Spain’s Real Madrid Club De Futbol
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Ask people who aren’t sports fans about Real Madrid and Spain and they are likely to make the assumption that you are looking for tourist information - places to grab a bite to eat as if you were a local. However, when you’re talking with fans of football - or futbal or soccer if you are in the United States - when you bring up Spain’s Real Madrid, they are going to know that you are talking about the Real Madrid Club de Futbol - a football club that got its start in Madrid in 1902.
Not only did Spain’s Real Madrid get its start in 1902, but the soccer organization was a big part of the soccer organization FIFA. They were voted by the Federation Internationale de Football Association - though the organization has since disbanded and regrouped as the European Club Association - as the more successful soccer team of the twentieth century. In part, this is because Spain’s Real Madrid has one 31 La Liga titles - a record for the league - along as nine European Cup titles, and seventeen Copa del Rey titles. The team holds a record for scoring 85 points in a single season.
Of course, the successes that they have had as a team show that Real Madrid is not just any other European soccer organization. Unlike most of the other futbal clubs in Europe, Spain’s Real Madrid is and has always been owned and operated by the players of the club. Real Madrid has a large fan base, has many long-standing rivalries that lead to spirited matches. Of all of the clubs in the European soccer league, Spain’s Real Madrid has the greatest revenue and, based on the revenue and standings, Real Madrid is considered to be among the most valuable teams in soccer.
Much of the revenue brought in by Spain’s Real Madrid is the result of ticket sales at the team’s home stadium - the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. The stadium is estimated to seat, on average, 65,000 fans per game, and many of the seats are filled by season ticket holders. While this number is consistent, the reality is that attendance still swells when Real Madrid takes on their many rivals and top competitors including another of Spain’s soccer teams, FC Barcelona.
Spain’s Real Madrid team members are committed to their sport - something that shows through with the fans’ enthusiasm, the number of titles that the team has achieved, games played within Spain and Europe and even on the world soccer circuit. In addition to players on Spain’s real Madrid team, coaches and club presidents have shown a vast commitment to the sport and to the team - as, of course, have the fans throughout the years.
While those who take a simple look at the way Spain’s Real Madrid has played during the past few years may not see the depths of their successes, the reality is that Real Madrid will go down as one of the most successful teams in futbol and looks to remain strong for years to come.
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Payton Brooks is a senior sports writer at Sportsviews. Read and rate more free articles like this one, create your own sports bets, and challenge others at Sportsviews, the biggest sports social network.
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