Atletico Madrid

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The club was established on April 26, 1903, as Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid by three Basque students from Madrid. The founding members saw the club as a young branch of their former team, Athletic Bilbao which they had witnessed triumph in their first 1903 Copa del Rey Final in the city. In 1904 the club was joined in 1904 by dissident members from Real Madrid. The team started playing in white and blue half-split shirts, the colors that were worn by Athletic Bilbao, but by 1911 they both Bilbao as well as the Madrid teams were wearing their current colors of white and red stripes. It is believed that the change happened because the white and red stripes were the least expensive to manufacture since the same mixture was used to create ticking for mattresses and the cloth that was left over could be easily transformed into football shirt. This led to the nickname of the club, Los Colchoneros.

However, another explanation is that both Athletic Bilbao and Athletic Madrid used to buy Blackburn Rovers Blue and white kit in England. In late 1909, Juanito Elorduy, a former player 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 instead bought the red and white shirts of Sunderland (the club located in the port city that was his departure point towards Spain). Athletic Madrid adopted the red and white shirt which led to them becoming known in the Spanish language as Los Rojiblancos, however, they decided to wear their blue shorts, whereas the Bilbao team changed to black shorts. Athletic Bilbao won the 1911 Copa del Rey Final with the help of a number of 'borrowed' members who were from Athletic Madrid, including Manolon, whom they scored one goal.

The first athletics ground that was The Ronda de Vallecas located in the eponymous working-class zone located on the south of Mexico City. In 1919 the Compania Urbanizadora metropolitana, the company that operated the underground communications system in Madrid--purchased some land close to it, in Ciudad Universitaria. It was in 1921 that Athletic Madrid became independent from parent club Athletic Bilbao and moved into the stadium that was built by the firm, the Estadio Metropolitano of Madrid. The Metropolitano was used until and then they relocated towards the newly constructed Estadio Vicente Calderon. Following the relocation the Metropolitano was destroyed and replaced by university buildings and an office block owned by ENUSA. ENUSA.

In those 1920s Athletic were crowned champions of their first Campeonato del Centro three times. They also were Copa del Rey runners-up in 1921. There, they played the parent team Athletic Bilbao, as they were again in 1926. In the wake of these wins the club was admitted to in the Primera Division of the inaugural La Liga played in the following year. In their first La Liga campaign, the club was led under the direction of Fred Pentland, but after two seasons , they were dropped to the Segunda Division. It was briefly back to La Liga during 1934, however they were then relegated to the relegation in 1936 when Josep Samitier was promoted in the middle of the season from Pentland. It was the Spanish Civil War provided Los Colchoneros a break, as Real Oviedo was ineligible to play due being destroyed in their arena in the bombings. So, each of La Liga and Athletic's relegation were postponed. The latter through a win in a playoff against Osasuna who was the who was the champion in that Segunda Division tournament.

In 1939, after La Liga had resumed, Athletic had joined forces together with Aviacion Nacional of Zaragoza to form Athletic Aviacion de Madrid. Aviacion Nacional had been founded in 1939 by a group from the Spanish Air Force. They were promised a spot within the Primera Division for the 1939-40 season, but were refused from the RFEF. In the end, the club was merged with Athletic which was wiped out by eight players during the Civil War. The team was given an appearance in the 1939-41 La Liga campaign only to replace Real Oviedo. With famous Ricardo Zamora as manager, the team later was awarded its inaugural La Liga title that season and kept the title until the year 1941. The most famous and popular player of the time was Captain German Gomez whom the club signed by Racing de Santander in 1939. He played for eight seasons with the Rojiblancos up to the 1947-48 season. From his position in the central midfield He formed a legendary midfield that included Machin as well as the legendary Ramon Gabilondo. When he was born in 1941 the decree of Francisco Franco banned teams from using foreign names. Consequently, the club changed its name to Atletico Aviacion de Madrid. At the end of 1947, they opted to remove the military association from its name and decided to settle with its current name, Club Atletico de Madrid. In the same year, Atletico win 5-0 against Real Madrid 5-0 at the Metropolitano the Metropolitano, their most significant win against their rivals from across town to the present.

Under the leadership of Helenio Herrera and the support from Larbi Benbarek, Atletico won La Liga again in 1950 and 1951. After the removal from Herrera In 1953, the team started to slide in the sands of Real Madrid and Barcelona and for the rest of the 1950s, they were left to fight Athletic Bilbao for the title of third team in Spain.

However, in the 1970s as well as the 1960s Atletico Madrid seriously challenged Barcelona for the second team. It was the year 1957-1958 witnessed Ferdinand Daucik take the reigns of Atletico and led them to second spot within La Liga. The result was Atletico being able to qualify to play in an appearance in the 1958-1959 European Cup since the champions, Real Madrid, were the current European champions. Inspired by Brazilian centre-forward Vava and Enrique Collar, Atletico reached the semi-finals after beating Drumcondra, CSKA Sofia and Schalke 04. In the semi-finals, they faced Real Madrid, who won the first leg 2-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu while Atletico beat Atletico 1-1 on the Metropolitano. The match was decided by a replay, and Real beat Atletico by 2-1 in Zaragoza.

Atletico However, they did get their revenge when, coached by the former Real manager Jose Villalonga They beat Real in two consecutive Copa del Rey finals in 1960 and 1961. The following year, the club took home their first the European Cup Winners Cup by beating Fiorentina 3-1 after replay. This was a significant win for the club as the Cup Winners Cup was the sole significant European cup in which Real Madrid never won. The following year the club reached the 1963 final, but lost to English side Tottenham Hotspur 5-1. Enrique Collar, who was an influential player throughout this period, was alongside middlefielder Miguel Jones and midfielder Adelardo.

The best times for Atletico were accompanied by strong Real Madrid teams. From 1961 to 1980 Real Madrid dominated La Liga and won the league 14 times. In this period it was the only team Atletico provided Real any real challenge and they won La Liga titles in 1966 1970, 1970, 1973 and 1977. They also finished runners-up in 1961, and 1965. The club also had success taking home their first Copa del Rey on three occasions in 1965, 1972 and 1976. In 1965, after they ended up as La Liga runners-up to Real after a gruelling struggle for the title, Atletico were the only team in history to defeat Real on the pitch at Bernabeu for eight years.

Atletico has left at the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid and relocated to a new stadium on Manzanares. Manzanares River waterfront, called the Vicente Calderon Stadium which was opened on October 2nd, 1966, and featured the first game of the season against Valencia.

Important players from the era included the now veteran Adelardo and the regular goal scorers Luis Aragones, Javier Irureta and Jose Eulogio Garate, the latter of whom won the Pichichi three times in 1969 in 1970, 1969, and 1971. Through the 70s Atletico has also signed a few Argentine players, including Ruben Ayala Panadero Diaz and Ramon "Cacho" Heredia as well as the 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.[32] On the way to the Final, Atletico knocked out Galatasaray, Dinamo Bucuresti, Red Star Belgrade and Celtic. In the away portion of the semi-final match against Celtic, Atletico had Ayala, Diaz and substitute Quique all dismissed during an extremely fought match that was described as one the most cynical instances of fouling that the tournament has ever seen. In spite of this, they were able to draw 0-0 that was followed by an 2-0 win in the return leg thanks to goals scored by Garate along with Adelardo. The final match of the match at Heysel Stadium, however, ended in a loss for Atletico. With the Bayern Munich team that included Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness, and Gerd Muller Atletico did not perform to their best. Despite the absence of Ayala, Diaz and Quique due to suspension They were ahead in extra-time, with only seven minutes remaining. Aragones was the one to score with his stunning free-kick that appeared like the winner, however in the final minute of the game Bayern defenseman Georg Schwarzenbeck equalized with a spectacular 25-yard strike that caused Atletico goalie Miguel Reina motionless. After a replay, which was played back at Heysel the next day, Bayern won convincingly 4-0 with two goals of Hoeness as well as Muller.

Following the loss at the 1974 European Cup Final, Atletico hired their former footballer Luis Aragones as coach. Aragones continued to serve as the coach on four occasions from 1974 to 1980, then from 1982 until 1987, and then from 1991 until 1993 , and in 2002 and 2003. His first win came swiftly in the form of Bayern Munich had refused to take part at the Intercontinental Cup because of fixture congestion. Moreover, because of the fact that they were European Cup runners-up, Atletico were chosen instead. The team they faced were Independiente from Argentina and following a loss in the home game with a 1-0 score, they beat the return match 2-0, thanks to goals scored by Javier Irureta and Ruben Ayala. Aragones later led the club to more success during winning the Copa del Rey in 1976 and La Liga in 1977.

In his second stint as manager, Aragones led the club to a runners-up place in La Liga and winning the Copa del Rey and both of them in 1985. He was assisted by Hugo Sanchez, who scored 19 league goals and took home his first trophy, the Pichichi. Sanchez also scored two goals in the cup final , as Atletico defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1. Sanchez was, however, the only player who was at the club for a season before moving over to Real Madrid. Despite losing Sanchez, Aragones went on to guide the club to victory at the Supercopa de Espana in 1985 and then led Atletico towards their first Final of the European Cup, which was an Cup final in 1986. Atletico However, they lost their third consecutive European final losing 3-0 against Dynamo Kyiv.

In 1987, the controversial businessman and politician Jesus Gil became club president. He was responsible for running the club (and committed a fraud of misappropriation, securing 95 percent of the shares and not being able to pay one Peseta in the course of Atletico's forced change from a fan-owned into Sociedad Anonima deportiva during the year 1992) up to his departure in May 2003.

Atletico did not win La Liga for 10 years and they were looking for a league win. At the beginning, Gil invested massively, and brought in numerous expensive signings including Portuguese player Paulo Futre, who had just been crowned his first European Cup with Porto.[42] The entire spending, however did not result the two Copa del Rey trophies in 1991 and 1992, as the league title was never won. The closest Atletico got to winning being able to win the La Liga trophy was the 1990-91 season in which they were as runners-up, losing 10 points to Johan Cruyff's Barcelona. The result was that Gil gained a reputation of ruthless conduct due to the way which he governed the club. To ensure that the club was successful in league play Gil hired and dismissed several high-profile head coaches like Cesar Luis Menotti Ron Atkinson, Javier Clemente, Tomislav Ivic, Francisco Maturana, Alfio Basile as well as legendary club player Luis Aragones.

Jesus Gil also closed down Atletico's youth academy in the year 1992 the year 1992. This decision was significant due to the academy's 15-year-old member Raul who consequently left town to become famous internationally alongside the rival club Real Madrid. This move was part of the general Gil-led restructuring of the club's business; Atletico became a Sociedad Anonima deportiva and a corporate entity that was granted a specific legal structure as a result of Spanish corporate law that allowed people to purchase and trade club shares.

The season 1994-1995, the league campaign, Atletico only avoided relegation through a draw on the final date of their season. The result was a managerial change as well as a massive team clearance in the transfer window in summer 1995. Unexpectedly, during the 1995-96 season that followed the newly appointed the head coach Radomir Antic was able to lead the squad comprising former players Toni, Roberto Solozabal, Delfi Geli, Juan Vizcaino, Jose Luis Caminero, Diego Simeone and Kiko and new recruits Milinko Pantic Luboslav Penev Santi Denia, and Jose Francisco Molina finally delivered the much-coveted league trophy as Atletico was awarded the La Liga/Copa Del Rey double.

The following season in 1996-97 saw the club participate at the UEFA Champions League for the first time. With expectations and goals increased The most significant summer signings for the club included forward Juan Esnaider from Real Madrid and Radek Bejbl who had just finished an impressive performance for the Czech Republic at Euro 1996. The two sides were playing, Atletico fell out of the race for league championship before the end of the season. In the Champions League, they were eliminated by Ajax in extra-time in the quarterfinals. In the 1997-98 season the massive spending continued , with the additions to Christian Vieri and Juninho. The success of all three however, did not result in any changes to general Gil strategy. And even though Antic was able to last three seasons as manager but was replaced in 1998's summer by Arrigo Sacchi who was in the hot managerial seat for a mere six months. Antic was back for a brief period in the beginning of 1999, but was replaced by Claudio Ranieri at the close in the course of. In the 2000-99 season proved to be a disaster for Atletico. At the end of December, 1999 Gil as well as his entire board was suspended until investigations into mismanagement of club funds. The the administrator appointed by the government Jose Manuel Rubi running Atletico's day-to-day operations. Following the demotion of club president Jesus Gil and his board the players did poorly and the club fell into a slump. Ranieri announced his resignation after the club was ranked 17th of 20 teams within the top league and headed towards the bottom of the table. Antic was back for his third stint as a coach however, was not able to prevent the inevitable. Although they made it to his Copa del Rey final in 2000, Atletico were relegated second time, after more than 66 years.

Atletico was playing in their Segunda Division, narrowly missing promotion in the 2000-01 year and then taking home the Segunda Division championship in 2002. It was Luis Aragones, in his fourth and final season in charge of Atletico who helped them return into the Primera Division. He also was the coach for the next season and also gave Fernando Torres his La Liga debut.

Atletico signed players in 2006 Atletico in 2006, Atletico signed Portuguese midfielders Costinha and Maniche in addition to Argentine forward Sergio Aguero. In July 2007 Fernando Torres left the club to join Liverpool at EUR38 million. Luis Garcia signed with the club as well in a non-related deal. The club also acquired Uruguay internationally renowned and ex European Golden Boot and Pichichi winner Diego Forlan for roughly EUR21 million from Villarreal. Other additions included Portuguese winger Simao Sabrosa from Benfica for EUR20 million and winger Jose Antonio Reyes from Arsenal in exchange for EUR12 million.

In July 2007 In July 2007, the Atletico board of directors reached an agreement City of Madrid for them to buy the land on which their stadium was built and relocate the club into the City-owned Olympic Stadium. The stadium was sold in the year 2016, and was acquired by Atletico at EUR30.4 million. Madrid had submitted an application for Olympic Games in Olympic Games in 2016. Olympic Games, losing the bid to Rio de Janeiro.

The 2007-08 season was the most successful year for the club over the last decade. The team reached the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup, where they were defeated by Bolton Wanderers. They also reached the quarterfinal stage in the Copa del Rey which they lost by the eventual winners Valencia. In addition, the team ended the season in fourth position and qualified for UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 1996-97 season..

On the 3rd of February 2009 Javier Aguirre was dismissed as manager following a disappointing start to the season not winning for six consecutive games. Aguirre later said that this wasn't true and claimed that he had quit through mutual termination, not dismissal. There was a public outrage following his demotion, many of whom believed he was not responsible for Atletico's troubles and the main culprit was the player Diego Forlan. He was adamant about his former manager and stated that "Dismissing Javier was the easy solution and he's not responsible for our issues. The players are the ones to blame as we've been performing well and have made many mistakes." The result was the selection by Abel Resino as the new manager at Atletico.

The success of Atletico continued into the final quarter of the season, when they finished fourth at the top of the league. They also secured an appearance in the playoff stage in the UEFA Champions League. The striker Diego Forlan was crowned with the Pichichi and also took home the European Golden Shoe after scoring 32 goals for Atletico in the same season. Atletico took this domestic success as an occasion to strengthen their team for the coming Champions League season. They replaced goalkeeper Leo Franco with David de Gea from the youth ranks, and hired an exciting young prospect Sergio Asenjo from Real Valladolid. Atletico also acquired Real Betis defender and Spanish international Juanito via an unpaid transfer. Despite pressure from the big clubs to sell their star player Aguero as well as Forlan, Atletico remained committed to maintaining their attacking team in the hope for a successful season in the new year.

It was the 2009/10 season started poorly, however, with a number of defeats and goals scored. On 21 October, Atletico were hammered 4-0 by English club Chelsea during Chelsea in the Champions League group stage. The loss caused the Atletico management to announce the Manager Abel Resino was forced to quit. After the club failed to sign Danish former player Michael Laudrup, Atletico Madrid made it official that the manager for the remainder of the season was Quique Sanchez Flores..

Following the appointment in the form of Sanchez Flores as coach in October 2009, Atletico improved in many of their games. Atletico was unable to catch up within La Liga during the 2009-10 season which saw them finish in ninth position. However, they were able finishing third the 2010 UEFA Champions League group stage, and then subsequently joined into the Europa League in the round of 32. Atletico went on to win the Europa League, beating English teams Liverpool in the semi-finals and eventually Fulham during the semi-final that was played at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg on the 12th of May, 2010. Diego Forlan scored twice, the first being to win the extra time in the final minute in which Atletico defeated Fulham 2-1.

This was for the first time in it was the 1961-1962 European Cup Winners Cup that Atletico was able to claim the European title. They also made it to finals in the Copa del Rey final on the 19th of May, 2010 when they played Sevilla however they defeated 2 to 0 to Sevilla at Camp Nou in Barcelona. With the success of having won in the Europa League, they qualified for the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Inter Milan, winners from this year's 2009-10 UEFA Champions League. The game was played at Stade Louis II, Monaco on 27 August 2010. Atletico beat the hosts 2-0 thanks to goals scored by Jose Antonio Reyes and Sergio Aguero, Atletico's first victory during this year's UEFA Super Cup.

Atletico was a bit disappointing in the 2010-11 season, finishing seventh place in the League and then being eliminated at the last quarterfinals stage of the Copa del Rey and in the first round of the Europa League. This eventually led to the management departure of coach Sanchez Flores before the conclusion of the season. He was replaced by former Sevilla coach Gregorio Manzano. Manzano was able to secure an ultimate Europa League place for Atletico. Manzano his own replacement was by Diego Simeone in December of 2011, following poor form at the top of La Liga.

Simeone was the one who led Atletico towards their second Europa League win in the three years since the competition was first introduced. Atletico defeated Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in the final on May 9 at the National Arena in Bucharest with two goals scored by Radamel Falcao, and one from Diego. By winning the Europa League again, Atletico qualified for the 2012 UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea was the winner of last year's Champions League. The game took place in Stade Louis II, Monaco on August 31, 2012, and Atletico defeated Chelsea 4-1 with an triple by Falcao in the first period. On May 17, 2013, Atletico defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in the Copa del Rey Final in a thrilling game in which both teams ended with 10 players. It ended a 14-year 25-match streak of defeats that began in the Madrid derby. It was the year 2012-13 ended the season with three awards in less than one year.

On May 17, 2014, a game at Camp Nou against Barcelona secured the La Liga title for Atletico which was their first title since 1996, and their first time since 2003-04 that they have not that was won from Barcelona as well as Real Madrid.[80A week later, Atletico faced city rivals Real Madrid in their first Champions League final since 1974 and the first final game between two sides that hail from the same region. They scored a lead in the first half thanks to Diego Godin and held the lead until the third half of injury-time, in which Sergio Ramos headed into the net via a corner. The game went into extra time with Real ended up winning 4-1. Atletico was able to reach a third Champions League final in three seasons in 2015-16 and again faced Real Madrid, and lost to them on penalties following the match ended in a draw.

This club had their final home match in the Vicente Calderon Stadium on the 21st of May, 2017. which led to the club moving to a brand new home, the newly renovated Wanda Metropolitano located in the eastern part of Madrid.

The team took home their 3rd Europa League title in nine years when they beat Marseille in the final 3-0 at the Stade de Lyon in Lyon thanks to the brace of A. Griezmann as well as a strike scored by captain of the club Gabi in what was to be his last game with the club. Atletico also won a second UEFA Super Cup following a 4-2 win over Real Madrid 4-2 at the beginning of the campaign at Lillekula Arena in Tallinn. On the 22nd of May in 2021, a 1-2 victory on the Jose Zorrilla Stadium against Valladolid was the final nail in the coffin of Atletico the La Liga title for Atletico 7 years later than their previous win.

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Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are clubs with distinct identity and distinct destiny. The Santiago Bernabeu stadium of Real Madrid is proudly soaring over Paseo de la Castellana in the affluent Chamartin area of northern Madrid the former stadium of Atletico was the less glitzy Vicente Calderon was located in the center-south area of Madrid 1.8 kilometers away from the city's centre in the barrio for working class of Arganzuela. In the past, Real Madrid have long been viewed as an established club. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid were always identified with the sentimiento of rebeldia which is a feeling of rebellion. However, in the first Francisco Franco years it is Atletico which was considered to be the most popular team of the regime. They were part of the military air force (renamed Atletico Aviacion), until the regime's preference shifted toward Real Madrid in the 1950s.

Certainly the state of dictatorship sought to gain political power from The Real Madrid's European Cup trophies at a period that Spain was a nation that was largely unpopular internationally "Real Madrid is the greatest ambassador we've ever had" the foreign minister of Franco, Fernando Maria de Castiella. This perception has been a significant influence on the identity of the city's footballers that have been able to tap into the general consciousness. In this context, Atletico fans were probably the original creators, and the most frequently singing of the song that is which is to the Real Madrid anthem, "Hala Madrid, hala Madrid El equipo del gobierno, the verguenza of the pas", "Go Madrid Go Madrid the team of the government shame for the country."

Up until recently, Atletico Madrid had struggled with the derby in a significant way with a 14-year winless streak that lasted into this year 2012-13. It ended, however, on May 17, 2013 when Atletico defeated their city rivals 2-1 at Santiago Bernabeu in the 2013 Copa del Rey Final that continued on the 29th of September, 2013 after they scored an 1-0 win, this time on the Bernabeu.

While not as well-known as the Derbi Madrileno however, a long-standing rivalry has been established among Atletico Madrid as well as Barcelona and is also considered to be one among the "Classics" of Spanish football. The rivalry was once lopsided to Barcelona, which was a Catalan club, the rivalry has been a fierce one since the start of the decade and was characterized by events like that of the Champions League knockout phase where Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona as well as the controversial removal of French forward Antonio Griezmann from the Madrid club to the Catalan club in the year 2019 (and his return later in 2021 despite Barcelona's financial woes) as well as the surprising decision to transfer Luis Suarez to Atletico in 2020, a move that resulted in the Uruguyan player play a pivotal part in the team's championship run. But, according to the rules of history and current events the most intense rivalry is the one that exists with the " merengues" neighbors.

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

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• La Liga

Winners (11): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1995–96, 2013–14, 2020–21

• Copa del Rey

Winners (10): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2012–13

• Supercopa de España

Winners (2): 1985, 2014

• Copa Presidente FEF

Winners (1): 1947

• Copa Eva Duarte

Winners (1): 1951

• European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Runners-up (3): 1973–74, 2013–14, 2015–16

• European Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (1): 1961–62

Runners-up (2): 1962–63, 1985–86

• UEFA Europa League

Winners (3): 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18

• UEFA Super Cup

Winners (3): 2010, 2012, 2018

• Intercontinental Cup

Winners (1): 1974

• Copa Stadium (Spain's oldest National Sport Award): 1962
• Gold Medal (Royal Order of Sports Merit): 2014
• Globe Soccer Special Award: 2014
• Globe Soccer Best Club of the Year: 2012, 2018
• IFFHS The World's Club Team of the Year: 2018

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 part in either the Champions League or the UEFA Europa League every year, enjoying success in both competitions.

Atlético Madrid's season-by-season record in international competitions
1 Group stage. Highest-ranked eliminated team in case of qualification, lowest-ranked qualified team in case of elimination.
Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup
Season													Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final / 3rd pos.
1974–75															Independiente
UEFA Super Cup
Season															Final
2010															Inter Milan
2012															Chelsea
2018															Real Madrid
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Season	Preliminary stages										Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
1958–59											Drumcondra	CSKA Sofia	Schalke 04	Real Madrid
1966–67											Malmö FF	Vojvodina
1970–71											Austria Vienna	Cagliari	Legia Warsaw	Ajax
1973–74											Galatasaray	Dinamo BucureÈ™ti	Red Star Belgrade	Celtic	Bayern Munich
1977–78											Dinamo BucureÈ™ti	Nantes	Club Brugge
1996–97												Widzew Łódź 1	Ajax
2008–09										Schalke 04	Marseille 1	Porto
2009–10										Panathinaikos	Porto 1
2013–14											Porto 1	Milan	Barcelona	Chelsea	Real Madrid
2014–15											Olympiacos 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Real Madrid
2015–16											Galatasaray 1	PSV Eindhoven	Barcelona	Bayern Munich	Real Madrid
2016–17											Rostov 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Leicester City	Real Madrid
2017–18											Chelsea 1
2018–19											Club Brugge 1	Juventus
2019–20											Lokomotiv Moscow 1	Liverpool	RB Leipzig
2020–21											Red Bull Salzburg 1	Chelsea
2021–22											Porto 1	Manchester United	Manchester City
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Season	Preliminary stages										Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
1961–62											Sedan	Leicester City	Werder Bremen	Carl Zeiss	Fiorentina
1962–63												Hibernians	Botev	Nürnberg	Tottenham Hotspur
1965–66											Dinamo Zagreb	Universitatea Cluj	Borussia Dortmund
1972–73											Bastia	Spartak Moscow
1975–76											Basel	Eintracht Frankfurt
1976–77											Rapid Wien	Hajduk Split	Levski Sofia	Hamburger SV
1985–86											Celtic	Bangor City	Red Star Belgrade	Uerdingen	Dynamo Kiev
1991–92											Fyllingen	Manchester United	Club Brugge
1992–93											Maribor	Trabzonspor	Olympiacos	Parma
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
Season	Preliminary stages										Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
1963–64											Porto	Juventus
1964–65										Servette	Shelbourne	RFC Liège	Bye	Juventus
1967–68										Wiener SC	Göztepe
1968–69										Waregem
1971–72										Panionios
1974–75										KB	Derby County
1979–80										Dynamo Dresden
1981–82										Boavista
1983–84										Groningen
1984–85										Sion
1986–87										Werder Bremen	Vitória
1988–89										Groningen
1989–90										Fiorentina
1990–91										Politehnica TimiÈ™oara
1993–94										Hearts	OFI
1997–98										Leicester City	PAOK	Dinamo Zagreb	Aston Villa	Lazio
1998–99										Obilic	CSKA Sofia	Real Sociedad	Roma	Parma
1999–00									Ankaragücü	Amica	VfL Wolfsburg	Lens
2007–08								Vojvodina	Erciyesspor	Copenhagen 1	Bolton Wanderers
2009–10											Galatasaray	Sporting CP	Valencia	Liverpool	Fulham
2010–11										Aris 1
2011–12								Strømsgodset	Vitória	Celtic 1	Lazio	BeÅŸiktaÅŸ	Hannover 96	Valencia	Athletic Bilbao
2012–13										Académica 1	Rubin Kazan
2017–18											Copenhagen	Lokomotiv Moscow	Sporting CP	Arsenal	Marseille
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Season											Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Finals
2004–05													Fastav Zlín	OFK Beograd	Villarreal
2007–08

As of 18 September 2020

Rank	Team	Points
1	Bayern Munich	111.000
2	Barcelona	106.000
3	Real Madrid	105.000
4	Atlético Madrid	103.000
	Juventus

As below mentioned.

As of 9 July 2022.

Please see below for the details.

• 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–)

• President: Enrique Cerezo Torres
• Chief Executive Officer: Miguel Ángel Gil Marín. Owner of the club, he holds 56% of the stock. He is the son of former club president Jesús Gil.

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup	Europe		Notes
2002–03	1D	11th	38	12	11	15	51	56	47	Quarter-final
2003–04	1D	7th	38	15	10	13	51	53	55	Quarter-final
2004–05	1D	11th	38	13	11	14	40	34	50	Semi-final			Final UEFA Intertoto Cup
2005–06	1D	10th	38	13	13	12	45	37	52	Round of 16
2006–07	1D	7th	38	17	9	12	46	39	60	Round of 16
2007–08	1D	4th	38	19	7	12	66	47	64	Quarter-final	UC	Round of 32*
2008–09	1D	4th	38	20	7	11	80	57	67	Round of 16	UCL	Round of 16	Forlán won the Pichichi and Golden Shoe with 32 goals.
2009–10	1D	9th	38	13	8	17	57	61	47	Final	UEL	Winner	UCL – Out in Group stage
2010–11	1D	7th	38	17	7	14	62	53	58	Quarter-final	UEL	Group stage	Win UEFA Super Cup
2011–12	1D	5th	38	15	11	12	53	46	56	Round of 32	UEL	Winner	12 wins in a row in European competitions
2012–13	1D	3rd	38	23	7	8	65	31	76	Winner	UEL	Round of 32	Win UEFA Super Cup
2013–14	1D	1st	38	28	6	4	76	25	90	Semi-final	UCL	Final	Final Supercopa
2014–15	1D	3rd	38	23	9	6	67	29	78	Quarter-final	UCL	Quarter-final	Win Supercopa
2015–16	1D	3rd	38	28	4	6	63	18	88	Quarter-final	UCL	Final
2016–17	1D	3rd	38	23	9	6	70	27	78	Semi-final	UCL	Semi-final
2017–18	1D	2nd	38	23	10	5	58	22	79	Quarter-final	UEL	Winner	UCL – Out in Group stage
2018–19	1D	2nd	38	22	10	6	55	29	76	Round of 16	UCL	Round of 16	Win UEFA Super Cup
2019–20	1D	3rd	38	18	16	4	51	27	70	Round of 32	UCL	Quarter-final	Final Supercopa
2020–21	1D	1st	38	26	8	4	67	25	86	Round of 64	UCL	Round of 16
2021–22	1D	3rd	38	21	8	9	65	43	71	Round of 16	UCL	Quarter-final	Semi-final Supercopa

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

The club's home games are played at the Wanda Metropolitano, which was increased from a capacity of 20,000 seats (when it was called La Peineta) to 68,000 following Madrid's unsuccessful attempt to stage the 2016 Summer Olympics. After the renovation to the arena, renovated stadium hosted its first ever competition match, featuring Atletico against Malaga CF, during which the team's Antoine Griezmann scored the first goal in the stadium.

The training grounds of the club are located at the Ciudad Deportiva Atletico de Madrid located in Majadahonda approximately 20 km to the west of Madrid. The ground is maintained with artificial grass and patches, and also an exercise facility. The youth and senior squads train in the club's facilities.

Atletico also runs a sports academy at the Ciudad Deportiva del Nuevo Cerro del Espino in Majadahonda. Atletico also has its own academy located in Bucharest, Romania it's first academy in Europe.

In October, Atletico De Madrid announced their first academy in Pakistan that was located at Lahore which is the very first European football club in Pakistan. In April of 2019 they announced the "Football Schools Program" located in Lahore. In October of 2019, Atletico De Madrid conducted talent in Lahore.. Then, in February of 2020 the Pakistan Football Federation announced the 2020-21 Football Federation League in which Atletico Madrid Lahore was included in Group C. It was designated an official Pakistani soccer club. It played its first match with Hazara Coal and won by two goals.

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 striped tops were the cheap to make, as the same combination was used to make bed mattresses, and the unused cloth was easily converted into football shirts. The kit has been made by Nike since 2001, as the company wants to provide competition with rival brand Adidas, who have a long-term deal with Real Madrid.

The club's main shirt sponsorship by the government of Azerbaijan between 2012 and 2014, featuring the slogan 'Land of Fire', was condemned by Reporters Without Borders, who satirized it in a campaign visual in which the shirt's vertical stripes become prison bars with the logo "Azerbaijan, Land of Repression". Atlético Madrid admitted its sponsorship deal had a political dimension, saying the intention was to "promote the image of Azerbaijan". 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 country's human rights record, calling it "one of the most repressive countries in the world".

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 cinemas. 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 sponsor's logo on replica shirts made from 2002 to 2005.

• (**) – 2003–05 Columbia Pictures (Movies advertised on the shirt included Bewitched, Hollywood Homicide, S.W.A.T., Big Fish, Hellboy, Spanglish, Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse, Hitch, xXx, and Spider-Man 2.)

The supporters from 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. Atlético is also supported by King Felipe VI, who became Honorary President of the club in 2003.

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 signing at €126 million, and at €120 million Antoine Griezmann is the club's biggest sale.