Real Madrid

 

History

Real Madrid is a professional football team Spanish was established in 1902, based in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Team plays in the Spanish league and was selected as the best football team in the twentieth century, has won the Spanish championship two and thirty times (a record), and eighteen times Copa del Rey and scored a record in possession of nine tournaments in the Champions League. On May 21, 1904, Real Madrid was a founding member of the Federation of international Football Association (FIFA), it is also a member of the G-14's leading clubs in Europe, which currently have been canceled and replaced by the Association of European clubs.

On the first decade of the twentieth century the diversity of special activities for Real Madrid, it was the beginning of the founding of the club on the year 1902, which has had an active role in the creation of the Spanish League (La Liga). Madrid fired round challenge on stadiums rugged, contributed to the establishment of union’s career, won the title the first formal, and made ​​its first international tribute. The support of all these activities was handled by Carlos Padrs the first president of the club and of the Spanish sport.

History of Stadiums

After the founding of the club in 1902, the team used some simple stadiums in Madrid to play games, moved up to the first pitch of its own playground, "O'Donnell - O'Donnell" in 1912. It remained the same and the team used the stadium to host the games played at home for ten years. After that period, the team moved to Ciudad Lineal Stadium on a temporary basis, and the stadium was small or receives only about 8,000 fans. It then moved the team to the first stadium, which was opened on May 17, 1923 match against Newcastle United. In this stadium, which can accommodate about 22,500 spectators, Real Madrid celebrated the team’s first league championship.

After many successes, Santiago Bernabeu has been elected president of the club in 1943, and the president has decided that the new stadium does not match the ambitions of the club and ordered the construction of a new stadium. It was already finishing a building for new stadium in December 14, 1947. The first match played in the stadium was between Real Madrid and Club Portuguese Blaneynciec and ended in victory for the Real Madrid 3-1, and was the first goal in the stadium went to Real Madrid player Sabino Barenga.

The first logo for the club

The first logo for the club when it was founded with a simple design and is composed of the letters "MCF" Manual for the name of the club "Madrid Club de Fútbol" and its color was dark blue and the rest of the kit in white. The first change happened on the logo was in 1908 and it change the form of the shortcut and but it in circle. The following change did not happen except when assumption of the presidency the club Pedro Parajas in 1920, when the King granted the king Alfonso thirteenth characteristic property of the club to add the title "Real" for the name of the club, which means royal and thereby add the crown of king of the logo and the name of the club "Real Madrid Club de Fútbol "Real Madrid. But in 1931 after the dissolution of the monarchy the state and turn it into a Republic was prevent all the icons property in Spain and thus removed the crown of the logo, as well as the title of Real name of the club to come back as it was with the addition of logo rear indicates Castile (Castilla) In 1941, after two years of the end of the civil war has been restored to the king's crown logo with logo retain indicative of Castile. And also became the logo in different colors  shows where the golden color in abundance, and the vicinity of the team that regained his full name Real Madrid. The newest slogan was in 2001 when the club wanted to keep up with changes renewal new era and was the most prominent additions is to add shades of dark blue color with all the limits of the logo.

Trophies

Real Madrid is the most successful teams Spanish history, where it scored a total of 59 local tournaments, and is also considered one of the most difference famous in world football, where it was able make a total of 15 international tournament to be in third place globally in terms of progress official continental tournaments after that was the first of many seasons. On December 20, 2000, Real Madrid was selected the best club in the twentieth century by FIFA. In addition , the kit Real Madrid contain Honorary medal of the European Union (in English : UEFA Badge of Honor) has got it after the championship games played Champions League and win it five times in a row.