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 is always reap a bad achievement reached by the failure of any title in the year 2008-2010. Even since the last time Real Madrid won the Champions League in the 2001-02 season, the club is always achieve poor results with only reached 16 before finally reaching the semi-finals 2010-11 season.
History
For over a century of Real Madrid was not just building a tradition as a giant with many titles and records, but contribute to the development of Spanish football, European, and world.Real Madrid might be the club with the longest history. They are not only laden achievement, but many gave birth to innovation, and the foundation stone of the European football industry.
FIFA is not wrong if placing it as the most successful clubs throughout the 20th century, with 31 Spanish Primera Liga titles, 16 Spanish Cups, nine Cup and Champions League titles and two UEFA Cup trophy. Madrid is a founding member of FIFA, the founder of G-14 - an organization of leading European clubs are now exchange its name to the European Club Association.
For over a century of Real Madrid is known by two other names; Los Merengues and Los Blancos. But both were missing in that title, when in 1980 a journalist Julio César Iglesias popularized the name La Quinta del Buitre. Then in the leadership Florentinao Perez (2000-2006), Real Madrid is known as Los Galacticos.
La Quinta del Buitre Emilio Butragueno refers to a figure that appears is like a vulture, and four colleagues who supported her; Miguel Pardeza, Manuel Sanchiz Hontiyuelo, Michel, and Martin Vasquez. The name is still used despite Pardeza leave the club, and strengthening the Real Zaragoza in 1986. The early 1990s, this nickname disappeared simultaneously with the departure of Butragueno, Michel, and Martin Vasaquez.
Los Galacticos epithet refers to the stars, which carried off during the regime of Florentino Perez; Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, David Beckham, as well as a local star Raul Gonzalez. For all that, Perez's daring act controversial; one of them bringing Figo from Barcelona - his eternal rival - the highest price. Not long after Madrid's Figo cut the record's most expensive player, while bringing Zidane from Juventus.
A brief history
Before 1897, the population of Madrid do not know football. This sport was introduced a number of professors and students Institución Libre de Enseñanza, by establishing Football Club Sky in 1897, who played on Sunday mornings at Moncloa.
The club split into two in 1900; New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid. Two years later the Club Español de Madrid split again, and has resulted in the formation of Madrid Football Club on March 6, 1902.
After three years of existence, Madrid FC won its first title by beating Athletic Bilbo in the Spanish Cup final. The club is also the founder of the Spanish Football Association on January 4, 1909. It was led by Adolfo Meléndez club.
In 1920, the club changed its name to Real Madrid. King Alfonso is the name Real, or Royal, to the club. Nine years later the first Spanish football league was established. White earned his first Spanish Primera Liga in 1931, following years to reach again, and became the first club twice won successive league titles.
In 1945 Santiago Bernabéu Yeste became president. Under his leadership the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva rebuilt, after being damaged in the civil war. 1953, Bernabeu introduce a strategy to bring world-class players from abroad. One of them, and most famously, is the Alfredo Di Stefano. Jadilan Real Madrid club's first multinational in the world.
In 1955, inspired writings Gabriel Hanot - journalist and editor of L'Equipe on the formation of the Copa Latina, the tournament involving clubs of France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy - met Bedrignan Bernabeu and Gusztáv Sebes at the Ambassador Hotel in Paris, and formed the tournament now called the Champions League.Madrid dominated the Champions Cup trophy by winning it in 1956 to 1960, and entitled to the original trophy and UEFA the right to wear the symbol as a tribute. 1966, Madrid won the Champions Cup, the sixth time by defeating FK Partizan 2-1 in the final. At that Madrid has really become a team with players from various nationalities, and dubbed the Ye-Ye team.
Ye-Ye come from yeah, yeah, yeah, the Beatles nicknamed chorus song She Loves You, because before the match Real Madrid's four-member Beatles pose with clothes and wigs in the newspaper Marca Dario. Ye-ye generation also reached the final of the Champions Cup in 1962 and 1964, but failed to win it.
El Derbi madrileñoReal Madrid fans see as viable rivals Atletico Madrid. Although founded three Basque students in 1903, Atletico Madrid's popular because it supported the defectors from Marid FC. But that's not what makes fans of both teams tense relationship throughout the mass. Supporters came from middle-class Madrid, Atletico fans mostly from the working class.
The first time the two met on 21 February 1929. Madrid to win it. Rivalry both international attention in 1959 when it met in the Champions Cup semifinals. Madrid won the first leg 2-1 at the Bernabeu, but lost 1-0 in the Metropolitano. Repeated game, and Madrid won 2-1.
El Clásico
Real Madrid's rivalry with Barcelona is a product of political tension Castilians and Catalans. Madrid is the center of government and royal family. In the era of dictator General Franco, Madrid represents the centripetal force conservative.
On the other hand, almost all the ideas of political modernization; republicanism, feneralisme, anarchism, syndicalism, and communism, was introduced in Spain and strengthened in Barcelona. Fashion, philosophy, and art, came to Spain via Barcelona, before being accepted all over the country.
Rivalry not only take place both in the Spanish Primera Liga, but also in Europe. And not only in the field, but also in all the sports business activities. In 2000, the departure of Luis Figo to Real Madrid sparked public outrage Catalan.
Stadium
Real Madrid several times to move the stadium. They've played at the Campo de O'Donnell for six years, since 1912. Then moved to the Campo de Ciudad lineal, which only a capacity of 8.000 spectators.On May 17, 1923, Madrid moved Estadio Chamartín, with a capacity of 22 500 spectators. Two decades later, look at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Yeste Chamartín no longer feasible. A new stadium was built and inaugurated on December 14, 1947. Stadium that is currently known as the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
The stadium was originally able to accommodate 120 thousand spectators, but there should not be dimordenisasi with spectator stands, a capacity of 80,354 seats.
On May 9, 2006, the Stadium was inaugurated Alfredo Di Stefano. This is where Madrid's training. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators, and fans only watch their team practice.Spain's most successful club can be proud of this with a variety of titles have ever achieved. Most winning 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, the capital of the Spanish club was established after the inspired intellectuals. Some professors and students of British introduced football and Sky Football Club was established as a forerunner to the club in 1897. Three years later, the club split into Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid. In 1902, the last club split again, and stand Madrid Football Club, who won the Copa del Rey in 1905 and helped establish the Spanish football federation in 1909. It was only in 1920, the club used the name Real Madrid pinned King Alfonso XIII.
In 1929, Madrid join the Spanish football league started with nine other clubs. Until now, with Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, Madrid became the club never relegated from the Primera Liga. Madrid won the league title for the first time in the 1931/32 season. In this period, led by Madrid president Santiago Bernabeu Yeste, who rebuilt the stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva club after being damaged due to the Spanish Civil War. Early 1953, Bernabeu sparked the idea to use a world-class players from abroad. Striker famous Argentine, Alfredo di Stefano, was imported. History also records the triumph of Madrid in the Champions Cup since it was first rolled out in 1956. Madrid was the best in Europe for five consecutive editions. The sixth title success achieved in 1966.
Triumph also occurred in the domestic arena. Unbearable Madrid by winning 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 did last time. In the 1980s, with the quintet La Quinta del Buitre; namely Emilio Butragueno, 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.
2010-11 Season Final Position: 2nd
Market Value: € 358,100,000 (2009/2010) 401.4 (€ million)
Year of First Entry Primera Liga: 1928/29
Number of seasons in the Primera Liga: 83
Transfer Activities: (until June 14, 2011) Login: Kaka (AC Milan), Alvaro Negredo (Almeria), Ezequiel Garay (Racing Santander), Antonio Adan (Real Madrid B), Raul Albiol (Valencia CF), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyon), Esteban Granero (Getafe), Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool FC), Sergio Canales (Racing Santander), Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen), Sami Khedira (Stuttgart ), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea FC), Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City), Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund), Jose Callejon (Espanyol), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich)
Out: Fabio Cannavaro (to Juventus), Julien Faubert (West Ham United), Jordi Codina (Getafe), Javi Garcia (Benfica), Javier Saviola (Benfica), Daniel Parejo (Getafe), Gabriel Heinze (Olympique Marseille), Michel Salgado (Blackburn Rovers), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur), Roberto Soldado to Getafe {}
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and Forbes magazine has re-launched the world's richest sports club for 2009/2010. From there it can be drawn a list of the richest football club in the world, and unexpectedly pushed Manchester United to the first position after the last 5 years the position was held by AC Milan (3 years 2004,2005,2006), Chelsea (1 in 2007), and Real Madrid (1 in 2008).
Real Madrid still holds the status as a football club has the highest incomes in the world for five consecutive years. Not only that. Madrid has the right even crowned as the world's richest sports club with income € 401 million (£ 342 million) within one year, according to the Football Money League report conducted by Deloitte, a leading accounting firm on Monday (1 / 3).
Los Merengues ahead of Barcelona and Manchester United who respectively finished second and third. Surprisingly, Azulgrana shifting the position of United's last year was ranked second. Success in reaching six titles in 2009 seems to be the cause of rising revenue Barca.
In the report, the world's top 20 clubs experienced a significant increase in income in the 2008/09 season. If the total, all of their income reached € 3.9 billion. But, note the total is still low when compared to last year. Published reports that Deloitte is the most contemporary to see how financial development of each club. "10 percent increase in revenue Real Madrid to € 401 million (£ 342 million) was not affected by their poor performances in local and European competitions. Revenue Madrid broadcasting rights increased very dramatically, "said Dan Jones, a representative from Deloitte's Sports Business Division.
In addition to the boost Barcelona € 57 million acquisition to increase compared to last year, Arsenal also recorded increased fantastic. The Gunners in the list of Chelsea with five major shift revenue increased seven percent to £ 224 million (€ 263 million). Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Newcastle United complete the achievements of English clubs in the 20 richest clubs in the world. According to the data and statistics, Real came second as the most successful teams in Europe. The first position is occupied AC Milan. While to the world level, Real sit in fourth position as the most successful team. The whole Raihan Real until 2011, was reached 15 degrees (European and world level). As for the country, this team remains the most successful team in the history of Spanish football.