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"Real Madrid" redirects here. For the basketball
team, see Real Madrid Baloncesto. For other
uses, see Real Madrid (disambiguation).
"Los Blancos" redirects here. For the Argentine
village, see Los Blancos, Salta.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish
pronunciation: [reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]
ⓘ
), 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.
Real Madrid
Full name Real Madrid Club de
Fútbol[1]
Nickname(s) Los Blancos (The
Whites)
Los Merengues (The
Meringues)
Los Vikingos (The
Vikings)[2]
La Casa Blanca (The
White House)[3]
Reyes de Europa
(Kings of Europe)[4][5]
Madridistas
(supporters)[6]
Short name RMA
Founded 6 March 1902; 122
years ago (as Madrid
Football Club)[7]
Stadium Estadio Santiago
Bernabéu
Capacity 78,297
Coordinates 40°27′11.0″N 3°41′18.1″W
President Florentino Pérez
Head coach Carlo Ancelotti
League La Liga
2023–24 La Liga, 1st of 20
(champions)
Website [Link]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season
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 along
with the crown in the club crest. Real Madrid
have played their home matches in the
85,000-capacity Santiago Bernabéu in
Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European
sporting clubs, 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.[8]
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 2024.[9][10] It was
estimated to be worth $6.6 billion in 2024,
making it the world's most valuable football
club.[11] In 2024, Real Madrid became the
first football club to make €1 billion ($1.08bn)
in revenue according to the club's
announcement.[12]
Real Madrid are one of the most successful
football clubs in the world and most
successful in Europe. In domestic football,
the club has won 71 trophies; a record 36 La
Liga titles, 20 Copa del Rey, 13 Supercopa
de España, a Copa Eva Duarte and a Copa
de la Liga.[13] In International football, Real
Madrid have won a record 35 trophies: a
record 15 European Cup/UEFA Champions
League titles, a record six UEFA Super Cups,
two UEFA Cups, a joint record two Latin
Cups, a record one Iberoamerican Cup, and
a record nine FIFA Club World
championships.[note 1] Madrid was ranked
joint first a record number of times in the
International Federation of Football History &
Statistics Club World Ranking for the years
2000, 2002, 2014, 2017, and 2024.[17] In
UEFA, Madrid ranks first in the all-time club
ranking.[18][19]
Being one of the three founding members of
La Liga that have never been relegated from
the top division since its inception in 1929
(along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona),
Real Madrid has many long-standing
rivalries, most notably El Clásico with
Barcelona and El Derbi Madrileño with
Atlético Madrid. The club established itself
as a major force in both Spanish and
European football during the 1950s and 60s,
winning five consecutive and six overall
European Cups and reaching a further two
finals. This success was replicated on the
domestic front, with Madrid winning 12
league titles in 16 years. This team, which
included Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás,
Paco Gento and Raymond Kopa is
considered, by some in the sport, to be the
greatest of all time.[20][21] Real Madrid is
known for its Galácticos policy, which
involves signing the world's best players,
such as Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and David
Beckham to create a superstar team.[22] The
term 'Galácticos policy' generally refers to
the two eras of Florentino Pérez's presidency
of the club (2000–2006 and 2009–2018);
however, players brought in just before his
tenure are sometimes considered to be part
of the Galácticos legacy. A notable example
is Steve McManaman, who like many other
players also succeeded under the policy.[23]
On 26 June 2009, Madrid signed Cristiano
Ronaldo for a record-breaking £80 million
(€94 million);[24] he became both the club's
and history's all-time top
goalscorer.[25][26][27][28] Madrid have
recently relaxed the Galácticos policy,
instead focusing on signing young talents
such as Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo, Jude
Bellingham[29] and Kylian Mbappé.[30][31]
Real Madrid is recognised as the greatest
football club of the 20th century by FIFA and
as the best European club during the same
timeframe by the IFFHS,[32] while also
receiving the FIFA Centennial Order of Merit
in 2004.[33] Real Madrid has the highest
participations in the European
Cup/Champions League (55),[18] a
tournament in which they hold the overall
record for the most wins, most draws and
most goals scored.[34] 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 and was the
first and the only club to win La Decima (in
2013–14).[35] In June 2024, they won a
record-extending 15th Champions League
title (the sixth in eleven seasons), recognised
as such by Guinness World Records.[36] Real
Madrid is the first club across all of Europe's
top-five leagues to win 100 trophies in all
competitions.[37] As of February 2025, Real
Madrid are ranked 1st in the UEFA club
rankings as well as first in last 10 years
(2013–2023) overall.[38][39]
History
Crests and colours
Grounds
Records and statistics
Support
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Finances and ownership
Popular culture
Honours
Players
Personnel
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
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