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Real Madrid turns 90 years old. That 6 March 1902 is now far away, on that day a go-ahead group founded Real Madrid Club de Futbol. Ninety years of existence, 32,850 days on which the moments of happiness were over the moments of sadness.

The world of soccer and madridism in general cries over the loss of a great Madrid player, Juan Gómez, "Juanito", who died in a traffic accident when coming back from Mérida after watching the game Real Madrid-Torino at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Real Madrid wins its 17th Spanish Cup when defeating Zaragoza at the final (2-0), with goals of Emilio Butragueño and Mikel Lasa.

At the Nou Campthe return game of the Supercup is played and Real Madrid draws against the Barcelona (1-1), winning this title, because at the first game played in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on December 2nd our team won 3-1.

Once the works for the extension of the Bernabeu Stadiumare finished, the new terraces of the upper grandstands are inaugurated. 110.000 spectators came that evening, when Real Madrid and Barcelona clashed.

Real Madrid was proclaimed Champion of the I Iberia Cup when defeating Boca Juniors 4-3. The first match, played at the Santiago Bernabéu, ended with the madridist victory (3-1), while in the second match in Buenos Aires, the victory was for the Argentinian team (2-1).

Jorge Valdano takes over the first team of Real Madrid. The coach returns with hope and meaning to bring back to Real Madrid all the League Championships he stole from it when he was coaching Tenerife. Along with the coach some players arrive at the team Fernando Redondo, Laudrup, Amavisca, Quique Flores y Cañizares.

In an exciting game, named the Game of the Century, Real Madrid, ruled by Jorge Valdano, lumbered Barcelona ruled by Johan Cruyff, with an overwhelming 5-0. The player Iván Zamorano got three of the five scores.

Ramón Mendoza is reelected president of Real Madrid in a exciting electoral day. Mendoza got 698 votes more than Florentino Pérez, that reached the second place. The third place was for the other opponent Santiago Gómez Pintado.

Manuel Dalmaciu, president of Benfica, Roberto Bettega, representative of Juventus; Adriano Galiani, representative of Milano; and Ramón Mendoza, president of Real Madrid, meet in Madrid and they found the Association of European Champion Clubs, the source of what will become later the G-14.

Five years later, the Bernabéu Stadium gets on its best dress to celebrate the 26th League Championship. The president of the Spanish Soccer Federation, Angel María Villar, gave the Champion Cup to the captain of Madrid, Manuel Sanchis.

The Italian coach, Fabio Capello, arrives at Real Madrid to take over the team. Seedorf, Suker, Mijatovic and Roberto Carlos also join the team.

Raimundo Saporta, one of the principal figures of madridism and sport in the last fifty years, passes away. He had been honorary President of Real Madrid and vice-president of FIBA.

Real Madrid plays its game number 2000 in the League and its game number 1000 at home, its opponent being on this occasion Extremadura, and the victory is for Real Madrid, 5-0

Real Madrid is the League Champion and increases its track record getting at its 27th title. The League of the Stars, as the championship was designated in 1996-97 was won by the team coached by Fabio Capello with no difficulty.

In a memorable game, Real Madrid achieved its fifth Supercup championship, beating Barcelona. Real Madrid beat the Catalan team 4-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium, passing over the difference of one goal against it from the first game.

Celebration of the 50th Anniversary or the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. On this occasion a commemorative exhibition is inaugurated with several theme rooms.

Real Madrid was elected by the FIFA as the Best Club in History. Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskas are elected among the ten best players in history. Di Stéfano has the honour of leading such a list.

Real Madrid wins the 7th European Cup by beating Juventus 1-0 in the final played at the Amsterdam Arena. The winning goal was scored by Pedja Mijatovic.

Real Madrid achieves its second Intercontinental Cup by beating Vasco de Gama 2-1 at the final played at the Olympic Stadium of Tokyo (Japan). Roberto Carlos with the help of brazilian goalkeeper Naza- and Raúl were the scorers of Madrid.

Real Madrid wins its 8th European Cup by beating Valencia 3-0 at the final played ant the Saint Denis Stadium in Paris, the first final played by two squads from the same country.

Florentino Pérez is elected president of Real Madrid at the elections for the Presidency of the Club that took place on a day with a big turnout of the Members of the Real Madrid.

Alfredo Di Stéfano is appointed Honour President of the Real Madrid. The General Assembly of Delegate Members ratifies the President's proposal made by the Works Council, whose president is Florentino Pérez.

The FIFA give to the Real Madrid the title of Best Club of the XX Century. Florentino Pérez and Alfredo Di Stéfano collected the prize from the president of the FIFA, Joseph Blatter.

The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is decked out with bunting when Luis Figo received the Golden Ball Award from the president of the FIFA, Joseph Blatter. Among the present some legend players that won this award, such as Di Stéfano, Kopa, Suárez, Bobby Charlton and Eusebio. Luis Figo is the third player from Real Madrid that gets this award after Di Stéfano, who obtained it in two occasions, and Kopa.

Figo has achieved the 2001 FIFA World Player award, which is an acknowledgement as the best footballer among some 240 million that FIFA has in record across the world. Raul was third. Real Madrid was the main centre of attention in the world football gala held at Zurich's World Trade Centre. Figo and Raul were there with Real Madrid's President, Florentino Perez and its Sports General Director, Jorge Valdano.

Figo and Raul got most of the attention at this FIFA world football gala. Both of them were fighting alongside English David Beckham for the top award for the 2001 world footballer. Both Figo and Raul were favourite beforehand in the polls. After a very close battle, all 130 national coaches voting for this award elected the international Portuguese player, who, in Joseph Blatter's words (FIFA President), is the most unbelievable player from Portugal ever since legendary Eusebio; he has the touch of an artist and the skills to be the most complete player ever".

After the name of the winner was known, Figo recieved the prize from Liberian George Weah (1995's winner) and said, in Spanish, "I am delighted to receive this trophy. I think that my other two mates, myself and lots of other players in the world would deserve this for the work we are doing in each of our teams. Eventually I was the lucky one. I would like to thank all my teammates for the support and help they have given me to achieve it. This is to them, to my family, especially my wife and daughter".

Raul Gonzalez, on the other hand, received the award for the third world player of the year and said: "it is a pride for me to win this award alongside those two excellent footballers. I hope I can go on enjoying football as much as I have done so far".

David Beckham, Manchester player, was second behind Figo, and said "it is an honour for me to win this award and share this celebration with these two fantastic world players. This is to my wife and daughter".

Figo has become the first Real Madrid player to obtain this award. Zidane won it twice when he was in Juventus Turin. In 1997 and 2000, Roberto Carlos and Figo were second and in 1998, Davor Suker was third.

In addition, Raul is the first Spanish footballer to be in the list of awarded players ever since the prize was established in 1991. This year 2001, 130 national coaches have elected the best world players by voting, which means the participation was a lot higher than the first year when 66 national coaches were voting.

Figo and Raul were on a very tight schedule today. A private flight picked them up in Madrid this morning at 10:00 to go to Zurich. Once there, after a press conference at 13:30, the players attended the award-giving gala starting at 16:15. When the gala finished, another privet aircraft brought them back to Madrid and, next thing, at about 21:00, they will be joining the team's preparation for Tuesday's match against Nastic Tarragona. This will be the first chance for Madrid followers to honour Figo at Santiago Bernabeu for becoming 2001 world player as well as Raul for his third place in these awards.


	\| Home Home \| Music \| Real Madrid \| About Me \| HOT cars! \| Inspiration \| Interests (career) \| Friendz \| Contact Me Real Madrid F.C World Highlights - 1992-2001 6 March 1992 Real Madrid turns 90 years old. That 6 March 1902 is now far away, on that day a go-ahead group founded Real Madrid Club de Futbol. Ninety years of existence, 32,850 days on which the moments of happiness were over the moments of sadness. 2 April 1992 The world of soccer and madridism in general cries over the loss of a great Madrid player, Juan Gómez, "Juanito", who died in a traffic accident when coming back from Mérida after watching the game Real Madrid-Torino at the Bernabeu Stadium. 26 June 1993 Real Madrid wins its 17th Spanish Cup when defeating Zaragoza at the final (2-0), with goals of Emilio Butragueño and Mikel Lasa. 16 December 1993 At the Nou Campthe return game of the Supercup is played and Real Madrid draws against the Barcelona (1-1), winning this title, because at the first game played in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on December 2nd our team won 3-1. 7 May 1994 Once the works for the extension of the Bernabeu Stadiumare finished, the new terraces of the upper grandstands are inaugurated. 110.000 spectators came that evening, when Real Madrid and Barcelona clashed. 27 May 1994 Real Madrid was proclaimed Champion of the I Iberia Cup when defeating Boca Juniors 4-3. The first match, played at the Santiago Bernabéu, ended with the madridist victory (3-1), while in the second match in Buenos Aires, the victory was for the Argentinian team (2-1). 1 July 1994 Jorge Valdano takes over the first team of Real Madrid. The coach returns with hope and meaning to bring back to Real Madrid all the League Championships he stole from it when he was coaching Tenerife. Along with the coach some players arrive at the team Fernando Redondo, Laudrup, Amavisca, Quique Flores y Cañizares. 8 January 1995 In an exciting game, named the Game of the Century, Real Madrid, ruled by Jorge Valdano, lumbered Barcelona ruled by Johan Cruyff, with an overwhelming 5-0. The player Iván Zamorano got three of the five scores. 19 February 1995 Ramón Mendoza is reelected president of Real Madrid in a exciting electoral day. Mendoza got 698 votes more than Florentino Pérez, that reached the second place. The third place was for the other opponent Santiago Gómez Pintado. 28 March 1995 Manuel Dalmaciu, president of Benfica, Roberto Bettega, representative of Juventus; Adriano Galiani, representative of Milano; and Ramón Mendoza, president of Real Madrid, meet in Madrid and they found the Association of European Champion Clubs, the source of what will become later the G-14. 18 June 1995 Five years later, the Bernabéu Stadium gets on its best dress to celebrate the 26th League Championship. The president of the Spanish Soccer Federation, Angel María Villar, gave the Champion Cup to the captain of Madrid, Manuel Sanchis. 20 November 1995 Lorenzo Sanz is elected president of Real Madrid after Ramón Mendoza's resignation. 1 July 1996 The Italian coach, Fabio Capello, arrives at Real Madrid to take over the team. Seedorf, Suker, Mijatovic and Roberto Carlos also join the team. 2 February 1997 Raimundo Saporta, one of the principal figures of madridism and sport in the last fifty years, passes away. He had been honorary President of Real Madrid and vice-president of FIBA. 1 June 1997 Real Madrid plays its game number 2000 in the League and its game number 1000 at home, its opponent being on this occasion Extremadura, and the victory is for Real Madrid, 5-0 14 June 1997 Real Madrid is the League Champion and increases its track record getting at its 27th title. The League of the Stars, as the championship was designated in 1996-97 was won by the team coached by Fabio Capello with no difficulty. 23 August 1997 In a memorable game, Real Madrid achieved its fifth Supercup championship, beating Barcelona. Real Madrid beat the Catalan team 4-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium, passing over the difference of one goal against it from the first game. 14 December 1997 Celebration of the 50th Anniversary or the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. On this occasion a commemorative exhibition is inaugurated with several theme rooms. 12 January 1998 Real Madrid was elected by the FIFA as the Best Club in History. Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskas are elected among the ten best players in history. Di Stéfano has the honour of leading such a list. 20 May 1998 Real Madrid wins the 7th European Cup by beating Juventus 1-0 in the final played at the Amsterdam Arena. The winning goal was scored by Pedja Mijatovic. 1 December 1998 Real Madrid achieves its second Intercontinental Cup by beating Vasco de Gama 2-1 at the final played at the Olympic Stadium of Tokyo (Japan). Roberto Carlos with the help of brazilian goalkeeper Naza- and Raúl were the scorers of Madrid. 24 May 2000 Real Madrid wins its 8th European Cup by beating Valencia 3-0 at the final played ant the Saint Denis Stadium in Paris, the first final played by two squads from the same country. 16 June 2000 Florentino Pérez is elected president of Real Madrid at the elections for the Presidency of the Club that took place on a day with a big turnout of the Members of the Real Madrid. 5 November 2000 Alfredo Di Stéfano is appointed Honour President of the Real Madrid. The General Assembly of Delegate Members ratifies the President's proposal made by the Works Council, whose president is Florentino Pérez. 23 December 2000 The FIFA give to the Real Madrid the title of Best Club of the XX Century. Florentino Pérez and Alfredo Di Stéfano collected the prize from the president of the FIFA, Joseph Blatter. 14 December 2001 The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is decked out with bunting when Luis Figo received the Golden Ball Award from the president of the FIFA, Joseph Blatter. Among the present some legend players that won this award, such as Di Stéfano, Kopa, Suárez, Bobby Charlton and Eusebio. Luis Figo is the third player from Real Madrid that gets this award after Di Stéfano, who obtained it in two occasions, and Kopa. TOP PLAYERS Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo Raúl González Blanco Fernando Morientes Sánchez Zinedine Zidane Figo, 2001 FIFA World Player Figo has achieved the 2001 FIFA World Player award, which is an acknowledgement as the best footballer among some 240 million that FIFA has in record across the world. Raul was third. Real Madrid was the main centre of attention in the world football gala held at Zurich's World Trade Centre. Figo and Raul were there with Real Madrid's President, Florentino Perez and its Sports General Director, Jorge Valdano. Figo and Raul got most of the attention at this FIFA world football gala. Both of them were fighting alongside English David Beckham for the top award for the 2001 world footballer. Both Figo and Raul were favourite beforehand in the polls. After a very close battle, all 130 national coaches voting for this award elected the international Portuguese player, who, in Joseph Blatter's words (FIFA President), is the most unbelievable player from Portugal ever since legendary Eusebio; he has the touch of an artist and the skills to be the most complete player ever". After the name of the winner was known, Figo recieved the prize from Liberian George Weah (1995's winner) and said, in Spanish, "I am delighted to receive this trophy. I think that my other two mates, myself and lots of other players in the world would deserve this for the work we are doing in each of our teams. Eventually I was the lucky one. I would like to thank all my teammates for the support and help they have given me to achieve it. This is to them, to my family, especially my wife and daughter". Raul Gonzalez, on the other hand, received the award for the third world player of the year and said: "it is a pride for me to win this award alongside those two excellent footballers. I hope I can go on enjoying football as much as I have done so far". David Beckham, Manchester player, was second behind Figo, and said "it is an honour for me to win this award and share this celebration with these two fantastic world players. This is to my wife and daughter". The first Real Madrid player receiving this award Figo has become the first Real Madrid player to obtain this award. Zidane won it twice when he was in Juventus Turin. In 1997 and 2000, Roberto Carlos and Figo were second and in 1998, Davor Suker was third. In addition, Raul is the first Spanish footballer to be in the list of awarded players ever since the prize was established in 1991. This year 2001, 130 national coaches have elected the best world players by voting, which means the participation was a lot higher than the first year when 66 national coaches were voting. Figo and Raul were on a very tight schedule today. A private flight picked them up in Madrid this morning at 10:00 to go to Zurich. Once there, after a press conference at 13:30, the players attended the award-giving gala starting at 16:15. When the gala finished, another privet aircraft brought them back to Madrid and, next thing, at about 21:00, they will be joining the team's preparation for Tuesday's match against Nastic Tarragona. This will be the first chance for Madrid followers to honour Figo at Santiago Bernabeu for becoming 2001 world player as well as Raul for his third place in these awards. 2001 FIFA AWARDS Marvin Lee (Trinidad - Tobago): Honourable Mention 2001 Paolo di Canio (Italy): 2001 Fair Play Award Sumaia Abdallah (Ghana): 2001 Fair Play Diploma Costa Rica: Best Mover of the Year 2001 Honduras: Revelation Team of the Year 2001 France: Best Team of Year 2001 Mia Hamm (USA): 2001 Best Female Footballer Luis Figo (Portugal):World Player of the Year 2001 FIFA WORLD PLAYER LIST OF AWARDS: 1991: Lothar Matthaus 1992: Marco Van Basten 1993: Roberto Baggio 1994: Romario 1995: George Weah 1996: Ronaldo 1997: Ronaldo 1998: Zinedine Zidane 1999: Rivaldo 2000: Zinedine Zidane 2001: Luis Figo For the lastest on Real Madrid go to www.realmadrid.es