Real Madrid C.F. - Introduction

Introduction

Avenida Coucha, Espina Nr. 1
Madrid 28036
Spain
Telephone: +34-91-389-43-32
Fax: +34-91-458-75-78
Web site://www.realmadrid.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1902 as Madrid Foot Ball Club
Employees: 500
Sales: $115.6 million (2004)
NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs

Real Madrid C.F. is the entity governing the Real Madrid football (soccer) team, a Spanish club that ranks as one of the two or three most successful teams in the world. Real Madrid operates as a private, nonprofit club supported financially, in part, by more than 100,000 club members. Real Madrid generates roughly 25 percent of its revenue from ticket sales, 36 percent from television agreements, and 38 percent from merchandise and marketing deals.