Real Madrid vs Arsenal Tickets

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu has played host to countless European fixtures, and the Gunners will have to be at their very best to get a result against the kings of the Champions League.

More than 81,000 fans can fit in this footballing cathedral, and the best available Real Madrid vs Arsenal tickets can be found via SeatPick.

Real Madrid vs Arsenal History

For many years now Arsenal have been chasing a maiden European title. The Gunners came close to achieving this dream in 2006, but ultimately lost out to FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League final.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, have won this title more times than any other club. Los Blancos claimed the European Cup (precursor to the Champions League) in each of the first five editions the competition ran beginning in the 1955/56 season. Alfredo di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás were instrumental to the success of Real Madrid in the early years of this tournament.

When the European Cup rebranded to the UEFA Champions League in 1992, Real Madrid had won just one additional title since their haul of five on the bounce. The Madrid outfit hoisted the Champions League trophy thrice from 1998-2002, and another four times from 2014-18.

RMCF overcame the likes of Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Liverpool to extend the club's record tally beyond reach of any other competitor. In 2022, Real Madrid captured title no.14 with victory over Liverpool in Paris.

Arsenal went six years without Champions League football after legendary manager Arsène Wenger stepped down from the role in 2017. Finally, the 2023/24 season saw the Gunners return to the UCL arena after Mikel Arteta's team finished 2nd to Manchester City in the previous Premier League campaign.

Real Madrid vs Arsenal Stats and Mutual Connections

A number of well-regarded players have had the privilege of representing both of these fine European clubs.

• Nicolas Anelka was aged 17 when Arsenal signed him from Paris Saint-Germain in 1997. The young striker made his name at Highbury, earning a maiden cap for France and then a £23m transfer to Real Madrid.

• Former Spain winger José Antonio Reyes was part of Arsenal's 'Invincibles' team, having joined the club from Sevilla in January of that famous 2003/04 season. Reyes was loaned out to Real Madrid in 2006 before he switched to rivals Atletico Madrid the following year.

• Emmanuel Adebayor scored 62 goals in 142 appearances for Arsenal prior to becoming a Manchester City player in 2009. He was loaned out to Real Madrid for the second half of the 2010/11 season, picking up a Copa del Rey winner's medal during his stay in the Spanish capital.

• On deadline day of the 2013 summer transfer window, Arsenal surprised the football world when they enticed Mesut Özil to the club from Real Madrid, and the Germany playmaker proved an instant hit in north London. Over the course of his seven-and-a-half years at the club, he made 254 appearances and scored 44 goals and, as of the end of 2023, only two other players have provided more Premier League assists for Arsenal. The Gunners will feel that the reported £42,5m transfer fee was money well spent.

• Martin Ødegaard was 16 when he was signed by Real Madrid in January 2015, at which point he had already made his debut for the Norway national team. Deemed a prodigy, the young midfielder made his senior debut for Los Blancos at the end of that season. Ødegaard was subject to several loans away from Madrid, including to Arsenal in 2021. The Gunners opted to make his stay permanent, and Ødegaard was named club captain by Mikel Arteta ahead of the 2022/23 season, still aged just 23 at the time.

Real Madrid vs Arsenal Head-to-Head

There is a very limited on-field history between these teams, with their first meeting only coming in the last-16 of the 2005/06 Champions League season. Arsenal ran out 1-0 winners at the Bernabéu, thanks to Thierry Henry's goal soon after half-time.

Arsène Wenger's side managed to hold out for a 0-0 stalemate in the second leg at Highbury, advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals](/uefa-champions-league-quarter-finals-tickets) at the expense of the mighty Los Blancos. Arsenal, of course, would go on to progress all the way to the final that year, but lost out to Real Madrid's arch-rivals, Barcelona.

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