Real Madrid are the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record 31 La Liga titles, 17 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 8 Spanish Supercups, 1 Spanish "Copa de la Liga" League Cup, 1 Copa Eva Duarte, Real Madrid's home ground is the 80,354-seater Santiago Bernabéu football stadium in downtown Madrid, where it has played since 1947. In 2010 the Bernabéu held the final of the UEFA Champions League.Real Madrid holds long-standing rivalries with other football clubs, most notably FC Barcelona, with matches between the two teams referred to as "el Clásico".

Familiarly known as Barça. The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid, and matches between the two teams are referred to as "El Clásico". FC Barcelona is the most successful club in Spanish football in terms of overall trophies, having won twenty La Liga titles, a record twenty-five Spanish Cups, nine Spanish Super Cups, and two League Cups. Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and Champions League.