 The first moment in our list is the creation of football's oldest club - Sheffield FC –

1857
 The Formation of the Football Association (1863)
Following the acceptance of the codes of the game, the first match played under these rules
took place in December that year between Barnes and Richmond. The final score....0-
0...typical!

 The First FA Cup (1871-2) - Through the FA Cup, football had begun to become the
national sport, seriously rivaling cricket. Without it, it is hard to see the subsequent
development of the Football League and the general spread of the beautiful game to all
corners of the globe.
 The First International - England v Scotland (1872)
 Preston North End - The first 'Invincibles' (1888/89) – The first league
 On 21 May 1904, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was
founded in Paris. Love them or loathe them today, FIFA have been integral to the growth
and globalisation of the 'beautiful game'.
 Robert Guérin, a French journalist for Le Matin newspaper, was elected the first
president of FIFA.
 The First FIFA World Cup (1930) being played in Uruguay and seeing 13 nations
competing - Uruguay 4-2 arg.
 Superga Air Disaster (1949) – Italy team plane crash
 The 'Match of the Century' - England 3-6 Hungary (1953)
 Munich Air Disaster (1958) – Busby babes – Man united
 Los Blancos make it 5 in-a-row (1955-1960) – RM were first champions of the first
ever European cup – 1955
 England win the World Cup (1966) – First and the only world cup won by England.
 Italy vs West Germany - The Game of the Century (1970)  4-3
 Alex Ferguson Joins Manchester United (1986) - 13 Premier Leagues, 5 FA Cups, 4
League Cups and 2 Champions Leagues later - British football had arguably its greatest ever
manager.
 The Hand of God & Goal of the Century (1986) – Maradona
 The Premier League(1992) and Champions League(1992 and also formerly known as
European cup) are Born
 World Cup 1998 - Owen, Ronaldo and France (1998)
 The first English team to achieve the domestic League, domestic Cup and European
Cup treble in the same season was Manchester United (UK), who won the English Premier
League and FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League in 1999.
 I am a Special One – Mourinho (2004)
Jose Mourinho led Inter Milan to a treble in 2009/10
2x Primeira Liga, 1x Taça de Portugal, 1x Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, 2x UEFA
Champions League, 2x UEFA Cup/Europa League, 3x Premier League, 1x FA Cup, 4x
Football League Cup, 2x FA Community Shield, 2x Serie A, 1x Coppa Italia, 1x
Supercoppa Italiana, 1x La Liga, 1x Copa del Rey, 1x Supercopa de España.
 The Miracle of Istanbul (2005) - At half time - Milan 3-0 Liverpool. The second half
was changed in a mere six minutes, Milan 3-3 Liverpool. Extra time 3-3. Penalty shootout Liv
wins.

21st Century
 FIFA Player of the Century, a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest
football player of the 20th century, is awarded to Pelé and Diego Maradona, shared: both
men are officially considered winners of the award. (2000)
 Real Madrid sign playmaker Zinedine Zidane of Juventus in a world record transfer
fee of 72 million euros. 2001
 Brazil sets up a record fifth title in World Cup competition, the first ever to be played
in Asia (also the first outside Europe and the Americas), defeating Germany 2–0 in the 2002
FIFA World Cup final. 2002
 The Champions League final in Istanbul sees Liverpool come back from a 0–3 half-
time score to defeat A.C. Milan 3–2 in a penalty shootout, following a 3–3 draw. 2005
 The 2006 World Cup is held in Germany and won by Italy on a penalty kick shootout
over France, and Zinedine Zidane plays his last professional game in the final captaining
France only to be sent off in extra time.
 A major match-fixing scandal erupts in Italy, with five Serie A teams implicated. 2006
 Barcelona achieves a sextuple: La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España, UEFA
Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. 2009
 The FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, the first African nation to host the
tournament. Spain win the World Cup for the first time, becoming the first nation outside of
South America to win the tournament outside of Europe. 2010
 The FIFA Ballon d'Or is awarded for the first time (to Lionel Messi) after France
Football's Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award were merged. 2010
 Barcelona wins the FIFA Club World Cup for a then-record second time, beating
Santos in the final. 2011
 Lionel Messi scores 91 goals, establishing the new world record for most goals
scored in a single calendar year, surpassing Gerd Müller's record of 85 set in 1972. 2012
 Real Madrid becomes the first team in European history to win 10 European titles
and wins the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time, beating San Lorenzo in the final. 2014
 The FIFA Ballon d'Or is awarded (to Lionel Messi) and he won the fifth FIFA Ballon
d'Or in his career. 2015
 Euro 2016 is held in France, the third time the nation hosts it. Portugal defeats
France 1–0 in the final to claim their first major championship in their history.
 RM wins champions league – 2016,17,18.
RM
Real Madrid CF has probably achieved all a football club could. With a record 33 La Liga
titles, 19 Copa del Rey trophies, a sensational 13 European Cups/Champions Leagues and 2
UEFA Cups, Real are second to none in a competition for the greatest football club of all
time. While the club enjoys fierce rivalries with Barcelona (El Clásico) and Atlético Madrid (El
Derbi Madrileño), Real has been the most supported club in the country for the majority of
its history. Many of the best players in the world have played in the clubs white shirts,
including legends like Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás.
Real Madrid win 11th title after beating Atletico in shootout drama

Real Madrid has won the Champions League final, beating Atletico Madrid 5-3 on
penalties following a 1-1 draw at the San Siro in Milan.

BEST FOOTBALL CLUB OF 20th CENTURY

You many be surprised to hear that FIFA declared Real Madrid as the best football club
of 20th century.

The result was published from the voting of FIFA members.

No relegation

Real Madrid is among the three clubs in Spanish football that has not relegated from the
top flight.

The two other clubs are Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona with whom Real share a savage

Co-Founder of Royal Spanish Football Federation

Real Madrid was also a founder of the Royal Spanish Football Federation which came
into existence on January 4, 1909.

The origin of name ‘Real’

The name Real in Spanish implies Royal and the club’s name was changed to Real
Madrid in 1920 while King Alfonso the thirteenth allowed Royalty status to the club.

First time unlucky

The first Spanish football league started in 1929 and regardless of leading the group,
Madrid lost on the last day of the season to Athletic Bilbao as Barcelona won the title
and became the champions.

Another change in name

Change in government and the resulting landing of the Second Spanish Republic saw
the club lose its title Real and came back to being named Madrid Football Club.

The creation of Cantera

Santiago Bernabeu Yeste and Miguel Malbo together found and supervised Real
Madrid’s childhood foundation under the name of cantera which is today known as La
Fabrica.

The first star-studded team and a glamorous competition

In 1953, Santiago Bernabeu set out determined to sign the best players from everywhere
throughout the world with the most celebrated signings being of Alfredo Di Stefano.

A couple of years after the fact, Bernabeu, alongside Bedrignan and Gusztav Sebes made
an invitational competition of groups from all over Europe.

The same competition is presently known as the UEFA Champions League.

European supremacy

Somewhere around 1956 and 1960, Real Madrid won five successive European Cups and
along these lines, earned the privilege to wear the UEFA Badge of Honor.

First long wait for European success

In 1996, under the direction of president Lorenzo Sanz, Madrid expended money to a
great degree on players and in 1998, the investment was fruitful for Madrid, with Jupp
Heynckes in the dugout, scored a 1-0 defeat of Juventus in the final of the Champions
League as the club’s 32-year wait for its seventh European Cup finished.

The Ye-ye team

Back in the 1960s, an all-Spanish Real Madrid group overwhelmed football in Spain. This
group was lovingly referred to all through Europe as ye-ye.

Honoring Santiago Bernabeu

At the point when the man who established the frameworks of today’s Madrid passed on
amid the 1978 World Cup, FIFA announced three days of grieving to respect a man who
did as such much for the club.

La Quinta del Buitre

Those players were Emilio Butragueno, Manolo Sanchis, Martin Vazquez, Michel and
Miguel Pardeza.

Every one of these players played for Spain in the 1990 World Cup.

Trofeo Santiago Bernabeu

Each late spring (subsequent to 1979), Real Madrid have this competition to respect the
memory of their late president. Madrid have won this trophy 24 times.

5. Consistently rich

Real Madrid have reliably kept up their status as the wealthiest club . For the current
year, Deloitte again declared the capital club as the wealthiest franchise for the fifth
successive year.

Ronaldo V.2.0

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has turned into the quickest player to achieve
100 goals in Spanish league history.

Ronaldo scored 101 goals in 92 games and broke out the record of Real legend Ferenc
Puskas, who scored 100 in 105 games.

Another record for CR7

Ballon D’or victor is likewise the main player to have scored goals against every single
restricting side (19) in a solitary season in Spain.

The legend of Puskas

Puskás won five successive league titles for Real Madrid and three European Cup victory,
and asserted four scoring titles in his tenure of nine years.

The Hungarian did a lot for the club and the nation but also managed to play four
games for Spain.
The controversial signing of Alfredo Di Stefano

In spite of the fact that he will be admired with his time at Real Madrid, Di Stefano may
have arrived in Barcelona.

He signed an agreement with the Catalonia’s but due to difficult situation in Barcelona
administration, Madrid bounded him and the rest is past.

David Beckham has won two trophies for Real Madrid during his 4 years time.

David Beckham won Spanish Supercopa title for Real Madrid in first year and La Liga in
last year.

Most Popular Team in the world

The research conducted by Harvard University concluded Real Madrid as the most
popular football club with more than 228 million supporters.

Extraordinary match between Real Madrid and opponent FC Barcelona

The most extraordinary match between Real Madrid and opponent FC Barcelona was in
1943, where Real Madrid vanquished Barcelona 11-1 after having lost 3-0 in the past
match.

Legends of RM
CR7
 Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
 Cristiano Ronaldo was born on 5th February 1985. He was born into a
family of four as the last born. His father Jose, was a gardener and the
footballer recollects his father was a heavy drinker. His mother, Maria was a
cook and a cleaner, and she would work until late night so as to provide for
her children and family.
 Growing up, Ronaldo didn't have the catchiest of nicknames. He was
referred to by two popular nicknames, 'crybaby' and 'little bee'. The former
 was because he would more often than not cry if things didn't go his way.
When other kids would fight on the pitch, Ronaldo would result in tears as
his favorite conflict resolution method. The latter nickname was because he
was as quick as a bee when he was playing football. Very little has changed,
as few would match his skill and speed when he has the ball.
 Above and beyond the aforementioned, Ronaldo is a devout blood donor.
This could explain why he has no tattoos as the Red Cross guidelines
stipulate that one should not donate blood at least four months after getting a
tattoo.
Moreover, CR7 has donated his bone marrow in a bid to help his teammate
Carlos Martins' son.
 In 2008, he scored a whopping 42 goals and was awarded the FIFA World
of the Year Honor.
 Ronaldo has a museum in Funchal that is dedicated to his life, career, rare
photos, trophies, and awards that he has won over the years. 
 Ronaldo endorsed five major brands in 2020. The brands he associated
himself with are Altice, DAZN, Herbalife, MTG, Nike, Unilever.
 Ronaldo is one of few players to have signed a lifetime deal with Nike, which is
worth $1 billion. The other two players to sign a similar deal are Michael Jordan
and LeBron James.
 The Portuguese international also owns his own clothing brand, known as CR7.
Ronaldo also has hotels branded under his CR7 Line through the Pestano Lifestyle
Hotels company.


Age 36
Marital Status Partnered with Georgina Rodríguez
Spouse None
Height 1.87m (6 ft 2 in)
Teams Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus
Residence Gran Madre de Dio
Nationality Portugal
Endorsements Tag Heuer, Altice, DAZN, Herbalife, MTG, Nike
Agent Jorge Mendes
 The Puskas award was created in 2009 to reward the best goal of the year.
Cristiano Ronaldo was the first to win the coveted award in 2009. He won
the award after he scored an impressively bewildering goal against FC Porto
during the semifinals of the Champions League. 
  Cristiano Ronaldo made his club debut at the age of 17 on October 7,
2002 playing for Sporting CP, one of the “Três Grandes (Big Three)” clubs
in Portuguese Primeira Liga. In his debut match against Moreirense, he
scored two goals in a 3–0 win.
 He soon grabbed the attention of the biggest football clubs in Europe and
was signed by English powerhouse  Manchester United in 2003. He made
his debut in the English  Premier League  (EPL) in a 4–0 home
victory over Bolton Wanderers on August 16, 2003
 His breakout season was the 2006–07 season, in which he scored  17
goals  and provided 13 assists as Manchester United won the Premier
League. For his performance, Ronaldo won the Professional Footballers’
Association’s Player’s Player (PPY); Fans’ Player (FPY); Young Player of the Year
(YPY); and Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year
(FWA) award. He thus became the  first player to win all four main PFA and
FWA honors.
 Awards -
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 Total Goals – 803, Assists – 229, App – 1100
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