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Real Madrid Club de Futbol is a professional Spanish football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902, it plays in La Liga and was the most successful football club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey and a record nine UEFA Champions League titles. The team was a founding member of the now defunct G-14 group of leading European football clubs. The club plays its home games in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. Real Madrid is unusual in that, unlike most football clubs, it has been owned and operated only by its members (socios) since 1902. On December 23, 2000, FIFA awarded the Spanish team the title of the "Best Club of the 20th Century". Los Blancos is the most successful club in UEFA club football competitions history with nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups; more than any other European club. Real Madrid is the biggest and most extensive football club in the world according to the case studies at Harvard University in 2007. It is also the richest one in terms of revenue.Real Madrid Talk
In July 2000 Florentino Perez was elected club president vowing to erase the club's debt and modernise the club's facilities, however the primary electoral promise that propelled Perez to victory was the signing of Luis Figo. On July 16, Perez won the election. The club controversially got its training ground re-zoned and used the money to begin to assemble the famous Galactico side including players such as Zidane, Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos, Raul and David Beckham. It is debatable whether the gamble paid off as despite a European Cup win in 2002, followed by the League in 2003, the club then failed to win a major trophy for the next three seasons.
Ramon Calderon was elected as club president in July, 2006 and subsequently appointed Fabio Capello as the new coach and Predrag Mijatovic as the new sporting director. Real Madrid won the La Liga title in 2007 for the first time in four years. However, despite the achievement of winning La Liga, Capello was sacked one month later, in June 2007, and was replaced by German manager Bernd Schuster. Under Bernd Schuster, the club won its 31 La Liga title in 2007-08 season.
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In May 2008 Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson criticised Real Madrid for comments made regarding their desire to sign Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo. Alex Ferguson stated that "Real Madrid have no moral issues at all." while an official statement from Manchester United stated "The club will have no alternative but to report Real Madrid to the world governing body, FIFA, if it continues to behave in this totally unacceptable fashion."
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In June 2008 Manchester United made an official complaint to FIFA regarding the conduct of Real Madrid relating to Cristiano Ronaldo. Later, FIFA have announced they will not take any formal action against Real Madrid over Manchester United's complaint about the Spanish club's pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo.