Real Madrid win the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League: Meet the champions
Saturday, June 1, 2024
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Analysis, key players, facts and stats: all you need to know about 2023/24 UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid have fought off all the competition to win the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League after beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final at Wembley Stadium on 1 June.
UEFA.com profiles the champions.
Real Madrid (ESP)
UEFA coefficient ranking: 3
Best European Cup performance: Winners (1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2021/22, 2023/24)
Last season: Semi-finals (L1-5agg vs Man City)
This season
Group C: W6 D0 L0 F16 A7 (winners)
Round of 16: 2-1agg vs Leipzig
Quarter-finals: 4-4agg (4-3pens) vs Man City
Semi-finals: 4-3agg vs Bayern
Final: 2-0 vs Dortmund
Top Fantasy Football points scorer: Jude Bellingham (65)
Most minutes played
1,068 Federico Valverde
1,039 Antonio Rüdiger
1,021 Rodrygo
Most goals
6 Vinícius Júnior
5 Rodrygo
5 Joselu
Most assists
5 Jude Bellingham
5 Vinícius Júnior
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti
The man who led Madrid to La Décima in 2014 came back for a second spell in charge in summer 2021 and rewrote the history books by becoming the first coach to win the European Cup/Champions League four times – a record he has now extended to five. He also guided Madrid to the Liga title in 2021/22, making him the first coach to win championships in Italy, England, France, Germany and Spain.
Key player: Jude Bellingham
The England international's move to Madrid was one of the most eye-catching of last summer, and after inheriting Zinédine Zidane's iconic No5 shirt, big things were expected of one of European football's most talented midfielders at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Even while, by his own admission, coping with difficult shoulder and ankle problems, the young Englishman has continued to astonish with his goals, assists, will to win and thunderous love affair with the Madrid supporters.
Did you know?
Real Madrid played in their 18th European Cup/Champions League final – seven more than any other team (Bayern and Milan have each reached 11).