Spain · Spain La Liga
Real Madrid
Real Madrid CF
Kit impression
Founded
1902
Years standing
124
Home ground
Bernabéu
Country
Spain
The Case For Them
Real Madrid work as a second team because they come with their own geography: Spain, Bernabéu, and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.
The calendar you inherit
Following Spain La Liga means odd kick-off hours, a new commentary language and a table you will check before your own club's. Spain becomes part of your week.
Old enough to matter
1902 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.
Nothing won, everything to play for
The trophy cabinet is a shelf and a rumour. Supporting Real Madrid is a bet on a first, not a return to former glories.
Home is home
Bernabéu is the address. Learn the walk from the station to the turnstile and you have most of what supporting a club actually is.
Matchday Trip
Ground: Bernabéu. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.
Nearest airport
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
11 km / 7 miles from the ground
Nearest station
Santiago Bernabéu
Walkable from the platform
Pulling fixtures and table…
Around the ground
Things To Do Near Bernabéu
Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.
Landmarks within a 4 km radius
Matchday Shortlist
- Pre-match pubs
- Somewhere to eat
- Coffee before kick-off
- Museums & galleries
- Beds for the night
- Club shop & ticket office
Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.
Route Planner
Getting to Bernabéu
Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.
