I-Real Madrid CF

**I-Real Madrid Club de Fútbol** (:  (lalela), okusho ukuthi **i-Royal Madrid** Football Club), evame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-Real Madrid, *iyiqembu* lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo laseSpain eliqeqeshiwe eliseMadrid eliye  e-La Liga kusukela ngo-1929.

Isungulwe ngo-1902 njenge-Madrid Football Club, leli qembu ngokwesiko liyelagqoka ikhithi yasekhaya elimhlophe kusukela ekuqaleni kwalo. Isiqu esihloniphekile i-Real ngesiSpanishi esisho "isobukhosi" futhi sanikezwa leli qembu yiNkosi u-Alfonso XIII ngo-1920 kanye nomqhele wasebukhosini esifanekisweni. I-Real Madrid idlale imidlalo yayo yasekhaya eSantiago Bernabéu Stadium enabantu abangu-81,044 edolobheni laseMadrid kusukela ngo-1947 futhi i-Real Madrid nayo iyiqembu eliphumelela kakhulu kwi-FIFA Club World Cup, njengoba inqobe izikhathi ezinhlanu selokhu umncintiswano waqala ngo-2000. Ngokungafani nezinhlangano eziningi zezemidlalo zaseYurophu, amalungu e-Real Madrid (amasocios) aye aphethe futhi aphathe leli qembu kuwo wonke umlando walo. Leli qembu lingelinye lamaqembu asekelwa kabanzi emhlabeni, futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi libiza ama-$5.1 billion ngo-2022, okwenza kube yiqembu lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo eliyigugu kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngo-2021, kwakuyiqembu lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lesibili elihola kakhulu emhlabeni, ngenzuzo yaminyaka yonke eyizigidi ezingama-€640.7 miliyoni.

Njengoba ingelinye lamalungu amathathu asungula i-La Liga angakaze ahlehliswe esigabeni esiphezulu kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo ngo-1929 (kanye ne-Athletic Bilbao neBarcelona), i-Real Madrid inezimpi eziningi zesikhathi eside, ikakhulukazi i-El Clásico ne-Barcelona ne-El Derbi Madrileño ne-Atlético Madrid. Leli qembu libonakala njengamandla amakhulu emdlalweni webhola likanobhutshuzwayo waseSpain naseYurophu phakathi nawo-1950 nawo-1960, lawina ama-European Cup amahlanu alandelanayo ayisithupha futhi lafinyelela amanye ama-final amabili. Lokhu kuphumelela kwaphindaphindwa ezweni lakubo, lapho iMadrid inqobe iziqu ze-league eziyishumi nambili eminyakeni eyi-16. Leli qembu, elihlanganisa u-Alfredo Di Stéfano, u-Ferenc Puskás, uFrancisco Gento, noRaymond Kopa, libhekwa abanye emdlalweni njengelokuqala kunawo wonke. I-Real Madrid yaziwa ngenqubomgomo yayo ye-Galácticos, ehilela ukusayina abadlali abahle kakhulu emhlabeni, njengoRonaldo, uZidane, noDavid Beckham, ukwakha iqembu le-superstar. Ngo-26 June 2009, iMadrid yasayina uCristiano Ronaldo nge-£ 80 million (€ 94 million); waba ngumgembuli omkhulu kunabo bonke emlandweni.

Emdlalweni webhola likanobhutshuzwayo wasekhaya, leli qembu liye lawina izindondo ezingu-69; iziqu ze-La Liga ezingu-35, i-Copa del Rey engu-20, i-Supercopa de España engu-12, i-Capa Eva Duarte, kanye ne-Copa de la Liga. Emincintiswaneni yomhlaba wonke, i-Real Madrid ibheka ingqwembe ezingu-21; iziqu ezingu-14 ze-European Cup / UEFA Champions League, iziqu ezimbili ze-UEFA Super Cup, kanye nengqwembe ezinhlanu ze-Intercontinental Cup. Lezi zingqwembe zilawula ukubheka kwezimpahla zomhlaba eziningi ngaphambi kokubanjwe kukaLiverpool ngo-2019. Kuma-2000, 2002, 2014, kanye nako-2017, i-Real Madrid yayiqembu lebhola elihlukaniswa ngokuhamba kwesimo semikhiqizo yomhlaba yamaqembu e-International Federation of Football History & Statistics Club World Ranking. E-UEFA, iMadrid ibekwe phambili ohlwini lweqembu lesikhathi sonke.

I-Real Madrid iyaziwa njenge iqembu lebhola elikhulu lekhulu lama-20 yi-FIFA kanye ne iqembu elingcono leYurophu phakathi naleso sikhathi yi-IFFHS, futhi ithole iFIFA Centennial Order of Merit ngo-2004. I-Real Madrid inezikhathi eziningi zokubamba iqhaza ku-European Cup/Champions League (55),, umqhudelwano lapho ibambe khona irekhodi eliphelele lokunqoba okuningi, ukudlala okuvumelekile okuningi kanye nezinhloso eziningi ezibhaliwe. I-Real Madrid iyinqwaba kuphela ephumelele izicoco ezintathu ezilandelanayo ('three-peat') ku-European Cup/Champions League kabili, okokuqala ngo1955–56, 1956–57, kanye 1957–58, kanye yesibili ngo 2015–16, 2016–17 kanye 2017–18. NgoJuni 2024, bathole isicoco se15th Champions League title (yesihlanu eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye), okwaziswa kanje yi Guinness World Records. I-Real Madrid iyinqwaba yokuqala kuzo zonke izinkundla eziphakeme ezinhlanu zaseYurophu ukuzuza izicoco ezingu-100 kuzo zonke izimbangi.  I-Real Madrid ikhiphe izikhala zesibili ku-UEFA club rankings futhi kuqala eminyakeni engu-10 edlule (2013–2023) ngokugcwele.

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