How many times have Real Madrid reached the Champions League semi-finals?

Real Madrid can increase their record tally of Champions League semi-final appearances when they visit Manchester City today.

Real Madrid can add to their unparalleled tally of Champions League semi-final appearances when they face Manchester City today, in the second leg of the teams’ blockbuster quarter-final tie.

Madrid, who are 14-time European champions, go to the Etihad Stadium after a 3-3 draw in an entertaining first leg last week.

Since the inception of the Champions League in 1992, Los Blancos have qualified for the last four of Europe’s top men’s club competition on a record 16 occasions. That’s four more than arch rivals Barcelona, who are the club with the next-highest total of semi-finals to their name.

If you include the pre-Champions League era, when the tournament was known as the European Cup, Madrid have reached 32 semi-finals. Bayern have the second-best tally of semis since the European Cup was created in 1955 - but are also well behind the Spaniards, on a distant 20.

Should Carlo Ancelotti’s men book a semi-final berth today, it will be Madrid’s fourth successive appearance at that stage of the competition.

While that would certainly rank as an impressive achievement, Los Merengues would remain only halfway to equalling their Champions League-record eight straight semis, a mark set between 2010/11 and 2017/18.

Eight-time finalists since 1992, Madrid hold the distinction of having won more Champions League semi-final ties than any other club. And, albeit it’s a stat which, in truth, also reflects the club’s consistency of performance in the tournament, Madrid’s total of eight last-four exits is a record, too.

Manchester City host Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium today, Wednesday 17 April 2024, with