Founded in 1902, Real Madrid has spent its entire history in the top flight of Spanish football. In the 1940s, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva had to be rebuilt following the Spanish Civil War. The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. In the 1980s, the club had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe (known as La Quinta del Buitre), winning two UEFA Cups, five consecutive Spanish championships, one Spanish Cup and three Spanish Super Cups.
The team's traditional home colours are all white, although it initially adopted a blue oblique stripe on the shirt. Its crest has been changed several times in attempts to modernise or re-brand it. The current crest is a modified version of the one first adopted in the 1920s. Real Madrid's home ground is the 80,354-seater Santiago Bernabéu football stadium in downtown Madrid, where it has played since 1947.
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". Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception. The club is the world's richest football club (€401m) in terms of revenue and the second most valuable and was worth over €950m in 2008. Santiago Bernabeu Stadium held the final of the UEFA Champions League in 2010 which was won by Internazionale.

* Iker Casillas
* Jerzy Dudek
* Antonio Adan
* Tomas Mejias
REAL MADRID SQUAD: DEFENDERS
* Alvaro Arbeloa
* Pepe
* Sergio Ramos
* Marcelo
* Royston Drenthe
* Raul Albiol
* Ezequiel Garay
* Christoph Metzelder
* Marcos Alonso
* David Mateos
REAL MADRID SQUAD: MIDFIELDERS
* Angel Di Maria
* Fernando Gago
* Mahamadou Diarra
* Kaka
* Lassana Diarra
* Guti
* Xabi Alonso
* Rafael van der Vaart
* Esteban Granero
* Pedro Mosquera
REAL MADRID SQUAD: FORWARDS
* Raul
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Karim Benzema
* Gonzalo Higuain
* Javier Acuna
* Rodrigo Moreno
* Raul Ruiz
* Juanfran
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