Real Madrid Baloncesto (English: Real Madrid Basketball) is a Spanish professional basketball team that was founded in 1931, as a division of the Real Madrid C.F. multi sports club. They play domestically in the Liga ACB, and internationally in the EuroLeague.
As successful as the Real Madrid athletic association's football club, the basketball team has been the most successful of its peers in both Spain and Europe. The Real Madrid squads have won a record 33 Spanish League championships, including in 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 27 Spanish Cup titles, a record 9 EuroLeague Championships, and a record 4 Saporta Cups.
Madrid has also won a record 5 Intercontinental Cups, and they have also won 3 Triple Crowns. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Arvydas Sabonis, Dra?en Petrovi?, Dra?en Dalipagi?, Mirza Deliba?i?, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Fernando Martín, and Dejan Bodiroga.
Real Madrid also has a developmental basketball team that plays in the amateur level Spanish 4th-tier Liga EBA, called Real Madrid B.
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History
With a record of success that exceeds that of any other team in European basketball, Real Madrid has always lived willingly with high expectations.For at least half a century, Madrid has been a standard-bearer in European basketball, accumulating a record nine continental titles based on its dominance in the 1960s. Its early dominance in Spain has resulted in another untouchable cache of 33 domestic league and 27 cup trophies. And almost every time that Madrid did not play in Europe's top competition, it won a different continental trophy - four Saporta Cups, a Kora? Cup and a ULEB Cup - as a stepping-stone back to the big time.
Players like Emiliano Rodríguez, Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Walter Szczerbiak, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Dra?en Petrovi?, Mirza Deliba?i?, Arvydas Sabonis and Dejan Bodiroga have turned Real Madrid into one of the biggest basketball clubs in the world. Madrid won as many as 7 Euroleague titles between 1964 and 1980, becoming a European basketball legend, and even when 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, than Petrovi? had 62 points in the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final against Snaidero Caserta. Madrid added a 1988 Kora? Cup title against Cibona, and a 1992 Saporta Cup trophy against PAOK on a buzzer-beating jumper by Rickey Brown. It was not until Sabonis arrived in Madrid when Real won its last Euroleague title in 1995, beating Olympiacos in the final. Madrid still won the 1997 Saporta Cup title against Verona, but no more European trophies came in the next decade.
Madrid still found success at home, winning Spanish League titles in 2000 and 2005. It all changed in 2007 when Joan Plaza was promoted to head coach. With the help of players like Louis Bullock, Felipe Reyes or Álex Mumbrú, Madrid added a new trophy to its roll of honours, 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 regular season and stayed strong in Palacio Vistalegre to lift its 30th league trophy, besting archrivals Winterthur FC Barcelona 3-1 in the title series.
In Pablo Laso's era Real Madrid Baloncesto still found the success. New Spanish top tier players like Sergio Rodríguez and Rudy Fernández were acquired. Also ACB Rising Star winner Nikola Miroti? mixed with Sergio Llull and Felipe Reyes, to give Real Madrid a strong home grown core. The team gave Real Madrid Baloncesto 5 Copa del Reys, 3 Spanish Super Cups, 3 Liga ACBs, 1 EuroLeague, and 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
On May 17, 2015, after waiting 20 years to win another EuroLeague championship, Real Madrid won the 2015 Euroleague against Olympiacos. Madrid's Andrés Nocioni was named the Final Four MVP. This title was called La Novena. Following the EuroLeague title, the 2014-15 ACB season was also won. Because Real also won the Cup and Supercup that season, it won its first "Quadruble crown".
On September 27, 2015, 34 years after their last FIBA Intercontinental Cup title, Real Madrid won their fifth FIBA Intercontinental Cup trophy, after defeating the Brazilian League club Bauru. Sergio Llull was named MVP of this tournament. Real Madrid made it a record five FIBA Intercontinental Cup titles, and with the Intercontinental Cup title, became the only European basketball club to ever win five official titles in a single season competition.
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Home arenas
- Fronton Fiesta Alegre (1955-65), before the team played in not domed courts.
- Colegio Maravillas (1965), used for home games during the construction of the new pavilion.
- Sports City of Real Madrid Pavilion (1966-86)
- Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (1986-1998)
- Polideportivo Parque Corredor in Torrejón de Ardoz (1998-1999), used temporally for home games during the renovation of the Raimundo Saporta Pavilion.
- Raimundo Saporta Pavilion (1999-04), the formerly known Sports City of Real Madrid Pavilion (1966-1999)
- Palacio Vistalegre (2004-2010)
- Caja Mágica (2010-2011)
- WiZink Center (2011-present)
Players
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers
- Dra?en Dalipagi?, G, 1982-1983, Inducted 2004
- Antonio Díaz-Miguel, F, 1958-1961, Inducted 1997
- Pedro Ferrándiz, coach, 1959-1962, 1964-1965, 1966-1975, Inducted 2007
- Dra?en Petrovi?, G, 1988-1989, Inducted 2002
- Arvydas Sabonis, C, 1992-1995, Inducted 2011
Retired numbers
Current roster
On loan
Depth chart
Coaches
Honours
Domestic competitions
League
- Liga ACB: 33
Cups
- Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: 27
- Supercopa de España de Baloncesto: 4
European competitions
Official titles
- EuroLeague: 9
- Saporta Cup: 4
- Kora? Cup: 1
- EuroCup: 1
- Latin Cup: 1
Unofficial titles
- FIBA European Super Cup: 3
- Triple Crown: 3
Worldwide competitions
Official titles
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup: 5
Other competitions
- Torneo Internacional de Navidad (FIBA) (Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Martín): 26
- Torneo Internacional ACB "Memorial Héctor Quiroga": 3
Regional competitions
- Torneo Comunidad de Madrid: 20
- Campeonato de Castilla: 11
- Trofeo Marca: 8
Friendly competitions
- 3 Trofeo Gol: 1941/42, 1942/43, 1943/44.
- 3 Trofeo Teresa Herrera: 1987, 1989, 1991.
- 2 Trofeo Montbrisson: 1959, 1960.
- 2 Trofeos Open de París: 1961/62, 1962/63.
- 2 Torneo de Navidad de Bruselas: 1948, 1950.
- 2 Trofeo Diputación Valladolid: 1997, 2009.
- 2 Trofeo Ciudad Zaragoza: 2011, 2014.
- 1 Copa Chapultepec: 1931.
- 1 Torneo Primavera de Madrid: 1934.
- 1 Trofeo Cupones Cork: 1946.
- 1 Torneo Inauguración (Madrid): 1951.
- 1 Torneo Bodas de Oro del Real Madrid: 1952.
- 1 Torneo Bodas de Oro del Club: 1952.
- 1 Trofeo Homenaje a Luis Moreno Melilla: 1952.
- 1 Torneo Bodas de Plata de la Sección: 1955.
- 1 Torneo Internacional de Portugal: 1955.
- 1 Torneo de Vigo: 1956.
- 1 Torneo Triangular: 1956.
- 1 Torneo de Gijón: 1956.
- 1 Trofeo XII Juegos del Sudeste (Alicante): 1960.
- 1 Torneo de Casablanca: 1962.
- 1 Trofeo Open de París: 1962.
- 1 Trofeo Bodas de Plata del Canoe: 1965.
- 1 Trofeo Breogán: 1967.
- 1 Galardón As de Oro: 1977/78.
- 1 Trofeo Nuevo Banco (Madrid): 1978.
- 1 Torneo de la Pollinica (Málaga): 1985/86.
- 1 Trofeo Memorial Gasca (San Sebastián): 1985/86.
- 1 Torneo de San Julián (Cuenca): 1986/87.
- 1 Trofeo 50 Aniversario Diario Sur: 1988.
- 1 Trofeo Canal +: 1991.
- 1 Trofeo Costa del Sol: 2012.
- 1 Torneo Sportquarters de Guadalajara: 2012.
- 1 Torneo Spa Porta Maris & Suites del Mar: 2012.
- 1 Torneo Córdoba: 2013.
- 1 Trofeo Grupo Dalmau Vaquer: 2014.
- 1 Copa EuroAmericana: 2014.
Individual awards
Season-by-season
International record
Notable players
- Played at least one season for the club.
- Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
- Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
- To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.
Historical uniforms
Matches against NBA teams
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