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Real Madrid
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President Florentino Perez
Address Av. Concha Espina, 1 28036
Madrid - Spain
Tel. +34 91 398 43 32
Fax +34 91 398 43 81
Arena PALACIO VISTALEGRE
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Roster
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SANTANA, JORGE
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Spain
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Forward
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1.91
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1990
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5
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PRIGIONI, PABLO
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Italy
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Guard
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1.93
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1977
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6
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HANSEN, TRAVIS
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USA
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Forward
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1.98
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1978
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7
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LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS
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Lithuania
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Center
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2.12
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1979
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9
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REYES, FELIPE
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Spain
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Forward
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2.03
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1980
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12
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VAN DEN SPIEGEL, TOMAS
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Belgium
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Center
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2.14
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1978
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13
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KAUKENAS, RIMANTAS
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Lithuania
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Guard
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1.92
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1977
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14
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VELICKOVIC, NOVICA
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Serbia
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Forward
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2.05
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1986
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15
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GARBAJOSA, JORGE
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Spain
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Forward
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2.05
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1977
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20
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VIDAL, SERGI
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Spain
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Forward
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2.00
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1981
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21
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DASIC, VLADIMIR
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Montenegro
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Forward
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2.08
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1988
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22
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BULLOCK, LOUIS
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USA
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Guard
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1.85
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1976
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23
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LLULL, SERGIO
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Spain
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Guard
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1.90
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1987
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51
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DE MIGUEL, IGNACIO
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Spain
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Forward
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2.05
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1973
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The Club
With new club management and the arrival of legendary coach Ettore Messina, it is safe to say that Real Madrid is set to do its best to start a new golden age. It is indeed a new start for the winningest team in European history. For more than half a century, Madrid has been a standard-bearer in European basketball, accumulating a record eight continental titles based on its dominance in the 1960s. Its early dominance in Spain has resulted in another untouchable cache of 30 domestic league and 22 cup trophies. Moreover, almost every time that Madrid did not play in Europe's top competition, it won a different continental trophy - four Saporta Cups, a Korac Cup and a ULEB Cup - as a stepping-stone back to the big time. Players like Emiliano Rodriguez, Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Walter Szczerbiak, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Drazen Petrovic, Arvydas Sabonis and Dejan Bodiroga have turned Real Madrid into one of the biggest basketball clubs in the world. Madrid won seven Euroleague titles between 1964 and 1980, becoming a European basketball juggernaut, and even though it took the club 15 years to win it again, it found success in other European competitions, too. Madrid downed Milano the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup on free throws by Brian Jackson, then Petrovic had 62 points in the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final against Snaidero Caserta in one of the best games ever played. Madrid added a 1988 Korac Cup title against Cibona and a 1992 Saporta Cup trophy against PAOK on a buzzer-beating jumper by Ricky Brown. It was not until Sabonis arrived in Madrid that Real won its last Euroleague title in 1995, beating Olympiacos in the final. And Madrid won the 1997 Saporta Cup title against Verona. Madrid continued to find success at home, winning Spanish League titles in 2000 and 2005. In 2007, Joan Plaza was promoted to head coach and with the help of players like Louis Bullock, Felipe Reyes and Alex Mumbru, Madrid added a new trophy to its roll of honors, the ULEB Cup, as it won 12 of its last 13 games and downed Lietuvos Rytas 75-87 in the final. Moreover, Madrid won the Spanish League crown for its 30th league trophy, besting archrivals FC Barcelona 3-1 in the finals. Madrid has not added anything new in the last few of seasons despite winning the Spanish League regular season in 2008 and reaching the Euroleague Quarterfinal Playoffs last season. Now that Messina has arrived with the ambition of leading Real Madrid to its first Euroleague Final Four since 1996, there is great hope in the Spanish capital for a new era of greatness.
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Euroleague
1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980. 1995
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ULEB Cup
2007
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Korac Cup
1988
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Saporta Cup
1983-84, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1996-97
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Spanish National League
1956-57, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1999-00, 2004-05, 2006-07
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Spanish National Cup
1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993
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SuperCup
1985
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Intercontinental Cup
1976, 1977, 1978
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