| Real Madrid | |||
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| Leagues | Liga ACB EuroLeague | ||
| Founded | 8 March 1931 | ||
| History | Real Madrid CF (1931–present) | ||
| Arena | WiZink Center | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Location | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Team colours | White, Purple, Grey | ||
| Main sponsor | Autohero | ||
| President | Florentino Pérez | ||
| Head coach | Chus Mateo | ||
| Team captain | Sergio Llull | ||
| Championships | 11 EuroLeague 4 Saporta Cup 1 Korać Cup 1 Eurocup 5 Intercontinental Cup 37 Spanish Championship 29 Spanish Cup 10 Spanish Supercup | ||
| Retired numbers | 1 (10) | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Real Madrid Baloncesto (English: Real Madrid Basketball) is a Spanish professional basketball club that was founded in 1931, as a division of the Real Madrid CF multi sports club. They play domestically in the Liga ACB, and internationally in the EuroLeague. They are widely regarded as the greatest basketball club in Europe.[1][2][3]Real Madrid currently holds rank 1 in the European professional basketball club rankings.
Similarly to the Real Madrid athletic association football club, the basketball team has been the most successful of its peers in both Spain and Europe.[4] Real Madrid CF is the only European sports club to have become the European champions in both football and basketball in the same season.[5]
The Real Madrid squads have won a record 36 Spanish League championships, including in 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 29 Spanish Cup titles, a record 11 EuroLeague Championships, a record 4 Saporta Cups, and a record 5 Intercontinental Cups. Madrid has also won 3 Triple Crowns, which constitute a treble of the national league, cup, and continental league won in a single season. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Carmelo Cabrera, Arvydas Sabonis, Dražen Petrović, Rudy Fernández, Sergio Rodriguez, Sergio Llull, Felipe Reyes, Serge Ibaka, Dražen Dalipagić, Nikola Mirotić, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Fernando Martín, Alberto Herreros, Dejan Bodiroga, and Luka Dončić.
Real Madrid also has a developmental basketball team, called Real Madrid B, that plays in the amateur-level Spanish 4th-tier Liga EBA.
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