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Real Madrid’s iconic ‘Quinta del Buitre’ side and the five-in-a-row record

How generational talents such as Emilio Butragueno and Manolo Sanchis led Los Blancos to five consecutive La Liga titles

Real Madrid won the La Liga title five years in a row between 1985 and 1990, matching their own record of five consecutive titles that they had set between 1960 and 1965. No other Spanish club has ever won five league championships in a row and, it could be argued, no other side has been as dominant as that Real Madrid team of the late 1980s.

That team was so good that it became known as the ‘Quinta del Buitre,’ the nickname of the five homegrown talents who formed the core of the side: Emilio Butragueno, Manolo Sanchis, Rafael Martin Vazquez, Michel and Miguel Pardeza.