Nickname
Los Blancos (The Whites)
Stadium
Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (85,454 capacity)
Manager
Zinedine Zidane
Captain
Sergio Ramos
Route to semi-finals
Real stormed Group A, finishing top of the table with an impressive record of five wins and one draws from their six games.
Italian side Roma were next up in the Round of 16 and they were seen off easily with a 4-0 aggregate win.
There was a scare for Zidane’s side in the first leg of their quarter final against Wolfsburg as they German side picked up a 2-0 victory before a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick in the second leg sent them through to the semi-finals.
Top goalscorer
Cristiano Ronaldo (16)
Best performance
Winners (1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2013/14)
Previous meetings
Two, 2012/13 Champions League group stage. Real won 3-2 in the Bernabeu with the return fixture ending 1-1.
City links
Manuel Pellegrini managed Real in the 2009/10 season. Steve McManaman, Nicolas Anelka and Robinho are three players who have played for both clubs.
Did you know?
In Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid have the all-time top goalscorer in the competition with 94 goals in 129 appearances.
