January 15, 2008

Real Madrid - My Favorite Soccer Team

Real Madrid Club de Football is also known as Real Madrid, Real, Los Blancos (The Whites) or Los Marengues (The Meringues). Real Madrid is a professional Spanish football club based in Madrid. It plays in La Liga and is one of the most successful football clubs of the 20th century. They have won thirty La Liga titles, seventeen Copa Del Rey and was European Champions for a record nine times. When it comes to it's home games they play at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. On December 23, 200, FIFA awarded the Spanish team the title of the "Best Club of the Century". Real Madrid's biggest rival is Barcelona and have be since a long time. With over 228 million supporters worldwide, Real Madrid is the biggest football club in the world according to the case studies at Harvard University in 2006, followed by Manchester United with 168 million.


Real Madrid's Biggest Rivals

Football Club Barcelona, known familiarly as barça is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is best known for its football team. The club has become a Catalan instituation, hence the motto Més que un club (more than a club). The club were also the first La Liga champions, winning a total of 18 La Liga, 24 UEFA Cup Winner's Cup, 3 Inter-cities Fars Cup and 2 European Super Cup trophies.

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