Real Madrid Baloncesto

Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB).

As successful as the football club, the basketball team has been the most successful of its peers in both Spain and Europe. The Real Madrid squads have won a record 30 Spanish League championships, including 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 22 Spanish Cup championships, a record 4 Saporta Cups, and a record 4 Intercontinental Cups.

Real has won a record 8 Euroleague Championships and they have also won 2 Triple Crowns. Star players have included: Arvydas Sabonis, Dražen Petrović, Dejan Bodiroga, and Dražen Dalipagić.

Real Madrid also has a developmental basketball team that plays in Liga EBA.

History

With a record of success that exceeds that of any other team in European basketball, Real Madrid has always lived willingly with high expectations. For at least half a century, Madrid has been a standard-bearer in European basketball, accumulating a record eight continental titles based on its dominance in the 1960s. Its early dominance in Spain has resulted in another untouchable cache of 30 domestic league and 22 cup trophies. And almost every time that Madrid did not play in Europe's top competition, it won a different continental trophy - four Saporta Cups, a Korac Cup and a ULEB Cup - as a stepping-stone back to the big time.

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