Newly-crowned German champions Bayern Munich will face Spanish giants Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Bayern, who lost last season’s final on their own ground to Chelsea, will bid to make their second consecutive final at Wembley on May 25 but they must first defeat Barca, who will make a record sixth successive semi-final appearance.

Real Madrid, who are semi-finalists for a record 24th time and in the final four for the third successive season, will face Borussia Dortmund and have the advantage of playing the second leg of their semi-final at home.

The draw at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon yesterday kept the two German and two Spanish sides apart, meaning there will not be a repeat of three seasons ago when La Liga rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid met in the semi-finals.

However, even though Real have avoided an El Clasico showdown in the final four, they will instead face a determined Dortmund side who they failed to beat during this season’s group stages.

Dortmund, who have made the semi-finals for the first time in 15 years, are the only unbeaten side left in the competition, which includes a Group D 2-1 home win against Real before they drew 2-2 in the reverse fixture in Spain.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge admits he is relishing a tough test against a side he holds in such high regard.

“Barcelona are the benchmark for me in Europe,” Rummenigge said.

“We played them in 2009 and received a real thumping. I remember that game well and I don’t really like to think about it, because it was quite painful to watch. However, it’s a wonderful opportunity to show that we have improved a lot since then.”

Meanwhile, Dortmund general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke was pleased to have drawn a Spanish opponent and avoid an all-Bundesliga tie.

“We are happy with this draw – not because we think it’s an easy one, but because the Champions League is an international competition and we wanted an international game rather than a national tie against Bayern,” Watzke said.

Real manager Jose Mourinho, who has guided the Spanish side to their third successive semi-final, has matched Man. United boss Alex Ferguson’s record of seven appearances in the last four of the European Cup.

The Portuguese coach has also reached this stage with Porto, Inter and Chelsea.

Chelsea vs Basel

Chelsea will face Basel in the semi-finals of the Europa League as they bid to win their second successive European title.

Fenerbahce, who beat Lazio 3-1 on aggregate to progress to the final four having lost their two previous European quarter-finals, will play Benfica in the other semi-final.

Basle, who needed penalties to overcome Tottenham, will face a Blues side who secured their path to the final four with a 5-4 aggregate win over Russian side Rubin Kazan.

Chelsea club secretary David Barnard admitted Basle was the side the club wanted to draw in the semi-finals.

He said: “I think we would have hoped for Basle, but then Basle have just put out Tottenham and were responsible for Manchester United not getting through the group stage which is a tough one.

“Credit must go to Rafa (Benitez) because of the way he has handled it and got Chelsea to the semi-finals.”

The only other time Chelsea have played a Swiss club in a two-legged tie it ended in defeat, as they surrendered a 1-0 lead over St Gallen in the 2000-01 UEFA Cup first round, losing 2-0 in Zurich.

The draws

Champions League

B. Dortmund vs R. Madrid
Ties: April 24 and 30.
B. Munich vs Barcelona
Ties: April 23 and May 1.

Europa League

Fenerbahce vs Benfica
Basel vs Chelsea
Ties: April 25 and May 2