The Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

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 in Madrid

Madrid

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, Spain

Spain

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. It is currently used for football

Football (soccer)

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 matches and is the home ground of Real Madrid Castilla

Real Madrid Castilla

Real Madrid Castilla is a Spanish football team that plays in the Segunda División B. It is the reserve team of Real Madrid. They play their home games at Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium....

, the reserve team

Reserve team

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 of Real Madrid

Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

. The stadium holds 6,000 people. It is named after former Real footballer Alfredo di Stéfano

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...

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The venue is part of the Ciudad Real Madrid

Ciudad Real Madrid

The Ciudad Real Madrid is the name given to Real Madrid's training facilities located outside Madrid in Valdebebas near Barajas airport. It replaces the old Ciudad Deportiva , which until 2003 was the training ground of the club...

, the club's new training facilities located outside Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 in Valdebebas

Valdebebas

Valdebebas is an urban development under construction in the city of Madrid, Spain near Barajas Airport. It will host around 12.500 apartment houses and a population of 40.000 inhabitants. The Valdebebas Woodland Park is being constructed there in a surface of 5 millions square meters...

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On Tuesday 9 May 2006 the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated at the City of Madrid where Real Madrid

Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

 usually trains. The inaugural match was between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, a rematch of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 final won by Real Madrid in 1956. Real Madrid won the inaugural match 6-1 with goals from Sergio Ramos

Sérgio Ramos

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, Antonio Cassano

Antonio Cassano

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 (2), Roberto Soldado

Roberto Soldado

Roberto Soldado Rillo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a striker.-Real Madrid:Born in Valencia, Soldado joined Real Madrid at the age of 15 from local small club CF Don Bosco. After seasons of prolific goalscoring with the club's B team, he made his first team debut on 23...

 (2), and José Manuel Jurado.