REAL MADRID C. F.
STADIUM
Santiago Bernabeu
Official Name: Real Madrid Club de Futbol
Foundation: 6 March 1902
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu; Madrid, Spain. (Cap. 80,400)
Chairman: Vicente Boluda (interim)
Head coach: Juande Ramos (SPA)
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Foundation: 6 March 1902
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu; Madrid, Spain. (Cap. 80,400)
Chairman: Vicente Boluda (interim)
Head coach: Juande Ramos (SPA)
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Kits 08-09 Season
HOME
AWAY
Honours
La Liga Titles: 31 (Record) 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
Champions Leagues Titles: 9 (Record)1955–56*, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02.
Copa del Rey Titles: 17 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
UEFA Cup Titles: 2 1984–85, 1985–86
Intercontinental Cup Titles: 3 1960, 1998, 2002
Spanish Supercup Titles: 8 1988, 1989*, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008
UEFA Supercup Titles: 1 2002
League Cup Titles: 1 1984-85
Copa Latina Titles: 2 1955 1957
Regional Championship Titles: 18 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1912-13, 1915-16, 1916-17, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31
Club Mini-World Championship Titles: 2 1952 1956
Facts and Trivia
-Real Madrid has had many nicknames thru its history, most of them relating to specific eras in the history of the team, some have stuck some have faded over time. The most popular ones are: Los Blancos, Los Vikingos and Los Merengues.On December 23rd, 2000 FIFA named Real Madrid the Best Club of the 20th Century.
-Originally Real Madrid were called Madrid Club de Futbol. But in 1920 King Alfonso XIII granted the team royal patronage and thereafter it became known as Real Madrid Club de Futbol.
-No other club in world footbal has won more titles than Real Madrid. Its trophy cases boast well over three hundred different trophies obtained thruoughout its history. As far as professional organized sports is concerned only five other franchises have won more titles than Real Madrid has.
-During the 1980's La Quinta del Buitre (The Vulture's Cohort), as the young Real Madrid squad was known, went on to win an unprecedented five consecutive league titles and two UEFA cups.
-Originally Real Madrid wore an all white kit with a blue diagonal stripe going accross the chest. The club changed its kit to an all white one, modelled after the Corinthians FC one in 1902. The traditional away colors for Real Madrid have always been all black or Purple.
-Real Madrid is one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from the Spanish top flight. Only FC Barcelona, and Athletic de Bilbao can boast such a claim.
-Real Madrid has enlisted the services of no less than 50 of the top 125 footballers alive according to a 2000 list compilled by the great Pele.
Squad
1 GK Iker Casillas (vice-captain)
2 DF Míchel Salgado
3 DF Pepe
4 DF Sergio Ramos
5 DF Fabio Cannavaro
6 MF Lassana 'Lass' Diarra
7 FW Raúl González (captain)
8 MF Fernando Gago
9 FW Javier Saviola
10 MF Wesley Sneijder
11 MF Arjen Robben
12 DF Marcelo
13 GK Jordi Codina
14 MF Guti (vice-captain)
15 MF Royston Drenthe
16 DF Gabriel Heinze
17 MF Julien Faubert
18 MF Daniel Parejo
19 FW Klass Jan Huntelaar
20 FW Gonzalo Higuaín
21 DF Christoph Metzelder
22 DF Miguel Torres
23 MF Rafael van der Vaart
24 DF Javier Garcia
25 GK Jerzy Dudek
Transfers IN
-Ezequiel Garay (Real Racing Santander; 10M)
-Ruben De La Red (Getafe CDF; Return from Loan)
-Esteban Granero (Getafe CDF; Return from Loan)
-Javier Garcia (Mallorca RCD; 4.2M)
-Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburger SV; 13M + 2M in clauses)
-Klass Jaar Huntelaar (Ajax Amsterdam FC; 20M + 7 in clauses)
-Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth FC; 18M)
-Julien Faubert (West Ham United; Loan to End of Season)
Transfers OUT
-Javier Angel Balboa (Sport Lisboa e Benfica; 4M)
-Antonio Cassano ( U.C. Sampdoria; 10M)
-Pablo Garcia (Return from loan; Free Transfer)
-Esteban Granero (Getafe CDF; Undisclosed)
-Roberto Soldado (Getafe CDF; 6M)
-Julio Baptista (A.S. Roma; 12M)
-Robson da Souza 'Robihno' (Manchester City FC; 42M)
Preseason
14-19 July-team building in Algarve, Portugal
21-31 July-training in Irdning, Austria
27 July- friendly match against LASK Linz (W 3-2)
2 August-friendly match against Hamburg SV (W 2-1) (Emirates Cup)
3 August-friendly match against Arsenal (L 0-1) (Emirates Cup)
7 August-friendly match against Independiente Santa Fe (W 1-2) in Bogota, Colombia
12 August-friendly match against Eintracht Frankfurt (T 1-1) , in Germany
Spanish Supercup- against Valencia, 2 matches
27 August-the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy against Sporting Lisbon (W 5-3)
Official 08-09 Fixture List
S.S. AWAY MATCH
Valencia 3
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Real Madrid 2 L
S.S. RETURN MATCH
Real Madrid 4
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Valencia 2 W
JORNADA1 6/09/2008
Deportivo 2
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R. Madrid 1 L
JORNADA2 14/09/2008
R. Madrid 4
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Numancia 3 W
CL MATCHDAY 1
R. Madrid 2
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BATE Borisov 0 W
JORNADA3 21/09/2008
Racing 0
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R. Madrid 2 W
JORNADA4 24/09/2008
R. Madrid 7
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Sporting 1 W
JORNADA5 28/09/2008
Betis 1
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R. Madrid 2 W
CL MATCHDAY 2
Zenit St. Petesburg 1
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R. Madrid 2 W
JORNADA6 05/10/2008
R. Madrid 2
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Espanyol 2 D
JORNADA7 19/10/2008
Atlético 1
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R. Madrid 2 W
CL MATCHDAY 3
Juventus 2
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Real Madrid 1 L
JORNADA8 26/10/2008
R. Madrid 3
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Athletic 2 W
COPA DEL REY RD. 16 AWAY
Real Union Irun 3
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R. Madrid 2 L
JORNADA9 02/11/2008
Almería 1
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R. Madrid 1 D
CL MATCHDAY 4
R. Madrid 0
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Juventus 2 L
JORNADA10 09/11/2008
R. Madrid 4
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Málaga 3 W
COPA DEL REY RD.16 RETURN
Real Madrid 4
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Real Union 3 W E
JORNADA11 16/11/2008
Valladolid 1
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R. Madrid 0 L
JORNADA12 23/11/2008
R. Madrid 1
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Recreativo 0 W
CL MATCHDAY 5
BATE Borisov 0
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Real Madrid 1 W
JORNADA13 30/11/2008
Getafe 3
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R. Madrid 1 L
JORNADA14 07/12/2008
R. Madrid 3
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Sevilla 4 L
CL MATCHDAY 6
R. Madrid 3
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Zenit St. Petesburg 0 W
JORNADA15 14/12/2008
Barcelona 2
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R. Madrid 0 L
JORNADA16 21/12/2008
R. Madrid 1
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Valencia 0 W
JORNADA17 04/01/2009
R. Madrid 1
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Villarreal 0 W
JORNADA18 11/01/2009
Mallorca 0
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R. Madrid 2 w
JORNADA19 18/01/2009
R. Madrid 3
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Osasuna 1 W
JORNADA20 25/01/2009
R. Madrid 1
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Deportivo 0 W
JORNADA21 01/02/2009
Numancia 0
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R. Madrid 2 W
JORNADA22 08/02/2009
R. Madrid 1
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Racing 0 W
JORNADA23 15/02/2009
Sporting 0
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R. Madrid 4 W
JORNADA24 22/02/2009
R. Madrid 6
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Betis 1 W
CL Round of 16 (AWAY)
Real Madrid
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Liverpool FC.
JORNADA25 01/03/2009
Espanyol
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R. Madrid
JORNADA26 08/03/2009
R. Madrid
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Atlético
JORNADA27 15/03/2009
Athletic
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R. Madrid
JORNADA28 22/03/2009
R. Madrid
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Almería
JORNADA29 05/04/2009
Málaga
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R. Madrid
JORNADA30 12/04/2009
R. Madrid
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Valladolid
JORNADA31 19/04/2009
Recreativo
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R. Madrid
JORNADA32 22/04/2009
R. Madrid
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Getafe
JORNADA33 26/04/2009
Sevilla
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R. Madrid
JORNADA34 03/05/2009
R. Madrid
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Barcelona
JORNADA35 10/05/2009
Valencia
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R. Madrid
JORNADA36 17/05/2009
Villarreal
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R. Madrid
JORNADA37 24/05/2009
R. Madrid
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Mallorca
JORNADA38 31/05/2009
Osasuna
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R. Madrid
GOAL COUNTER (All Competitions)
-Gonzalo Higuain: 17 goals
-Raul Gonzalez Blanco 'Raul': 17 goals
-Rudd Van Nistelrooy: 10 goals
-Arjen Robben: 5 goals
-Rafael van deer Vaart: 4 goals
-Sergio Ramos: 4 goals
-Wesley Sneijder: 3 goals
-Klass Jan Huntelaar: 3 goals
-Ruben De La Red: 2 goals
-Javier Pedro Saviola: 2 goals
-Jose Maria Guierrez 'Guti':1 goal
-Gabriel Heinze: 1 goal
-Fernando Gago: 1 goal
-Marcelo: 1 goal
-Alberto Bueno: 1 goal
HALA MADRID!