The Bayern Munich–Real Madrid rivalry, commonly known as the European Clásico (, ) is a European club rivalry between

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

and

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

. It is the most often played match in the Champions League/

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a round robi ...

with 28 matches. Due to the tie being closely contested, Madrid supporters sometimes referred to Bayern as the "''Bestia negra''" ("Black Beast"). Despite facing each other the most in the competition's history, with several controversial incidents occurring due to the great importance of most of their meetings,Bayern Munich v Real Madrid is the European Clásico – let the Champions League battle commence
Graham Hunter, ''Daily Record'', 11 April 2017 the clubs have never met in the final of a Champions League or European Cup.

Head-to-head

Both the clubs are most successful in their respective countries, Real Madrid winning 71 domestic trophies and Bayern Munich winning 69 domestic trophies. Bayern Munich have won a total of 14 international trophies, including 6 European Cup/UEFA Champions League, while Real Madrid have 32 international trophies, including a record 15 European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles.

Statistics

Honours

List of matches

Although they have never met in a final, Real Madrid versus Bayern is the match that has historically been played most often in the Champions League/European Cup with 28 matches (thirteen wins for Madrid, eleven wins for Bayern, with four draws). More importantly, they have been drawn against each other in the knockout stage 26 times and eight times in the semi-finals, more than any other pair. During the 2010s, the two teams met in the 2011–12 Champions League semi-finals, which ended 3–3 on aggregate (Bayern won 3–1 on penalties after extra time, but lost the final at their own stadium), and then at the same stage in the 2013–14 edition with Real Madrid winning 5–0 on aggregate on their way to winning the competition. They were also drawn together in the 2016–17 quarter-finals; Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate after extra time and subsequently lifted the trophy. The following year, they met in the

semi-finals A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...

, with Real Madrid again progressing 4–3. Until the 2018–19 season, when they were twice defeated in Madrid by three-goal margins, Real's biggest loss at home in the Champions League had been at the hands of Bayern on 29 February 2000, 2–4.

European Cup/UEFA Champions League

Exhibition matches

Statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Appearances

Other records

* Most assists: 5 –

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* Most clean sheets: 4 –

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* Fastest goal: 10.12 seconds – Roy Makaay,

2006–07 UEFA Champions League The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan ...

, 7 March 2007

Personnel at both clubs

Players

Managers

References

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