Real Madrid

REAL MADRID

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, ​​commonly known as Real Madrid, is a multi-sports organization based in Madrid, Spain.

It was founded on March 6, 1902 by Catalan brothers: Juan Carlos Padrós Padrós and, under the name of Madrid Football Club.

Participates in the First Division of Spain's National Professional Football League since its founding in 1929, being one of only three teams that ever fell from the top flight.
Contributes to the progress of the "beautiful game" in constant opportunities, being a founding member and creator of several competitions and football associations as the extinct "Championship Central Regional Championship Madrid or" Cup Championship of Spain or Spain, the European Cup , FIFA or the European Club Association (formerly G-14), an international organization that brought together the most important and influential clubs of Europe.7

As for athletic achievement is one of the clubs, both nationally and internationally, most successful and recognized in the world.

Identified by its white color, play their home games since 1947 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, with capacity for 85,454 spectators, and is popularly regarded as the "Mecca of Football" because of the achievements and impact of the club, being the most popular of his country, which has the largest number of followers (with 32.8% of football fans, a study conducted in May 2007 by the Center for Research Sociógicas) and one of the most acclaimed worldwide nearing through his foundation, "Real Madrid Foundation," not only the Real Madrid brand and its values ​​to every corner of the world, but performs an important social and internacinoal cooperation for development.

He was appointed by FIFA as the Best Club of the twentieth century, in December 2000. and Best Club XX Century in Europe by the IFFHS.

It is one of the largest sports organizations with market value and one of the most profitable obtained annually, being the richest club for the seventh consecutive year, its worth is estimated at 1,100 million euros, and earnings are approximately 400 million euros per season, taking in the last 480 million in revenue.

Ownership of the club lies in its more than 90,000 members, only one of the four professional clubs in Spain, which is the legal entity of "Sociedad Anonima Deportiva"