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Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga.
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Real Madrid CF
53 linksSpanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Being one of the three founding members of La Liga that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929 (along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona), Real Madrid holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and El Derbi Madrileño with Atlético Madrid.
La Liga
27 linksMen's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system.
Men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system.
During the 1940s Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs, winning several titles.
Athletic Bilbao
28 linksProfessional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain.
Professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain.
In the same year, Basque students also formed an affiliated team, Athletic Club Madrid, which later evolved into Atlético Madrid, after watching Athletic's epic triumph in the 1903 Copa del Rey Final.
CA Osasuna
25 linksSpanish football club in Pamplona, Navarre.
Spanish football club in Pamplona, Navarre.
The strong support of Navarre for the Nationalist rebels led to Osasuna being offered a place in the 1939–40 La Liga when official competitions resumed, although they had finished last in 1935–36 and should have been relegated; ultimately a play-off was arranged with the other demoted team Atlético Aviación – associated with the Spanish Air Force and thus favoured by the military regime.
Sevilla FC
24 linksSpanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
That same season, the side lost the Liga title on the last day to Atlético Madrid after drawing 3–3 against Hércules.
FC Barcelona
32 linksProfessional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Most historians agree than Franco did not have a preferred football team, but his Spanish nationalist beliefs led him to associate himself with the establishment teams, such as Atlético Aviación and Madrid FC (that recovered its royal name after the fall of the Republic).
Madrid derby
10 linksEl Derbi Madrileño, (The Madrid derby) or simply El Derbi, is the name given to football matches between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, both from Madrid.
Racing de Santander
18 linksFootball club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system.
Football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system.
In 2007–08, under Marcelino García Toral, it finished in sixth position, thus qualifying to the UEFA Cup for the first time ever; additionally the club reached the semifinals of the Copa del Rey twice during this decade, being ousted by eventual runners-up Getafe CF and Atlético Madrid in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
2014 UEFA Champions League Final
7 linksThe final match of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final match of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The match took place on Saturday, 24 May 2014, at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, between Spanish sides Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.
Madrid
6 linksCapital and most populous city of Spain.
Capital and most populous city of Spain.
Madrid is home to two world-famous football clubs, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.