Atletico Madrid, formed in 1903, by Basque students living in Madrid. Initially playing in blue and white, they changed to the more familiar red and white striped shirts in 1911. They have worn them ever since.
Atletico are Spain’s third most successful club behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. The club’s ‘Golden Age’ was from 1949 – 1966. In that time, they won 3 La Liga titles, 3 Copa Del Rey, as well as the European Cup Winners Cup in 1962.
Atletico reached their first Champions Cup (now Champions League) final in 1974 but they lost in a replay – the only time a second match has ever been held – to the all-conquering Bayern Munich. With Bayern unwilling to play because of fixture congestion, Atletico took on Independiente and lifted the Intercontinental Cup to become official world club champions.
Despite a La Liga title in 1977, it was a fallow time for Atletico. The bright spot was the La Liga / Copa Del Rey double in 1996 but four years later they were relegated to the Segunda Division amid allegations of corruption against owner Jesus Gil.
The club bounced back and since the appointment of Diego Simeone has been a force to be reckoned with at home and in Europe. After Quique Sanchez Flores lifted the Europa League in 2010, Simeone repeated the feat in 2012, reaching the Champions League final in 2014. A crushing 4 – 1 defeat to Real Madrid doesn’t tell the whole story; Atleti led with barely a minute of stoppage time remaining. They never recovered from Sergio Ramos’ late equaliser and fell apart in extra time.
Two years later, they once again pushed Real all the way but couldn’t stop another Champions League final defeat, this time on penalties after a 1 – 1 draw after extra time.
Honours
La Liga (10):
- 1939 – 40, 1940 – 41, 1949 – 50, 1950 – 51, 1965 – 66, 1969 – 70, 1972 – 73, 1976 – 77, 1995 – 96, 2013 – 14
Segunda Division (1):
Copa Del Rey (10):
- 1959 – 60 v Real Madrid, 3 – 1
- 1960 – 61 v Real Madrid, 3 – 2
- 1964 – 65 v Real Zaragoza, 1 – 0
- 1971 – 72 v Valencia, 2 – 1
- 1975 – 76 v Real Zaragoza, 1 – 0
- 1984 – 85 v Athletic Bilbao, 2 – 1
- 1990 – 91 v Real Mallorca, 1 – 0
- 1991 – 92 v Real Madrid, 2 – 0
- 1995 – 96 v Barcelona, 1 – 0
- 2012 – 13 v Real Madrid, 2 – 1
Supercopa De Espana (2):
- 1985 v Barcelona, 3 – 0, 0 – 1 (3 – 1 on aggregate)
- 2014 v Real Madrid, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 (2 – 1 on aggregate)
European Cup Winners Cup (1):
- 1962 v Fiorentina, 1 – 1, 3 – 0
Europa League (2):
- 2010 v Fulham, 2 – 1
- 2012 v Athletic Bilbao, 3 – 0
UEFA Super Cup (2):
- 2010 v Internazionale, 2 – 0
- 2012 v Chelsea, 4 – 1
Intercontinental Cup (1):
- 1974 v Independiente, 0 – 1, 2 – 0 (2 – 1 on aggregate)
Leading Goalscorer
Luis Aragones, 173 goals
Luis Aragones joined Atletico Madrid in 1964 from Real Betis but began his career with Real Madrid. He was known as dead ball specialist, nicknamed “Zapatones” (Big Boots).
He stayed at the club until 1974 where he won La Liga three times, two Copa Del Rey and was a member of the losing 1974 Champions Cup final team. He went onto manage Atletico as well as the Spanish national team, winning Euro 2008.
Greatest Moment
17th May 2014, Nou Camp. Twelve months earlier, Atletico had gone to the Bernabeu and beaten Real Madrid in the Copa Del Rey final. Now they were heading to Catalunya, to face Barcelona knowing that anything but defeat would give them their first La Liga title in 18 years.
Cesc Fabregas and Lionel Messi combined to find Alexis Sanchez who gave Barcelona the lead but Diego Godin equalised in the second half. A rearguard action for the final thirty minutes gave the capital’s second team the title in a fierce rival’s backyard.
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HOW TO GET TO ATLETICO MADRID
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- Pirámides
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