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Outstanding Facts of Real Madrid

Real Madrid is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since inception. The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. 
The club was estimated to be worth €3.24 billion ($3.65 billion) in 2015, and in the 2014–15 season it was the world'shighest-earning football club, with an annual revenue of €577 million
Real Madrid is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste became president of Real Madrid in 1945. Under his presidency, the club, its stadium Santiago Bernabéu and its training facilities Ciudad Deportiva were rebuilt after the Spanish Civil War damages.
In July 2000, Florentino Pérez was elected club president. He vowed in his campaign to erase the club's €270 million debt and modernize the club's facilities. However, the primary electoral promise that propelled Pérez to victory was the signing of Luís Figo from arch-rivals Barcelona. The following year, the club had its training ground rezoned and used the money to begin assembling the Galácticos team by signing a global star every summer, which included Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luís Figo, Roberto Carlos, Raúl, David Beckham and Fabio Cannavaro.
Raúl holds the record for most Real Madrid appearances, having played 741 first-team matches from 1994 to 2010.
Cristiano Ronaldo is Real Madrid's all-time top goalscorer, with 392 goals.
Real has also set records in Spanish football, most notably the most domestic titles (32 as of 2012–13)
 the club holds the record for longest unbeaten run at home in La Liga.
The club also hold the record for winning the European Cup/UEFA Champions League eleven times.
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 (US$131.5 million, £80 million) for the services of Cristiano Ronaldo
The transfer of Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale in 2013 was reportedly the new world record signing, with the transfer price expected at around €100 million. In January 2016, documents pertaining to Bale's transfer were leaked which confirmed a world record transfer fee of €100,759,418


Major Trophies
La Liga Winners 32 times
Copa del Rey
Winners 19 times
Supercopa de España
Winners 9 times
Copa Eva Duarte
Winners 1
Copa de la Liga
Winners 1

European competitions

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Winners 11 times
UEFA Cup
Winners 2 times
UEFA Super Cup
Winners 3 times

Worldwide competitions

Intercontinental Cup

Winners 3 times
FIFA Club World Cup
Winners 2 times

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