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Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈkluβ aˈtletiko ðe maˈðɾið ] ; meaning “ acrobatic Club of Madrid ” ), normally referred to as Atlético Madrid in English or just as Atlético or Atleti, is a spanish professional football club based in Madrid, that play in La Liga. The golf club play their base games at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, which has a capacity of 68,456. [ 3 ]

In terms of league titles won, Atlético Madrid are the third base most successful clubhouse in spanish football – behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. Atlético have won La Liga on eleven occasions, including a league and cup duplicate in 1996 ; the Copa del Rey on ten occasions ; two Supercopas de España, one Copa Presidente FEF and one Copa Eva Duarte ; in Europe, they won the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1962, were runner-up in 1963 and 1986, were UEFA Champions League runner-up in 1974, 2014 and 2016, [ 8 ] won the Europa League in 2010, 2012 and 2018, and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010, 2012 and 2018 equally well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup. Atlético ‘s family kit is red and white vertical denude shirts, blue sky shorts, and blue sky and bolshevik socks. This combination has been used since 1911. Throughout their history the golf club has been known by a number of nicknames, including Los Colchoneros ( “ The mattress Makers ” ), due to their first team stripes being the same discolor as traditional mattresses. During the 1970s, they became known as Los Indios, which some attribute to the cabaret ‘s sign several south american players after the restrictions on signing foreign players were lifted. however, there are a number of alternative theories which claim they were named so because their stadium was “ camp ” on the river bank, or because Los Indios ( The Indians ) were the traditional enemy of Los Blancos ( The Whites ), which is the dub of the club ‘s city rivals, Real Madrid. [ 9 ] Felipe VI, the king of Spain, has been the honorary president of the united states of the club since 2003. The cabaret co-owned the indian Super League ( ISL ) franchise in Kolkata, once named Atlético de Kolkata, which won the contest twice, but in 2017 Atlético decided to end its franchise partnership with the ISL club due to break commitments. [ 10 ] Atlético besides co-owns Liga MX club Atlético San Luis, and the Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa. [ 11 ]

history [edit ]

basis and beginning years ( 1903–1939 ) [edit ]

Enrique Allende, first President of the club after its administration in 1903 The clubhouse was founded on 26 April 1903 [ 12 ] as Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid by three Basque students living in Madrid. These founders saw the newfangled club as a young person outgrowth of their childhood team, Athletic Bilbao [ 12 ] who they had equitable seen win the 1903 Copa del Rey Final in the city. In 1904, they were joined by dissenter members of real Madrid. [ 13 ] The slope began playing in blue and flannel halve shirts, the then colors of Athletic Bilbao, but by 1911, both the Bilbao and Madrid teams were playing in their current colours of red and white stripes. Some believe the variety came about because red and white plunder tops were the cheapest to make, as the same combination was used to make check for mattresses, and the fresh fabric was easily converted into football shirts. This contributed to the cabaret ‘s nickname, Los Colchoneros .
An athletic Madrid lineup of 1911 in their raw crimson and white kit however, another explanation is that both Athletic Bilbao and Athletic Madrid used to buy Blackburn Rovers ‘ blue and white kits [ 14 ] in England. [ 15 ] In late 1909, Juanito Elorduy, a erstwhile actor and member of the board of Athletic Madrid, went to England to buy kits for both teams but failed to find Blackburn kits to purchase ; he rather bought the bolshevik and whiten shirts of Southampton ( the club from the port city which was his boarding point back to Spain ). [ 16 ] Athletic Madrid adopted the bolshevik and white shirt, leading to them being known as Los Rojiblancos, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] but opted to keep their existing blue shorts whereas the Bilbao team switched to new blacken shorts. [ 19 ] Athletic Bilbao won the 1911 Copa del Rey Final using respective ‘borrowed ‘ players from Athletic Madrid, including Manolón [ es ] who scored one of their goals. [ 20 ] Athletic ‘s first grate, the Ronda de Vallecas, was in the eponymous propertyless area on the south side of the city. In 1919, the Compañía Urbanizadora Metropolitana—the company that ran the belowground communication system in Madrid—acquired some nation, near the Ciudad Universitaria. In 1921, Athletic Madrid became independent of parent-club Athletic Bilbao and moved into a 35,800-seater stadium built by the company, the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid. [ 21 ] The Metropolitano was used until 1966, when they moved to the new Estadio Vicente Calderón. [ 22 ] After the motion, the Metropolitano was demolished and was replaced with university buildings and an function block belong to the company ENUSA. During the 1920s, Athletic won the Campeonato del Centro three times and were Copa del Rey runner-up in 1921, where they faced parent club Athletic Bilbao, as they would again in 1926. Based on these successes, in 1928 they were invited to join the Primera División of the inaugural address La Liga played the watch class. During their introduction La Liga campaign, the baseball club were managed by Fred Pentland, but after two seasons they were relegated to Segunda División. They briefly returned to La Liga in 1934 but were relegated again in 1936 after Josep Samitier took over in mid-season from Pentland. The spanish Civil War gave Los Colchoneros a reprieve, as real Oviedo was unable to play due to the destruction of their stadium during the bombings. therefore, both La Liga and Athletic ‘s relegation were postponed, the latter by winning a playoff against Osasuna, champion of the Segunda División tournament .

acrobatic Aviación de Madrid ( 1939–1947 ) [edit ]

By 1939, when La Liga had resumed, Athletic had merged with Aviación Nacional of Zaragoza to become Athletic Aviación de Madrid. Aviación Nacional had been founded in 1939 by members of the Spanish Air Force. They had been promised a place in the Primera División for the 1939–40 season, only to be denied by the RFEF. As a compromise, this club merged with Athletic, whose team had lost eight players during the Civil War. The team were awarded a place in the 1939–40 La Liga campaign alone as a surrogate for very Oviedo. With the fabled Ricardo Zamora as director, the cabaret subsequently won their first La Liga title that season and retained the title in 1941. The most influential and charismatic player of these years was the captain Germán Gómez, who was signed from Racing de Santander in 1939. He played eight back-to-back seasons for the Rojiblancos until the 1947–48 campaign. From his central midfield position, he formed a legendary midfield aboard Machín and Ramón Gabilondo. In 1941, a decree issued by Francisco Franco [ 23 ] banned teams from using alien names and the club became Atlético Aviación de Madrid. In 1947, the club decided to drop the military affiliation from its name and settled on its current name of Club Atlético de Madrid. The same class saw Atlético beat Real Madrid 5–0 at the Metropolitano, their biggest winnings over their crosstown rivals to date. [ 24 ]

Golden long time ( 1947–1965 ) [edit ]

Under Helenio Herrera and with the help of Larbi Benbarek, Atlético won La Liga again in 1950 and 1951. With the departure of Herrera in 1953, the club began to slip behind real Madrid and Barcelona and for the remainder of the 1950s were left to struggle it out with Athletic Bilbao for the claim of third team in Spain. however, during the 1960s and 1970s, Atlético Madrid seriously challenged Barcelona for the position of moment team. The 1957–58 season saw Ferdinand Daučík take charge of Atlético, where he led them to second place in La Liga. This resulted in Atlético qualifying for the 1958–59 european Cup since the winners, Real Madrid, were the reigning european champions. Inspired by brazilian centre-forward Vavá and Enrique Collar, Atlético reached the semi-finals after beating Drumcondra, CSKA Sofia and Schalke 04. [ 25 ] In the semi-finals, they met Real Madrid, who won the inaugural leg 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu while Atlético won 1–0 at the Metropolitano. [ 26 ] The tie went to a play back and Real won 2–1 in Zaragoza. [ 27 ] Atlético, however, gained their revenge when, led by former Real passenger car José Villalonga, they defeated Real in two consecutive Copa del Rey finals in 1960 and 1961. In 1962, they won the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup, beating Fiorentina 3–0 after a replay. [ 28 ] This accomplishment was significant for the club, as the Cup Winners ‘ Cup was the entirely major european trophy that Real Madrid never won. The follow class the cabaret reached the 1963 final, but lost to English side Tottenham Hotspur 5–1. [ 29 ] Enrique Collar, who continued to be an influential musician during this earned run average, was nowadays joined by the likes of midfielder Miguel Jones and midfield playmaker Adelardo. [ 30 ] Atlético ‘s best years coincided with dominant very Madrid teams. between 1961 and 1980, Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning the contest 14 times. During this era, merely Atlético offered Real any good challenge, winning La Liga titles in 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1977 and finishing runner-up in 1961, 1963 and 1965. The club had further success winning the Copa del Rey on three occasions in 1965, 1972 and 1976. In 1965, when they finished as La Liga runner-up to Real after an acute conflict for the deed, Atlético became the first team to beat actual at the Bernabéu in eight years .

european Cup Finalists ( 1965–1974 ) [edit ]

significant players from this era included the now-veteran Adelardo and regular goalscorers Luis Aragonés, Javier Irureta and José Eulogio Gárate, the latter winning the Pichichi three times in 1969, 1970 and 1971. In the 1970s, Atlético besides recruited respective Argentine players, signing Rubén Ayala, Panadero Díaz and Ramón “ Cacho ” Heredia deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo. Lorenzo believed in discipline, caution and disrupting the opponents ‘ game, and although controversial, his methods proved successful—after winning La Liga in 1973, the club reached the 1974 european Cup Final. [ 31 ] On the way to the Final, Atlético knocked out Galatasaray, Dinamo București, Red Star Belgrade and Celtic. [ 32 ] In the away leg of the semi-final against Celtic, Atlético had Ayala, Díaz and substitute Quique all sent off during a hard-fought brush in what was reported as one of the worst cases of cynical fouling the tournament has seen. Because of this cynicism, they managed a 0–0 draw, which was followed by a 2–0 victory in the return leg with goals from Gárate and Adelardo. [ 33 ] The Final at Heysel Stadium, however, was a loss for Atlético. Against a Bayern Munich team that included Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeneß and Gerd Müller, Atlético played above themselves. Despite missing Ayala, Díaz and Quique through suspension, they went ahead in extra-time with only seven minutes left. Aragonés scored with a superb, curling free-kick that looked like the winner, but in the last hour of the game, Bayern defender Georg Schwarzenbeck equalized with a sandbag 25-yarder that left Atlético goalkeeper Miguel Reina inactive. [ 34 ] In a replay back at Heysel two days former, Bayern won convincingly 4–0, with two goals each from Hoeneß and Müller. [ 34 ]

The Aragonés years ( 1974–1987 ) [edit ]

Luis Aragonés, Atlético’s top scorer of all time, four-time club manager and most successful manager shortly after the frustration in the 1974 european Cup Final, Atlético appointed their veteran player Luis Aragonés as coach. Aragonés subsequently served as passenger car on four separate occasions, from 1974 to 1980, from 1982 to 1987, once again from 1991 until 1993 and last from 2002 to 2003. His first success came quickly as Bayern Munich had refused to participate in the Intercontinental Cup because of regular congestion, [ 35 ] and as european Cup runner-up, Atlético were invited rather. Their opponents were Independiente [ 35 ] of Argentina and, after losing the away stage 1–0, they won the return leg 2–0 with goals from Javier Irureta and Rubén Ayala. [ 36 ] Aragonés subsequently led the club to further successes in the Copa del Rey in 1976 and La Liga in 1977. During his second spell in charge, Aragonés led the baseball club to a runner-up complete in La Liga and a achiever ‘s decoration in the Copa del Rey, both in 1985. He received considerable aid from Hugo Sánchez, who scored 19 league goals and won the Pichichi. Sánchez besides scored twice in the cup final as Atlético beat Athletic Bilbao 2–1. Sánchez, however, only remained at the club for one temper before his affect across the city to Real Madrid. Despite the loss of Sánchez, Aragonés went on to lead the club to success in the Supercopa de España in 1985 and then guided them to the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup final in 1986. Atlético, however, lost their one-third consecutive european final examination, this time 3–0 to Dynamo Kyiv. [ 37 ] [ 38 ]

The Radomir Antić years ( 1987–2005 ) [edit ]

In 1987, controversial politician and businessman Jesús Gil became club president of the united states, running the club until his resignation in May 2003. [ 39 ] Atlético had not won La Liga for 10 years and were desperate for league achiever. Right away, Gil spent heavily, bringing in a phone number of expensive signings, most notably portuguese winger Paulo Futre, who had just won the european Cup with Porto. [ 40 ] All the spending, however, only brought in two consecutive Copa del Rey trophies in 1991 and 1992 as the league title proved elusive. The closest Atlético came to the La Liga trophy was the 1990–91 temper when they finished runner-up by 10 points to Johan Cruyff ‘s Barcelona. In the process, Gil developed a pitiless reputation due to the manner in which he ran the baseball club. In pursuit of league success, he hired and fired a number of high-profile question coaches, including César Luis Menotti, Ron Atkinson, Javier Clemente, Tomislav Ivić, Francisco Maturana, Alfio Basile adenine well as club legend Luis Aragonés. Jesús Gil besides closed toss off Atlético ‘s young academy in 1992, [ 41 ] a move that would prove meaning due to 15-year-old academy extremity Raúl who, as a result, went across township to late achieve global fame with rivals real Madrid. [ 42 ] The move came as depart of the overall Gil-initiated occupation restructure of the club ; Atlético became a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, a corporate structure benefiting from a then-recently introduced special legal status under spanish bodied law, allowing individuals to purchase and trade baseball club shares. In the 1994–95 league political campaign, Atlético alone avoided relegation via a pull back on the last day of the season. This prompted another managerial switch along with a wholesale team clearance during the summer 1995 transmit window. reasonably by chance, in the following 1995–96 season, newly arrived head coach Radomir Antić, with a squad including holdovers Toni, Roberto Solozábal, Delfí Geli, Juan Vizcaíno, José Luis Caminero, Diego Simeone and Kiko, equally well as new acquisitions Milinko Pantić, Luboslav Penev, Santi Denia and José Francisco Molina ultimately delivered the much sought league title as Atlético won the La Liga / Copa del Rey double. [ 12 ] The next season, 1996–97, saw the club take contribution in the UEFA Champions League for the first time. With expectations and ambitions raised, the most noteworthy summer transfer signings were striker Juan Esnáider from real Madrid and Radek Bejbl, who was coming off a bang-up express for Czech Republic at Euro 1996. Playing on two fronts, Atlético fell out of the league title contention early on while, in the Champions League, they were eliminated by Ajax in extra-time in the quarter-finals. Before the 1997–98 season, the heavy spend continued with the signings of Christian Vieri and Juninho. All of the success, however, produced small change in the overall Gil strategy, and although Antić survived three straight seasons in charge, he was replaced during the summer of 1998 with Arrigo Sacchi, who himself only remained in the managerial hot seat for less than six months. Antić then returned concisely in early 1999 only to be replaced with Claudio Ranieri at the end of the season. The 1999–2000 temper proved black for Atlético. In December 1999, Gil and his display panel were suspended pending an probe into the misuse of baseball club funds, with government-appointed administrator José Manuel Rubí running Atlético ‘s daily operations. With the removal of golf club President Jesús Gil and his circuit board, the players performed ailing and the clubhouse floundered. Ranieri handed in his resignation with the golf club sitting 17th out of 20 in the league table and head towards relegation. Antić, returning for his third coach stint, was ineffective to prevent the inevitable. Despite reaching the Copa del Rey final in 2000, Atlético were relegated second fourth dimension after 66 years. [ 43 ] Atlético spent two seasons in the Segunda División, narrowly missing out on promotion in 2000–01 season before winning the Segunda División championship in 2002. It was again Luis Aragonés, in his fourth and last spell as director of Atlético, who brought them back to the Primera División. [ 44 ] He besides coached the team during the future season, and gave Fernando Torres his La Liga debut. [ 45 ]

Aguirre era ( 2006–2009 ) [edit ]

In 2006, Atlético signed Portuguese midfielders Costinha and Maniche, ampere well as Argentine forward Sergio Agüero. In July 2007, Fernando Torres left the club for Liverpool for €38 million, [ 46 ] while Luis García moved in the opposition direction at the same time in an unrelated transfer. [ 46 ] The club besides bought Uruguay international and early european Golden Boot and Pichichi winner Diego Forlán for approximately €21 million from Villarreal. [ 47 ] other additions included portuguese winger Simão Sabrosa from Benfica for €20 million and winger José Antonio Reyes from Arsenal for €12 million. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] In July 2007, the Atlético display panel reached an agreement with the City of Madrid to sell the land where their stadium is located and move the club to the City-owned Olympic Stadium. however, the new stadium will change hands in 2016 and be owned by the clubhouse. Madrid had applied to host the 2016 Olympic Games, losing out to Rio de Janeiro. [ 50 ] The 2007–08 season proved to be the most successful season for the club in the past decade. The team reached the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup, where they were defeated by Bolton Wanderers. They besides reached the quarter-final round of the Copa del Rey, where they were beaten by eventual champions Valencia. More significantly, the team finished the league season in fourth seat, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first clock time since the 1996–97 season. [ 51 ]
Diego Forlán scored 32 La Liga goals for Atlético in 2008–09, making him the top scorer in Spain and Europe. On 3 February 2009, Javier Aguirre was dismissed from his post as director after a poor startle to the season, going without a gain in six games. He late claimed that this was not accurate, and that he had left by reciprocal result rather than through displace. [ 52 ] There was public scandalization after his dismissal, many believing he was not the induce of Atlético ‘s problems, namely player Diego Forlán. He backed his former coach and said that, “ Dismissing Javier was the easy means out, but he was not the cause of our problems. The players are to blame because we have not been playing well and we have been committing a lot of errors. ” This led to the appointee of Abel Resino as Atlético ‘s new coach. [ 53 ] Atlético ‘s success continued in the latter half of the season when they placed fourth once again in the league table, securing a placement in the playoff round off of the UEFA Champions League. Striker Diego Forlán was crowned with the Pichichi and besides won the European Golden Shoe after scoring 32 goals for Atlético that season. [ 54 ] Atlético saw this domestic success as an opportunity to reinforce their police squad for the approaching Champions League season. They replaced veteran goalkeeper Leo Franco with David de Gea from the youth ranks and signed predict child Sergio Asenjo from Real Valladolid. Atlético besides purchased Real Betis defender and spanish external Juanito on a loose transfer. Despite pressure from big clubs to sell ace players Agüero and Forlán, Atlético remained committed to keeping their strong attacking base in the hopes for a successful new season. The 2009–10 season, however, began ailing with many defeats and goals conceded. On 21 October, Atletico were hammered 4–0 by English cabaret Chelsea in the Champions League group degree. [ 55 ] This kill led Atletico ‘s management to announce that director Abel Resino had to leave. [ 56 ] After failing to sign danish former football player Michael Laudrup, Atlético Madrid made it official that the modern coach for the remainder of the season would be former player Quique. [ 57 ] [ 58 ]

La Liga and european successes ( 2009– ) [edit ]

With the arrival of Quique as coach in October 2009, Atlético saw a huge change of fortunes. Though they continued to lag reasonably in La Liga during the 2009–10 season, finishing in the ninth situation, they managed to get third space in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage and subsequently entered the Europa League in the round of 32, going on to win the Europa League, beating english teams Liverpool in the semi-finals and finally Fulham [ 59 ] in the final examination apply in the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg on 12 May 2010. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Diego Forlán scored twice, the second being an extra-time winner in the 116th minute, as Atlético Madrid won 2–1. [ 62 ] It was the first time since the 1961–62 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup that Atlético had claimed a european title. They besides reached the Copa del Rey final on 19 May 2010, where they faced Sevilla, but lost 2–0 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. [ 63 ] By winning the Europa League, they qualified for the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Inter Milan, winner of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, which was played at Stade Louis II in Monaco on 27 August 2010. Atlético won 2–0 with goals from José Antonio Reyes and Sergio Agüero, Atlético ‘s first winnings in the UEFA Super Cup. Atlético had a relatively disappointing 2010–11 season, finishing only seventh in the League and being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey and the group stage of the Europa League. This ultimately led to the passing of coach Quique before the conclusion of the season, who was replaced with ex-Sevilla director Gregorio Manzano, and who secured the final examination Europa League place for Atlético. Manzano himself was replaced with Diego Simeone in December 2011 after a poor people run of phase in La Liga. Simeone led Atlético to their moment Europa League winnings in the three years since its initiation, as they beat athletic Bilbao 3–0 in the final on 9 May 2012 at National Arena in Bucharest with Radamel Falcao – twice – and Diego being the scorers. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Again, by winning the Europa League, they qualified for the 2012 UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea, achiever of the previous season ‘s Champions League, which was played at Stade Louis II, Monaco on 31 August 2012 ; Atlético won 4–1, including a hat-trick by Falcao in the first base half. On 17 May 2013, Atlético beat real Madrid 2–1 in the Copa del Rey Final in a tense meet where both teams finished with 10 men. This ended a 14-year and 25-match winless stripe in the Madrid bowler hat. The 2012–13 season saw the cabaret finish with three trophies in a little over a year. [ 66 ] [ 67 ]
Simeone holding La Liga trophy on 23 May 2021 On 17 May 2014, a 1–1 draw at the Camp Nou against Barcelona secured the La Liga title for Atlético, their first since 1996, and the first championship since 2003–04 not won by Barcelona or Real Madrid. [ 68 ] One week late, Atlético faced city rivals very Madrid in their first base Champions League final since 1974, and the first base played between two sides from the lapp city. They took a first-half tip through Diego Godín and led until the one-third minute of wound time, when Sergio Ramos headed in an equalizer from a corner ; the catch went to extra prison term, and Real ultimately won 4–1. Atlético reached a second Champions League final in three seasons in 2015–16, again facing Real Madrid, and lost on penalties after a 1–1 draw. [ 69 ] In 2018, they won their third Europa League title in nine years by beating Marseille 3–0 in the final at Stade de Lyon in Lyon, courtesy of a brace from Antoine Griezmann and a finish from club master Gabi in what would be his last catch for the clubhouse. Atlético besides won another UEFA Super Cup after beating real madrid 4–2 at the beginning of the keep up season at the Lilleküla Arena in Tallinn. On 22 May 2021, a 1–2 gain at the José Zorrilla Stadium against Valladolid secured the La Liga title for Atlético, seven years after their last triumph. [ 70 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Real Madrid
Madrid bowler hat in 2014 real Madrid and Atlético Madrid are clubs with contrasting identities and different fates. While real Madrid ‘s Santiago Bernabéu proudly rises on Paseo de la Castellana in the affluent Chamartín vicinity of northern Madrid, Atlético ‘s former stadium, the less glamorous Vicente Calderón, stood in the central-south of Madrid 1.8 kilometer from the city center in the work class barrio of Arganzuela. Historically, Real Madrid have long been seen as the establishment club. On the other slope, Atlético Madrid were always characterized by a sentimiento de rebeldía, a sense of rebellion, although during the early Francisco Franco years, it was Atlético that was the favored team of the regimen. They were associated with the military air force ( renamed Atlético Aviación ), until the government ‘s preferences moved towards Real Madrid in the 1950s. [ 71 ] surely, the dictatorial state sought to make political capital out of Real Madrid ‘s european Cup trophies at a clock time when Spain was internationally isolated ; “ real Madrid are the best embassy we ever had ”, said Franco ‘s foreign minister Fernando Maria de Castiella. [ 72 ] such perceptions have had an important impingement on the city ‘s footballing identities, tapping into the collective consciousness. In this vein, Atlético fans were probably the originators, and are the most patronize singers, of the song, sung to the tune of the Real Madrid hymn, “Hala Madrid, hala Madrid, el equipo del gobierno, la vergüenza del país”, “ Go Madrid, go Madrid, the politics ‘s team, the country ‘s dishonor. ” Until recently, Atlético Madrid had struggled significantly in the bowler hat, carrying a 14-year winless streak into the 2012–13 season. This spell ended, however, on 17 May 2013 after Atlético beat their city rivals 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the 2013 Copa del Rey Final, and continued on 29 September 2013 when they won a 1–0 victory, again at the Bernabéu. FC Barcelona

Although less celebrated than the Derbi Madrileño, a historic competition exists between Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, which is besides considered one of the “ Classics ” of spanish football. once lopsided in prefer of the Catalan clubhouse, this competition has become competitive since the early on 2010s, marked by events such as the 2016 Champions League smasher phase where Atletico Madrid swage Barcelona, the controversial deviation of french striker Antoine Griezmann from the Madrid cabaret to the Catalan club in 2019 ( and his subsequent return in 2021 amid Barcelona ‘s fiscal struggles ), and the surprise affect of Luis Suárez to Atlético in 2020, a motivate which saw the Uruguyan star topology play a all-important function in the team ‘s championship rivulet. however, by custom and current affairs, the greatest competition is that which exists with its “ merengues “ neighbors. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] A key reason why the Atletico-Barcelona competition is not more boisterous has to do with both clubs, though portrayed as rivals by the media, being importantly more amicable towards each other than they are with Real Madrid, with fans much supporting each other when playing against the Merengues. Other clubs In Spain, Atletico Madrid has minor but bright rivalries with Espanyol and Villareal. Akin to the Colchoneros, those teams are seen as “ sidekicks ” to greater clubs in the same geographic area ( Espanyol for FC Barcelona, Villareal for Valencia ). Outside of Spain, Atletico Madrid has few historic rivalries. however, the team ‘s recent bouts of success at the European horizontal surface have, according to fans and commentators, triggered emerging rivalries with teams such as Liverpool ( which Atletico Madrid disturbance in matches during the 2019-2020 Champions Leagues campaign ), Marseille ( namely since Atlético ‘s succeed in the 2018 Europa League final ), and Juventus .

league record [edit ]

Season to season [edit ]

  • 85 seasons in La Liga
  • 6 seasons in Segunda División

Honours [edit ]

Celebrations of Atlético Madrid after winning the 2013–14 La Liga title trophy cabinet

domestic competitions [edit ]

Winners (1): 1947

International competitions [edit ]

Winners (1): 1974

Awards & recognitions [edit ]

International rival record [edit ]

Atlético has played at the european stage regularly since its 1958–59 european Cup debut, subsequently entering the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup ( 1961–62 ), the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ( 1963–64 ), the UEFA Cup ( 1971–72 ) and the UEFA Super Cup ( 2009–10 ). Starting with the 1999–00 relegation Atlético did not qualify for european competitions for seven years, but from the 2007–08 season, it has taken separate in either the Champions League or the UEFA Europa League every year, enjoying achiever in both competitions .

UEFA cabaret coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 18 September 2020[88]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 1 September 2021[89]

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Reserve team [edit ]

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Out on lend [edit ]

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staff [edit ]

technical staff [edit ]

beginning : Atlético Madrid

Coaches [edit ]

Presidents [edit ]

  • 1. Enrique Allende (1903)
  • 2. Eduardo de Acha (1903–07)
  • 3. Ricardo de Gondra (1907–09)
  • 4. Ramón de Cárdenas (1909–12)
  • 5. Julián Ruete (1912–19)
  • 6. Álvaro de Aguilar (1919–20)
  • 7. Julián Ruete (1920–23)
  • 8. Juan de Estefanía (1923–26)
  • 9. Luciano Urquijo (1926–31)
  • 10. Rafael González (1931–35)
  • 11. José L. del Valle (1935–36)
  • 12. José María Fernández (1936–39)
  • 13. Francisco Vives (1939)
  • 14. Luis Navarro (1939–41)
  • 15. Manuel Gallego (1941–45)
  • 16. Juan Touzón (1946–47)
  • 17. Cesáreo Galindez (1947–52)
  • 18. Marqués de la Florida (1952–55)
  • 19. Jesús Suevos (1955)
  • 20. Javier Barroso (1963–64)
  • 21. Vicente Calderón (1964–80)
  • 22. Ricardo Irezábal (1980)
  • 23. Alfonso Cabeza (1980–82)
  • 24. Antonio del Hoyo (1982)
  • 25. Agustín Cotorruelo (1982)
  • 26. Vicente Calderón (1982–87)
  • 27. Francisco Castedo (1987)
  • 28. Jesús Gil (1987–2003)
  • 29. Enrique Cerezo (2003–)

Current control panel [edit ]

late seasons [edit ]

note : Atlético reached the 2007–08 UEFA Cup Round of 32 as qualified from the UEFA Intertoto Cup .

Stadium & facility [edit ]

The club played their home plate games at the 54,990 [ 91 ] seat Estadio Vicente Calderón in southern Madrid until 2017. Before this, the baseball club played in the first place at the Ronda de Vallecas until 1923. After the completion of the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid in 1923, the clubhouse moved there until the Vicente Calderón was finished in 1966 .
The club now plays in the animate Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, [ 92 ] which was expanded from a 20,000 seat capacity to 68,000 after it was used for Madrid ‘s fail bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Vicente Calderón has been demolished in July 2020, and replaced by a waterfront park at the banks of the Manzanares River in Madrid. [ 93 ] On 17 September 2017, the renovate Metropolitano Stadium hosted its first competitive match against Malaga CF, in which King Felipe VI attended. Antoine Griezmann scored the club ‘s first goal at the stadium .

train grind [edit ]

The club ‘s education ground is the Ciudad Deportiva Atlético de Madrid in Majadahonda, around 20 kilometer west of Madrid. The facility maintains supergrass and artificial patches a well as a gymnasium. Both the senior and youth squads train at the club-owned facilities. [ 94 ] Atlético besides runs a sports academy at the Ciudad Deportiva del Nuevo Cerro del Espino in Majadahonda. The cabaret besides runs an Academy in Bucharest, Romania, its first in Europe. [ 95 ]

Pakistani Academy [edit ]

In October 2018, Atletico De Madrid announced their first academy in Pakistan which was based in Lahore, which was the first european football academy in Pakistan. In April 2019, they launched “ football School Program ” in Lahore. In October 2019, Atletico De Madrid conducted talents in Lahore. [ 96 ] In February 2020, Pakistan Football Federation announced the 2020-21 Football Federation League in which Atletico Madrid Lahore was included in Group C and was made a professional Pakistani football clubhouse. [ 97 ] It made its debut against Hazara Coal and won by 2–0 .
Atlético de Madrid ‘s bus, decorated with red and white colours Atlético began playing in blue and white, mirroring then-parent club Athletic Bilbao, but both changed to red-and-white stripes by 1911 which became their traditional colours. The change took hold because red and white plunder tops were the cheap to make, as the same combination was used to make bed mattresses, and the fresh fabric was well converted into football shirts. The kit has been made by Nike since 2001, as the ship’s company wants to provide competition with equal post Adidas, who have a long-run manage with Real Madrid. The cabaret ‘s main shirt sponsorship by the government of Azerbaijan between 2012 and 2014, featuring the motto ‘Land of Fire ‘, was condemned by Reporters Without Borders, who satirized it in a campaign ocular in which the shirt ‘s upright stripes become prison bars with the logo “ Azerbaijan, Land of Repression ”. [ 98 ] Atlético Madrid admitted its sponsorship conduct had a political property, saying the purpose was to “ promote the prototype of Azerbaijan ”. [ 99 ] In August 2014, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights wrote to Atlético, calling on it to end the sponsorship by and promotion of Azerbaijan because of the state ‘s human rights record, calling it “ one of the most inhibitory countries in the world ”. [ 100 ] previously, the club was sponsored by Columbia Pictures, who would change the shirt presenter ‘s logo, and occasionally the shirt itself, as they did with the away shirt when Spider-Man 2 was in cinema. [ 101 ] Because shirts would have to be introduced and removed from shops at a very fast yard to keep up with film releases, Nike decided to not include a patron ‘s logo on replica shirts made from 2002 to 2005 .

Supporters [edit ]

Celebrities Joaquín Sabina, Belén Esteban, Birgitte V. Gade, Leiva, Álvaro Bautista, Dani Martin, Ana Rosa Quintana, Javier Bardem, Sara Carbonero, Pablo Iglesias Turrión, El Langui, Pedro Sánchez, Luis de Guindos, Rosendo Mercado, José Tomás, Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, David Muñoz, Will Smith, Harrison Ford, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron and Karl-Anthony Towns are all fans of the golf club. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] Atlético is besides supported by King Felipe VI, who became Honorary President of the club in 2003. [ 105 ]

noteworthy players [edit ]

For a number of early and current Atlético Madrid players with a Wikipedia article, see List of Atlético Madrid players Adelardo holds the club ‘s official appearance record, wearing the Atlético shirt in 551 matches from 1959 to 1976, while Adrián Escudero has the record for most goals in La Liga with 150. João Félix is the club ‘s most expensive sign at €126 million and at €120 million, Antoine Griezmann is the club ‘s biggest sale .

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References [edit ]

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