Editing Real Madrid CF (section)

===Quinta del Buitre and sustained success (1980–2000)===
{{football squad on pitch|align=left|clear=none
| GK = [[Iker Casillas|'''Casillas''']]
| RB = [[Míchel Salgado|'''Salgado''']]
| RCB = [[Aitor Karanka|'''Karanka''']]
| LCB = [[Iván Campo|'''Campo''']]
| LB = '''[[Roberto Carlos]]'''
| LM = [[Fernando Redondo|'''Redondo (C)''']]
| CB = [[Iván Helguera|'''Helguera''']]
| LSS = [[Raúl (footballer)|'''Raúl''']]
| RM = [[Steve McManaman|'''McManaman''']]
| CF = [[Fernando Morientes|'''Morientes''']]
| RSS = [[Nicolas Anelka|'''Anelka''']]
| caption = [[2000 UEFA Champions League Final]] starting lineup
}}
In the early 1980s, Real Madrid had lost its grasp on the La Liga title, until a new cohort of home-grown stars brought [[Football in Spain|domestic]] success back to the club.<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (IX)">{{cite web | title = The "Quinta del Buitre" era begins | work = Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial | url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1981-1990-la-quinta-del-buitre | publisher = Realmadrid.com | access-date = 11 July 2008 | archive-date = 3 September 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220903174111/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1981-1990-la-quinta-del-buitre | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=marcaquinta>{{cite web|url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2017/05/22/5922e820ca4741256a8b462d.html|title=The Real Madrid of La Quinta|work=Marca|date=22 May 2017|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523055356/https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2017/05/22/5922e820ca4741256a8b462d.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Spanish sports journalist Julio César Iglesias gave to this generation the name ''[[Quinta del Buitre|La Quinta del Buitre]]'' ("Vulture's Cohort"), which was derived from the nickname given to one of its members, [[Emilio Butragueño]]. The other four members were [[Manolo Sanchís]], [[Rafael Martín Vázquez|Martín Vázquez]], [[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]] and [[Miguel Pardeza]]. All five footballers were graduates of [[La Fábrica (Real Madrid)|Real Madrid's youth academy]].<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (IX)" /><ref name=marcaquinta/> With ''La Quinta del Buitre'' (reduced to four members when Pardeza left for [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]] in 1986) and notable players like goalkeeper [[Francisco Buyo]], right-back Miguel Porlán ''[[Chendo]]'' and Mexican striker [[Hugo Sánchez]], Real Madrid had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe during the second half of the 1980s, winning two [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cups]], five Spanish championships in a row, one Spanish Cup, and three [[Supercopa de España|Spanish Super Cups]].<ref name="Real Madrid turns 106 (IX)"/><ref name=marcaquinta/> In the early 1990s, ''La Quinta del Buitre'' split up after Martín Vázquez, Emilio Butragueño and Míchel left the club.

In 1996, President [[Lorenzo Sanz]] appointed [[Fabio Capello]] as coach.<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Bantam Books | isbn = 978-0-553-82566-4 | last = Marcotti | first = Gabriele | title = Capello: The Man Behind England's World Cup Dream | year = 2008 | page = [https://archive.org/details/capellomanbehind0000marc/page/291 291] | url = https://archive.org/details/capellomanbehind0000marc/page/291 }}</ref> Although his tenure lasted only one season, Real Madrid were proclaimed league champions, and players like [[Predrag Mijatović]], [[Davor Šuker]], [[Clarence Seedorf]], [[Roberto Carlos]] and keeper [[Bodo Illgner]] arrived at the club to strengthen a squad that already boasted the likes of [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]], [[Fernando Hierro]] and [[Fernando Redondo]]. As a result, Real Madrid (with the addition of [[Fernando Morientes]] in 1997) finally ended its 32-year wait for its seventh European Cup: in 1998, under manager [[Jupp Heynckes]], they defeated Juventus 1–0 in the [[1998 UEFA Champions League Final|final]] with a goal from Mijatović.<ref>{{cite web |title = 1991–2000&nbsp;– From Raúl González to the turn of the new millennium |work = Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial |url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1991-2000-the-seventh-and-eighth-european-cups |publisher = Realmadrid.com |access-date = 12 July 2008 |archive-date = 3 September 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220903174221/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football/1991-2000-the-seventh-and-eighth-european-cups |url-status = live }}</ref>

In November 1999, [[Vicente del Bosque]] took over as coach. For the last season of the century, [[1999–2000 Real Madrid CF season|1999–2000]], the squad was still led by the older veterans such as Fernando Hierro, Fernando Redondo, Roberto Carlos and Raúl. Real added the budding young talents of [[Guti (Spanish footballer)|Guti]] and [[Iker Casillas]], supported by the arrival of [[Steve McManaman]] and [[Nicolas Anelka]] from the English Premier League, alongside local talents [[Míchel Salgado]] and [[Iván Helguera]]. In Del Bosque's first season in charge, Real won the Champions League for the [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League|eighth time]], following a 3–0 victory over [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] in the [[2000 UEFA Champions League Final|final]], with goals from Morientes, McManaman and Raúl.<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Champions League 1999/00 – History|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/64833--real-madrid-vs-valencia/|publisher=UEFA|date=24 May 2000|access-date=9 July 2017|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115005544/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D1999/matches/round%3D1290/match%3D64833/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This victory marked the beginning of a successful period in Real Madrid's history.<ref name="bbc_stats">{{cite news
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