Tabbas ka ji sunayen Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, da Real Betis — amma kalmar Real a cikin kowane sunan tana ɗauke da ma'ana mai zurfi fiye da abin da yawancin magoya baya ke gane. Ba kyautar wasanni ba ce da ake samu a filin wasa, kuma ba ƙawance na kasuwanci ba. Alaƙa ce kai tsaye da masarautar Spain, mai zurfi a cikin ƙarni na tarihi.

Ainihin ma'anar 'Real'

Real ana fassara shi daga Sifen zuwa na masarautar, kuma yana wakiltar tallafin masarautar da kambin Spain ya ba da izini a hukumance. Kulob ɗin da ke ɗauke da wannan taken ya karɓi, a wani lokaci, izinin hukuma daga masarautar — ba don ya lashe kofuna ba, amma don samun tagomashi daga sarki.

A cikin rabe-raben farko da na biyu na Spain a yau, kulob 11 suna ɗauke da taken na masarautar. A La Liga, su ne: Real Madrid, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Real Racing Club, Real Club Celta de Vigo, Real Club Deportivo Espanyol, da Real Club Deportivo de A Coruna. A rabe-raben biyu, Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Real Oviedo, Real Sporting de Gijon, da Real Valladolid ma suna ɗauke da taken.

Mulkin Sarki Alfonso XIII

Labarin ya fara ne da Sarki Alfonso XIII, wanda sha'awarsa ta keɓaɓɓe ga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mai haɓaka ya fara wannan al'ada. Real Club Deportivo de A Coruna na da darajar zama kulob ɗin ƙwallon ƙafa na farko na Spain da ya karɓi taken na masarautar — a cikin shekarar 1909, bisa rikodin kulob ɗin, lokacin da Alfonso XIII ya ba su taken kuma ya yarda da shugabancin girmamawa. An ƙara rawanin masarautar a alaman kulob ɗin nan da nan don nuna wannan lokaci.

Real Sociedad, wanda yake San Sebastián, ya biyo baya a 1910. Taken yana da matuƙar muhimmanci a wannan birnin na arewa-yamma na Spain, inda dangin masarautar sukan shafe lokacin bazara. Kulob ɗin har yanzu ana ƙaunace shi a matsayin La Real.

Espanyol da Real Sporting de Gijon dukkansu suna bin dawowar taken ɗin masarautar zuwa shekarar 1912 — na ƙarshe bayan Alfonso XIII ya yarda da shugabancin girmamawa na kulob ɗin Gijon, yana nuna hanyar da aka yi amfani da ita a A Coruna.

Mafi shahararren misali duka

An kafa Real Madrid a shekara ta 1902 a ƙarƙashin sunan Madrid Football Club. Ba sai 1920 ba Alfonso XIII ya ba kulob ɗin izini na amfani da taken Real, wanda aka ƙarfafa shi ta wasiƙa daga gidan masarautar. Rawanin masarautar sai ya shiga cikin alaman kulob ɗin da ya zama sanannu a yau.

Shin kulob ɗi na iya zama 'Real' a yau?

Babu hanyar wasanni zuwa ga wannan taken. Lashe La Liga, ɗaga Copa del Rey, cancanta ga gasa ta Turai, ko tashi zuwa sama ba ya sa kulob ɗi ya zama Real. Taken koyaushe yana buƙatar neman izini na hukuma da yanke shawara daga masarautar.

Wani misali na kwanan nan yana nuna cewa wannan tsari har yanzu yana raye. Club Deportivo Gara, ƙaramin kulob ɗi daga garin Garachico a Tenerife wanda ke wasa matakan bakwai ƙasa da La Liga, ya nemi amincewa ta masarautar a lokacin bukukuwa na shekaru ɗari a shekara ta 2012. Gidan masarautar ya amince da buƙatar a watan Yuni na wannan shekarar, kuma kulob ɗin ya zama Real Club Deportivo Gara — hujja cewa al'adar tallafin masarautar a ƙwallon ƙafa na Spain ba ta tsufa ba.