real madrid won champions league three times.
real madrid how many times won champions league?
three
on 25 june 2013, ancelotti became the manager of real madrid as the replacement for the departing josé mourinho, signing a three-year deal. he was introduced at a press conference at the santiago bernabéu stadium, where it was also announced that zinedine zidane and paul clement would be his assistant coaches. shortly following his arrival, real madrid confirmed the signing of isco for a fee of €24 million which was followed by the signing of asier illarramendi for €32 million. argentinean striker gonzalo higuaín left the club for €40 million to napoli. this, along with the sale of mesut özil to arsenal, paved way for new world record signing gareth bale for £86 million (€105m) from tottenham hotspur. in ancelotti's first league game in charge, on 18 august 2013, real madrid won 2–1 at home against real betis. at real madrid, ancelotti eventually deviated from the 4–2–3–1 formation which had been deployed by his predecessor, switching instead to a 4–3–3 formation to great effect, in which argentine winger ángel di maría particularly excelled as a left-sided central midfielder, and played a key role in the club's successes. on 16 april 2014, ancelotti won his first major trophy as real madrid manager after they defeated barcelona 2–1 in the copa del rey final held at the mestalla stadium. on 29 april, real madrid defeated bayern munich in the semi-finals of the champions league by an aggregate score of 5–0 (1–0 in madrid and 0–4 in munich), with "los blancos" reaching their first final since they last won the competition in 2002. on 24 may, real madrid won their tenth champions league trophy after defeating atlético madrid in the final 4–1 in extra time. he became only the second manager after liverpool's bob paisley to win the competition on three occasions and the first man to win the champions league/european cup twice as a player and three times as a manager to this day. in addition to winning the champions league, they finished third in la liga, losing the tiebreaker for second place against barcelona, and winning copa del rey.
carlo ancelotti
real madrid clinched a spot in the champions league knockout phase on 2 november when they defeated lyon away 0–2. ronaldo scored both goals to reach 100 competitive goals for real madrid in 105 matches. he beat lloris with a powerful free kick in the first half, which was real madrid's 900th goal in european competition, and a penalty kick in the second half. four days later, real madrid defeated osasuna 7–1 in their first ever noon kickoff, scheduled to cater to asian audiences. sixty million people watched the match from china as a result. prior to kickoff, ronaldo presented his 2010–11 european golden shoe award and the team supported former player antonio cassano, who recently suffered a stroke and underwent heart surgery, by wearing "forza cassano" shirts. ronaldo scored his fourth hat-trick in la liga, benzema netted two goals, and pepe and higuaín scored one each in the victory. di maría served three assists in the first half before tearing his hamstring early in the second half, and şahin made his real madrid debut as a substitute following six months of injury. real madrid defeated valencia away 2–3 on 19 november for their 11th consecutive victory, the longest in mourinho's managerial career. nicolás terol, champion of the 2011 grand prix motorcycle racing season 125cc class, ceremonially kicked off the match. benzema opened the scoring in the first half from a quickly taken alonso free kick, and sergio ramos doubled the lead from a corner in the second half. roberto soldado pulled a goal back for valencia before ronaldo avoided onrushing goalkeeper diego alves to restore a two-goal advantage. soldado scored again four minutes later, but valencia had an appeal for a handball in the penalty area turned down in stoppage time. three days later real madrid defeated dinamo zagreb 6–2 in their 1,500th official match at the santiago bernabéu to clinch top spot in their champions league group. despite resting ronaldo, iker casillas and pepe, real madrid scored four goals in the opening 20 minutes through benzema, callejón, özil and higuaín. callejón and benzema scored again after halftime before fatos bećiraj and ivan tomečak added late consolation goals. the win was also their 250th in uefa competitions. on 26 november, real madrid stretched their unbeaten streak against atlético madrid to 22 matches after a 4–1 home victory in the madrid derby. prior to kickoff, casillas was presented with a commemorative ball by florentino pérez for recently becoming the most capped spanish international of all time. atlético struck first through adrián, but shortly afterward goalkeeper thibaut courtois was sent off while conceding a penalty, converted by ronaldo. di maría finished a low cross from ronaldo early in the second half, and then higuaín extended the lead by capitalizing on a defensive error from diego godín. godín was later sent off for denying higuaín a clear goalscoring opportunity in the box and ronaldo converted another penalty. the victory coupled with barcelona's loss at gefate boosted real madrid's lead in la liga to six points. real madrid were again recognized by iffhs as "the world's club team of the month" after completing november with all victories.
2011–12 real madrid cf season