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Current squad 2007/2008:
No. Position Player
1 GK Iker Casillas (vice-captain)
2 DF Míchel Salgado
3 DF Pepe
4 DF Sergio Ramos
5 DF Fabio Cannavaro
6 MF Mahamadou Diarra
7 FW Raúl (captain)
8 MF Fernando Gago
9 FW Roberto Soldado
10 FW Robinho
11 MF Arjen Robben
12 DF Marcelo
13 GK Jordi Codina
14 MF Guti (vice-captain)
15 MF Royston Drenthe
16 DF Gabriel Heinze
17 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy
18 FW Javier Saviola
19 MF Júlio Baptista
20 FW Gonzalo Higuaín
21 DF Christoph Metzelder
22 DF Miguel Torres
23 MF Wesley Sneijder
24 MF Javier Balboa
25 GK Jerzy Dudek
Squad Changes During Summer 2007
In:
No. Position Player
13 GK Jordi Codina (promoted from Real Madrid Castilla)
25 GK Jerzy Dudek (free transfer from Liverpool)
21 DF Christoph Metzelder (free transfer from Borussia Dortmund)
3 DF Pepe (€30M transfer from Porto)
22 DF Miguel Torres (promoted from Real Madrid Castilla)
28 MF Javier Balboa (loan return from Racing de Santander)
19 FW Julio Baptista (loan return from Arsenal)
26 MF Rubén de la Red (promoted from Real Madrid Castilla)
23 DF Royston Drenthe (€14M transfer from Feyenoord)
29 MF Adrián González (promoted from Real Madrid Castilla)
27 MF Esteban Granero (promoted from Real Madrid Castilla)
18 MF Wesley Sneijder (€27M transfer from AFC Ajax)
30 FW Alberto Bueno (promoted from Real Madrid Castilla)
24 FW Javier Saviola (free transfer from Barcelona)
9 FW Roberto Soldado (loan return from Osasuna)
16 DF Gabriel Heinze (€12m transfer from Manchester United)
11 MF Arjen Robben (€36m transfer from Chelsea)
Out:
No. Position Player
13 GK Diego López (€6M transfer to Villarreal)
15 DF Raúl Bravo (€2,3M transfer to Olympiacos)
3 DF Roberto Carlos (free transfer to Fenerbahçe)
— DF Carlos Diogo (€6M full ownership to Zaragoza)
21 DF Iván Helguera (free transfer to València)
24 DF Álvaro Mejía (€2M transfer to Real Murcia)
25 DF Óscar Miñambres (retired) [12]
22 DF Francisco Pavón (free transfer to Zaragoza)
23 MF David Beckham (free transfer to Los Angeles Galaxy)
— MF Pablo García (on loan to Real Murcia)
19 FW José Antonio Reyes (loan return to Arsenal)
18 FW Antonio Cassano (loan to Sampdoria)
Full name: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Nickname(s):
Los Blancos ("The Whites"),
Los Merengues ("The Meringues")
Los Vikingos ("The Vikings")
Founded: March 6, 1902
as Madrid Football Club
Ground: Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid, Spain
Capacity: 80,400
Chairman: Ramón Calderón
Head Coach: Bernd Schuster
League: La Liga
2006-07 La Liga: 1st
Major Trophies
National titles
La Liga Titles: 30 (record)
1931/32, 1932/33, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1957/58,1958/59, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1971/72, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07.
Copa del Rey: 17
1904/05 1-0 vs. Athletic Bilbao
1905/06 4-1 vs. Athletic Bilbao
1906/07 1-0 vs. Athletic Bilbao
1907/08 2-1 vs. Real Vigo Sporting
1916/17 2-1 vs. Arenas de Getxo
1933/34 2-1 vs. Valencia
1935/36 2-1 vs. Barcelona
1945/46 3-1 vs. Valencia
1946/47 2-0 vs. Espanyol
1961/62 2-1 vs. Sevilla
1969/70 3-1 vs. Valencia
1973/74 4-0 vs. Barcelona
1974/75 1-0 vs. Atlético Madrid
1979/80 6-1 vs. Castilla
1981/82 2-1 vs. Sporting de Gijón
1988/89 1-0 vs. Valladolid
1992/93 2-0 vs. Zaragoza
Supercopa de España: 7
1988 3-2 vs. Barcelona
1989 Won Copa del Rey and La Liga
1990 5-1 vs. Barcelona
1993 4-2 vs. Barcelona
1997 5-3 vs. Barcelona
2001 4-1 vs. Zaragoza
2003 4-2 vs. Mallorca
Copa de la Liga: 1
1984/85 4-3 vs. Atlético Madrid
Copa Eva Duarte: 1
1947 3-1 vs. Valencia CF
International titles
UEFA Champions League: 9 (record)
1955/56 4-3 vs. Stade de Reims
1956/57 2-0 vs. Fiorentina
1957/58 3-2 vs. Milan
1958/59 2-0 vs. Stade de Reims
1959/60 7-3 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
1965/66 2-1 vs. Partizan
1997/98 1-0 vs. Juventus
1999/00 3-0 vs. Valencia
2001/02 2-1 vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Intercontinental Cup: 3
1960 5-1 vs. Peñarol
1998 2-1 vs. Vasco da Gama
2002 2-0 vs. Olimpia Asunción
Ibero-American Cup: 1 (record)
1994 4-3 vs. Boca Juniors
UEFA Cup: 2
1984/85 3-1 vs. Videoton
1985/86 5-3 vs. Köln
European Super Cup: 1
2002 3-1 vs. Feyenoord
Latin Cup: 2
1955 2-0 vs. Stade de Reims
1957 1-0 vs. Benfica
Rivals: FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid
Stadium:
Santiago Bernabéu
Chairman:
Ramón Calderón
Head Coach:
Bernd Schuster
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