Real Madrid is not just a club, but it is an emotion, a feeling. It is a team where the fans do not hope to win, but they expect you to win. At Real Madrid, fans don’t support the club to be the best because it already is the best club in the world. It is a club where winning the Champions League isn’t considered as an achievement but just a way to define a good season. It is the team which considers Champions League as its own. The White shirt of Real Madrid can stain of mud, sweat, and even of blood. But never of shame! Real Madrid is the “at least” of a bad day and the “but” of a good day. It is a suffering; it is a loyalty and hope. Real Madrid is eleven artists and eleven warriors. It is envy for some and admiration for others. Real Madrid was yesterday, it is today and it will be tomorrow. Real Madrid is a word that I still do not know how to express. In this article, I will tell you interesting Real Madrid facts that every football fan, mostly Madrid fans, must know.!
Interesting Real Madrid facts you must know
The Club’s name Real Madrid means Royal Madrid in Spanish. In 1920, the club’s name was finally changed to Real Madrid after King Alfonso the thirteenth approved royalty status to the club.
Real Madrid is one of only three clubs in Spain’s history that has never been relegated from La Liga’s top flight. The remaining two teams are Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona.
Since its foundation, only Spanish members were allowed to operate and run the club as president.
The first Spanish football league started in 1929 and regardless of leading the group, Madrid lost on the last day of the season to Athletic Bilbao as Barcelona won the title and became the champions.
Real Madrid highest home attendance was during a 2006 Copa del Rey match with a crowd of 83,329.
Real Madrid is the only club ever to win La Liga five times in succession. This feat was accomplished on two different occasions, between 1961-1965 being the first, and between 1986-1990 the second.
The most unforgettable match between Real Madrid and rivals FC Barcelona was probably the one that took place in 1943, where Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 11-1 after having lost 3-0 the previous match.
Did you know Real Madrid was voted by FIFA as the “most successful club of the 20th century”
The fact that “The Estadio Santiago Bernabeu” is named after one of their former presidents Santiago Bernabeu de Yeste. He is one of the most important names in Real Madrid’s history.
Even though Real Madrid has won so many La Liga titles, they have never won the treble. They have achieved the double that is La Liga plus Copa Del Rey or La Liga plus The European Cup on seven occasions but never a treble. Real Madrid fans are assured that it will come pretty soon.
Real Madrid won its very first La Liga title back in 1932 unbeaten. They won 10 games that season and drew eight in an 18-round campaign. They had finished that season three points ahead of runner-up Athletic Bilbao.
Real Madrid’s first international player was Juan Monjardin who played his first international match against Portugal on 17th December 1922.
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