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Real Madrid, is a leading Spanish soccer club. Soccer is called football in Spain and many other countries. The club plays in La Liga, the highest league in Spanish soccer. Real Madrid plays its home games in Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.

Real Madrid is one of the most successful clubs in world soccer. The club won its record 32nd league title in 2012. Real Madrid has also won the European Cup six times, including five consecutive seasons from 1956 to 1960, and in 1966. Real Madrid also won the European Champions League in 1998, 2000, and 2002; the World Club Cup in 1960, 1998, and 2002; and the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Cup in 1985 and 1986.

Many of the greatest players in international soccer have played for Real Madrid. They include forwards Francisco (Paco) Gento of Spain, Alfredo Di Stefano of Argentina, Ferenc Puskas of Hungary, and Ronaldo of Brazil; defender Roberto Carlos of Brazil; goalkeeper Iker Casillas of Spain; and midfielders Luis Figo of Portugal, David Beckham of the United Kingdom, and Zinedine Zidane of France. In 2009, the club acquired star Portuguese midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Real Madrid was established in 1902.

Roster - 2015

No. Position Player 1 GK Iker Casillas (captain) 2 DF Raphaël Varane 3 DF Pepe (4th captain) 4 DF Sergio Ramos (vice-captain) 5 DF Fábio Coentrão 6 MF Sami Khedira 7 FW Cristiano Ronaldo 8 MF Toni Kroos 9 FW Karim Benzema 10 MF James Rodríguez 11 MF Gareth Bale

No. Position Player 12 DF Marcelo (3rd captain) 13 GK Keylor Navas 14 FW Javier Hernández (on loan from Manchester United) 15 DF Dani Carvajal 17 DF Álvaro Arbeloa 18 DF Nacho 19 MF Luka Modrić 20 FW Jesé 23 MF Isco 24 MF Asier Illarramendi 25 GK Fernando Pacheco