Who is better: Barcelona or Real Madrid?
This is a question that already always existed, but which one is actually better? In this article we will compare both teams and their statistics and we'll hopefully see what team is better. Have fun!
Barcelona
Barcelona is a Spanish football club that was founded in November 1899 as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona. They won their first trophy in 1902, the Copa Macaya, and participated in the Copa del Rey, but lost in the finals. 1908 Gamper became the president of Barcelona, where he stayed for 25 years in total. The club participated in the Pyrenees Cub from 1910 to 1914. Barcelona is the worlds second richest team in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €398 million. But enough with history, let's see some facts.
FC Barcelona's Statistics:
- Most European trophies: 15 (4 Champions, League, 4 European Cup-Winners Cup, 3 Fairs Cup and 4 European Super Cup)
- Most European Cup Winners Cups: 4 (1979, 1982, 1989, 1997).
- Team with most Fair Cups3 (1958, 1960 and 1966)
- Most official Spanish titles: 111
- Only Spanish team to win the treble: Won the Copa del Rey, La Liga and the Champions League in the 2008/09 season
- Team with most Spanish Cups: 25
Now let's take a look at their records:
- Biggest attendance at Camp Nou120,000 for FC Barcelona v Juventus. Quarter final of the European Cup, first leg (5/03/1986)
- Most Consecutive Ligas: 4 (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94). (National record: Real Madrid, 5 consecutive Ligas between 1960 and 1965 and between 1985 and 1990).
- First half of La Liga unbeaten: 19 games of La Liga 2009-10 (15 wins and 4 draws)
- Most points in second half of La Liga: 50 points in la Liga 2009/10 (national record: Real Madrid, 52 points in second half of La Liga 2009/10)
- Longest scoring run in La Liga at home: 88 games between game 22 of la 1951/52 (02/10/1952) and the 18th of 1957/58 (01/19/1958)
- Biggest home win n La Liga: FC Barcelona 10 - Gimnàstic Tarragona 1 (11/09/1949)
All in all, Barcelona is one of the worlds best soccer clubs and it won 15 European trophies, which compared to the average of the other teams is pretty high.
To see more info about FC Barcelona go to http://www.fcbarcelona.com/
Real Madrid
Now let's take a look at Madrid's soccer team. Real Madrid Club de Futbol is also a Spanish team that was founded 1902 as Madrid Football Club. The word real in Spanish means royal and was given to the club by King Alfonso XIII. Real Madrid is the worlds second most valuable club, worth €1.4 billion and the richest in terms of revenue, generating €438.6 million in 2011. The president of the club is Florentino Perez and manager is Jose Mourinho. Let's go to the stats now.Real Madrid C.F. Statistics:
- 31 La Liga trophies
- 18 Copa del Rey trophies
- 9 European Cup trophies (the only team that won it 5 times in a row)
- 2 UEFA Cup trophies
- 8 Spanish Super Cup trophies
- 3 Intercontinental Cup trophies
- Won the Latin cup twice
- 2 Small World Cup trophies
- Has 5 Mancomunado Trophies
Let's see some records:
- Real Madrid's record win was 11-1 against FC Barcelona (during the 1942-43 Copa del Rey)
- Longest unbeaten run (all major competitions)
- Longest unbeaten home run (League): 121 matches
- Longest streak without conceding a goal: 7 matches
- Most league wins in a season: 31 in 38 games (during the 2009-10 season)
- Most League goals scored in a season: 107
- Most points in a season: 96 in 38 matches (2009-10 season)
Well, that shows us how good Real Madrid C.F. really is. With 31 league trophies and 9 European Cup trophies it also is a world class team.
To see more info about Real Madrid go to http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/Home.htm
Now that we have looked at both teams statistics and records it looks like it is not going to be easy to choose which one is actually better. Barcelona has won more cups than Real Madrid, but is not as rich. Both teams are about the same old and all statistics are pretty similar, but since they are the biggest rivals, there will always be people that hate one and are big fans of the other team.
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