A large selection of football shirts from Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club from Madrid. The club was founded on March 6, 1902 as "Sociedad Madrid FC". In everyday language, the name of the club is usually abbreviated to Real Madrid. She was named by FIFA as the best football club of the 20th century.

The club has many nicknames such as Los Blancos and Los Merengues. Real Madrid became Royal or Real in 1920 and received this title from Alfons XIII. The club plays its home games at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.

Real Madrid won 33 times the Primera Division, 19 times the Copa del Rey, 11 times the Supercopa, 4 times the UEFA Super Cup, 2 times the UEFA Cup, 3 times the World Cup for club teams, 4 times the World Championship for club teams and 13 times the European Cup I / UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid is the record holder for AC Milan, which has won this cup 7 times.

The club also has various rivalries, the most notable being the Catalan FC Barcelona. The matches between the two clubs are known as El Clásico ("the Classic"). According to the club's website, Real is the only sports club that, with a revenue of 520 million euros, exceeds the 500 million mark for the second consecutive year. At the same time, the club still has around 90 million euros in debt. In mid-2013, Real Madrid was the most valuable club in the world ($ 3.3 billion).