Real Madrid Baloncesto

Real Madrid
Leagues	ACB Euroleague
Founded	1932
History	Real Madrid C.F. (1932–Present)
Arena	Caja Mágica (capacity: 12,000)
Location	Madrid, Community of Madrid
Team colors	White, Black, Old Gold
President	Florentino Pérez
Head coach	Ettore Messina
Championships	8 European Championship 1 EuroCup 1 Korać Cup 4 Saporta Cup 4 Intercontinental Cup 30 Spanish Championships 22 Spanish Cups
Website	realmadrid.com
Uniforms
Home Away

Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB).

As successful as the 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 30 Spanish League championships, including 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 22 Spanish Cup championships, a record 4 Saporta Cups, and a record 4 Intercontinental Cups.

Real has won a record 8 Euroleague Championships and they have also won 2 Triple Crowns. Star players have included: Arvydas Sabonis, Dražen Petrović, Dejan Bodiroga, and Dražen Dalipagić.

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 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. And 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 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 Petrovic had 62 points in the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final against Snaidero Caserta, in one of the best games ever seen in Europe ever. Madrid added a 1988 Korac 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 BC 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, both in shocking fashion. It all has changed in 2007 when Joan Plaza was promoted to head coach and 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.

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 Corridor 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 Magica (2010–present)

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers

• Dražen Dalipagić, G, 1982–1983, Inducted 2004
• Antonio Díaz-Miguel, F, 1958–1961, Inducted 1997
• Pedro Ferrándiz, coach, 1959–1962, 1964–1965, 1966–1975, Inducted 2007
• Dražen Petrović, G, 1988–1989, Inducted 2002

Retired numbers

• 10 Fernando Martín, C, 1981–1986, 1987–1989

Roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 5.5 !F/C 21 USA ! Fischer, D'or 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 116 kg (256 lb) &000000000000002900000029 4.0 !F 15 ESP ! Garbajosa, Jorge 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) &000000000000003300000033 1.0 !PG 23 ESP ! Llull, Sergio 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90.5 kg (200 lb) &000000000000002300000023 4.5 !PF 12 ESP ! Mirotić, Nikola 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) &000000000000002000000020 1.0 !PG 5 ARG ! Prigioni, Pablo 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 88.5 kg (195 lb) &000000000000003300000033 6.0 !C 9 ESP ! Reyes, Felipe (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 118 kg (260 lb) &000000000000003000000030 1.0 !PG 13 ESP ! Rodríguez, Sergio 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) &000000000000002400000024 4.0 !F 8 ESP ! Suárez, Carlos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) &000000000000002400000024 6.0 !C 4 CRO ! Tomić, Ante 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 118 kg (260 lb) &000000000000002300000023 1.5 !G 24 USA ! Tucker, Clay 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) &000000000000003000000030 4.0 !F 14 SRB ! Veličković, Novica 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) &000000000000002400000024 2.0 !SG 20 ESP ! Vidal, Sergi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90.5 kg (200 lb) &000000000000002900000029	Head coach Ettore Messina Assistant coach(es) Emanuele Molin José Ramón Cuspinera Legend (C) Team captain (*) Playing only in Euroleague Injured Roster • updated 2010-09-15

Depth Chart

Head coaches

Major trophies and awards

Trophies

• European Championships: 8 (record)

1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1994-95

• Spanish League : 30 (record)

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, 1999-2000, 2004-05, 2006-07

• Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: 22 (record)

1950-51, 1951-52, 1953-54, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1992-93

• European Cup Winner's Cup : 4 (record)

1983-84, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1996-97

• ULEB Cup: 1

2006-07

• Korac Cup: 1

1987-88

• World basketball clubs championship: 1

1980-81

• Intercontinental Cups: 4 (record)

1976, 1977, 1978, 1981

• Triple Crown in Basketball: 2

1965, 1974

• Copa Latina de Baloncesto: 1

1966-67

• Spanish Supercup: 1

1984-85

Other trophies

• International Christmas tournaments (Campeón Torneo de Navidad): 25^[1] (record)

1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2003-04, 2004-05

• 12 Campeonatos Regionales:

1932/33, 1941/42, 1942/43, 1943/44, 1947/48, 1947/48, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1955/56, 1956/57.

• 16 Torneos C.A.M.:

1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1991/92, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10.

• 9 Campeonatos de Castilla:

1932/33, 1941/42, 1942/43, 1943/44, 1947/48, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1955/56, 1956/57.

Individual awards

Season-by-season

Notable players

See also

• Real Madrid–FC Barcelona rivalry
• 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour

Notes and references

External links

• Realmadrid.com - Official Real Madrid Baloncesto Website (Spanish) / (English) / (Japanese)
• Euroleague.net Page
• ACB.com - Official League Page (Spanish)
• 75 Years of Real Madrid Ex-players Page (Spanish)
• Completed List Of Former Real Madrid Baloncesto Players (1957-2007) by Basketpedya.com