Real Madrid Club de Futbol is a Spanish football club which is the most successful team in the world in the 20th century according to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, followed by AC Milan in the second position. Founded on March 6, 1902, Madrid play in the Main Division League or the Spanish Primera División known. Since the competition began in 1928, Madrid has never been degraded to a lower division. The club was originally named Madrid Club de Futbol, but allowed to use the title Real after King Alfonso XIII of Spain gave official permission to the club in June 1920. File: crestds.png Real Madrid play in white-and-white costumes, giving them the nickname Los Merengues (white team). Cage located in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium with a capacity of 80,354 spectators.
Since the last few years, Madrid is known as a team that likes to buy top players of the world, and therefore given a new nickname of Los Galacticos (team galactic). But ironically, despite the star-studded players, the club has always reap the poor performance by the failure of reaching any degree in the year 2008-2010. Even since the last time Real Madrid won the Champions League in 2002, they almost always only achieve the best results until the last 16 of the Champions League.
HistorySpain's most successful club is proudly with a variety of titles have ever achieved. Most won the Spanish Primera Liga, Real Madrid's collection of nine titles in the Champions League clubs also have unmatched anywhere. If Madrid in the modern era synonymous with Los Galacticos, this Spanish capital club was established after inspired intellectuals. Some professors and students from the UK to introduce soccer and Football Club Sky stood as the embryo of the club in 1897. Three years ago, the club split into Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid. In 1902, the last club broke out again and stood Madrid Football Club, who won the Copa del Rey 1905 and helped establish the Spanish football federation in 1909. It was only in 1920, the club used the name Real Madrid are pinned King Alfonso XIII.
In 1929, Madrid join Spanish soccer league started with nine other clubs. Until today, along with Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, Madrid became the club never relegated from the Primera Liga. Madrid won their first league title in 1931/32 season. In this period, led by Madrid president Santiago Bernabeu Yeste, who rebuilt the stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva club after damaged by the Spanish Civil War. Beginning 1953, the Bernabeu sparked the idea of using world-class players from abroad. Attackers famous Argentine, Alfredo di Stefano, imported. History also records the triumph of Madrid in the Champions Cup since it was first rolled out in 1956. Madrid being the best in Europe for five consecutive editions. Sixth title success achieved in 1966.
Triumph also occurred in the domestic arena. Madrid was unbearable to win the league eight times in the period of the 1960s. Madrid is able to maintain the tradition of winning the league in every decade until the 2007/08 season to do it last time. In the 1980s, with the quintet La Quinta del Buitre; namely Emilio Butragueño, Manuel Sanchis, Martin Vazquez, Michel, and Miguel Pardeza; Madrid's five consecutive winning the league between 1986 and 1990. However, they have to wait long to continue the triumph in Europe. New in 1997/98, 32 years after the last title, adding to Madrid's Champions League success.
In the decade of the 2000s, the policy gathering star players, as he had done the Bernabeu, continued the president Florentino Perez. Pros and cons of birth, but still will be known as the Madrid club's star players.
