Real Madrid F.C History

eal Madrid C.F - Real Madrid FC (Football Club) History :
About Real Madrid :
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club ranked as 'The XXth Century's Best Club' by FIFA. Formed on March 6 , 1902 , it competes in the Spanish first division or Primera División , from which it has never been relegated since the formation of Spain's national league in 1928.
The club was originally named Sociedad Madrid Foot Ball Club , but was allowed to use the title Real (royal) after King Alfonso XIII of Spain gave the club an official blessing in June 1920.
The team plays in an all-white kit, which is the origin of their nickname Los merengues (the whites). The kit was derived from the English side Corinthians F.C. . Their home stadium is the Santiago Bernabéu in Chamartín, Madrid, which was founded on December 14 , 1947 . It has a capacity of 80,354 spectators and its pitch measures 106×72 meters.
In its history, Real Madrid has won 9 European Cups, 29 Spanish League titles, and 17 Spanish Cups.
Since the club was founded it made a great success and had won many titles which are listed below.
National titles
29 Spanish League Titles
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
17 Spanish Cup Titles
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
7 Spanish Super Cup Titles
1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1993-94 1997-98 2001-02
2003-04
18 Regional Champion Titles
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
International Titles
9 European Champions Cup Titles
1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1965-66
1997-98 1999-2000 2001-2002
2 UEFA Cup Titles
1984-85 1985-86
3 Intercontinental Cup Titles
1960 1998 2002
1 Copa Latina Title
1955-56
1 European Super Cup Title
2002
Real Madrid Presidents throughout history (The information below are collected from various resourses)
JuliÙ„n Palacios
1900 - 1902 Juan PadrÙŽs
1902 - 1904
Carlos PadrÙŽs
1904 - 1908 Adolfo Meléndez
1908 - 1916
Pedro Parages
1916 - 1926 Luis de Urquijo
1926 - 1929
Luis Usera Bugallal
1929 - 1935 Rafael Sanchez Guerra
1935 - 1939
Adolfo Meléndez
1939 - 1940 Antonio Santos Peralba
1940 - 1943
Santiago Bernabeu
1943 - 1978 Luis de Carlos
1978 - 1985
RamÙŽn Mendoza
1985 - 1995 Lorenzo Sanz
1995 - 2000
Florentino Pérez
2000 - 2006 Fernando MartÙŠn Ø¡lvarez
2006
RamÙŽn CalderÙŽn
2006 - 2007 I'm a soccer writer based in Italy, working for some online websites.

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