Carlo Ancelotti Makes Real Madrid History With Victory Over Chelsea
Carlo Ancelotti made Real Madrid history on Wednesday with a 2-0 Champions League victory over Chelsea, meaning he has won more games in the competition than any other in the club’s history.
The quarter-final first leg at the Bernabeu, sealed by goals in either half from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio, was Ancelotti’s 35th Champions League win in charge of Los Blancos.
That now puts the Italian one ahead of Vicente del Bosque, whose record of 34 Ancelotti had equalled in the previous round when Real beat Liverpool 1-0 at the Bernabeu.
Ancelotti’s 35 Champions League wins with Real have come over two successful spells at the club, the first resulting in the elusive Decima in 2014 and the second yielding last season’s continental triumph – Real’s 14th European title in total.
Between his first and second spells at the club, there were six years in which Ancelotti took jobs at Bayern Munich, Napoli and Everton. He left the latter in 2021 when Real offered him his old job back.
Del Bosque similarly won two Champions League titles with Real, doing so in 2000 and 2002. The Spaniard, who later guided Spain to World Cup and European Championship glory, was in charge for four years from 1999 until 2003, but had been at the Bernabeu for most of his life until that departure after 17 years as a player and many more as a youth and reserve coach.
Ancelotti was already a two-time Champions League winning coach before he arrived in Madrid for the first time in 2013, having twice steered AC Milan to victory – in 2003 and 2007.
Real Madrid’s 35 Champions League wins under Carlo Ancelotti
Galatasaray 1-6 Real Madrid, 17 September 2013 – group stage
Real Madrid 4-0 Copenhagen, 2 October 2013 – group stage
Real Madrid 2-1 Juventus, 23 October 2023 – group stage
Real Madrid 4-1 Galatasaray, 27 November 2013 – group stage
Copenhagen 0-2 Real Madrid, 10 December 2013 – group stage
Schalke 1-6 Real Madrid, 26 February 2014 – last 16
Real Madrid 3-1 Schalke, 18 March 2014 – last 16
Real Madrid 3-0 Borussia Dortmund, 2 April 2014 – quarter-final
Real Madrid 1-0 Bayern Munich, 23 April 2014 – semi-final
Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid, 29 April 2014 – semi-final
Real Madrid 4-1 Atletico Madrid (aet), 24 May 2014 – final
Real Madrid 5-1 Basel, 16 September 2014 – group stage
Luogorets Razgrad 1-2 Real Madrid, 1 October 2014 – group stage
Liverpool 0-3 Real Madrid, 22 October 2014 – group stage
Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool, 4 November 2014 – group stage
Basel 0-1 Real Madrid, 26 November 2014 – group stage
Real Madrid 4-0 Ludogorets Razgrad, 9 December 2014 – group stage
Schalke 0-2 Real Madrid, 18 February 2015 – last 16
Real Madrid 1-0 Atletico Madrid, 22 April 2015 – quarter-final
Inter 0-1 Real Madrid, 15 September 2021 – group stage
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-5 Real Madrid, 19 October 2021 – group stage
Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk, 3 November 2021 – group stage
Sheriff Tiraspol 0-3 Real Madrid, 24 November 2021 – group stage
Real Madrid 2-0 Inter, 7 December 2021 – group stage
Real Madrid 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain, 9 March 2022 – last 16
Chelsea 1-3 Real Madrid, 6 April 2022 – quarter-final
Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City (aet), 4 May 2022 – semi-final
Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid, 28 May 2022 – final
Celtic 0-3 Real Madrid, 6 September 2022 – group stage
Real Madrid 2-0 RB Leipzig, 14 September 2022 – group stage
Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk, 5 October 2022 – group stage
Real Madrid 5-1 Celtic, 2 November 2022 – group stage
Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool, 15 March 2023 – last 16
Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea, 12 April 2023 – quarter-final
