Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation:Â
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listen), meaningÂ
Royal Madrid Football Club), commonly referred to asÂ
Real Madrid, is a Spanish professionalÂ
football club based inÂ
Madrid.Founded on 6 March 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since inception. The wordÂ
real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club byÂ
King Alfonso XIIIÂ in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacityÂ
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European sporting entities, Real Madrids members (
socios) have owned and operated the club throughout its history.The club was estimated to beÂ
worth €3.8 billion ($4.2 billion) in 2019, and it was theÂ
second highest-earningfootball club in the world, with an annual revenue of €757,3 million in 2019.
 The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world.
 Real Madrid is one of three founding members ofÂ
La Liga that haveÂ
never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929, along withÂ
Athletic Bilbao andÂ
Barcelona. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notablyÂ
El Clásico with Barcelona andÂ
El Derbi withÂ
Atlético Madrid.Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s, winning five consecutiveÂ
European Cups and reaching the final seven times. This success was replicated in the league, which the club won five times in the space of seven years. This team, which consisted of players such asÂ
Alfredo Di Stéfano,Â
Ferenc Puskás,Â
Francisco Gento, andÂ
Raymond Kopa, is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time.
In domestic football, the club has won 65 trophies;Â
a record 33 La Liga titles, 19Â
Copa del Rey, 11Â
Supercopa de España, aÂ
Copa Eva Duarte, and aÂ
Copa de la Liga.
 In European and worldwide competitions, the club has won a record 26 trophies;Â
a record 13Â
European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, twoÂ
UEFA Cups and fourÂ
UEFA Super Cups. In international football, they have achieved a record sevenÂ
club world championships.
Real Madrid was recognised as theÂ
FIFA Club of the 20th Century on 11 December 2000,
 and received theÂ
FIFA Centennial Order of Merit on 20 May 2004.
 The club was also awardedÂ
Best European Club of the 20th Century by theÂ
IFFHSÂ on 11 May 2010. In June 2017, the team succeeded in becoming the first club to win back to back Champions Leagues, then made it three in a row in May 2018, extending their lead atop theÂ
UEFA club rankings.