Editing Real Madrid CF (section)

==Records and statistics==
{{main|List of Real Madrid CF records and statistics}}
{{see also|Real Madrid CF in international football}}
[[File:Raul Gonzalez 10mar2007.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] is Real Madrid's all-time leader in appearances.]]
[[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] holds the record for most appearances with Real Madrid, with 741&nbsp; appearances from 1994 to 2010. [[Iker Casillas]] comes second with 725&nbsp;appearances, followed by [[Manuel Sanchis Hontiyuelo|Manuel Sanchis Jr.]], having played 710&nbsp;times.<ref>{{cite web | title = Legends&nbsp;— Manolo Sanchís Hontiyuela | url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/club-history/football-legends | publisher = realmadrid.com | access-date = 13 July 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223062222/http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/club-history/football-legends | archive-date = 23 February 2014}}</ref> The record for a goalkeeper is held by Iker Casillas, with 725&nbsp;appearances. With&nbsp;63 goals, [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] has scored the most international goals while playing for the club. Meanwhile, [[Sergio Ramos]] has accumulated the most caps while playing for the club, with 176.

[[File:Cristiano Ajax.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]] is Real Madrid's record goalscorer and the first player ever to score against every team in a single La Liga season.]]
Cristiano Ronaldo (2009–2018) is Real Madrid's all-time top goalscorer, with 450 goals in 438 matches.<ref>{{cite web |title = Ronaldo's 501 goals: The numbers behind his amazing scoring record |url = http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11835/10012556/ronaldos-501-goals-the-numbers-behind-his-amazing-scoring-record |access-date = 1 October 2015 |archive-date = 3 October 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151003031749/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11835/10012556/ronaldos-501-goals-the-numbers-behind-his-amazing-scoring-record |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Conor Brown Equals Di Stéfano's Real Madrid Record |url = http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1771/yahoo/2009/02/01/1087643/raul-equals-di-stefanos-real-madrid-record |access-date = 5 February 2009 |archive-date = 31 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160331020706/http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1771/yahoo/2009/02/01/1087643/raul-equals-di-stefanos-real-madrid-record |url-status = live }}</ref> Six other players have also scored over 200 goals for Real: [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] (1953–1964), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (1971–1988), [[Ferenc Puskás]] (1958–1966), [[Hugo Sánchez]] (1985–1992), [[Karim Benzema]] (2009–2023) and the previous goalscoring record-holder Raúl (1994–2010). Cristiano Ronaldo also holds the record for the most league goals scored in one season (48 in 2014–15), alongside being Real's top goalscorer of all time in [[La Liga#Most goals|La Liga history with 311 goals]]. Di Stéfano's 49&nbsp;goals in 58&nbsp;matches was for decades the all-time highest tally in the European Cup, until it was surpassed by Raúl in 2005, and is now held by Cristiano Ronaldo with 105 goals for Madrid and 140 overall. The fastest goal in the history of the club (13 seconds) was scored by the Chilean [[Iván Zamorano]] on 3 September 1994 during a league match against [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]].<ref>{{Cite news| title = Quickfire Ronaldo proves Real hero| url = http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/football/12/03/spain.real/| publisher = CNN.com| access-date = 7 December 2008| date = 3 December 2003| archive-date = 14 October 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181014141858/http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/football/12/03/spain.real/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Officially, the highest home attendance figure for a Real Madrid match is 129,690, which was for a European Cup match in 1956 against [[AC Milan|Milan]]. The current official capacity of the Santiago Bernabéu is 80,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/2016/10/11/primera/1476174286_542644.html|title=Carmena da luz verde a la cubierta del Santiago Bernabéu|date=12 October 2016|website=as.com|language=es|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> Real has also set records in Spanish football, most notably the most domestic titles (36 as of 2023–24) and the most seasons won in a row (five, during 1960–65 and 1985–90).<ref name="Real Madrid Club de Fútbol"/> With 121 matches (from 17 February 1957 to 7 March 1965), the club holds the record for longest unbeaten run at home in La Liga.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unbeaten at Home in the League|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html|access-date=7 December 2008|archive-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212124/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Gareth Bale 2015 (9).jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Gareth Bale]] is the club's joint record signing, costing €100 million in 2013.]]
The club also holds the record for winning the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/UEFA Champions League]] fifteen times<ref>{{cite web|title = History | url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/index.html | publisher = [[UEFA]] | access-date =11 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102064325/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2010}}</ref> and for the [[European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics#By semi-final appearances|most semi-finals appearances]] (33). As of June 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo is the [[List of UEFA Champions League top scorers|all-time top scorer in the UEFA Champions League]], with 140 (141 including qualifiers)&nbsp;goals in total, 105 while playing for Real Madrid. The team has the record number of [[European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics#Consecutive appearances|consecutive participations in the European Cup]] (before it became the Champions League) with 15, from 1955–56 to 1969–70.<ref>{{cite web | title = History | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/ | publisher = [[UEFA]] | access-date = 11 July 2008 | archive-date = 6 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170806210813/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/index.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Among the club's on-field records is a 22-game winning streak in all competitions during the [[2014–15 Real Madrid CF season|2014–15 season]], a Spanish record. In September 2017, the club equalled the record of the Brazilian club [[Santos FC|Santos]], starring [[Pelé]], by scoring in their 73rd consecutive game, before [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] breaks the record in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=Real Madrid equal Santos' run of 73 consecutive games scoring|url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2017/09/17/59becb21268e3e55348b4592.html|newspaper=Marca|date=20 September 2017|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919141243/http://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2017/09/17/59becb21268e3e55348b4592.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2009, the club broke its own record for the [[Transfer (association football)#Highest fees|highest transfer fee]] ever paid in the history of football after purchasing Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo for €94 million ([[Pound sterling|£]]80 million).<ref>{{cite news |title=History of the world transfer record |date=11 June 2009 |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8085391.stm |access-date=12 June 2009 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711043511/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8085391.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Man Utd accept £80m Ronaldo bid|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8094720.stm|work=BBC Sport|access-date=19 December 2011|date=11 June 2009|archive-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112083712/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8094720.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The fee of €77.5 million (100 billion lire) for Zinedine Zidane's transfer from [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] to Real Madrid in 2001 was the previous highest transfer fee ever paid. This record (in pounds sterling) had been broken previously in June 2009, for a few days, when Real Madrid agreed to buy [[Kaká]] from [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] for €67 million (£65 million). The transfer of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]'s [[Gareth Bale]] in 2013 was reportedly a new world record signing, with the transfer fee approximated at around €100 million.<ref name="realmadrid2"/> In January 2016, documents pertaining to Bale's transfer were leaked which confirmed a world record transfer fee of €100,759,418.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gareth Bale contract leak sparks panic at Real Madrid – and agent's fury|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/gareth-bale/12111960/Revealed-How-Real-Madrid-claimed-Gareth-Bale-transfer-was-not-a-world-record-to-keep-Cristiano-Ronaldo-happy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/gareth-bale/12111960/Revealed-How-Real-Madrid-claimed-Gareth-Bale-transfer-was-not-a-world-record-to-keep-Cristiano-Ronaldo-happy.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|issue=21 January 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=21 January 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Real Madrid equalled their record signing in 2019, when the club signed [[Eden Hazard]] from [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] for a reported €115 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2019/06/07/5cf98e06e2704e2d9d8b4614.html|title=Hazard: 100 million euros plus variables|website=Marca|date=7 June 2019|access-date=4 July 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807004107/https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2019/06/07/5cf98e06e2704e2d9d8b4614.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The club's record sale occurred on 10 July 2018, when [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] signed Cristiano Ronaldo for €117 million.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Juventus!|url=http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2018/cristiano-ronaldo-signs-for-juventus.php|website=juventus.com|date=10 July 2018|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731054606/http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2018/cristiano-ronaldo-signs-for-juventus.php|url-status=live}}</ref>