UEFA Champions League 2022 Final: Real Madrid defeated these teams to record 13 UCL trophies

The Spanish League giants Real Madrid have yet again landed themselves in the UEFA Champions League final where they will slug it out with Liverpool on May 29. Coming from a dominant LaLiga triumph, the Marcelo & Benzema-led side is no strangers to the big stage and will be confident of adding another trophy to their cabinet.

The UEFA Champions League 2021-22 summit clash will be Real Madrid's 17th appearance in the tournament which includes European Cup runs with Madrid making and winning the first five finals in tournament history. 

The Spanish club has reached the Champions League final more times than any other team with AC Milan and Bayern Munich the next best with 11 finals appearances.  Real Madrid's longest absence without making the European final was a 16-season gap between 1982 and 1997. 

Real Madrid's record in Champions League finals is impressive with the club winning 13 out of 16 matches to date.  They've in fact won their past seven finals in the competition with their last loss in the decider dating to back to 1980-81. 

Their opponent that day was none other than Liverpool, who they'll face in this season's final.  Real Madrid's most recent Champions League final was also against the Reds with the Spaniards triumphing 3-1 back in 2018. 

Let's have a look at the list of teams who Real Madrid defeated in their previous Champions League outings:

Year Winners Score Opponents, Stadium, Nation

1955–56, Real Madrid 4–3 Reims, Parc des Princes, Paris, France

1956–57, Real Madrid 2–0 Fiorentina, Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain

1957–58, Real Madrid 3–2 Milan, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium

1958–59, Real Madrid 2–0 Reims, Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany

1959–60, Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt, Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

1965–66, Real Madrid 2–1 Partizan, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium

1997–98, Real Madrid 1–0 Juventus, Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1999–2000, Real Madrid 3–0 Valencia, Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France

2001–02, Real Madrid 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen, Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

2013–14 Real Madrid 4–1 Atlético Madrid, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal

2015–16 Real Madrid 1–1* [k] Atletico Madrid, San Siro, Milan, Italy

2016–17 Real Madrid 4–1 Juventus, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales

2017–18 Real Madrid 3–1 Liverpool, NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine