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Real Madrid Club de Futbol, commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, has traditionally worn a white home kit since. The word Real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in downtown Madrid. Top soccer player is Cristiano Ronaldo
The club is the richest football club in terms of annual revenue It is one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight of Spanish football, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. Real Madrid holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clasico with FC Barcelona.
Internationally it has won a record nine European Cup / UEFA Champions League titles and a joint record three Intercontinental Cups, as well as two UEFA Cups, and one UEFA Super Cup.
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