History

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football

Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since its inception. The honorific title real is Spanish for "royal" and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. Real Madrid have played their home matches in the 83,168-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European sporting entities, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club throughout its history. The official Madrid anthem is the "Hala Madrid y nada más", written by RedOne and Manuel Jabois. The club is one of the most widely supported in the world, and is the most followed football club on social media according to the CIES Football Observatory as of 2023 and was estimated to be worth $5.1 billion in 2022, making it the world's most valuable football club. In 2023, it was the second highest-earning football club in the world, with an annual revenue of €713.8 million

Real Madrid was recognised as the best football club of the 20th century by FIFA and as the best European club during the same timeframe by the IFFHS, whilst also receiving the FIFA Centennial Order of Merit in 2004. Real Madrid has the highest participation in the European Cup/Champions League (42), tournament in which they hold the overall record for the most wins, most draws and most goals scored. Real Madrid is the only club to have won three consecutive titles (three-peat) in the European Cup/Champions League twice, first in 1955–56, 1956–57, and 1957–58, and second in 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18. In May 2022, they won a record-extending fourteenth Champions League title (the fifth in nine seasons), recognized by the Guinness World Records. Real Madrid is the first club across all of Europe's top five leagues to win 100 trophies in all competitions. As of March 2023, Real Madrid are ranked fifth in the UEFA club rankings

The Stadium

The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 83,168, it has the second-largest seat capacity in Spain, and it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947

Named after footballer and legendary Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabéu (1895–1978), the stadium is one of the world's most famous football venues



Honours

Best club of the 20th Century

14 European Cups / Champions League [1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1965-66 1997-98 1999-00 2001-02 2013-14 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2021-22]

8 FIFA Club World Cups [1960 1998 2002 2014 2016 2017 2018 2022]

5 European Super Cups [2002 2014 2016 2017 2022]

2 UEFA Cups [1984-85 1985-86]

35 LaLiga Titles [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 2006-07 2007-08 2011-12 2016-17 2019-20 2021-22]

20 Spanish Cups [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 2010-11 2013-14 2022-23]

12 Spanish Super Cups [1988 1989 1990 1993 1997 2001 2003 2008 2012 2017 2020 2022]

Season 2023 - 2024 Squad & Coaches

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Andriy Lunin
Defenders: Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Nacho Fernandez (Captain), Álvaro Odriozola, Lucas Vazquez, Fran Garcia, Antonio Rudiger, Ferland Mendy, Jesús Vallejo
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Toni Kroos, Luca Modric, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Dani Ceballos
Forwards: Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes, Joselu, Brahim Diaz



Season 2023 - 2024 Latest Signings

Jude Bellingham signed from Borussia Dortmund, Joselu signed from RCD Espanyol, Brahim Diaz back on loan from AC Milan, Fran Garcia signed from Rayo Vallecano



This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Aug 13 2024, 05:55 PM

Welcome fellow madridistas ... time for a new thread

Real Madrid now know their fixture list for the LaLiga 2023-24 campaign. Our team will start out at San Mamés with a game against Athletic Club, on the weekend of 12-13 August 2023



This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Jul 4 2023, 04:55 PM

Yeap, beating off Barcelona for his signature. Thoughts fellow madridistas?

While Guler is viewed as somewhat of a generational talent by Real, I feel that there are still urgent positions that need to be address. The most glaring one being the vacant striker position. Joselu while good is not world class. Mbappe's saga is also getting tiring

Can we engage in actually discussion instead of copy and paste all these news

Try not to spam the entire thread with this. Thanks

This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Jul 6 2023, 05:39 PM

Potential banana skins in Napoli & Union Berlin.

Any update alaba and rudiger injuries??