In 2014, Real Madrid's history was changed when Carlo Ancelotti led the team to La Decima, their 10th Champions League trophy after going without one for 12 years.
It marked the beginning of a magnificent cycle that is still in full power eight years later.
Real Madrid are aiming to win their fifth European Super Cup and the 17th final in Helsinki against Eintracht Frankfurt since Gareth Bale's goal against Barcelona in the 2014 Copa del Rey final.
During that period, only Atletico Madrid has been able to defeat Los Blancos in a final game. They did it first in the 2014 Spanish Super Cup and repeated it in the 2018 European Super Cup.
Luis Aragones once stated that finals are not played, they are won. Over the past ten years, Real Madrid seem to have become obsessed with this mantra.
| LA LIGA | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | |||
| POS | TEAM | M | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 34 | 58 | 79 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 34 | 36 | 75 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 34 | 29 | 67 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 34 | 24 | 61 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 34 | 13 | 58 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 34 | 10 | 57 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 35 | -5 | 47 |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 34 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 34 | -8 | 44 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 34 | -8 | 44 |
| 11 | Real Sociedad | 34 | -5 | 43 |
| 12 | Valencia | 34 | -11 | 42 |
| 13 | Getafe | 34 | 0 | 39 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 34 | -8 | 39 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 34 | -9 | 38 |
| 16 | Girona | 34 | -11 | 38 |
| 17 | Alaves | 34 | -11 | 35 |
| 18 | Las Palmas | 35 | -17 | 32 |
| 19 | Leganes | 34 | -19 | 31 |
| 20 | Valladolid | 34 | -58 | 16 |
| POS | TEAM | M | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 8 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 8 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Inter | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Lille | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Atalanta | 8 | 14 | 15 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Madrid | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 12 | Bayern München | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 | AC Milan | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 15 | Paris Saint Germain | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 16 | Benfica | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| 17 | Monaco | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | Stade Brestois 29 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Feyenoord | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Juventus | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 21 | Celtic | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 22 | Manchester City | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| 23 | Sporting CP | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 24 | Club Brugge KV | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 25 | Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 26 | VfB Stuttgart | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 28 | Bologna | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 29 | FK Crvena Zvezda | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 30 | Sturm Graz | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 31 | Sparta Praha | 8 | -14 | 4 |
| 32 | RB Leipzig | 8 | -7 | 3 |
| 33 | Girona | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | -22 | 3 |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 8 | -20 | 0 |
| 36 | BSC Young Boys | 8 | -21 | 0 |
| LA LIGA | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | |
| R. Lewandowski | 25 Goals | Barcelona |
| Kylian Mbappé | 24 Goals | Real Madrid |
| A. Budimir | 18 Goals | Osasuna |
| Ayoze Pérez | 16 Goals | Villarreal |
| Raphinha | 16 Goals | Barcelona |
| Raphinha | 13 Goals | Barcelona |
| S. Guirassy | 13 Goals | Borussia Dortmund |
| R. Lewandowski | 11 Goals | Barcelona |
| H. Kane | 11 Goals | Bayern München |
| Lautaro Martínez | 9 Goals | Inter |
