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





LEGENDARY AWAY 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: Carlo Ancelotti
1st Assistant Coach: Zidane
Fitness Trainer: Rui Faria
Goalkeeper Coach: Silvino Louro
Video Analysis Coordinator: Jose Morais

Fixtures 2013/14



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official twitter accounts of our players:

@Cristiano
@SergioRamos
@XabiAlonso
@aarbeloa17l
@Fabio_Coentrao

Live Streaming:
http://firstrownow.eu/
http://www.streamhunter.eu/
http://www.ronaldo7.net/live/livestream/livestream.html


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This post has been edited by zeronehza: Mar 22 2014, 10:18 AM

sorry guys, im afraid if im forget to create new thread this week ( a long2 holiday) so i create it early..

di maria resume training

im overslept last nite.. damn.. miss the game..

nice header by ramos anyway.. secured 7 points lead again

sign of what?

its 0430 monday morning

road to 10 points..

finally mou answered the stupid rumours from the press... hes likely will stay.. and not leaving..

is it callejon playing fifa behind ?

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Added on February 12, 2012, 8:25 pmsight.. u over inch marcelo.. no wonder ur sprint not fast as him..





old friend...

This post has been edited by zeronehza: Feb 12 2012, 08:38 PM

ft : 4-2

nice hatrik cr

10 pts clear !!!!

FT : 4-0

another muscle injury again.. lass also..

hope our players strong in the -ve temp ...

energetic russian side.. we got lucky we are the champ of counter attack
still a long way to go in 2nd half,.,. the cold really make our tempo slow down...

wah really luck for russian side...

what a tie 1-1

we wasting so many chance to score 2-3 goals..

raul albiol = jinX

whenever he come in.. defend become worst.. haha

fixed*

but credit to their GK too.. really gave the best performance

Line UP :

Casillas, Pepe, Ramos, Khedira, C. Ronaldo, Kaká, Özil, Marcelo, Xabi, Arbeloa & Higuaín.

incredible performance by rayo.. lucky not draw
again alot wasting on counter attack.. but the result is matter.
13 pts !!

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Added on February 27, 2012, 12:57 amsure.. not so many player can think and do in that kind of situation..

This post has been edited by zeronehza: Feb 27 2012, 12:57 AM

Jose Mourinho's press conference for Real Madrid v Espanyol :

- All teams in Europe suffer from injuries. It's normal.
- Injuries happen more frequently after international games. They affect our work.
- Kaka didn't train yesterday, but we will see if he can play though. We need him because of the injuries we have.
- Higuain is one of the best strikers in the world and only a stupid coach would want to lose him.
- It's fantastic that Sahin plays with his national team.
- Di Maria is still recovering from his injury. He is very important for us and for the way we play.
- Granero is playing because of his character and special personality. I think Real Madrid shouldn't lose him.
- Granero has never let me down. He always meets my expectations.

translation: @realmadriden

Mourinho calls-up 21 players for clash with Espanyol

Goalkeepers: Casillas, Adan, Jesus
Defenders: Arbeloa, Carvalho, Varane, Albiol, Marcelo, Ramos
Midfielders: Sahin, Altintop, Lass, Khedira, Xabi Alonso, Ozil, Callejon, Granero, Kaka
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuain, Morata

Injury Report:
Di Maria - Injury: Muscle bruise close to the right anterior muscle.
Treatment: Medical. Physiotherapy.
Benzema - Injury: Fibrillar tear on the right hamstring muscle.
Treatment: Medical. Physiotherapy.
Coentrao - Injury: Fibrillar tear on the right hamstring muscle.
Treatment: Medical. Physiotherapy.