Editing Real Madrid CF (section)

===Santiago Bernabéu and unprecedented success (1943–1978)===
[[File:Di stefano real madrid cf (cropped).png|thumb|left|upright|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] led the club to win five consecutive European Cups (currently the Champions League).]]
[[Santiago Bernabéu (footballer)|Santiago Bernabéu]] became president of Real Madrid in 1943.<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (V)">{{cite web | title = Bernabéu begins his office as President building the new Chamartín Stadium (1941–1950) | url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1941-1950-beginning-of-president-santiago-bernabeu | publisher = Realmadrid.com | access-date = 12 July 2008 | author = Luís Miguel González | work = Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial | archive-date = 5 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140305010415/http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1941-1950-beginning-of-president-santiago-bernabeu | url-status = live }}</ref> Under his presidency, the club was rebuilt after the Civil War, and he oversaw the construction of the club's current stadium, [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Estadio Real Madrid Club de Fútbol]] (now known as the Santiago Bernabéu), and its training facilities [[Ciudad Deportiva, Madrid|Ciudad Deportiva]]. Additionally, during the 1950s former ''Real Madrid Amateurs'' player Miguel Malbo founded Real Madrid's youth academy, or "''[[cantera]]''," known today as [[La Fábrica (Real Madrid)|La Fábrica]]. Beginning in 1953, he embarked upon a strategy of signing world-class players from abroad, the most prominent being [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]].<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (VI)">{{cite web |title = An exceptional decade (1951–1960) |url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1951-1960-the-five-european-cups-and-di-stefano |publisher = Realmadrid.com |access-date = 12 July 2008 |author = Luís Miguel González |archive-date = 5 March 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140305022851/http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1951-1960-the-five-european-cups-and-di-stefano |url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Training Real Madrid in Amsterdam, Amancio, Bestanddeelnr 926-3299.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Amancio Amaro]], captain of the [[Yé-yé (Real Madrid)|Yé-yé]] team of the 1960s]]
In 1955, acting upon the idea proposed by [[Gabriel Hanot]], a French sports journalist and editor of ''[[L'Équipe]]'', Bernabéu, Ernest Bedrignan (deputy chairman of the [[Ligue de Football Professionnel]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/59/07/69/2590769_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Jacques Ferran: 'Launching the European Cup was a gamble' |url-status=live |magazine=UEFA Direct |date=May 2016 |pages=19–22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718124836/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/59/07/69/2590769_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> and [[Gusztáv Sebes]] created the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], a continental tournament for the league champions around Europe, which is today known as the UEFA Champions League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind=512/newsId=419682.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520042309/http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind%3D512/newsId%3D419682.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2006 |title=Hats off to Hanot |access-date=11 July 2008 |date=12 May 2006 |publisher=[[UEFA]] |author=Matthew Spiro }}</ref> It was under Bernabéu's guidance that Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football. The club won the European Cup five times in a row between 1956 and 1960, which included the 7–3 Hampden Park [[1960 European Cup Final|final]] against [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] in [[1959–60 European Cup|1960]].<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (VI)"/> After these five consecutive successes, Real was permanently awarded the original cup and earned the right to wear the [[European Champion Clubs' Cup#Multiple-winner badge|UEFA badge of honour]].<ref name="badge of honour">{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf |title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League |publisher=UEFA |access-date=12 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312003915/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf |archive-date=12 March 2007 }}; Page 4, §2.01 "Cup" & Page 26, §16.10 "Title-holder logo"</ref> Real Madrid's achievements in Europe were built upon its unprecedented domestic dominance, with the club winning twelve league titles out of sixteen possible from [[1953–54 Real Madrid CF season|1953–54]] to [[1968–69 Real Madrid CF season|1968–69]], including a five-in-a-row sequence in 1961–65, and finishing runners-up a further three times.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Real Madrid domination of the 1960s and 70s|url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2017/05/22/5922e360ca4741170b8b4670.html|author=Lorenzo Lara|date=22 May 2017|publisher=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019061028/https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2017/05/22/5922e360ca4741170b8b4670.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Sharif_El-Far_1960.jpg|thumb|Real Madrid's captain [[Paco Gento]] shaking hands with [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]'s captain [[Sharif El-Far]] before their friendly match on the occasion for celebrating 50 years on Zamalek's establishment in [[Cairo International Stadium|Cairo Stadium]] on 10 March 1961]]
The club won the European Cup for a sixth time in [[1965–66 European Cup|1966]], defeating [[FK Partizan|Partizan Belgrade]] 2–1 in the [[1966 European Cup Final|final]] with a team composed entirely of same nationality players, a first in the competition.<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (VII)">{{cite web | title = The generational reshuffle was successful (1961–1970) | url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1961-1970-the-yeyes-and-the-kidnapping-of-di-stefano | publisher = Realmadrid.com | access-date = 12 July 2008 | author = Luís Miguel González | work = Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial | archive-date = 22 November 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191122114710/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1961-1970-the-yeyes-and-the-kidnapping-of-di-stefano | url-status = live }}</ref> This team became known as the [[Yé-yé (Real Madrid)|Yé-yé]]. The name "Yé-yé" came from the "Yeah, yeah, yeah" chorus in [[The Beatles]]' song "[[She Loves You]]" after four members of the team posed for ''[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]'' and impersonated the Beatles.<ref>[http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1961-1970-the-yeyes-and-the-kidnapping-of-di-stefano "Real Madrid History: 1961–1970"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122114710/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1961-1970-the-yeyes-and-the-kidnapping-of-di-stefano |date=22 November 2019 }}. RealMadrid.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015</ref> The Yé-yé generation was also European Cup runners-up in [[1962 European Cup Final|1962]]<ref name=Madrid62>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xIzCg2IyY Video highlights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114162631/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xIzCg2IyY |date=14 January 2019 }} from official [[Pathé News]] archive</ref> and [[1964 European Cup Final|1964]].<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (VII)"/> In the 1970s, Real Madrid won six league championships and three Spanish Cups.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trophy Room |work=Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial |url=http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/honours/football |publisher=Realmadrid.com |access-date=12 July 2008 |archive-date=21 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421234811/http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/honours/football |url-status=live }}</ref> The club competed in its first [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] in [[1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup|1970–71]] and progressed all the way to the [[1971 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|final]], where it lost to English side [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] 2–1 in a replay.<ref>{{cite web|title = European Competitions 1971|url = https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197071.html|publisher = RSSS|access-date = 27 September 2008|archive-date = 20 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220720231521/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197071.html|url-status = live}}</ref> On 2 July 1978, club president Santiago Bernabéu died while the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] was being played in [[Argentina]]. [[FIFA]] decreed three days of mourning to honour him during the tournament.<ref>{{cite web | title = Santiago Bernabéu | work = Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial | url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/santiago-bernabeu-stadium | publisher = Realmadrid.com | access-date = 12 October 2008 | archive-date = 1 January 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160101070806/http://www.realmadrid.com/en/santiago-bernabeu-stadium | url-status = live }}</ref> The following year, the club organized the first edition of the [[Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu]] in memory of its former president.

Bernabéu had been Real Madrid's president for almost 35 years, during which his club won one [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]], six European Cups, 16 [[List of Spanish football champions|league titles]], six [[Copa del Rey|Spanish Cups]], two [[Latin Cup]]s and one [[Copa Eva Duarte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/presidents/santiago-bernabeu|title=Santiago Bernabéu 1943·1978|work=Real Madrid CF|publisher=realmadrid.com|access-date=31 May 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816230029/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/presidents/santiago-bernabeu|url-status=live}}</ref>
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