Real Madrid C

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Real Madrid C

Full name	Real Madrid Club de Fútbol C
Nickname(s)	RMC
Founded	1952 (As Real Madrid C.F. Aficionados)
Ground	La Ciudad del Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman	Florentino Pérez
Manager	José Manuel Díaz
League	3ª - Group 7
2010–11	3ª - Group 7, 5th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol C, commonly known as Real Madrid C, is a Spanish association football team that plays in the Tercera División. It is the second reserve team of Real Madrid. They play their home games at La Ciudad del Real Madrid in Valdebebas outside the city of Madrid. The team is composed of second year pros and youth players form the Juvenil teams.

History

Real Madrid Aficionados

Real Madrid Aficionados was the amateur team for Real Madrid. In the 1960s, the team won six straight Campeonato de España de Aficionados and winning eight championships in an eleven-year period. They last of their amateur championships, qualified the team for the 1970–71 Copa del Generalísimo which was the Spanish Cup competition. The team lost in the second round which was further than their big brothers at Plus Ultra achieved; losing in the first round. The last Spanish Cup appearance was in the 1986-87 edition of the Copa del Rey. While Castilla lost in the first round, the amateur lasted until the fifth round. In league play, the Aficionados won promotion from the Preferente Castellana to the Tercera División in 1981. Their best year was the 1984–85 season winning their Tercera group, but renounced their play-off spot in the Promoción de Ascenso.

Real Madrid C

After RFEF rulings about the status of reserve teams, the amateur team was renamed Real Madrid C in 1990. In 1990–91, the team again won their group, but was runner-up in the Liguilla de Ascenso. Two years later, the team won promotion to the Segunda División B. In 1997, the team was relegated back to the Tercera when Real Madrid B were demoted from the Segunda División to the Segunda División B. In 2005-06, the team missed promotion to the Segunda B by a goal. CD Guijuelo won their home leg 1-0 and losing away 1-2 for 2-2 agg. The tie was broken by the away goals rule.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 January 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Carlos Molina 1 GK Fernando Pacheco 13 GK Ricardo 2 DF Iván Garrido 4 DF Rubén Molero DF Sergio Parla DF Álex DF Edu 3 DF Javi Noblejas * 5 DF Derik * 6 MF Andy (Captain)[1] MF Dani Suárez

No. Position Player MF Álvaro López (vice-captain)[1] MF Jordi Martín MF Kamal (vice-captain)[1] MF José Barril † 10 MF Dani Ramírez 8 MF Sergio Aguza † 11 MF Rubén Belima FW Josep 7 FW Bruno 16 FW Fran Sol 9 FW Rubén Sobrino

† - currently injured
* - registered with Juvenil A

Selected reserve team players

• Real Madrid Juvenil players which were granted the third team shirt.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player FW Raúl de Tomás (Juvenil A)

2011–12 Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Carlos Molina (signed from Cartagena) GK Fernando Pacheco (promoted from Juvenil A) GK Ricardo (promoted from Juvenil A) GK Andrés (promoted from Juvenil A) DF Sergio Parla (promoted from Juvenil A) DF Álex (promoted from Juvenil A) DF Edu (promoted from Juvenil A) DF Javi Noblejas (promoted from Juvenil B) DF Derik (promoted from Juvenil B) MF Kamal (promoted from Juvenil A) MF José Barril (promoted from Juvenil A) MF Dani Ramírez (promoted from Juvenil A) MF Sergio Aguza (promoted from Juvenil A) MF Rubén Belima (promoted from Juvenil A) FW Rubén Sobrino (promoted from Juvenil A)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Aitor (signed with Burgos free) GK Tito (signed with SS Reyes free) GK Aleix (end of contract) DF Tano (signed with Valencia Mestalla free) DF Capote (signed with Lucena free) DF Jesús Moyano (signed with Levante B free) DF Jaime (signed with Kettering Town free) MF Pedro Aldea (signed with Móstoles free) MF Marc (signed with Olot free) MF Carlos Expósito (signed with Alcorcón free) MF Gonzalo Poley (signed with Atlético Malagueño free) MF Lucas Vázquez (promoted to Castilla) FW Óscar Plano (promoted to Castilla) FW Samu (sold to Melilla)

Statistics 2011/12

As of 06 May 2012

• Top Scorers
  • Fran Sol - 10 goals
  • Rubén Sobrino - 9 goals
  • Ramírez - 7 goals
  • Jordi - 5 goals
  • Andy - 5 goals
  • Bruno - 5 goals
  • Álvaro López - 5 goals
  • Aguza - 3 goals
  • Javi Noblejas - 3 goals
  • Dani Suárez - 2 goals
  • Barril - 2 goals
  • Josep - 2 goals
  • Derik - 1 goal
  • Belima - 1 goal
  • Álex - 1 goal

Own goals were awarded in match#14 against Colmenar Viejo & in match#37 against Unión Adarve.

• Top Goalkeepers
  • Pacheco - 28 goals in 36 matches
  • Molina - 1 goal in 1 match
  • Andy - 1 goal in 1 match

Pacheco was ejected after 80 minutes in match#29 and was replaced by Andy.

Honours

• Tercera División Champions

Winners (5): 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2005–06

• Copa de la Liga

Winners (1): 1982–83 (Copa de la Liga de Tercera División)

• Campeonato de España de Aficionados

Winners (8): 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70

• Copa de Comunidad

Winners (2): 2002–03 (Qualified for the Copa Federación but was eliminated by Real Ávila in the preliminary round 0-2; 2-3), 2007–08 (Qualified for the Copa Federación. Eliminated by SS Reyes in the second round 1-0;0-2)

Season to season

Real Madrid Aficionados

• 8 seasons in Preferente
• 9 seasons in Tercera División

Real Madrid C

• 4 seasons in Segunda División B
• 18 seasons in Tercera División

Notable players

• N.B. Players in BOLD played for senior team; Players in ITALICS haven't played in the Primera División.

Notable managers

References

External links

• Real Madrid C Official club website (Spanish)/(English)/(Japanese)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)