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Barcelona 0-0 Real Madrid – November 23rd 2002
This was the Clasico that made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Luis Figo was returning to the Nou Camp for the second time as a Real Madrid player since his controversial £37million switch to the Galacticos.
Every time Figo became in range of the Barcelona supporters they took aim with beer cans, lighters, bottles and coins.
The Portuguese winger insisted on taking throw-ins and corners and, in the 72nd minute, a pig’s head was thrown at Figo resulting in a 12-minute delay to play.
Real Madrid 4-1 Barcelona – May 7th 2008
Los Blancos had already been crowned La Liga champions meaning the Barcelona players had to form a painful guard of honour.
This was something that Xavi later described as the most humiliating experience of his life.
Bernd Schuster’s side showed exactly why they had beat their rivals to the title as they thumped Barcelona thanks to goals from Raul, Arjen Robben, Gonzalo Higuain and Ruud van Nistelrooy to end the season on a high.
Real Madrid 4-2 Barcelona – April 10th 2005
After enduring a turbulent spell, Real Madrid showed the watching world what they were capable of in a great advert for Spanish football.
Zinedine Zidane, Raul, Ronaldo and Michael Owen were all on target for Los Blancos, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto’o were the scorers for the visitors.
The Madrid fans really enjoyed the occasion, screaming ‘Ole!’ every time the players completed a pass in the closing stages of the game.
Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid – November 29th 2010
Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona put on a masterclass to humiliate Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid as they went top of the La Liga table.
The Portuguese manager had been appointed by Florentino Perez to put an end to Barca’s dominance.
Early goals from Xavi and Pedro got the ball rolling before David Villa fired in two more goals in the second half.
Young starlet Jeffren completed the rout in stoppage time before Sergio Ramos was sent-off in the dying embers on a night that will haunt Los Blancos forever.
Real Madrid 5-0 Barcelona – January 7th 1995
Jorge Valdano’s Real Madrid got their own back on Barcelona with an emphatic victory almost a year after being embarrassed by the same scoreline in Catalonia the previous season.
Chile striker Ivan Zamorano hit a first-half hat-trick before the man who would later play for and manage the opposition – Luis Enrique – added another.
Jose Amavisca completed the scoring and Los Blancos went on to win La Liga for the first time in five years as Johan Cruyff’s side finished 4th.
Real Madrid 0-3 Barcelona – November 19th 2005
Ronaldinho received a standing ovation at the Santiago Bernabeu as he inspired Frank Rijkaard’s team to a comfortable victory in Madrid.
Eto’o had given the visitors the lead before the magical Brazilian took the game into his own hands.
Ronaldinho evaded several challenges before firing past the helpless Iker Casillas, a magnificent goal that wasn’t even his best of the evening.
In the 77th minute he showed exceptional pace and balance to beat Michel Salgado and finish.
The home crowd stood up to applaud the World Player of the Year as a mark of admiration, very rare for a player representing their most bitter rivals.
Real Madrid 2-6 Barcelona – May 2nd 2009
The Catalan giants extended their lead at the top of La Liga to seven points with a demolition job which piled more misery on Juande Ramos.
The hosts led through Gonzalo Higuain before Pep Guardiola’s men ran riot on course to their first La Liga title since 2006.
Braces from Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi plus goals from Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique sealed the win.
Barcelona 5-5 Real Madrid – January 10th 1943
During a season where Athletic Bilbao stole the show, Real Madrid and Barcelona contested one of the greatest Clasicos of all-time at their old ground, the Camp de Les Corts.
Barcelona were plain sailing at the interval, leading 4-2, with the season’s eventual top-scorer Mariano Martin firing a brace.
Los Blancos pegged them back though, and Manuel Alday Marticorena also found the net twice as Real Madrid turned on the style second-half to claw the game back and draw 5-5.
Barcelona 3-3 Real Madrid – March 10th 2007
Lionel Messi is the all-time top-scorer in El Clasico, netting 24 times and this was the game where the Argentine announced himself to the world of football.
Messi was only 19 yet was still brave enough to shoulder the Barcelona goal-scoring burden as he refused to let his side be beaten.
The forward scored twice to cancel out goals from Van Nistelrooy before snatching a point minutes from time after Ramos thought he’d won it for the visitors.
Real Madrid 3-4 Barcelona – March 23rd 2014
Messi took matters into his own hands yet again as Barcelona came from behind to snatch a vital victory in a relentless Clasico in the capital.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side looked on course to get one over on their rivals, leading thanks to goals from Karim Benzema (2) and Cristiano Ronaldo.
After Ramos saw red, Messi and Barcelona turned things around and won it thanks to a late penalty from the Argentine, to seal his hat-trick and the three points.
Real Madrid 2-3 Barcelona – April 23rd 2017
This was a similar story to 2014, as Barcelona left it late yet again against 10-man Real Madrid, in a win that set up a grand stand finish to the title race.
Real Madrid forced their way back into the game as James Rodriguez equalised five minutes from time, to save a point for Zidane’s side, but it wasn’t over yet.
Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal, to send them top of the table with an injury time winner that stunned the Bernabeu.
After scoring the goal, Messi took his shirt off, turning it round to the home fans, to create one of the most iconic Clasico moments in history.
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