real madrid has won the champions league 12 times.
real madrid has won the champions league 12 times.
how many times have real madrid won the champions league?
12 times
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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.
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