Real Madrid C

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol C, commonly known as Real Madrid C, is a Spanish association football team that plays in the Tercera Federación. It is Real Madrid's second reserve team. They played their home games at La Ciudad del Real Madrid in Valdebebas outside the city of Madrid. At the end of the 2014–15 Tercera División, Real Madrid C was disbanded. However in 2023, the team was brought back and was put in the Tercera Federación.

Real Madrid C

Full name	Real Madrid Club de Fútbol C
Nickname(s)	RMC
Founded	1952 (as Real Madrid CF Aficionados) I 1973 (as CD San Ignacio de Loyola) II
Dissolved	2015 (I)
Ground	Ciudad Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Capacity	3,000
President	Florentino Pérez
Head coach	Pau Quesada
League	Tercera Federación – Group 7
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Real Madrid Aficionados

Real Madrid Aficionados was the amateur team for Real Madrid. In the 1960s, the team won eight Campeonato de Aficionados (national amateur cup) in an 11-year period, including six in succession. The last of their amateur championships qualified the team for the 1970–71 Copa del Generalísimo; they lost in the second round which was one further than their 'big brothers' at Plus Ultra achieved. The Aficionados' last Spanish Cup appearance was in the 1986–87 edition of the Copa del Rey. While Castilla lost in the first round, the amateurs lasted until the round of 16 where they were defeated 1–4 on aggregate by a senior Atlético Madrid side.

In league play, the Aficionados won promotion from the Preferente Castellana to the Tercera División in 1981. Their best year was the 1984–85 season, winning their Tercera group but renouncing their play-off spot in the Promoción de Ascenso.

Real Madrid C

After RFEF rulings about the status of reserve teams, the amateur team was renamed Real Madrid C in 1990. In 1990–91, the team again won their group, but was runner-up in the Liguilla de Ascenso (promotion mini-league). Two years later, the team won promotion to the Segunda División B. In 1997, the team was relegated back to the Tercera when Real Madrid B were demoted from the Segunda División to the Segunda División B. In 2005–06, the team missed promotion to the Segunda B by a single goal; Guijuelo won their home leg 1–0 and lost away 1–2 for 2–2 on aggregate, and the tie was broken by the away goals rule.

Real Madrid C gained promotion in 2012, and maintained an upper-table position in the third tier for two years before being forcibly demoted in 2014 when Castilla were relegated to the third level. After the 2014–15 Tercera División season, the C-team was disbanded.

Main article: RSC Internacional FC

In 2022, Real Madrid reached an agreement with RSC Internacional FC to make the club their C-team for the 2022–23 Tercera Federación. For the 2023–24 season, Real Madrid C returned to an active status and took RSC Internacional's place in the division.

Honours

• Tercera División Champions

Winners (5): 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2005–06

• Copa de la Liga

Winners (1): 1982–83 (Copa de la Liga de Tercera División)

• Campeonato de España de Aficionados

Winners (8): 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70

• Copa de Comunidad

Winners (2): 2002–03 (Qualified for the Copa Federación where it was eliminated by Real Ávila in the preliminary round 0–2; 2–3), 2007–08 (Qualified for the Copa Federación; eliminated by SS Reyes in the second round 1–0; 0–2)

Season by season

Real Madrid Aficionados

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1970–71 — — — Second round 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 8th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 13th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 9th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 8th 1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1981–82 4 3ª 7th 1982–83 4 3ª 7th 1983–84 4 3ª 2nd First round 1984–85 4 3ª 1st First round 1985–86 4 3ª 4th First round 1986–87 4 3ª 8th Round of 16 1987–88 4 3ª 10th 1988–89 4 3ª 4th 1989–90 4 3ª 5th

Real Madrid C

Season Tier Division Place 1990–91 4 3ª 1st 1991–92 4 3ª 1st 1992–93 4 3ª 2nd 1993–94 3 2ª B 7th 1994–95 3 2ª B 13th 1995–96 3 2ª B 9th 1996–97 3 2ª B 13th 1997–98 4 3ª 3rd 1998–99 4 3ª 1st 1999–00 4 3ª 2nd 2000–01 4 3ª 4th 2001–02 4 3ª 11th 2002–03 4 3ª 6th 2003–04 4 3ª 14th 2004–05 4 3ª 11th 2005–06 4 3ª 1st 2006–07 4 3ª 6th 2007–08 4 3ª 9th 2008–09 4 3ª 8th 2009–10 4 3ª 6th

Season Tier Division Place 2010–11 4 3ª 5th 2011–12 4 3ª 2nd 2012–13 3 2ª B 5th 2013–14 3 2ª B 9th 2014–15 4 3ª 9th 2015–2023 DNP 2023–24 5 3ª RFEF 1st

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• 6 seasons in Segunda División B
• 28 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera Federación
• 8 seasons in Primera Regional Preferente

Current squad

As of 18 January 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Guillermo Ruiz
2	DF	ESP	David Jiménez
3	DF	ESP	David Ruiz
4	DF	ESP	Jaime Calleja
5	DF	ESP	David Cuenca
6	MF	ESP	Fer Rodríguez
7	FW	ESP	Esteban Aparicio
8	MF	ESP	Miguel Romera
9	FW	ESP	Andrés García
10	FW	ESP	Yeray Lancha
11	MF	ESP	Borja Alonso

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	ESP	Kike Ribes
13	GK	ESP	Guille Súnico
14	MF	ESP	Manu Márquez
15	DF	ESP	Juan Rodríguez
16	MF	ESP	Carlos Rodríguez
17	FW	ESP	Loren Zúñiga
18	FW	ESP	Ángel Carvajal
19	FW	ESP	Alexander Alemán
20	DF	ESP	Manu Serrano
21	MF	ESP	Andrés Campos
22	DF	ESP	Ferrán Ruiz

From Youth Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	MAR	Yusi
24	DF	ESP	Álex Pérez
25	GK	ESP	Fran González
26	MF	ESP	Antonio David
27	DF	ESP	Mario Rivas
28	DF	ESP	Jacobo Ramón

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	ESP	Chema Andrés
30	DF	ESP	Joan Martínez
31	GK	ESP	Hugo Mantecón
32	MF	ESP	Dani Meso
33	MF	ESP	Pol Fortuny

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	David de la Víbora (at Castellón B until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ESP	Alfredo Sotres (at Unión Adarve until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ESP	Néstor Lucas (at Gernika until 30 June 2024)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Samu Expósito (at Rayo Majadahonda until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Abraham Nobrega (at Marino Luanco until 30 June 2024)

Notable players

GK Santiago Cañizares 1988–89 GK Raúl Valbuena 1994–95 GK José Manuel Roca 1995–97 GK Oliver 1996–97 GK Iker Casillas 1998–99 GK Carlos Sánchez 1999–2000 GK Manu Herrera 2000–01 GK Diego López 2000–03 GK David Sierra 2002–04 GK David Cobeño 2003–05 GK Kiko Casilla 2004–06 GK Antonio Adán 2004–06 GK Tomás Mejías 2007–10 GK Fernando Pacheco 2011–13 GK Rubén Yáñez 2012–13 GK Ander Cantero 2015 DF Rafael Benítez 1978–79 DF David Belenguer 1992–93 DF Alberto Marcos 1993 DF Felipe Vaqueriza 1994–95 DF José García Calvo 1994–95 DF Roberto Rojas 1994–95 DF Vicente Valcarce 1995–96 DF Manuel Tena 1997–98 DF Rubén Pulido 1998–2000 DF Francisco Pavón 1998–2000 DF Óscar Miñambres 1999–2000 DF Raúl Bravo 2000–01 DF Álvaro Mejía 2001–02 DF Álvaro Arbeloa 2002–03 DF Javi Barral 2002–03 DF Juan Duque 2002–03 DF Javi Soria 2003–06 DF Miguel Torres 2005–06 DF Laure 2005–06 DF Jordi 2005–08 DF David Mateos 2006–07 DF Javier Velayos 2006–07 DF Krzysztof Król 2007 DF Kamil Glik 2007–08

DF Tano 2010–11 DF Carlos Expósito 2010–11 DF Derik Osede 2011–13 DF Javi Noblejas 2011–13 DF Diego Llorente 2012–13 DF Ángel 2012–14 DF Joel Johnson 2012–14 DF José León 2013–15 DF Mario Hermoso 2014–15 DF Philipp Lienhart 2014–15 DF Álvaro Tejero 2015 DF Luismi Quezada 2015–16 MF Antonio Gómez 1993–94 MF Jaime 1993–94 MF Álvaro Benito 1994–95 MF Guti 1994–95 MF Fernando Morán 1994–95 MF Víctor Sánchez 1994–95 FW Alberto Rivera 1995–96 MF Javier Artero 1995–97 MF Fernando 1997–99 MF Andrés Santos 1998–99 MF David Sousa 1998–99 MF Julio Álvarez 1999–2000 MF Corona 1999–2000 MF José Luis Capdevila 2000–01 MF José Cabrera 2001–02 MF Álex Pérez 2002–03 MF Manuel Tello 2003–04 MF Marcos Tébar 2003–05 MF Borja Valero 2004–05 MF Esteban Granero 2004–06 MF Rodri 2005–06 MF Ferrán 2005–06 MF Juanmi Callejón 2005–07 MF Pedro Mosquera 2006–07 MF Fernando Guerrero 2007–09 MF Antonio Martínez 2009–10 MF Óscar Plano 2010–11

MF Jordi Martín 2010–12 MF Enrique Castaño 2011–12 MF Sergio Aguza 2011–13 MF Dani Ramírez 2011–14 MF Omar Mascarell 2012–13 MF Álvaro Medrán 2012–14 MF Gonzalo Melero 2013–14 MF Javier Muñoz 2014 MF Enzo Fernández 2014–15 MF Aleix Febas 2014–15 FW Víctor 1993 FW Raúl 1994 FW Irurzun 1994–96 FW Javi Guerrero 1995–96 FW Mista 1996–97 FW Carlos Aranda 1998–2000 FW David Aganzo 1999–2000 FW Luis García 2000–01 FW Riki 2000–02 FW David Barral 2002–03 FW Álex Colorado 2004–05 FW Javier Balboa 2004–05 FW Tha'er Bawab 2004–06 FW Rayco 2005–06 FW José Callejón 2006–07 FW Jesús Berrocal 2007–09 FW Juankar 2008–09 FW Samuel Sáiz 2008–11 FW Rodrigo 2009 FW Lucas Vázquez 2010–11 FW Fran Sol 2010–14 FW Rubén Belima 2011–13 FW Rubén Sobrino 2011–13 FW Burgui 2012–13 FW Raúl de Tomás 2012–13 FW Mariano Díaz 2012–14 FW Juanjo Narváez 2013–15 FW Álvaro Jiménez 2013–15 FW Sergio Sánchez 2014–15

• N.B. Players in BOLD played for the senior team; players in ITALICS have not played in the Primera División.

Coaches

Toni Grande 1989–96 Juan Martín Delgado 1996–1997 Miguel Ángel Portugal 1997 Paco Hernández 1997–1999 Paco Buyo 1999–2000 José Aurelio Gay 2000–02 José Manuel Díaz 2002–03 Paco Buyo 2003–04 Abraham García 2004–07 José María Salmerón 2007–08 Antonio Díaz Carlavilla 2008–09 Alberto Toril 2009 Manolo Díaz 2009–13 José Aurelio Gay 2013–15 Pau Quesada 2023–

External links

• Real Madrid C Official club website (in Spanish, English, and Japanese)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)