 The shield of Madrid-Moderno FC | ||
| Full name | Moderno Football Club | |
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| Short name | Moderno FC | |
| Founded | November 1902 | |
| Dissolved | January 1904 | |
| Ground | Hipódromo de Madrid | |
| Chairman | Fernando Kummer | |
| League | Centro championship | |
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The Moderno Football Club, officially founded as The Modern Foot-Ball Club, was a football club based in Madrid, Spain, which was founded in November 1902 and dissolved just over a year later in January 1904 after being absorbed by Real Madrid FC.[1]
Moderno is best known for winning the first Madrid championship in 1903, after beating the likes of Madrid FC, Moncloa FC and Iberia FC.[2] Despite its early success, however, the club was subjected to an early disappearance in 1904, when it was absorbed by a decimated Madrid FC, which was then briefly renamed Madrid-Moderno Foot-Ball Club (a condition that the Modern FC demanded for fusion). Thus, Moderno was one of the clubs that made it possible for Madrid FC to continue growing. In addition to players, Moderno also provided the original idea for the current coat of arms of Madrid, with the coincidence in the initials of both clubs (M) allowing Madrid to take the design from the modernist club.[3]
The club disputed its matches at the Hipódromo de Madrid, sharing the field with Madrid FC, as there were hardly any fields in Madrid at the time. As for clothing, the club wore a white shirt.
- ^ "Spain - List of Champions of Centro / Clubs Foundation and Name changes". RSSSF. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "1903 Centro Championship". RSSSF. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Los escudos del Real Madrid C.F. (Parte I)" [The shields of Real Madrid CF (Part I)]. lafutbolteca.com (in Spanish). 1 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.