 - 5 Schalke
=.= massive away goal to chase for inter for next match

This post has been edited by danger46: Apr 6 2011, 04:20 AM

one more goal please!!!

RONALDO! 4 - 0

oh yeah~!!!

4-0!!!

Won!

damm.i switched to inter's game but no more goals.thought ronaldo was gonna come off.

yeah baby!

lol
mamak at my place show both game
but sound only for real game

fuh..........my dreams almost come true.............yuhuuuuuuuuuuuu

UK fans cannot hear him anymore!!!

btw, happy for raul also

red card or not..its clearly real madrid played better than spurs.

congratz guys.

any highlight ??

Match Highlights

http://footballocks.net/index.php/3784/rea...ham-highlights/

we played like we against reserved team in the training ground
pass n pass , lob, pass n pass again over again ...

the most dangerous from spurs when bale got the ball and tried ti dribble himself..

real should buy adebayor from man city ...

i'm sorry, what? buy adebayor from man city?
he's an arsenal discard, a man city reject. recall what he did to arsenal. the man is sh**e.
however, i am glad for the goal.......but please dont stay

haha i m glad former epl player scores against spurs

em adebayor is on loan is it ?
since when he moved to real
hmmm

Adebayor seeks permanent Real deal

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/...id-deal?cc=4716

Guess he doesnt mind sitting on the bench when higuain and benzema are fit?

Just for the fun of it.....



moral of the story
lets all "like" real madrid in fb
*all are taken from official team fb

Yestde Real Madrid official fb posted an update in Malay ! Shocking!!

ya me too

lol

But y Malay n not any other language in this world. There are 10million fans in that page. Perhaps the Admin is from Malaysia. That's amazing.

I'm pretty sure there were other languages as well. The admin is Adam Bader. You can follow him on twitter @realmadridtalk.
I remember he was asking for translation help.

Can translate in google ma...

HT : 0-1 [kaka (p)]

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Added on April 10, 2011, 1:52 amFT : 0-3

Kaka Double Penalty
CR

This post has been edited by zeronehza: Apr 10 2011, 01:52 AM

Surprisingly easy game against Bilbao. Actually Albiol , Garay n Pepe is too good in air and easily neutralized their attack

Athletic Bilbao Vs Real Madrid Highlights

http://footballocks.net/index.php/3807/ath...d-highlights-5/

Ronaldo best friends in real madrid is Marcelo but I recently find out while CR was still at Manu, they had a small fight during international match.







I really hope we can be like barca, one big happy family.



This post has been edited by raul88: Apr 10 2011, 04:33 PM