2008 El Clásico: Real Madrid 3-2 Barcelona (La Liga)
The most successful basketball club in Spain and Europe.
Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball club that was founded in 1931, as a division of Real Madrid CF. They play domestically in the Liga ACB, and internationally in the EuroLeague. They are widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball clubs in Europe. Real Madrid currently ranks second in the European professional basketball club rankings.
- venue
- Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
- competition
- La Liga (Matchday 33)
- final_score
- Real Madrid 3 - 2 Barcelona
- real_madrid_scorers
- Ronaldo, Raúl, Kaká
- barcelona_scorers
- Messi, Eto'o
Lore & Background
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. Real Madrid CF is the only European sports club to have become the European champions in both football and basketball in the same season (2018). The Real Madrid squads have won a record 38 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.
In Their Own Story
The floodlights hummed over the packed Santiago Bernabéu as the tension reached its breaking point. Inside the Real Madrid locker room, the air was thick with anticipation; everyone knew that against a Barcelona side brimming with talent, complacency would be fatal. He looked at his teammates, knowing this wasn't just another game; it was a battle for pride and legacy.
Reader's Guide
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, Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Nikola Mirotić, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Fernando Martín, Alberto Herreros, Dejan Bodiroga, Luka Dončić, Edy Tavares, Facundo Campazzo, Džanan Musa and Mario Hezonja. Real Madrid also has a developmental basketball team, called Real Madrid B, that plays in the amateur-level Spanish 4th-tier Liga EBA.
Did You Know?
- Real Madrid Baloncesto was founded on 22 March 1931.
- The club's first official game was lost 19–5 against Dumping BC.
- Real Madrid won its eighth EuroLeague title in 1995 after Arvydas Sabonis arrived.
- In 2015, Real Madrid won its first 'Quadruple crown' by winning the EuroLeague, Spanish League, Spanish Cup, and Spanish Supercup in the same season.
- Luka Dončić became the EuroLeague MVP at 19 years old in 2018.
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