Real Madrid

Real Madrid Emblem

Full name        : Real Madrid Club de Fútbol

Nickname(s)   : Los Blancos (The Whites) Los Merengues (The Meringues) Los Vikingos (The Vikings)

Short name      : RM

Founded          : 6 March 1902; 112 years ago
                        as Madrid Football Club

Ground           : Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

Capacity         : 81,044
President         : Florentino Pérez
Manager         : Carlo Ancelotti[5]




Real Madrid is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club.the team has traditionally worn a white home kit since.
The word 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.

King Alfonso XIII allowed the club to use the title of Real (royal)

The club is the world's richest football club in terms of revenue and widely supported teams. Real Madrid is one of three founding members of the Primer Division which have never been relegated from the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and the Madrid derby with Atletico  Madrid.
Real Madrid is the joint most successful club in Spain, in terms of overall official titles won (80), and the joint most successful club in European competitions, in terms of official European trophies won (17). The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. Domestically, Real Madrid has won a record 32 La Liga titles, 19 Copa del Rey, 9 Supercopa de España, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la Liga.[10] Internationally the club has won a record 10 European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles and a joint record 3 Intercontinental Cups, as well as 2 UEFA Cups, 2 UEFA Super Cups and a FIFA Club World Cup.

Real Madrid was recognised as the FIFA Club of the 20th Century on 23 December 2000, and named Best European Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS on 11 May 2010. The club also received the FIFA Order of Merit in 2004. The club is allowed to wear a multiple–winner badge on their shirt during UEFA Champions League matches as they have won more than five European Cups. They also wear a FIFA Club World Cup champions badge as winners of the 2014 competition. The club was ranked first in the latest IFFHS Club World Ranking, setting a new record, with 381 points.[11] Currently, the club also leads the UEFA club rankings.[12]

Real Madrid Team 1905-06

Current squad
As of 30 January 2015

No	Position	Player	No	Position	Player
1	GK	Iker Casillas (captain)	13	GK	Keylor Navas
2	DF	Raphaël Varane	14	FW	Javier Hernández
3	DF	Pepe (4th captain)	15	DF	Dani Carvajal
4	DF	Sergio Ramos (vice-captain)	16	MF	Lucas Silva
5	DF	Fábio Coentrão	17	DF	Álvaro Arbeloa
6	MF	Sami Khedira	18	DF	Nacho
7	FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	19	MF	Luka Modrić
8	MF	Toni Kroos	20	FW	Jesé
9	FW	Karim Benzema	21	MF	Isco
10	MF	James Rodríguez	22	MK	Asier Illarramendi
11	MF	Gareth Bale	23	GK	Fernando Pacheco
12	DF	Marcelo (3rd captain)	24

 

Personnel

Current technical staff

Italian Carlo Ancelotti is the current manager of the club

See also: List of Real Madrid C.F. managers

   

Position	Staff
Head coach	Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant coach	Fernando Hierro
Assistant coach	paul clement
Goalkeeping coach	Villiam Vecchi
Fitness coach	Davide Ancelotti
Fitness coach	Francesco Mauri
Fitness coach	Giovanni Mauri
Match delegate	Chendo

   Management

President	Florentino Pérez
1st Vice-president	Fernando Fernández Tapias
2nd Vice-president	Eduardo Fernández de Blas
Secretary of the Board	Enrique Sánchez González
Director General	José Ángel Sánchez
Director of the President's Office	Manuel Redondo
Director of the Social Area	José Luis Sánchez

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
1980–1982	Adidas	None
1982–1985		Zanussi
1985–1989	Hummel	Parmalat
1989–1991		Reny Picot
1991–1992		Otaysa
1992–1994		Teka
1994–1998	kelme
1998–2001	Adidas
2001–2002		Realmadrid.com
2002–2005		Siemens mobile
2005–2006		Siemens
2006–2007		BenQ-Siemens
2007–2011		bwin
2011–2013
2013–		Fly Emirates

Honours

As of 24 May 2014, Real Madrid have won a record 32 La Liga, a record 10 European Cup/UEFA Champions League, and a joint record 3 Intercontinental Cup trophies. The club was awarded with the recognition of "FIFA Club of the 20th Century" on 23 December 2000,[149] and named "Best European Club of the 20th Century" by the IFFHS in London on 11 May 2010.[150][151] It also received the FIFA Order of Merit in 2004. Added to this, Real is allowed to wear a multiple–winner badge on their shirt during UEFA Champions League matches as they have won more than five European Cups.

Domestic competitions

La Liga

Winners (32): 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.

Copa del Rey

Winners (19): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2013–14

Super copa del Rey

Winners (9): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012

(* Won Copa del Rey and La Liga )

Copa Eva Duarte (the forerunner to the Supercopa de España)

Winners (1): 1947

Copa de la Liga[155]

Winners (1): 1984–85

European competitions

European Cup/UEFA Champions League

Winners (10): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2013–14

(* First ever winners )

UEFA Cup

Winners (2): 1984–85, 1985–86

UEFA Super Cup

Winners (2): 2002, 2014

Worldwide competitions

Intercontinental Cup

Winners (3): 1960, 1998, 2002

(* First ever winners )

FIFA Club World Cup[160]

Winners (1): 2014