spanish professional sports club

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Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈkluβ aˈtletiko ðe maˈðɾið ] ; meaning “ athletic Club of Madrid ” ), normally referred to as Atlético Madrid in English or just as Atlético or Atleti, is a spanish professional football clubhouse based in Madrid, that play in La Liga. The club play their home 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 most successful club in spanish football – behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. Atlético have won La Liga on eleven occasions, including a league and cup double 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 angstrom well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup. Atlético ‘s home kit out is red and white vertical plunder shirts, blue shorts, and blue 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 base team stripes being the same color as traditional mattresses. During the 1970s, they became known as Los Indios, which some impute to the club ‘s sign several south american players after the restrictions on signing extraneous players were lifted. however, there are a number of alternative theories which claim they were named therefore because their stadium was “ camp ” on the river bank, or because Los Indios ( The Indians ) were the traditional foe of Los Blancos ( The Whites ), which is the dub of the clubhouse ‘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 club 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 golf 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 ]

initiation and first years ( 1903–1939 ) [edit ]

Enrique Allende, first President of the baseball club after its establishment in 1903 The club was founded on 26 April 1903 [ 12 ] as Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid by three Basque students living in Madrid. These founders saw the new club as a young branch 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 dissentient members of real Madrid. [ 13 ] The english began playing in blue and white 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 exchange came about because crimson and white strip tops were the cheapest to make, as the same combination was used to make tick for mattresses, and the idle fabric was easily converted into football shirts. This contributed to the clubhouse ‘s dub, Los Colchoneros .
An athletic Madrid batting order of 1911 in their new red and ashen 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 former player and extremity 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 loss and flannel shirts of Southampton ( the club from the port city which was his boarding luff back to Spain ). [ 16 ] Athletic Madrid adopted the red and white shirt, leading to them being known as Los Rojiblancos, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] but opted to keep their existing blasphemous shorts whereas the Bilbao team switched to new black shorts. [ 19 ] Athletic Bilbao won the 1911 Copa del Rey Final using several ‘borrowed ‘ players from Athletic Madrid, including Manolón [ es ] who scored one of their goals. [ 20 ] Athletic ‘s first gear grind, the Ronda de Vallecas, was in the eponymous propertyless area on the confederacy side of the city. In 1919, the Compañía Urbanizadora Metropolitana—the ship’s company that ran the clandestine communication arrangement in Madrid—acquired some land, near the Ciudad Universitaria. In 1921, Athletic Madrid became freelancer 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 newfangled Estadio Vicente Calderón. [ 22 ] After the move, the Metropolitano was demolished and was replaced with university buildings and an agency obstruct 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 rear 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 inauguration La Liga played the follow year. During their debut La Liga political campaign, the 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 actual Oviedo was unable to play due to the destruction of their stadium during the bombings. therefore, both La Liga and Athletic ‘s delegating 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, entirely 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 crusade only as a replacement for real number Oviedo. With the legendary 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 musician of these years was the captain Germán Gómez, who was signed from Racing de Santander in 1939. He played eight consecutive seasons for the Rojiblancos until the 1947–48 campaign. From his cardinal midfield position, he formed a fabled midfield aboard Machín and Ramón Gabilondo. In 1941, a decree issued by Francisco Franco [ 23 ] banned teams from using foreign names and the club became Atlético Aviación de Madrid. In 1947, the club decided to drop the military association from its name and settled on its current name of Club Atlético de Madrid. The same year saw Atlético beat Real Madrid 5–0 at the Metropolitano, their biggest succeed over their crosstown rivals to date. [ 24 ]

Golden age ( 1947–1965 ) [edit ]

Under Helenio Herrera and with the help of Larbi Benbarek, Atlético won La Liga again in 1950 and 1951. With the deviation 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 entitle of third base team in Spain. however, during the 1960s and 1970s, Atlético Madrid badly challenged Barcelona for the situation of second team. The 1957–58 season saw Ferdinand Daučík take load of Atlético, where he led them to second topographic point 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 first leg 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu while Atlético won 1–0 at the Metropolitano. [ 26 ] The tie went to a replay and Real won 2–1 in Zaragoza. [ 27 ] Atlético, however, gained their revenge when, led by former Real coach 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 be year the club reached the 1963 final examination, but lost to English side Tottenham Hotspur 5–1. [ 29 ] Enrique Collar, who continued to be an influential player during this era, was nowadays joined by the likes of midfielder Miguel Jones and midfield playmaker Adelardo. [ 30 ] Atlético ‘s best years coincided with dominant real Madrid teams. between 1961 and 1980, Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning the competition 14 times. During this era, lone Atlético offered Real any serious 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 intense conflict for the championship, Atlético became the foremost team to beat real at the Bernabéu in eight years .

european Cup Finalists ( 1965–1974 ) [edit ]

significant players from this earned run average 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 arsenic 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 aside leg of the semi-final against Celtic, Atlético had Ayala, Díaz and substitute Quique all sent off during a hard-fought run into 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 drawing card, which was followed by a 2–0 victory in the fall stage 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 brilliant, curling free-kick that looked like the winner, but in the final minute of the crippled, Bayern defender Georg Schwarzenbeck equalized with a stun 25-yarder that left Atlético goalkeeper Miguel Reina inactive. [ 34 ] In a replay second 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 concisely after the defeat in the 1974 european Cup Final, Atlético appointed their veteran player Luis Aragonés as bus. Aragonés subsequently served as coach 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 fixture congestion, [ 35 ] and as european Cup runner-up, Atlético were invited rather. Their opponents were Independiente [ 35 ] of Argentina and, after losing the aside leg 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 clubhouse to a runner-up end in La Liga and a achiever ‘s decoration in the Copa del Rey, both in 1985. He received considerable avail 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 season before his move across the city to Real Madrid. Despite the passing of Sánchez, Aragonés went on to lead the baseball club to achiever in the Supercopa de España in 1985 and then guided them to the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup final in 1986. Atlético, however, lost their third base consecutive european final examination, this clock 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, running the club until his resignation in May 2003. [ 39 ] Atlético had not won La Liga for 10 years and were desperate for league success. Right away, Gil spent heavy, bringing in a number of expensive signings, most notably portuguese winger Paulo Futre, who had good won the european Cup with Porto. [ 40 ] All the spend, however, only brought in two back-to-back 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 season 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 club. In pursuit of league success, he hired and fired a total of high-profile head coaches, including César Luis Menotti, Ron Atkinson, Javier Clemente, Tomislav Ivić, Francisco Maturana, Alfio Basile angstrom well as cabaret legend Luis Aragonés. Jesús Gil besides closed down Atlético ‘s young person academy in 1992, [ 41 ] a move that would prove significant due to 15-year-old academy member Raúl who, as a consequence, went across township to late achieve global fame with rivals real Madrid. [ 42 ] The go came as part of the overall Gil-initiated business restructure of the cabaret ; Atlético became a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, a corporate social organization benefiting from a then-recently introduced limited legal condition under spanish corporate police, allowing individuals to purchase and trade wind club shares. In the 1994–95 league campaign, Atlético lone avoided delegating via a draw on the concluding day of the season. This prompted another managerial change along with a sweeping police squad clearance during the summer 1995 transfer window. slightly unexpectedly, in the be 1995–96 season, newly arrived head coach Radomir Antić, with a police squad including holdovers Toni, Roberto Solozábal, Delfí Geli, Juan Vizcaíno, José Luis Caminero, Diego Simeone and Kiko, american samoa well as fresh acquisitions Milinko Pantić, Luboslav Penev, Santi Denia and José Francisco Molina finally delivered the much sought league claim as Atlético won the La Liga / Copa del Rey double. [ 12 ] The next season, 1996–97, saw the club take part in the UEFA Champions League for the inaugural time. With expectations and ambitions raised, the most noteworthy summer transplant signings were striker Juan Esnáider from veridical Madrid and Radek Bejbl, who was coming off a great express for Czech Republic at Euro 1996. Playing on two fronts, Atlético fell out of the league style controversy early 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 little exchange in the overall Gil strategy, and although Antić survived three consecutive seasons in charge, he was replaced during the summer of 1998 with Arrigo Sacchi, who himself alone remained in the managerial hot seat for less than six months. Antić then returned concisely in early on 1999 only to be replaced with Claudio Ranieri at the goal of the season. The 1999–2000 season proved black for Atlético. In December 1999, Gil and his board were suspended pending an investigation into the misuse of 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 display panel, the players performed ailing and the club floundered. Ranieri handed in his resignation with the club sitting 17th out of 20 in the league board and lead towards relegation. Antić, returning for his third base coaching stint, was unable to prevent the inevitable. Despite reaching the Copa del Rey final in 2000, Atlético were relegated second time 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 coach of Atlético, who brought them back to the Primera División. [ 44 ] He besides coached the team during the next temper, and gave Fernando Torres his La Liga debut. [ 45 ]

Aguirre earned run average ( 2006–2009 ) [edit ]

In 2006, Atlético signed Portuguese midfielders Costinha and Maniche, arsenic well as Argentine ahead Sergio Agüero. In July 2007, Fernando Torres left the cabaret for Liverpool for €38 million, [ 46 ] while Luis García moved in the face-to-face commission at the lapp time in an unrelated transfer. [ 46 ] The club besides bought Uruguay external and erstwhile 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 board reached an agreement with the City of Madrid to sell the land where their stadium is located and move the clubhouse to the City-owned Olympic Stadium. however, the new stadium will change hands in 2016 and be owned by the baseball club. 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 ten. The team reached the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup, where they were defeated by Bolton Wanderers. They besides reached the quarter-final rung of the Copa del Rey, where they were beaten by eventual champions Valencia. More significantly, the team finished the league season in one-fourth place, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first meter 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 military post as coach after a poor start to the season, going without a succeed in six games. He belated claimed that this was not accurate, and that he had left by common end point rather than through displace. [ 52 ] There was public outrage 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 way out, but he was not the induce of our problems. The players are to blame because we have not been playing well and we have been committing a set of errors. ” This led to the appointment 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 postpone, securing a position in the playoff rung 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 achiever 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 promise child Sergio Asenjo from Real Valladolid. Atlético besides purchased Real Betis defender and spanish external Juanito on a rid transfer. Despite pressure from boastfully clubs to sell star players Agüero and Forlán, Atlético remained committed to keeping their potent attacking nucleotide in the hopes for a successful new season. The 2009–10 season, however, began ill with many defeats and goals conceded. On 21 October, Atletico were hammered 4–0 by English baseball club Chelsea in the Champions League group stage. [ 55 ] This get the better of 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 new coach for the rest of the season would be erstwhile 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 slightly in La Liga during the 2009–10 season, finishing in the ninth position, they managed to get one-third space in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group degree 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 have in the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg on 12 May 2010. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Diego Forlán scored doubly, the second being an extra-time winner in the 116th hour, 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 concluding 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, achiever 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 beginning succeed in the UEFA Super Cup. Atlético had a relatively disappoint 2010–11 season, finishing lone 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 deviation of coach Quique before the ending of the temper, who was replaced with ex-Sevilla coach Gregorio Manzano, and who secured the final Europa League plaza for Atlético. Manzano himself was replaced with Diego Simeone in December 2011 after a poor run of form in La Liga. Simeone led Atlético to their second base Europa League win in the three years since its initiation, as they beat acrobatic Bilbao 3–0 in the final on 9 May 2012 at National Arena in Bucharest with Radamel Falcao – doubly – 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 former 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 gear half. On 17 May 2013, Atlético beat real number Madrid 2–1 in the Copa del Rey Final in a strain match where both teams finished with 10 men. This ended a 14-year and 25-match winless streak in the Madrid bowler hat. The 2012–13 season saw the club polish 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 claim for Atlético, their beginning since 1996, and the foremost title since 2003–04 not won by Barcelona or Real Madrid. [ 68 ] One workweek late, Atlético faced city rivals real Madrid in their first Champions League final since 1974, and the first played between two sides from the same city. They took a first-half lead through Diego Godín and led until the third gear moment of wound clock time, when Sergio Ramos headed in an counterweight from a corner ; the match went to excess time, and Real ultimately won 4–1. Atlético reached a moment 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 entitle 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 goal from club master Gabi in what would be his final match for the club. Atlético besides won another UEFA Super Cup after beating real madrid 4–2 at the beginning of the following 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 end wallow. [ 70 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Real Madrid
Madrid bowler hat in 2014 veridical Madrid and Atlético Madrid are clubs with contrasting identities and unlike fates. While real Madrid ‘s Santiago Bernabéu proudly rises on Paseo de la Castellana in the affluent Chamartín vicinity of northerly Madrid, Atlético ‘s early stadium, the less glamorous Vicente Calderón, stood in the central-south of Madrid 1.8 kilometer from the city center in the function class barrio of Arganzuela. Historically, Real Madrid have retentive been seen as the constitution cabaret. On the other slope, Atlético Madrid were constantly characterized by a sentimiento de rebeldía, a feel of rebellion, although during the early Francisco Franco years, it was Atlético that was the favored team of the government. They were associated with the military air force ( renamed Atlético Aviación ), until the regimen ‘s preferences moved towards Real Madrid in the 1950s. [ 71 ] surely, the authoritarian country sought to make political capital out of Real Madrid ‘s european Cup trophies at a 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 authoritative impact on the city ‘s footballing identities, tapping into the collective awareness. In this vein, Atlético fans were probably the originators, and are the most frequent singers, of the song, spill the beans to the tune of the Real Madrid anthem, “Hala Madrid, hala Madrid, el equipo del gobierno, la vergüenza del país”, “ Go Madrid, go Madrid, the government ‘s team, the country ‘s pity. ” Until recently, Atlético Madrid had struggled significantly in the bowler hat, carrying a 14-year winless streak into the 2012–13 temper. 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 privilege of the Catalan club, this competition has become competitive since the early 2010s, marked by events such as the 2016 Champions League hard phase where Atletico Madrid upset Barcelona, the controversial departure of french hitter Antoine Griezmann from the Madrid club to the Catalan club in 2019 ( and his subsequent return in 2021 amid Barcelona ‘s fiscal struggles ), and the surprise travel of Luis Suárez to Atlético in 2020, a affect which saw the Uruguyan star play a crucial function in the team ‘s championship hunt. however, by tradition 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 ferocious has to do with both clubs, though portrayed as rivals by the media, being significantly more amicable towards each early than they are with Real Madrid, with fans frequently supporting each other when playing against the Merengues. Other clubs In Spain, Atletico Madrid has minor but intense rivalries with Espanyol and Villareal. Akin to the Colchoneros, those teams are seen as “ sidekicks ” to greater clubs in the like geographic area ( Espanyol for FC Barcelona, Villareal for Valencia ). Outside of Spain, Atletico Madrid has few historic rivalries. however, the team ‘s late bouts of success at the European level have, according to fans and commentators, triggered emerging rivalries with teams such as Liverpool ( which Atletico Madrid upset in matches during the 2019-2020 Champions Leagues campaign ), Marseille ( namely since Atlético ‘s win 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 deed trophy cabinet

domestic competitions [edit ]

Winners (1): 1947

International competitions [edit ]

Winners (1): 1974

Awards & recognitions [edit ]

International competition 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 region in either the Champions League or the UEFA Europa League every year, enjoying achiever in both competitions .

UEFA club 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 ]

source : 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 board [edit ]

recent 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 golf club played originally at the Ronda de Vallecas until 1923. After the completion of the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid in 1923, the club moved there until the Vicente Calderón was finished in 1966 .
The golf club now plays in the refurbish Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, [ 92 ] which was expanded from a 20,000 seat capacity to 68,000 after it was used for Madrid ‘s fail offer 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 refurbish Metropolitano Stadium hosted its first competitive match against Malaga CF, in which King Felipe VI attended. Antoine Griezmann scored the cabaret ‘s first finish at the stadium .

training background [edit ]

The golf club ‘s train land is the Ciudad Deportiva Atlético de Madrid in Majadahonda, around 20 kilometer west of Madrid. The facility maintains pot and artificial patches adenine well as a gymnasium. Both the aged 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 club 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 club. [ 97 ] It made its debut against Hazara Coal and won by 2–0 .
Atlético de Madrid ‘s bus, decorated with crimson and blank colours Atlético began playing in blue and blank, mirroring then-parent golf club Athletic Bilbao, but both changed to red-and-white stripes by 1911 which became their traditional colours. The change took accommodate because crimson and white leach tops were the brassy to make, as the like combination was used to make sleep together mattresses, and the fresh fabric was easily converted into football shirts. The kit out has been made by Nike since 2001, as the caller wants to provide contest with rival sword Adidas, who have a long-run deal 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 erect stripes become prison bars with the logo “ Azerbaijan, Land of Repression ”. [ 98 ] Atlético Madrid admitted its sponsorship deal had a political dimension, saying the intention was to “ promote the double 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 sponsor ‘s logo, and occasionally the shirt itself, as they did with the away shirt when Spider-Man 2 was in film. [ 101 ] Because shirts would have to be introduced and removed from shops at a very fast pace 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 club. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] Atlético is besides supported by King Felipe VI, who became Honorary President of the golf club in 2003. [ 105 ]

noteworthy players [edit ]

For a number of early and stream Atlético Madrid players with a Wikipedia article, see List of Atlético Madrid players Adelardo holds the baseball 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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