Barcelona and Real Madrid’s rivalry—El Clásico—isn’t conscionable nan astir celebrated derby successful world football, it’s a conflict of identities.
Monarchy versus independence, wealthiness versus struggle (though that aged adage feels little crisp these days), nan mightiness of Spain’s superior against nan pridefulness of Catalonia.
For generations, this rivalry has captivated audiences crossed nan world. And successful nan 21st century, their meetings person felt much aggravated than ever—fiery, melodramatic and often decisive successful shaping not only La Liga, but different awesome honors successful Spain and Europe.
But who usually comes retired connected top? Over nan decades, momentum has swung backmost and forth, yet connected derby day, shape truthful often seems irrelevant. The equilibrium of wins and losses crossed 200-plus encounters remains razor-thin.
Here, we revisit nan past 10 Clásico showdowns, looking astatine who prevailed—and nan heroes who made nan difference.
Barca can't extremity beating Madrid astatine nan moment. / Getty/Alex Caparros
The astir caller conflict betwixt Spanish football’s 2 colossi was a genuine all-timer.
Real Madrid roared into an early two-goal lead courtesy of a Kylian Mbappé brace, but Barça soon snapped retired of their slumber—and into overdrive. By halftime, they had fired successful 4 goals of their own: 1 each from Eric García and teenage sensation Lamine Yamal, positive a brace from Raphinha.
Mbappé completed his hat-trick midway done nan 2nd half to group up a tense finale, but nan scoreline held firm. Barça held connected for a celebrated 4–3 triumph astatine nan Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys – their impermanent location while Camp Nou was undergoing renovation.
Not only was it Barça’s 4th consecutive Clásico win, nan consequence each but sealed nan La Liga title. To make matters worse for Los Blancos, Mbappe became nan first subordinate ever to people a Clásico hat-trick and still decorativeness connected nan losing side—a bitter twist of history.
Barcelona 3–2 Real Madrid (AET) (April 26, 2025)
Jules Kounde collapsed Madrid hearts successful April 2025. / Getty/Fran Santiago
Prior to 2024–25, nan past clip Barcelona and Real Madrid met successful a Copa del Rey last was backmost successful 2013–14. On that occasion, Madrid edged it 2–1. Just complete a decade later, though, Barça yet had their revenge.
The Catalans went into halftime up acknowledgment to a well-taken Pedri strike, but Madrid deed backmost aft nan break. Within 7 minutes, nan crippled was turned connected its head: Kylian Mbappé equalised successful nan 70th minute, earlier Aurélien Tchouaméni fired Los Blancos successful beforehand successful nan 77th.
But Barça weren’t done. Just different 7 minutes later, Ferran Torres levelled to unit other time—setting nan shape for precocious drama. In nan 116th minute, Jules Kounde past roseate to nan occasion, netting a melodramatic victor that sealed Barça’s 32nd Copa del Rey crown and stretched Madrid’s drought successful nan title to 11 years.
Real Madrid must dislike nan show of Raphinha these days. / Getty/Yasser Bakhsh
The 2 Clásico rivals met for nan 3rd consecutive twelvemonth successful nan Spanish Super Cup final, aft Real Madrid brushed past Mallorca and Barcelona edged retired Athletic Club successful nan semifinals.
In each of nan erstwhile 2 seasons, nan Super Cup victor had gone connected to declare nan La Liga crown aft dismantling their fiercest rival—and 2025 proved nary different.
Mbappé gave Madrid an early lead, but Hansi Flick’s men soon turned nan tide successful devastating fashion. By halftime, Barca were 4–1 up, ruthlessly exploiting Los Blancos’ shaky protect shape. Raphinha added his second—and Barca’s fifth—shortly aft nan restart, and only a reddish paper for Wojciech Szczęsny concisely threatened to tilt nan title backmost successful Madrid’s favor.
Rodrygo pulled 1 backmost for nan reigning La Liga champions, but nan comeback fizzled out. The last half-hour produced nary further goals, and Barcelona strolled to their first silverware of nan 2024–25 campaign—before, arsenic caller history dictated, going connected to lift nan La Liga title later that year.
Real Madrid 0–4 Barcelona (Oct. 26, 2024)
Lewandowski and Yamal are a lucifer made successful heaven. / Getty/Alvaro Medranda
El Clásico surely isn’t awkward of stunning results, and Flick’s Barcelona sent retired a awesome connection during nan German’s maiden front successful nan fixture.
It was Madrid who made nan biggest summertime summation by acquiring Mbappé, but Los Blancos’ ultimate individuals succumbed to nan mightiness of Barca’s La Masia-infused corporate cohesion.
Flick’s broadside ran riot successful nan 2nd half pinch a rejuvenated Robert Lewandowski netting a brace earlier teenage sensation Lamine Yamal added a 3rd pinch his weaker correct ft and nan red-hot Raphinha completed nan thumping connected force territory pinch a tiny decorativeness complete Andriy Lunin.
Bellingham loves playing against Barca. / Getty/Oscar del Pozo
Real Madrid had agelong looked destined for nan 2023–24 La Liga title by nan clip nan 2nd Clásico of nan play rolled around. Los Blancos were each but confirmed champions by nan last whistle of Barcelona’s travel to nan Santiago Bernabéu successful April.
It was a blockbuster gathering nether nan lights and it was nan 2023–24 La Liga Player of nan Season that provided nan defining moment.
Andreas Christensen’s sixth-minute header was swiftly canceled retired by a Vinicius Junior penalty, but Fermín López reinstalled Barca’s lead pinch 20 minutes to play successful nan 2nd half. That advantage lasted conscionable 4 minutes, however, pinch Lucas Vázquez scoring successful his 16th gathering pinch La Blaugrana successful Madrid white.
If 1 man was going to determine nan lucifer past it was going to beryllium nan unstoppable Bellingham, and that he did successful stoppage time. The attacking midfielder side-footed location astatine nan acold station to unafraid bragging authorities and an 11-point La Liga lead for Madrid.
Real Madrid 4–1 Barcelona (Jan. 14, 2024)
The 2024 Supercopa de España was held successful Saudi Arabia, for immoderate reason. / Getty/Yasser Bakhsh
The Spanish Super Cup last truthful routinely boils down to different Clásico connected nan calendar. Barcelona triumphed successful 2022–23 but Real Madrid would get their saccharine revenge successful nan pursuing year, hammering nan Catalan nine during nan showpiece arena successful Saudi Arabia.
It took conscionable 10 minutes for Real to put Barça to nan beard pinch quick-fire strikes from Vinicius aft immoderate unimpressive defending from a broadside nether nan stewardship of Xavi Hernández. Lewandowski’s cracker pulled 1 backmost midway done nan first half, but Vinicius completed a singular hat-trick conscionable six minutes earlier half-time.
Things went from bad to worse for Barcelona arsenic Rodrygo netted 20 minutes into nan 2nd half and Ronald Araujo saw red, pinch Real celebrating a 13th Super Cup triumph—closing successful connected Barcelona’s grounds of 14 titles.
Jude Bellingham surely enjoyed his first La Liga El Clasico. / Getty/Lluis Gene
Barcelona’s defence of their La Liga title took a large deed conscionable 2 months into nan 2023–24 season, falling to an agonizing precocious conclusion astatine location to Madrid successful nan first Clásico of nan campaign.
Ilkay Gündogan bagged his first extremity for nan Catalan broadside aft conscionable six minutes, but things unraveled successful nan 2nd half.
Up stepped summertime signing Bellingham to proceed his unbelievable commencement to nan season, pinch nan Englishman firing successful an absolute screamer from scope to bring nan scores level successful nan 64th minute. The erstwhile Borussia Dortmund man wasn’t vanished there, volleying location successful nan 2nd infinitesimal of stoppage clip to bargain each 3 points for nan visitors. As his disbelieving teammates yelled “again, again” down him, Bellingham nodded his caput successful celebrated and mouthed nan word, “yes.”
Barcelona 0–4 Real Madrid (April 5, 2023)
Karim Benzema stole nan El Clasico show successful April 2023. / Getty/AFP
The 2nd limb of nan Copa del Rey semifinal betwixt these sides successful 2022–23 was arsenic one-sided as Clásicos come, pinch Madrid overturning a one-goal shortage from nan first limb pinch an emphatic 4–0 triumph complete Barcelona astatine Camp Nou.
A swift breakaway caught nan Catalans acold successful first-half stoppage clip arsenic Vinicius prodded home, but nan 2nd half was nan Karim Benzema show pursuing a well-taken hat-trick. The Frenchman fired an meticulous decorativeness location from 20 yards soon aft nan restart, pinch a punishment and a neat lifted effort securing nan lucifer shot for nan Ballon d’Or winner. Benzema became nan first European subordinate to people a Clásico hat-trick since England’s Gary Lineker 36 years earlier.
Madrid went connected to assistance nan trophy pursuing a 2–1 triumph complete Osasuna successful nan last a period later.
Franck Kessié was nan leader for Barca against Madrid successful mid-March of 2019. / Getty/Alex Caparros
Barcelona whitethorn person gone connected to suffer Copa del Rey heartbreak successful 2022–23, but they had managed a important triumph en way to nan Spanish convention title against Madrid respective weeks prior.
It was a triumph that moved them 12 points clear astatine nan apical of nan table, pinch Xavi’s men each but securing another La Liga crown pinch their precocious heroics astatine Camp Nou.
Araujo’s early ain extremity put nan hosts connected nan backmost foot, but Barcelona stalwart Sergi Roberto equalized connected nan changeable of halftime. It looked arsenic if nan spoils would beryllium shared successful Catalonia, but a stoppage-time Franck Kessié punishment secured each 3 points for nan eventual La Liga champions.
Real Madrid 0–1 Barcelona (March 2, 2023)
Éder Militão ended up connected nan incorrect broadside of El Clásico successful March 2023. / Getty/AFP
Barcelona whitethorn person gone connected to fluff their lines successful nan 2nd limb of nan 2023 Copa del Rey semifinal, but they had made a promising commencement to nan necktie astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu. It was a constrictive triumph but a triumph nevertheless for nan Catalan side.
A fortuitous extremity gave Barcelona their triumph aft a Kessié changeable was saved by Thibaut Courtois and deflected backmost disconnected Éder Militão connected its measurement into nan net. In nan end, it mattered small fixed Barcelona’s second-leg capitulation.
May 11, 2025 | Barcelona 4–3 Real Madrid | La Liga |
April 26, 2025 | Barcelona 3–2 Real Madrid (AET) | Copa del Rey Final |
Jan. 12, 2025 | Real Madrid 2–5 Barcelona | Spanish Super Cup Final |
Oct. 26, 2024 | Real Madrid 0–4 Barcelona | La Liga |
April 21, 2024 | Real Madrid 3–2 Barcelona | La Liga |
Jan. 14, 2024 | Real Madrid 4–1 Barcelona | Spanish Super Cup Final |
Oct. 28, 2023 | Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid | La Liga |
April 5, 2023 | Barcelona 0–4 Real Madrid | Copa del Rey Semifinal Second Leg |
March 19, 2023 | Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid | La Liga |
March 2, 2023 | Real Madrid 0–1 Barcelona | Copa del Rey Semifinal First Leg |
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