Sophie Kakauridze

Real Madrid Club de Fútboll general known as Real Madrid, is a professional

association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in

Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th

century, having won a record 31 La Liga titles, 17 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups,

eight Spanish Super Cups, a record 9 UEFA Champions Leagues, 2 UEFA Cups, 1 UEFA Supercup, and 3 Intercontinental

Cups. Founded in 1902, 6 March. Real Madrid has never been relegated from La Liga, the top league of Spanish football.

The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football

during the 1950s.The club had one of the best teams (known as La Quinta del

Buitre) in Spain and Europe, winning two UEFA Cups, five consecutive Spanish

championships, one Spanish Cup and three Spanish Super Cups.

• Real Madrid Club de Fútboll

The team's traditional home kit colour is white,Away colours – black, Third colours -dark blue.

Real Madrid's home ground is the 80,354-

seater Santiago Bernabéu football

stadium in downtown Madrid, where it has

played since 1947.The Bernabéu was the

venue for the European cup (or UEFA

Champions League) finals of 1957, 1969,

1980 and 2010.

Real Madrid holds long-standing rivalries with other football clubs, most notably FC Barcelona, with matches between the two teams referred to as "el Clásico".

History starts from 1902 year, today I would like to talk about the recent history.

Los Galácticos, this is a name that people called, one of the best period the history of Real Madrid, where every time one of the world’s best players playing.

In July 2000, Florentino Pérez was elected club president. He vowed in his campaign to erase the club's debt and modernize the club's facilities. However, the primary electoral promise that propelled Pérez to victory was the signing of Luís Figo. The following year, the club got its training ground rezoned and used the money to begin assembling the famous Galáctico side including players such as Zinédine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luís Figo, Roberto Carlos, Raúl and David Beckham. club win European Cup in 2002, League in 2003.

On 1 June 2009, Florentino Pérez regained Real Madrid's presidency. Pérez continued with the Galácticos policy pursued in his first term, buying Kaká from A.C. Milan(65 mil, euro) then purchasing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United for a record breaking £80 million.

Statistics and records

Raúl holds the record for most Real Madrid appearances, having played 741 first-team matches from 1994 to 2010. The record for a goalkeeper is held by Iker Casillas, with 518 appearances. Raúl is Real's all-time top goalscorer, with 323 goals in 741 games (1994–2010).

In June 2009, the club broke its own record for the highest transfer fee ever paid in the history of football by agreeing to pay Manchester United €96 million ($131.5 million, £80 million) for the services of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro born 5 February 1985, general known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer. . Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £12 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world.

Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said: "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."

The club is the world's richest football club (€401m) in terms of revenue and the second most valuable worth over €950m in 2008. Real Madrid player’s salaries Real Madrid player’s salaries, Ronaldo is the highest paid footballer, it will be followed by Kaka, José Mourinho and Iker Casillas.

In a yearRonaldo – 12 million euro.( clean 9)

Ricardo Kaka - 9 million euro.( clean 6)Iker Casillas - 10 million euro.(clean 5.7)

José Mourinho – 10 million euri.(clean 6.5)

Head coach José Mourinho

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