Real Madrid C.F.

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]
Founded	6 March 1902; 112 years ago as Madrid Football Club[3]
Ground	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Capacity	81,044[4]
President	Florentino Pérez
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti[5]
League	La Liga
2013–14	La Liga, 3rd
Website	realmadrid.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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. The team has played its home matches in the 85,454-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception.

The club is the world's richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €513 million, and the world's most valuable sports team, worth €2.4 billion (US$3.3 billion).^[6][7][8] The club is one of three founding members of the Primera División which have never been relegated from the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona. Real Madrid holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with FC Barcelona and El Derbi madrileño with Atlético Madrid.

Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. The club is among the most successful clubs in Spain with official titles won (79). Domestically, Real Madrid has won a record 32 La Liga titles, 19 Copas del Rey, 9 Supercopas de España, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la Liga.^[9] Internationally it has won a record ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles and a joint record three Intercontinental Cups, as well as twoUEFA Cups, and two UEFA Super Cups.