Real Madrid
2020-21 Real Madrid Baloncesto season
Leagues	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Founded	8 March 1931; 89 years ago (1931-03-08)
History	Real Madrid CF (1931-present)
Arena	WiZink Center
Capacity	13,109
Location	Madrid, Spain
Team colours	White, Purple, Grey
Main sponsor	Palladium Hotel Group
President	Florentino Pérez
Head coach	Pablo Laso
Team captain	Felipe Reyes
Ownership	Real Madrid CF
Championships	10 EuroLeague 4 Saporta Cup 1 Kora? Cup 1 Eurocup 5 Intercontinental Cup 35 Spanish Championship 28 Spanish Cup 7 Spanish Supercup
Retired numbers	1 (10)
Website	www.realmadrid.com

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 CF 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 35 Spanish League championships, including in 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 28 Spanish Cup titles, a record 10 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?, Rudy Fernández, Sergio Rodriguez, Serge Ibaka, Dra?en Dalipagi?, Nikola Miroti?, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Fernando Martín, Alberto Herreros, Dejan Bodiroga, and Luka Don?i?.

Real Madrid also has a developmental basketball team that plays in the amateur level Spanish 4th-tier Liga EBA, called Real Madrid B.

History

History of great success: 1950s to 1980s

Real Madrid players during a fixture in 1965

For at least half a century, Madrid has been a standard-bearer in European basketball, accumulating a record ten continental titles, based on its dominance in the 1960s. Its early dominance in Spain has resulted in another untouchable cache of 35 national domestic league and 28 national cup trophies. And almost every time that Madrid did not play in Europe's top-tier level 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 club legend, and even when it took the club 15 years to win it again, it found success in other European competitions, too.

Madrid downed Olimpia Milano in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup, on free throws made by Brian Jackson, then Petrovi? had 62 points in the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final, against Snaidero Caserta. Madrid added a 1988 Kora? Cup title, against Cibona Zagreb.

1990-2010

Louis Bullock in 2008

Real Madrid won the 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, by beating Olympiacos in the final. Madrid next won the 1997 Saporta Cup title against Verona, but no more European-wide trophies came for the club 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 the club's head coach position. With the help of players like Louis Bullock, Felipe Reyes, and 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, by a score of 75-87, in the 2007 ULEB Cup Final. Moreover, Madrid finished in 2nd place in the 2006-07 Spanish League regular season, and stayed strong in its play in Palacio Vistalegre, during the Spanish league playoffs; to lift its 30th national league trophy, by besting their arch-rivals, Winterthur FC Barcelona, 3-1 in the Spanish League title series in 2007.

2011-present: Pablo Laso era

Sergio Llull grew as player under Laso to become one of the most valuable ACB guards.^[1]

In Pablo Laso's era, Real Madrid Baloncesto managed to find consistent success. Spanish top-tier level players of the time, like Sergio Rodríguez and Rudy Fernández, were acquired by the club. Also, ACB Rising Star winner Nikola Miroti? was a part of the team's mix, along with Sergio Llull and Felipe Reyes, to give Real Madrid a strong home grown core of players. This group of players gave Real Madrid Baloncesto 6 Copa del Reys (Spanish Cup) titles, 6 Spanish Super Cup titles, 5 Liga ACB (Spanish League) titles, 2 EuroLeague championship, and an FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship.

On May 17, 2015, after waiting 20 years to win another EuroLeague championship, Real Madrid won the 2015 EuroLeague championship against Olympiacos. Madrid's Andrés Nocioni was named the Final Four MVP. This title was called La Novena.^[2] Following the EuroLeague title, the 2014-15 ACB season's championship was also won by Real. Because Real also won the national Spanish Cup and the national Spanish Supercup that season, the club won its first "Quadruble crown".^[3]

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 the MVP of the tournament. Real Madrid thus made it a record five FIBA Intercontinental Cup titles won, and with the Intercontinental Cup title.

On 20 May 2018, Real Madrid conquered again the EuroLeague, achieving their tenth title ever. The considered major leader of the team that season would be a Slovenian guard/forward named Luka Don?i?, who became the designated MVP of the EuroLeague on all accounts at 19 years old.

Sponsorship naming

• Real Madrid Otaysa 1990-1991
• Real Madrid Asegurator 1991-1992
• Real Madrid Teka 1992-2001

Home arenas

External and internal view of Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid

• Estadio Chamartín (1931-1936), outdoor basketball court under the stands of Real Madrid football stadium.
• Frontón Recoletos (1939-1952), first indoor court, an adapted basque pelota fronton located in Salamanca district.
• Frontón Jai Alai (1952-1965), first big court and official headquarters of the club, also a converted fronton located in Los Jerónimos neighborhood.
• Colegio Maravillas (1965), used during the construction of the new pavilion.
• Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid (1966-1986), first pavilion owned by the club, located in its training complex north of the city.
• Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (1986-1998).
• Pabellón Parque Corredor (1998-1999), in the city of Torrejón de Ardoz, used during the renovation of the club pavilion.
• Pabellón Raimundo Saporta (1999-2004), the renovated and renamed Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva.
• Palacio Vistalegre (2004-2010).
• Caja Mágica (2010-2011).
• Palacio de Deportes - WiZink Center (2011-present).

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Edy Tavares	Alex Tyus
PF	Usman Garuba	Trey Thompkins	Felipe Reyes	Anthony Randolph
SF	Alberto Abalde	Gabriel Deck	Rudy Fernández	Boris Ti?ma
SG	Jeffery Taylor	Fabien Causeur	Jaycee Carroll
PG	Nicolás Laprovíttola	Sergio Llull	Carlos Alocén

Retired numbers

Real Madrid retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
10		Fernando Martín	C	1981-1986, 1987-1989

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers

The following former Real Madrid players are inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame:

• 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

Record holders

Top scorers			Most official matches
1.	Wayne Brabender	11 215 points	1.	Felipe Reyes	1000 matches
2.	Felipe Reyes	9 453 points	2.	Sergio Llull	762 matches
3.	Sergio Llull	8 387 points	3.	Rafael Rullán	576 matches
4.	Rafael Rullán	7 135 points	4.	Juan Antonio Corbalán	556 matches
5.	Chechu Biriukov	7 086 points	5.	Wayne Brabender / Fernando Romay	547 matches
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Head coaches

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Spanish League

Winners (35): 1957, 1958, 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, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19

• Spanish Cup

Winners (28): 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020

• Spanish Super Cup

Winners (7): 1984-85, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (10): 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1994-95, 2014-15, 2017-18

Runners-up (8): 1961-62, 1962-63, 1968-69, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1984-85, 2012-13, 2013-14

Semifinalists (7): 1958, 1960-61, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1980-81, 1986-87

Third place (2): 1982-83, 2018-19

Fourth place (7): 1976-77, 1978-79, 1985-86, 1992-93, 1995-96, 2010-11, 2016-17

Final Four (11): 1967, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Winners (4): 1983-84, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1996-97

Runners-up (2): 1981-82, 1989-90

• FIBA Kora? Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1987-88

Runners-up (1): 1990-91

• EuroCup

Winners (1): 2006-07

Runners-up (1): 2003-04

• Latin Cup

Winners (1): 1953

Runners-up (1): 1966

• European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, ACB International Tournament "Memorial Héctor Quiroga", defunct)

Winners (3): 1984, 1988, 1989

Runners-up (1): 1986

Third place (2): 1983, 1985

Unofficial awards

• Triple Crown

Winners (3): 1964-65, 1973-74, 2014-15

Worldwide competitions

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Winners (5): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 2015

Runners-up (2): 1968, 1970

Third place (2): 1966, 1975

Fourth place (3): 1969, 1974, 1980

• McDonald's Championship

Runners-up (1): 1988

Third place (1): 1993

Fourth place (1): 1995

Regional competitions

• Torneo Comunidad de Madrid

Winners (20): 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

• Campeonato de Castilla

Winners (11): 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957

• Trofeo Marca

Winners (8): 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967

Friendly competitions

Individual awards

Season by season

International record

Notable players

Players who are currently on the team are in boldface. Players who are still active, but in other team, are in italics.

Players in the NBA draft

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
PF/C	Fernando Martín	1985	2nd round	38th	New Jersey Nets
C	Stanley Roberts	1991	1st round	23rd	Orlando Magic
PG	Raül López	2001	1st round	24th	Utah Jazz
PF/C	Maciej Lampe	2003	2nd round	30th	New York Knicks
SF/PF	Mickaël Gelabale	2005	2nd round	48th	Seattle SuperSonics
PF	Axel Hervelle#	2005	2nd round	52nd	Denver Nuggets
PG/SG	Sergio Llull#	2009	2nd round	34th	Denver Nuggets
PF	Nikola Miroti?	2011	1st round	23rd	Houston Rockets
SG/SF	Luka Don?i?*~	2018	1st round	3rd	Atlanta Hawks

Historical uniforms

1931 (Home)

2012-13 (Home)

2012-13 (Away)

2014-15 (Home)

2014-15 (Away)

2016-17 (Home)

2016-17 (Away)

Matches against NBA teams

23 October 1988

Boston Celtics

111–96

Real Madrid

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

22 October 1993

Phoenix Suns

145–115

Real Madrid

Olympiahalle, Munich

11 October 2007

Boxscore

Toronto Raptors

103–104

Real Madrid

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

8 October 2009

Boxscore

Utah Jazz

109–87

Real Madrid

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

6 October 2012

Boxscore

Real Madrid

93–105

Memphis Grizzlies

FedExForum, Memphis

8 October 2012

Boxscore

Real Madrid

95–102

Toronto Raptors

Air Canada Centre, Toronto

8 October 2015

Boxscore

Boston Celtics

111–96

Real Madrid

Barclaycard Center, Madrid

3 October 2016

Boxscore

Oklahoma City Thunder

137–142 (OT)

Real Madrid

Barclaycard Center, Madrid

See also

• Real Madrid-FC Barcelona rivalry (football)
• Real Madrid-FC Barcelona rivalry (basketball)
• Real Madrid-Estudiantes rivalry
• 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour
• 2009 NBA Europe Live Tour

Notes and references

Notes

External links

• Official website
• Real Madrid at ACB.com (in Spanish)
• Real Madrid at EuroLeague.net