What is Real Madrid’s biggest loss of all time
FT Desk
- 11 Feb 2022 16:42 CST
- 3 min read
Real Madrid are the most successful club in the history of football, but that doesn’t mean the Spanish giants haven’t been turned over every once in a while and thumped by an unsuspecting opponent.
Indeed, like all clubs in European football, Los Blancos and their success on the pitch has risen and fallen through the years.
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Despite winning the European Cup a record 13 times as well as 34 Spanish league titles, the capital side have also had some pretty terrible campaigns and results to boot.
As such, Madrid have recorded some rather nasty defeats over the decades and we’ve catalogued the very worst ones below.
What is Real Madrid’s biggest ever defeat in history?
Real Madrid’s biggest ever defeat in the club’s history came back in 1930, when Catalan side Espanyol overcame their capital rivals by a truly remarkable margin.
Espanyol 8-1 Real Madrid (La Liga, 5 March 1930)
What is Real Madrid’s biggest ever home defeat in history?
Real Madrid 0-6 Athletic Bilbao (La Liga, 18 January 1931)
What is Real Madrid’s biggest ever away defeat in history?
Espanyol 8-1 Real Madrid (La Liga, 5 March 1930)
What is Real Madrid’s biggest ever La Liga defeat in history?
Espanyol 8-1 Real Madrid (La Liga, 5 March 1930)
What is Real Madrid’s biggest ever European defeat in history?
Milan 5-0 Real Madrid (European Cup, 19 April 1989)
What is Real Madrid’s biggest ever Champions League defeat in history?
Los Blancos’ biggest ever defeat in the Champions League format of the European Cup came in 2009 when Rafa Benitez’s side truly humbled the Spanish giants at Anfield with goals from Fernando Torres, Andrea Dossena and a brace from Steven Gerrard.
Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid (Champions League, 10 March 2009)
