Real Madrid Voleibol
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| Full name | Club Voleibol Real Madrid | ||
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| Founded | 1954 | ||
| Dissolved | 1983 | ||
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Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid (Capacity: 4,000) | ||
| Chairman | Antonio Gutiérrez | ||
| Manager | Chupi Pérez | ||
| League | Superliga Masculina | ||
| 1982–83 | 1° | ||
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Real Madrid Voleibol was the volleyball section of Spanish Real Madrid C.F.. The sport was added in 1954, following the policy of expansion of the club. It was one of the most successful department of the club history after football, the main one and basketball, as well as the one that more years remained active after them.
History
Real Madrid Voleibol was established in 1954.[1] Under the management of the Spanish Federation of Volleyball (RFEVB) nationally and the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Real Madrid have a large success nationally when they won the Championship of Spain for 7 occasions and also they won King's Cup for a 12 occasions record that makes them the most laureate team in Spain, a situation still valid today where he is seconded by the ten titles of the Unicaja Almeria Volleyball Club.
Like many other disciplines of the entity had to be suppressed in the 1982–83 season due to economic management issues, and despite that it is the second most awarded Spanish volleyball team , boasting the honor of the first place until with The already disappeared section was surpassed at the beginning of the 21st century . In addition to the aforementioned Copa del Rey titles, there are seven times Liga champions currently Superliga and former Liga Nacional or Primera División for a total of nineteen titles of the maximum national competitions, 6 including six honorific titles of double during the almost Thirty years in which the section lasted.
Between its performances in international competition its emphasizes moment was the season 1977–78 where they reached the semifinals of the European Cup, falling defeated before Starlift Blokkeer Dutch before disputing the end of the maximum European competition of clubs and being to date the best performance Of a Spanish club in the tournament, while its first participation in the same occurred in the season 1972–73 where it fell eliminated in the round of 16 by Resovia Rzeszów . In both participations, their executioners were the later runners up of the editions.
The unexpected disappearance was motivated by the bad economic situation that the entity was experiencing, and as years before they decided to finally dissolving by 1982–83 season, having proclaimed that season as League champions and Cup winners. For the following season the club ceded the Federative rights to the Club Volleyball Madrid sponsored by the health company Sanitas , inheriting as much its sports squad as the right to participate in the CEV Champions League. In his act of presentation came the directive of Real Madrid CF with President Luis de Carlos to the front, Who lamented the closure by the low impact and scope of the section despite great successes where it recorded a Pyrrhic attendance of 650 spectators during the last season.
Players
Team squad
Last Season 1982–83,
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Notable players
Notable Coaches
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Honours
- Superliga (7)
- Champions : 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983
- Runners Up : 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1982
- Copa del Rey (12) Record
- Champions : 1954, 1956, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983
- Runners Up : 1957, 1961, 1963, 1971, 1974
References
- ↑ "Once campeones en busca de patrón". Diario El País. (in Spanish)