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unusual facts about Real Madrid



1923–24 Nelson F.C. season

Six matches were played during the trip, two each against Real Madrid, Racing de Santander and Real Oviedo.

1958–59 Beşiktaş J.K. season

In the first round they played the defending champions Real Madrid.

By winning the Turkish Federation Cup a season ago Beşiktaş qualified for the European Cup, but lost to Real Madrid 1-3 on aggregate (0-2 away, 1-1 home) in the first round.

1960 European Cup Final

The 1960 European Cup Final was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup, and was contested between Real Madrid of Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany.

2000 in association football

UEFA Champions League: Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia faced off in the first ever all-country European cup final with Madrid winning 3-0.

2010 Madeira floods and mudslides

In support of the flood victims, Real Madrid footballer and noted Madeiran Cristiano Ronaldo pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira, between the Portuguese Liga club Porto and players from Madeiran-based Portuguese Liga clubs C.S. Marítimo and Nacional.

Akron Wingfoots

The Akron Wingfoots won the Intercontinental Cup 3 times (1967, 1968, 1969) against Spartak Brno, Ignis Varese and Real Madrid.

Alfredo Santaelena

On 29 June 1991 Alfredo scored the game's only goal against RCD Mallorca, in the Copa del Rey final, also appearing in the following year, a 2–0 win against Real Madrid.

Ana Obregón

A staple of the Spanish prensa rosa or gossip press, Obregón is also famous in Spain and Britain for a long relationship with Croatia striker Davor Šuker as well as a supposed liaison with the Real Madrid and England international football player David Beckham.

Ange Pacomé Dogba Gnagbo

Dogba has impressed a number of other top football people, including Paul Hart, Ian Woan and Paul Montgomery (Chief Scout of Aston Villa), Juande Ramos (former Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid manager), Harry Redknapp.

Ángel Atienza

Ángel Atienza Landeta (born 16 March 1931 in Madrid) is a Spanish artist and retired footballer who played as a defender for Real Madrid, with whom he won the inaugural European Cup.

Antonio González Álvarez

In the 1962–63 season, after having helped the Colchoneros to back-to-back Copa del Rey trophies and the 1962 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (he played in the first match of the final against ACF Fiorentina, in Glasgow) Chuzo scored an astonishing nine goals in only 14 matches, with Atlético finishing in second position in the league behind neighbouring Real Madrid.

Brian McGinlay

In European club football he judged his most exciting match to be the Real MadridBorussia Mönchengladbach third-round second-leg UEFA Cup match.

Brimsdown Rovers F.C.

The youth section has regularly enjoyed success at both League and County level since its formation and its most famous product is David Beckham, the Manchester United and England star who also played for Real Madrid.

C.S.D. Comunicaciones

Comunicaciones is the only Guatemalan team who has played against Real Madrid (with Gento, Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano), Santos FC (with Pelé), and Boca Juniors (with Diego Armando Maradona).

Cholet Basket

It is also one of the only six European clubs to have provided two players to the same NBA draft in 2009, beside Real Madrid (2005), Joventut Badalona (2009), Fenerbahçe Ülker (2008), KK Partizan (2002) and Pau-Ortez (2003).

Ciriaco Errasti

In the 1931 summer Ciriaco signed with Real Madrid, going on to be regularly played during his five-year spell and winning two national championships and as many Copa del Rey trophies, while forming an effective defensive partnership with former Alavés teammate Jacinto Quincoces; he also missed most of his third season with the Merengues due to injury.

Daniel González Benítez

On 5 May 2012, after the home game against Real Madrid ended (1–2 home loss), he threw a bottle at referee Carlos Clos Gómez which hit him in the face, eventually being suspended for three months.

Dennis Wilshaw

In his time, Wolves were one of the greatest teams in the world and he played in victories over Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Valencia, Honvéd and Real Madrid.

Dessie Baker

During the season Baker appeared as a second half substitute in a friendly match against Real Madrid at Tallaght Stadium on 20 July 2009.

Elek Schwartz

After this Benfica overcame Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the European Cup of Champions and eventually even made it all the way to the final, where the "Eagles" had to yield to the masters of the Catenaccio, the Helenio Herrera coached team of Inter Milan, if just 0-1.

Eneko Arieta

Subsequent seasons Arieta conquered a league title and two cup, noting the title of Copa del Rey of 1958 won by defeating the Real Madrid of Di Stefano and in which major player Arieta was marking the first of two goals of the match.

Historical table of the FIFA Club World Cup

Brazilian club Corinthians, Mexican side Necaxa, Spanish club Real Madrid and Kashiwa Reysol of Japan have the most draws, with each having a pair, while Al Ahly have the dubious record of the most losses with a total of seven.

Hugo Lloris

Former national team goalkeeper Grégory Coupet credited his performance as "phenomenal", while the French media branded him "Saint Lloris", which is a play on the nickname of Real Madrid counterpart Iker Casillas, who is considered one of the top goalkeepers in Europe at the moment.

On 16 February, Lloris earned a clean sheet in Lyon's first leg of its UEFA Champions League knockout round match against Real Madrid.

Idwal Robling

In those days of limited football coverage he was used mainly as a reporter by BBC Wales and his commentaries were largely restricted to the occasional Match of the Day opt-out, Welsh Cup game or international friendly, but Cardiff City and Wrexham's exploits in the European Cup Winners Cup in the 1970s saw him commentate on some memorable European games against the likes of Real Madrid, Hajduk Split and Anderlecht.

Joan Gaspart

Gaspart spent all the money taken from the sale of Luís Figo to Real Madrid, buying Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars from Arsenal and Gerard from Valencia.

Kim Brink

He was the Odense Boldklub manager, at the time of the 'Miracle in Madrid', a match between Odense Boldklub and Real Madrid on 6 December 1994 in the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid in the fourth round of the 1994-95 UEFA Cup.

Kostas Manolas

His impressive performances convinced former AEK Athens coach Manolo Jimenez and earned him a spot in the starting line-up forcing David Mateos on the bench who joined AEK Athens on loan from Real Madrid.

Luis Aragonés

He also played for several other clubs, including Real Madrid, and played 11 times for Spain, scoring three goals.

Luis Ruiz Suarez

On a personal level, Father Ruiz was said to be an ardent fan of Formula One, Real Madrid and Rafael Nadal.

Manolo Lama

Manolo Lama is known for his play-by-play covers of Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Spain matches at the radio program Tiempo de Juego in the Cadena COPE.

Mirza Delibašić

After leaving Bosna, Delibašić went to the Spanish League, where he ended up being considered one of the best players ever to play for Real Madrid, along with the likes of Juan Corbalán, Wayne Brabender, Fernando Martín Espina, Fernando Romay, Dražen Petrović, and Arvydas Sabonis.

Nampula

Abel Xavier, a Portuguese football player, and Carlos Queiroz, a Portuguese football manager formerly in charge of Real Madrid, are also from Nampula, at that time a city of the Portuguese Overseas Province of Mozambique.

Neil Simpson

In 1982–83, he played in every one of the matches of the Dons’ 1983 European Cup Winners Cup campaign, scoring a goal in the 3–2 victory over FC Bayern Munich in the second leg of the quarter-finals and becoming one of the “Gothenburg Greats” who lifted the trophy after beating Real Madrid in the 1983 Final.

Pallacanestro Cantù

Among European basketball teams, Cantù has won more international trophies than any other team (on par with Real Madrid).

Paolo Maldini

The only other father-son pairs to have done so are Manuel Sanchis Martínez and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo of Real Madrid, and Carles and Sergio Busquets of Barcelona.

Paul del Rio

On the night of August 24th, 1963, at the age of 19 as leader of a Venezuelan revolutionary group the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), he kidnapped famed Argentine football (soccer) player Alfredo Di Stéfano at gunpoint for three days from the Potomac Hotel in Caracas while his team, Real Madrid, were on a pre-season tour of South America.

Paulo Futre

In his fifth season, Futre provided countless assists for striker Manolo who scored 27 goals for the Pichichi Trophy, with him netting in the season's domestic cup, a 2–0 win over neighbours Real Madrid; during most of his spell with the Colchoneros, he was also team captain.

Pilar Rubio

Since September 2012, Pilar Rubio has a relationship with the Spanish footballer of Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos which was confirmed by both in Gala FIFA Ballon d'Or.

Plaza de Cibeles

The fountain of Cibeles has been adopted by the football club Real Madrid, whose fans use the area to celebrate its triumphs in competitions such as La Liga, the Champions League or the Copa del Rey.

Racing Universitaire d'Alger

In the final Queens faced a Racing de Santander side who had just finished 4th in Spain's La Liga notching home and away double victories against both Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona.

Raja Casablanca

Their style of play led to Raja gaining the support and encouragement of 40,000 Brazilians at the Morumbi stadium in São Paulo, during its historic performance in the Club World Cup in 2000 in its game against Real Madrid of Vicente Del Bosque.

Rebecca Loos

When the former England football captain David Beckham moved to Real Madrid, Loos became his personal assistant during the transition period, alongside SFX agent and the former Australian international footballer Andy Bernal, who spoke Spanish fluently.

Robert Pirès

One was a Benfica shirt (his father was a fan) and the other was a Real Madrid shirt.

Rubén Sanz

He was also in Alcorcón's starting XI in the club's 4–0 home thrashing of Real Madrid for the 2009–10 campaign in the Copa del Rey (4–1 aggregate win).

Sheffield Sharks

In 1995, the 1995 McDonald's Championship came to London and the Sharks were entered as the host team, mixing with the elite of world basketball including the NBA's Houston Rockets, Spanish League giants Real Madrid and Bologna of the Italian League amongst others.

Sóstói Stadion

The football arena was opened in 1967 and set its record attendance on 8 May 1985, when 40,000 fans flocked to see the UEFA Cup Final first leg between Videoton and Real Madrid.

Steve Gaisford

Steve Gaisford has covered many breaking news stories including The Asian Tsunami, The Death of Pope John Paul II and The Madrid train bombings and from the world of sport including the live media circus that was David Beckham signing for Real Madrid.


see also

1958 European Cup Final

After the match, the Real Madrid players were presented with their winners' medals by a 21-year-old Warren Beatty.

2000–01 Juventus F.C. season

It was also Zinedine Zidane's last season with Juventus as he was sold for a world record fee to Real Madrid, but the Italian club compensated his loss with four new players during the summer, with Gianluigi Buffon and Lilian Thuram coming from Parma, whilst Pavel Nedvěd and Marcelo Salas came from Lazio.

2002 UEFA Champions League Final

Real Madrid entered the competition in the group stage after winning La Liga.

Adidas Nitrocharge

Named the nitrocharge 1.0 the boot maximises energy output through the use of new innovations and technologies including the EnergySling and EnergyPulse and it was debuted by several players around Europe including Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez and Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso.

Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium

Real Madrid won the inaugural match 6-1 with goals from Sergio Ramos, Antonio Cassano (2), Roberto Soldado (2), and José Manuel Jurado.

Amancio Amaro

In July 2000 he put himself forward as a candidate for the Presidency and the board of directors of Real Madrid which the President of the Club, Florentino Pérez, ending up being elected member of the Board.

El Derbi madrileño

The Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid's stadium, is majestic, alongside banks and businesses on the classy and aristocratic Paseo de la Castellana street, while the Vicente Calderón can be found beside a brewery along the Manzanares river.

FCM Baia Mare

Real Madrid: Agustín Rodríguez Santiago - John Metgod (76' Alfonso Fraile Sanchez), Francisco Bonet Serrano, Juan José Jiménez Collar, José Antonio Camacho Alfaro - Ricardo Gallego Redondo, Ángel de Los Santos Cano, Ulrich Stielike, Isidro Díaz González - Carlos Alonso Gonzalez Santillana; Coach: Alfredo Di Stéfano

Fernando Alvarez

Fernando Martín Álvarez (born 1947), president of the Spanish football club Real Madrid

Fernando Martín

Fernando Martín Álvarez (b. 1947), Spanish entrepreneur, former chairman of Martinsa-Fadesa and president of Real Madrid C.F.

Gabriel Aguilar

His calm ball-handling, strong technique and his burst down the right sideline led his teammate Thiago Leitao to christen Aguilar "Cicinho", because his style is reminiscent of the Brazilian Real Madrid player.

Jeunesse Esch

Despite their comfortable victory, Real Madrid took no chances in the second leg and fielded a full-strength team, including Puskás, Di Stéfano, and Gento.

Joan Plaza

In 2007/2008, Real Madrid signed Greek star Lazaros Papadopoulos, who failed to perform well during the whole session.

La Quinta del Buitre

With the years, the "Quinta Del Buitre" has earned a more generic meaning, being also associated with a brand of football played by Real Madrid in the late 1980s and early 1990s, under the stewardship of coaches Luis Molowny, Leo Beenhakker and John Toshack.

Mansour Kasse

In 2011/2012, he has been a dominant power-forward in Real Madrid B (Spanish’s EBA division), coached by Alberto Angulo, and he has been training and traveling with the Real Madrid's first team, in Spanish ACB League and Euroleague.

Olympiacos F.C. in European football

Olympiacos opened the second round of the group stage with a draw 0–0 to Real Madrid at the Karaiskakis Stadium and kept alive the record of being undefeated by Real Madrid in Athens in four matches, while the Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2–1 in Stadio Olimpico.

Philippe Coutinho

On 26 January 2013, Liverpool reportedly agreed a £8.5m fee with Internazionale for Coutinho, although at that time he was almost a Chelsea player, he was also linked with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Manchester City, but the player chose Liverpool and was soon pending a medical exam and a work permit from the Home Office as he did not have enough international appearances to qualify automatically.

Quavas Kirk

(Beckham had chosen the number 23 because 7 was already taken when he was transferred to Real Madrid by Raul, and also because he admires Michael Jordan).

Ramón Grosso

In the following years Grosso played in several positions for Real Madrid, even being placed as goalkeeper in the Ramón de Carranza Trophy match with Boca Juniors.

Real Madrid Castilla

In the 2004–05 season, coach Juan Ramón López Caro guided the team back to the Segunda División and the team subsequently revived the el Castilla name and became known as Real Madrid Castilla.

Real Madrid Fantasy Manager

Real Madrid Fantasy Manager is a football club management game developed by From The Bench.

Santiago Bernabéu

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium - the football stadium in Madrid of Real Madrid FC named after the above

Santiago Bernabéu Yeste - the former Real Madrid footballer and president

Savigny-le-Temple

Claude Makélélé, football player (Real Madrid, Chelsea, PSG), grew up in Savigny-le-Temple.

Sheffield Sharks

After knocking out Luxembourg-based team Residence Helmsange in the Qualifying round, the Sharks were then eliminated in the First Round by Real Madrid after a 57-67 defeat in Sheffield and a 75-78 defeat in Madrid.

The Beckham Experiment

In January 2007, 31-year-old Beckham, one of the world's most famous soccer players, at the time playing with Real Madrid, shocked the sports world by signing a five-year contract with MLS team LA Galaxy, effective from the end of La Liga 2006-07 season, which was in progress when the announcement was made.

Wagner Ribeiro

Ribeiro also famously claimed that some of Real Madrid's Spanish players, namely Raúl, Guti and Iván Helguera did not get along with Real Madrid's growing contingent of Brazilian players.

War of the Genders

An average of 3.1 million viewers watched the episode finale live, creating the highest rating average below the 2003 Charity Football Competition Real Madrid vs Hong Kong and tied with the 2005 Korean TV drama Dae Jang Geum and the 2008 TVB TV drama Moonlight Resonance.