Real Madrid is considered the most prominent club in the world, because of its mythical achievements whether in Spain or in Europe. In addition, it has the record for Spanish La Liga and European Champions League titles (31 titles of La Liga and 9 titles of the continental championship for clubs).
The Spanish team was founded on the 6th of March 1902. In its early years, real Madrid won many of the local cups and won La Liga in 1932 for the first time. On the other hand, Real Madrid (or the Royal Team as the some people call it) emerged prominently in the 1950s when it formed a golden team headed by two legendary players; De Stefano and Bochkash. Then, the president of the club was Santiago Bernabeu, a very enfluential character that will never be repeated in the history of football. It is well-known that the stadium of that club was named Santiago Bernabeu after the name of its previous president.
At that time, Real Madrid had captured the first five titles of the European Champions League. In 1956, Real Madrid won against Stad Remis club from France in the final match (3-4), Real Madrid also gained the title of the second championship after it had won against Italian Fiorentina club (0-2) in 1957. In 1958, the club also won the final match against AC Milan (2-3) and in the next year, it won against Rieem (0-2). In the end of 1950s, the Spanish team won achieved many victories including a big wining against German Frankfort club (3-7) in the final match of the Champions League. The sixth title went to Belgrade (1-2) in the final match, due to the retirement of Bochkash and De Stefano.
In the end of the 1990s, Real Madrid (which then included the most famous players in the world such as Raul, Morientas, Heirro and Roberto Carlos won against Juventus (0-1) thus achieving the seventh title.
Last but not least, Real Madrid achieved the last two titles in 2000 & 2002 under the leadership of Coach Del Bosque. The first match was against Valencia and the second against Bayern Leverkusen.
Prepared by: Mushriq A. Jaber
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