The Real Madrid Football Club, better known as Real Madrid, is a sports entity based in Madrid, Spain. It was declared officially registered by its partners March 6, 1902 with the sole purpose of playing football, though recent research of ancient publications date its origins to the New Society of Foot-Ball in 1900, 3 and taking into Julian Palacios Barcelona's brothers Juan and Carlos Padrós its main valedores.4 was in November 1901 when his name (Company) Madrid Foot-ball Club was established.
Is the only club next to Athletic Club and Football Club Barcelona participating uninterruptedly in the top of the National Football League, the Primera Division of Spain, since its founding in 1929.5 It has the honor of being the first historical leader of the competition, 6 the club with the most titles, and the maximum puntuación.7 n 3
It doomed from the beginning to the development of football practice for which it was founded, soon acquired a multi-character led him to develop various disciplines within the bosom of the entidad.8 The majority are now extinct except for one, the Real Madrid Baloncesto.9 10n 4 over recent years there were several speculations about the attempt to recover some of the old practices disappeared as the handball section through agreements with the BM Ciudad Real, 11 n 5 or section rugby through an agreement with the Canoe Rugby Club Madrid, but finally they did not reach materializarse.12
Contributes to such progress creator, founder and co-founder of several of the oldest Spanish competitions as a member before the existence of the relevant governing bodies: the Central Regional Championship, 13 14 or 14 España.13 Cup Internationally was one of the founders of FIFA members, 15 16 and assisted in the birth of some of the most prestigious competitions or associations such as the European Cup 15 17 18 19 Intercontinental Cup, 20 or Clubs Europeos.21 n 6 Same way take on the baloncestístico section, where it is next to Joventut Badalona and CB Estudiantes the only club which has always played since its inception in 1957 the top flight league, 22 of which he is also a founding member through hand Raimundo Saporta, 23 N7 remain so in addition to the eponymous European Cup, 24 or Christmas tournament internacional.25
As for sporting achievement is one of the most decorated and recognized the world in both sections 20 26 entities being awarded at national and international level football by FIFA as the Best Club of the twentieth century, 27th century as the Best European Club and World the twentieth century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), 28 Between the two, has a total of twenty European Cups and nine world championships (not counting the two Small World Cups not recognized by FIFA), adding more than any other European club in the whole of both disciplines (to which must be added the two European Cups its old section boxeo29 30 31 32 33, not forgetting the Wimbledon Cup in tennis).
Identified by its white-from receiving the nickname "merengue" - 34 is one of only four professional football clubs in the country whose legal entity is not the sports corporation (SAD), n 8 falling property in its more than 99,000 socios.35 36
It is one of the most popular clubs in the country, n 9 relevance that extends outside of Spain where it is also one of the most acclaimed level mundial.37 The number of followers favors it one of the sport organizations with greater value the market and one that gets more profits annually being the richest club for the eleventh year consecutivo.38 his worth is estimated at just over 2 990 million euros and revenues are more than six hundred million euros per season, 39 obtaining in 2014-15 an estimated 660.6 million highest amount ever achieved by a sports club, 40 being the first and only entity in the amount exceed six hundred million in revenue into two cursos.41 has a budget of 540 million net financial debt of 71.5 million euros was reduced by slightly more than nineteen million the previous year, 42 41 while its net debt in 2013 stood at 90.6 million euros before being completely reduced to be acceptable in parameters solvencia.43
Through its foundation devoid of profit on the brand Real Madrid and the club's philosophy to different regions of the world, carrying out an important social and international cooperation efforts for development in more than sixty countries in which it is presente.
