Editing Real Madrid CF (section)

====Bayern Munich====
{{main|Bayern Munich–Real Madrid rivalry}}
[[File:Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich.jpg|thumb|left|Real Madrid players celebrating a goal against Bayern Munich in [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League knockout stage#Round of 16|2007]]]]
Real Madrid and [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] are two of the most successful clubs in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup competition, with Real winning 15 times and Bayern winning six times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/bayern-munich-vs-real-madrid-champions-league-history-of-the-rivalry-a7679081.html|title=Bayern Munich and Real Madrid form one of the Champions League's richest and most intense historical rivalries|author=Miguel Delaney|work=[[The Independent]]|date=11 April 2017|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726182330/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/bayern-munich-vs-real-madrid-champions-league-history-of-the-rivalry-a7679081.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/noblmd-bayern-munich-real-madrid-a-champions-league-classic-440451.jsp|title=Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid: A Champions League classic|publisher=[[Bundesliga]]|date=11 April 2017|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025055915/https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/noblmd-bayern-munich-real-madrid-a-champions-league-classic-440451.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 26 matches (twelve wins for Madrid, eleven wins for Bayern, with three draws),<ref name="RMCF-FCB H2H">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/real-madrid/bayern-muenchen/11/|title=Real Madrid – Record against Bayern München|website=worldfootball.net|date=17 May 2023|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-date=14 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614084414/http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/real-madrid/bayern-muenchen/11/|url-status=live}}</ref> with several controversial incidents occurring due to the great importance of most of their meetings.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/apr/23/real-madrid-bayern-munich-juanito-kicked-matthaus Real Madrid v Bayern: the night Juanito kicked Matthäus in the face] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234436/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/apr/23/real-madrid-bayern-munich-juanito-kicked-matthaus |date=11 November 2020 }}, Scott Murray, ''The Guardian'', 23 April 2014</ref><ref name=hunter17>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bayern-munich-v-real-madrid-10202227 Bayern Munich v Real Madrid is the European Clásico – let the Champions League battle commence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511213112/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bayern-munich-v-real-madrid-10202227 |date=11 May 2021 }}, Graham Hunter, ''Daily Record'', 11 April 2017</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/real-madrid/abci-loco-bernabeu-escenifico-guerra-contigo-empezo-todo-201804240837_noticia.html#ancla_comentarios|title=El loco del Bernabéu escenificó la guerra: contigo empezó todo|date=24 April 2018|publisher=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|access-date=30 August 2020|language=es|trans-title=The madman at the Bernabéu staged the war: everything started with you|archive-date=6 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906004021/https://www.abc.es/deportes/real-madrid/abci-loco-bernabeu-escenifico-guerra-contigo-empezo-todo-201804240837_noticia.html#ancla_comentarios|url-status=live}}</ref> Real Madrid supporters often refer to Bayern as the "Bestia negra" ("Black Beast").

During the 2010s, the two teams met in the [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase#Semi-finals|2011–12 Champions League semi-finals]], which ended 3–3 on aggregate (Bayern won 3–1 on penalties after extra time, but lost [[2012 UEFA Champions League Final|the final]] at their own stadium by the same method), then at the same stage in the [[2013–14 UEFA Champions League knockout phase#Semi-finals|2013–14 edition]] with Real Madrid winning 5–0 on aggregate,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27193338 "Bayern Munich 0–4 Real Madrid"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101121532/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27193338 |date=1 January 2016 }}. BBC. Retrieved 23 August 2014</ref> and again in [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase#Semi-finals|2017–18]] with the Spanish club progressing 4–3;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/real-madrid-2-bayern-munich-2-champions-league-benzema-holders-third-straight-final-bernabeu-a3828651.html|title=Real Madrid 2 Bayern Munich 2: Karim Benzema brace sends Champions League holders into third straight final after Bernabeu thriller|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=1 May 2018|access-date=21 May 2018|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042613/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/real-madrid-2-bayern-munich-2-champions-league-benzema-holders-third-straight-final-bernabeu-a3828651.html|url-status=live}}</ref> both times they went on to win the competition.