Bayern – Real Madrid the numbers of a historic rivalry in the Champions League – – 2024-05-02 06:29:49

The new confrontation between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the Champions League, with the semifinals of the highest European competition as the current framework, is awaited with maximum expectation. It is the classic par excellence of the European Cup, since it has taken place no less than 26 times throughout history: no other duel has been repeated more when we talk about the Old Continent. Furthermore, the tie between the Bavarians and the Merengues is also the one that has occurred the most of all time, having occurred 20 times.

Bayern has a slight advantage when both clubs have faced each other, as they have 12 victories. For its part, Madrid managed to score 11. The rest of the matches, three, ended in a draw. There have been eight semifinals that have featured both of them, with those from Munich advancing in four of the first five (between 1976 and 2012), but falling in the last two, which took place in the 2013-2014 season and in the 2017-2018.

In terms of goals scored, equality reigns again, with Madrid winning by the minimum: 41 goals compared to 39 for Bayern. The whites’ all-time top scorer in the Champions League is Cristiano Ronaldo (105), with Robert Lewandowski as the top scorer in the Bavarian ranks (69). As far as winning the Orejona is concerned, it is well known that Concha Espina’s team are the dominators par excellence of the Champions League, having won 14 (the last one, in 2021-2022). Bayern hasn’t done too badly in these competitions either, with six in their showcases (they haven’t won it since 2019-2020).

All the games between Bayern and Real Madrid in the Champions League
The semifinals of the 1975-1976 season marked the premiere of a legendary confrontation in the beautiful sport. In the first leg, it was 1-1, with Martínez and Gerd Müller as the scorers. Bayern qualified by defeating Madrid 2-0 in the second leg, with a double from Müller. We had to wait until other semifinals, those of 1986-1987, for the rivalry to reoccur. At that time, Bayern defeated Madrid 4-1 in the first leg (Augenthaler, Matthäus twice and Wohlfarth, with Butragueño as Madrid’s scorer), with a sterile 1-0 for the whites in the second leg (Santillana).

The following season, 1987-1988, they met in the quarterfinals: 3-2 for Bayern in the first leg (Pflügler, Eder and Wohlfarth; Butragueño and Sánchez) and 2-0 for Madrid in the second leg (Jankovic and Míchel) , the latter obtaining the pass. In the group stage that served as the round of 16 in 1999-2000, Bayern won 2-4 (Morientes and Raúl; Scholl, Effenberg, Fink and Paulo Sérgio). That was on the ninth day, with a new German victory on the tenth, in that case 4-1 (Scholl, Elber and Zickler on two occasions; Helguera).

Again that season, they would be face to face in the semifinals, with Madrid emerging victorious: 2-0 in the first leg (Anelka and Jeremies in an own goal) and 2-1 for Bayern in the second leg (Jancker and Elber; Anelka) . Those from Munich took revenge a season later, 2000-2001, in the same round: 0-1 away in the first leg (Elber) and 2-1 in the second leg (Elber, Jeremies; Figo). In 2001-2002, Madrid qualified in the quarterfinals: 2-1 in the first leg in Munich (Effenberg and Pizarro; Geremi) and 2-0 in the second leg at the Bernabéu (Helguera and Guti).

In the round of 16 in 2003-2004, the whites came out on top again: 1-1 in the first leg (Makaay; Roberto Carlos) and 1-0 in the second leg (Zidane). Bayern qualified by the then current double value of away goals in another round of 16, those of 2006-2007: 3-2 for Madrid in the first leg (two goals from Raúl and one from Van Nistelrooy; Lúcio and Van Bommel) and 2-1 for Bayern in the second leg (Makaay and Lúcio; Van Nistelrooy).

Already in 2011-2012, Real Madrid and Bayern met in their umpteenth semifinals. With a 2-1 in the first leg for Bayern (Ribéry and Mario Gómez; Özil), penalties gave the Germans a pass in the second leg, which ended with a 2-1 for Madrid (double by Cristiano Ronaldo; Robben) and a Bavarian 1-3 from the fatal point. In 2013-2014, again in the semifinals, Madrid was able to finish off one of its eternal adversaries: 1-0 in the first leg (Benzema) and a resounding 0-4 in its favor in the second leg that Munich hosted (doubles from Ramos and Ronaldo).

In 2016-2017, with Carlo Ancelotti as Bayern coach, Madrid also prospered. In that case, in the quarterfinals: 1-2 in the first leg (Vidal; two goals from Ronaldo) and 4-2 in the second leg (three goals from Ronaldo and one from Marco Asensio; Lewandowski and Ramos own goal). Thus we arrive at the last precedent between these two teams with so much tradition in the Champions League. It happened in the 2017-2018 semi-finals, with Madrid as classified: 1-2 in the first leg (Kimmich; Marcelo and Asensio) and 2-2 in the second leg (double by Benzema; Kimmich and James Rodríguez).