List of Real Madrid CF seasons  Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a football club that plays in La Liga. The club was formed in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, and played its first competitive match on 13 May 1902, when it lost 3–1 in the semi-final of the Campeonato de Copa de S.M. Alfonso XIII against FC Barcelona. Real Madrid played against other local clubs in various regional tournaments disputed from 1902 to 1940. However, in 1929 the club became one of the founding members of La Liga, Spain's first national league. As of 2019, Real is one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from the top level of Spanish football, the others being Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. From 1902 to 1929 Real won the Copa del Rey five times and the regional championship 15 times. Real Madrid had a successful start in La Liga, finishing second in the competition's first season, and winning the league in 1932 for the first time. In the 1947–48 season, Real Madrid finished eleventh, which remains, as of 2019, the club's lowest finishing position. Real Madrid won La Liga four times and the European Cup five times during the 1950s. However, the most successful period for the club in terms of domestic titles was the 1960s, when Real Madrid won eight league championships. It is also the only Spanish football team to win five consecutive titles, a feat which it has achieved on two occasions (1960–65 and 1985–90). Real Madrid first participated in European competition during the 1954–55 La Liga season, when it played in the Latin Cup. It won its first European title, and the inaugural European Cup, during the 1955–56 season. Real Madrid won the first five editions of the European Cup, and a further eight times, the last of which was in 2018. Its thirteen trophies is the record number of victories by any club. The club won the UEFA Cup during the 1984–85 season and retained the trophy the following year. It won its first double of league championship and Copa in 1962. Real Madrid is the most successful club in UEFA competitions, winning 22. The club has won La Liga 33 times, the Copa del Rey 19 times, the Copa de la Liga once, the Supercopa de España 11 times (including Copa Eva Duarte), the European Cup 13 times, the UEFA Cup twice, the European Super Cup four times, the Intercontinental Cup three times and the FIFA Club World Cup four times.