Real Madrid : Coach Xabi Alonso is leaving Real Madrid, and Alvaro Arbeloa has been appointed as his successor.

A day after the team’s 3-2 loss to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final, the news was made.

The Spanish squad said in an official statement that “mutual agreement between the club and Xabi Alonso, it has been decided to bring his time as first team coach to an end.”Because he is a Real Madrid great and has always embodied the club’s ideals, Xabi Alonso will always be loved and admired by all Madridistas. “His home will always be Real Madrid,” the statement continues.

Real Madrid expressed gratitude to Alonso and his coaching staff for their contributions to the team and wished them continued success.We wish Xabi Alonso and his coaching team the best of success in this new phase of their life and would like to thank them for their hard work and devotion throughout this period,” the club said in a statement posted on their website.

Alvaro Arbeola was appointed Real Madrid’s next manager in a different release. Since June 2025, Arbeola has been the coach of Real Madrid’s B squad.Alvaro Arbeloa has been named the new first team coach of Real Madrid C. F., the club said in a statement.

Arbeloa has been a member of Real Madrid’s young coaching staff since 2020, the statement said. He managed the Under-19s from 2022 to 2025, earning a treble in 2022–2023 and another league championship in 2024–2025, coached the Under-16s in 2021–2022 and guided the Under-14s to a league title in 2020–21 when he was at the academy.Having been in charge of Real Madrid’s junior program since 2020, Alvaro Arbeloa has been the coach of Castilla since June 2025. He coached the Under-16s in 2021–2022, the Under-19s from 2022–2025, and the Under-14s A in 2020–2021, when they won the league championship. He won the League in the 2024–2025 season and the triple (League, Copa del Rey, and Champions Cup) in the 2022–2023 season while coaching the Under-19s.Alvaro Arbeloa played for Real Madrid during one of the team’s most prosperous eras. Between 2009 and 2016, he participated in 238 official matches to defend our jersey. Two European Cups, one Club World Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one La Liga championship, two Copa del Rey titles, and one Spanish Super Cup were among his eight trophies throughout that period. Alvaro Arbeloa was also a part of a memorable period with the Spanish national team, winning two European Championships (2008 and 2012) and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The statement said, “He was capped 56 times.”