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Full name: Club Atlético de Madrid S.A.D.
Founded: 1903
Country and city: Spain, Madrid
Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano
Colours: red-white
Nickname: "mattress", "Indians"
Website: atleticocodemadrid.com

A couple of seasons ago, the Spanish football team Atlético sparkled all over Europe with victories in the championship and European competitions. Now the "mattress" have slowed down a bit and no longer demonstrate such hegemony in La Liga, with which they won the hearts of the Spanish public quite recently.

Stone Forest tells you the story of the "red-and-white" team from Madrid, all the more so very soon it will meet in the playoffs of the Europa League with our Lokomotiv. Daring Diego Simeone will fight against Yuri Palych Semin, who has become noticeably calmer.

City of Madrid

Madrid, the capital of Spain, has long been considered the largest city in the country, also claiming the laurels of the largest city in Europe. The population of the largest economic, political and cultural center of Spain is more than 3.165 million inhabitants.

The city is located in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula, which is washed by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Madrid is known not only as the football capital, but also as a major transport hub. The city also has one of the largest airports in the world.

Traveling around the capital of Spain, in addition to visiting a football match, be sure to visit the numerous museums, of which there are many in the city. From the Reina Sofia Art Center to the Prado Museum. By the way, it is these cultural objects that are in the hundred most visited museums in the world. The city is alive with art.

I wonder if any of you wondered why the city is called Madrid? After all, there are several versions of this name:

Some believe that the name comes from the Arabic "marada", which means city.

According to an ancient legend, Madrid was founded by the ancient hero Ocnius, who gave the name to the settlement in his own way.

There is also a version that this name comes from the Celtic "Maguerite" - "big bridge". The foggy past of the name of the city ...

In addition to the derby of two sworn enemies in the face of Real Madrid and Atlético, the city also lives on basketball, and local clubs are strong in the European arena. Many do not know, but the 2016 Summer Olympics could have been held in Madrid, but it came in second in the voting, behind only Rio de Janeiro.

Wanda Metropolitano Stadium

The home arena of the "mattress" is an arena called "Wanda Metropolitano", yes, yes, do not be surprised, because I'm sure many of you thought that the team still plays at everyone's favorite "Vicente Calderon". However, since the 2017-2018 season, the Red-Whites have been playing in a brand new 67,000-seat arena.

Initially, the stadium was laid under the foundation in 1990. Its construction took three years, and in 1994 the old arena was opened. Then it accommodated 20,000 spectators. In 2002, it even hosted the World Cup in Athletics. And two years later the arena was closed for reconstruction.

Until 2017, Atlético played at the Vicente Calderon stadium, and very successfully. But it's time to return to the roots and start playing in a brand new comfortable arena for matches.

In the fall of 2017, the first official match was held at the Wanda Metropolitano. "Mattress" defeated "Malaga" with a score of 1:0, the only goal was scored by the leader of the current composition of the "Indians" - Antoine Griezmann.

History of Atlético FC

One of the most successful and popular clubs in Spain was founded in the spring of 1903 by three Basque students who were then studying in Madrid. Initially, the team was not conceived as an independent and independent team and was considered a farm club. Therefore, at first, the “mattress covers” did not take part in the competition. But in friendly matches, Atlético showed themselves to be a very combat-ready team.

Only in February 1907, the "red-whites" registered with the Spanish Football Federation under the name "Athletic Club de Madrid". Since then, the club has become completely independent and has received the right to play in official tournaments. From the very beginning, the colors of Atlético were identical to their counterparts from Bilbao, that is, the blue and white color was a priority. However, in 1911, the team decided to play in red and white colors, after which this color combination became the team's main one. By the way, in those days, this combination of stripes was often used in Spanish manufactories for the production of mattresses, which is why the team is nicknamed “mattress covers”.

The team's first stadium appeared in 1913 thanks to the efforts of the first president in the club's history, Julián Ruete. The arena was named "O'Donnell".

In 1923, Atletico already played in the new arena, which in those years could accommodate a lot of spectators, as many as 36,000. As a result, in the first half of the 20s, the team won regional tournaments three times, and in 1926 almost won the Spanish Cup, losing in the final to Barcelona with a score of 2:3.

After good results, the team was invited to play in the first championship of Spain, in the yard then it was 1929. That season, the "mattress" took 6th place. However, a year later they finished the championship in last place and were relegated. Only in 1934 did the team return to the big leagues, and then only thanks to its expansion to 12 participating teams.

The civil war had a bad effect on the performances of the "red-whites". After all, the club lost 8 people from the main team in the war. As a result, the "Indians" teamed up with a team of air forces. In 1939, the club began under a new name - Athletic Aviación de Madrid.

The newly formed team won the first two seasons, coached by the guys then Ricardo Zamora, the former best goalkeeper in the world.

In connection with the decree of Generalissimo Franco on the renaming of foreign names in the Spanish way, in 1941 the name of the club was changed to Atlético Aviación de Madrid. In 1947, the club's management completely excluded the military component from the name, and the "Indians" got their current name. In the same year, the biggest victory in the "Madrid derby" was won. Real Madrid were defeated 5-0.

The beginning of the 50s was marked by the work at the helm of Atlético Helenio Herrera. Under him, the club won two championships in Spain. The stars of that team were French goalkeeper Marcel Domingo and a terrifying attacking trio of Larbi Benbarek, Hendry Karlsson and the top scorer in the history of "mattress" Adrian Escuder.

After Herrera left for Malaga, the club's business began to decline. They only once, in 1966, managed to become champions. But the matches against Real Madrid were especially hot at that time. First, in the semi-final of the 1959 Champions Cup, Atlético was defeated, but a year later, the red-whites took revenge in the final of the Spanish Cup, defeating their irreconcilable enemies. A season later, the teams met again in the Cup final, this time Atlético turned out to be stronger with a score of 3: 2.

In 1962, the "mattress" did the incredible, managing to win the Cup Winners' Cup, defeating the Italian "Fiorentina" in the final. A year later, the "Indians" again reached the final, but lost to Tottenham in it. After coming to the post of president of the club, Vicente Calderon, the “golden” times of the team began. In 1966, a stadium named after him opened. The club also won three titles of the champion of Spain. The leading leaders of that team were Adelardo and José Garate (who set the record for most appearances for Atlético). After the ban on the purchase of foreign players was lifted, Ruben Ayala and Ruben Diaz joined the ranks of the football club. Due to the appearance of these players, who looked like people from the indigenous population of modern North and South America, the nickname "Indians" was attached to the club.

In 1974, the team played in the Champions Cup final against Bayern and lost to them on aggregate. But the "mattress" managed to win the Intercontinental Cup. The team was then coached by the great and terrible Luis Aragones.

The beginning of the 90s was marked by a new era. Calderon was replaced by a new president, Jesus Gil, who immediately bought Bernd Schuster and Paulo Futre to the club. Two victories in the National Cup were followed by a frequent change of coach, because Gil could not understand what kind of coach was similar to his ideology. As a result, the president fixed his eyes on Radomir Antic, with whom the "red-whites" made a double in 1996, having won the championship and the Cup of the country.

By the way, at that time her current mentor, Diego Simeone, played in the team, who spared neither himself nor his rivals.
In the 2000 season, the "mattress" finished the championship in 19th place, and, after 65 years of being in the elite, dropped to the lower division. But Luis Aragones brought the club back in 2002.

In the spring of 2001, the debut of a football player who was idolized in Spain, but laughed at in England, his name was Fernando Torres, took place. He became the youngest captain in Atlético history at the age of 19. In 2006, the Portuguese diaspora in the person of Costinha and Manishe arrived as his partners, and the Argentinean Sergio Aguero moved to the capital of Spain. Until 2007, Torres conquered the expanses of Madrid until he was lured by millions of British contracts.

In 2008, after a 12-year break, the Indians made it to the group stage of the Champions League, where they lost to Porto in 1/8.

In the spring of 2010, the Red-Whites became the first owners of the Europa League, defeating Fulham in the final. The main hero of that final was the favorite of local fans, Diego Forlan, who forever left a mark on the history of Atlético. The UEFA Super Cup of the same year also remained with the Indians.

Two seasons later, the Europa League final was again conquered by Atlético, they turned out to be stronger than their ancestors from Bilbao, defeating them 3-0.

After 18 years, in 2014, the "mattress" became the champions of La Liga, ahead of "Barcelona". All these victories were associated with the name of Diego Simeone, a former team player and current coach.

In the 2017/2018 season, Simeone's wards took second place in the Example, well behind Barca, which gained momentum. But the team was one of the favorites of the Europa League, and plus they managed to beat Yuriy Palych's "locomotives". At the end of the season, they lifted the second most important European Cup over their heads. At the same time won the UEFA Super Cup. Great year.

Not bad "mattress" and had a season 2018/2019. Another second place in the Example, 1/8 of the Champions League, 1/8 of the National Cup. But despite the good result, the football community paid more attention to Antoine Griezmann's imminent departure from the club than savored the Atlético game. And now the 2019/2020 season begins without its star French striker, the memory of which Madrid fans are now diligently erasing. Yes, and Yuriy Palych is now determined to take revenge on Simeone for the insulting flight of past years.

Russian trace

"Matress" have experience playing with our clubs. So in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League in 2013, the Spaniards lost to Rubin Kazan with a total score of 1:2. A year later, they defeated in the group stage of the Champions League. Also, they have already met with Lokomotiv, in the not so distant 2007, the Europa League match ended in a fighting draw 3:3, let's see what happens this time.

Many do not know, but at one time the famous Russian football player Igor Dobrovolsky played a season for the Indians, having played a total of 19 matches and scoring one goal.

The most famous Atlético players

Jose Garate
Ruben Ayala
Ruben Diaz
Luis Aragones
Ruben Baraja
Fernando Torres
David De Gea
Diego Costa
David Villa
Javier Irureta
Jose Caminero
Thibaut Courtois
Tiago Mendes
Arda Turan
Bernd Schuster
Christian Vieri
Jan Oblak
Antoine Griezmann
Diego Simeone
Sergio Aguero
Radamel Falcao
Diego Forlan
Diego Godin
Costinha
Manishe
Igor Dobrovolsky
Mateja Kežman

Club trophies

Champions of Spain - 1940, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1996, 2014
Spanish Cup winners -1960, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2013
Spanish Super Cup winners - 1985, 2014
Eva Duarte Cup Winners - 1940, 1951
Champions of the Second Division of Spain - 2002
Regional Championship Winners - 1921, 1925, 1928, 1940
Winners of the Campeonato del Centro - 1921, 1925, 1928, 1940
Europa League winners - 2010, 2012
Cup Winners' Cup Winners - 1962
Winners of the Intertoto Cup - 2007
UEFA Super Cup Winners 2010, 2012
Intercontinental Cup Winners - 1974
Iberian Cup Winners - 1991

Atlético Madrid is a Spanish football club from Madrid that was founded on April 26, 1903. It is the second most powerful team in Madrid after Real Madrid from a historical point of view.

Atlético de Madrid is one of the most successful and popular Spanish clubs, founded on 26 April 1903 by three Basque students studying in Madrid. Initially, this club was not conceived as independent and independent, and was considered something like a branch of Athletic Bilbao, so it did not take part in the competition. But in friendly matches at the local level, he showed himself to be a very combat-ready team. And only on February 20, 1907, having registered with the Spanish Football Federation under the name Athletic Club de Madrid, the club became completely independent and received the right to play in official tournaments.

From the very beginning, the colors of the club followed the colors of Athletic Bilbao - blue and white uniforms. But in 1911, red and white, vertically striped T-shirts were tried. This combination of colors was then used en masse in Spanish manufactories for the production of mattresses. And since the red and white striped fabric could be bought for next to nothing, many clubs then picked up this idea, including the Basque Athletic. The carriers of such T-shirts were nicknamed "mattress", but since the Madrid were the first in this undertaking, the nickname stuck to them.

Under the leadership of Helenio Herrera, who came in 1949, Atletico won the title twice - in 1950 and 1951. The victors included French goalkeeper Marcel Domingo, defender Alfonso Aparicio and the star three of the attack - the best Moroccan football player of all time Larbi Ben-Barek, Hendry Karlsson and the best scorer in the history of the club - Adrian Escudero (150 goals in the league). In the 1950/51 season, Atletico achieved their highest performance, scoring 87 goals.

With the departure of Herrera to Malaga, the mattresses slowed down a bit. Until their next championship in 1966, they were vice-champions four times and Cup finalists seven times, winning it three times. The confrontation with Real Madrid became especially acute. Three matches had to be played between the Madrid clubs to determine the winner in the semi-final of the 1959 Champions Cup, in the decisive additional match, Atlético lost to fellow countrymen 1:2. The very next year, the "mattress" managed to take revenge in the final of the Spanish Cup, defeating Real Madrid at Chamartin (the future Santiago Bernabeu) with a score of 3:1. The 1961 final turned into a capital derby again. The Creamy, eager for revenge, scored two goals, but this time Atlético turned out to be stronger (3:2).

In 1962, the Mattresses won the Cup Winners' Cup by beating Fiorentina 3-0 in the extra leg of the final. A year later, Atlético again played in the final of the tournament, but failed to defend the title and lost big to Tottenham (1:5).

With the advent of Vicente Calderon as president of the club in 1964, Atlético's "golden" years began. October 2, 1966 opened the stadium, built under the leadership of the new president. Soon the stadium was named after him. After winning league titles in 1966, 1970, 1973, 1977, Atletico became the third team in Spain. The leading players of this period were goalkeeper Reina, midfielder Adelardo, who set a club record for the number of matches - 399, striker José Eulogio Garate, future coaches - Javier Irureta and Luis Aragones. After the lifting of the ban on foreign players in 1973, Atlético was strengthened by the Argentines - Ruben Ayala, Ramon Heredia and Ruben Diaz. In their appearance, Indian features clearly appeared, which is why the club acquired a new nickname - "Indians".

In 1974, Bayern faced the Indians in the Champions Cup final. Madrid were leading the match 1-0, but in the last minute the Germans equalized. A replay was required, where Bayern won 4-0. The Germans “generously” conceded the right to compete for the Intercontinental Cup, where Atlético Madrid turned out to be stronger than the Argentine Independiente in the two-legged final. The team's coach was Luis Aragones, who took up this position four times - in the 1974-80, 1982-87, 1991-93 and 2002-03 seasons.

In 1986, under his leadership, Atletico reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost to Dynamo Kyiv (0:3).

In 1987, the era of Vicente Calderon ended and the era of President Jesus Gil began, who immediately strengthened the squad by buying Bernd Schuster from Real Madrid, the Portuguese virtuoso Paulo Futre. The team showed beautiful football, but could only win two Royal Cups - in 1991 and 1992. Changing coaches like gloves, Jesús Gil settled on Radomir Antic, who won the championship and Cup in 1996 with his first double. The team, which used ruthless tactics against the opponent, stood out as defensive midfielder Diego Simeone and centre-back Juan Manuel Lopez, who received 44 yellow cards in 65 first matches for Atlético.

The next successes came to Atlético not in the home arena, but in Europe. In the tenth years of the 21st century, the "mattress" twice took the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup. On May 13, 2010, in a tense and stubborn match with Fulham at the Hamburg Arena stadium in the German city of Hamburg, Atletico won 2-1 after extra time and thus became the first owner of the updated Europa League tournament. Double in the team marked Diego Forlan. In the UEFA Super Cup match, which took place on August 28, 2010 in Monaco at the Stade Louis II, Atlético defeated the winners of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10 Inter Milan with a score of 0:2. And on May 9, 2012, having defeated Athletic Bilbao with a score of 3: 0, he became a 2-time winner of the Europa League. On August 31, 2012, having beaten Chelsea with a score of 4: 1, he became a 2-time winner of the UEFA Super Cup.

On April 26, 1903, several Athletic fans from Bilbao, who studied at the school of mining engineers in Madrid, including Ramon de Arancibia and Lebario, the brothers Ignacio and Ricardo de Gortazar and Manso de Velasco and Manuel de Goyarrola and Aldecoa, decided to establish a branch of the Basque club in Madrid, which was named the Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid. Teams from Bilbao and Madrid could not meet in official matches, as they were considered part of the same organization. The first president of the Madrid club was Enrique Allende, who was replaced by Eduardo de Acha in the same year.

First club president Enrique Allende

The first field on which Athletic Madrid played was located in the El Retiro Park area (today Menendez Pelayo Street runs in this place), and on which the New Football Club played its home matches. On May 2, 1903, the first match in the history of Athletic took place, in which 24 members of the club took part.

At the beginning of its existence, the players of Athletic Madrid, as well as the players of the parent team from Bilbao, played in blue and white. On January 9, 1910, the players of the Madrid club for the first time went to the match in red and white T-shirts brought from England. It is generally accepted that this was the kit of English Southampton, with whom Athletic Bilbao were on very good terms at the time.

Julián Ruete took over as president in 1912. During his tenure, Athletic Madrid reached its first ever final, playing in the 1912/13 season's final of the Central Regional Championship, losing 2-3 to FC Madrid.

In 1919, Alvaro de Aguilar was elected president, but only a year later Julian Ruete took his place again. Ruete's reign was marked by the final separation of Athletic Madrid from Athletic Bilbao in 1921 and the transformation into an independent club, as well as the opening of the Metropolitano Stadium. On May 13, 1923, the Madrid players played their first match in the new arena against Real Sociedad and won with a score of 2: 1.

In the 1920s, Athletic participated in the Center Regional Championship. In the seasons 1920/21, 1924/25 and 1927/28 Madrid became champions of the tournament.

Athletic Madrid players in 1927

On October 4, 1939, Athletic Madrid and Aviación Nacional merged to form the Athletic Aviación Club. The merger was the result of Athletic's poor economic situation, as well as a lack of players due to the Spanish Civil War.

The renewed mattress team managed to win the last Regional Championship of the center, which took place in 1939. Thus Athletic won their first title in 12 years. In addition to this success, on April 28, 1940, the red and white club, led by coach Ricardo Zamora, won the First Division title for the first time in their history, beating Sevilla.

The following season, Zamora again led Athletic to the league title. A great contribution to the victory was made by striker Pruden, who became the top scorer of the championship with 32 goals. He was the first player to break the 30 goals mark.

In January 1947, the club took on its current name, Club Atlético de Madrid. The first official match under the new name took place on January 6, 1947 at the Metropolitano Stadium against Sabadell and ended in a 1-3 defeat.

In the 1949/50 and 1950/51 seasons, under coach Helenio Herrera, Atlético won their third and fourth league titles respectively. During these years, Larbi Ben Barek, Henri Karlsson, Jose Luis Perez-Paya, Jose Juncosa and Adrian Escudero shone in the team.

In the 1959/60 season, led by coach José Villalonga, the club won its first cup of the country, at that time called the Generalissimo Cup, beating Real Madrid 3:1 in the final match. A year later, the fate of the cup was again decided in the Madrid derby, in which the mattress toppers were again stronger, this time with a score of 3:2.

Winning the 1961 Generalissimo Cup allowed Atlético to participate in the Cup Winners' Cup the following season. In the course of the tournament, the mattresses beat the French Sedan, Leicester City, Werder Bremen and Motor Jena from the GDR, thanks to which they managed to reach the first international final in their history, in which the Madrid club was opposed by Fiorentina. The decisive match took place on 10 May 1962 in Glasgow and ended in a 1-1 draw. In a replay on 5 September 1962 in Stuttgart, Atlético won 3-0. Goals at the mattress pads were scored by Jones, Mendonza and Joaquin Peiro. Thus, Atletico won the first European trophy in its history.

Winners Cup 1962

In the 1964/65 season, under the leadership of the Brazilian Otto Bumbel, Atletico won the third Generalissimo Cup, defeating Zaragoza 1-0 in the final.

A year later, head coach Domenech Balmagna and midfielder Luis Aragones, who became the second scorer of the championship with 18 goals, led the mattresses to the fifth league title.

The 1970s were a decade of great success for the Madrid club. In the 1969/70 season, under the leadership of the French coach Marcel Domingo, the sixth league title was won. Luis Aragones and José Eulogio Garate made a big contribution to the victory in the championship, becoming the best goalscorers of that season with 16 goals each.

In 1971, Austrian coach Max Merkel, popularly known as "Mr. Knut", took over the club as he established a strict discipline in the Madrid club. In the very first season, the Austrian led the mattresses to another victory in the Generalissimo Cup: Valencia was beaten with a score of 2: 1 in the final.

In 1973, also with Merkel at the helm, Atlético won its seventh championship and won the right to play in the European Cup in the 1973/74 season. In the course of the main European tournament, Atlético eliminated Galatasari, Dinamo Bucharest, Crvena Zvezda and Celtic. Bayern Munich faced Madrid in the final. 90 minutes of regular time ended in a goalless draw. In the 114th minute, Luis Aragones put Atlético ahead with a free-kick, but Georg Schwarzenberg equalized with 30 seconds left. Two days later, a replay took place, in which the German club turned out to be much stronger and won 4:0.

Since Bayern refused to participate in the 1974 Intercontinental Cup, Atlético took its place, which, as a representative of the European continent, was supposed to meet the winner of the Copa Libertadores, the Argentinean Independiente. The first match, in which Luis Aragones took part already as a head coach, took place in Buenos Aires and ended with a score of 1:0 in favor of Independiente. On April 10, 1975, Atlético Madrid won the second leg 2-0. Four minutes before the end, Ruben Ayala scored the second goal, which brought the red and white Intercontinental Cup. Atlético became the first and only European club to date to win the Intercontinental Cup without having previously won the Cup/Champions League.

1975 Intercontinental Cup Winners

In 1976, the mattresses became the winners of the Generalissimo Cup for the fifth time, beating Zaragoza 1-0 in the final thanks to a goal by Garate.

In 1977, Luis Aragones led Atlético to their eighth league title.

The red-whites had to wait eight years for the next title. On June 30, 1985, Atlético Madrid won their sixth Copa del Rey, by then again called the Copa del Rey, beating Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the decisive match. Double in Madrid made the Mexican Hugo Sanchez. Luis Aragones was again the head coach that season.

The following season, Atlético reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup. On the way to the decisive match, mattresses were left behind by Celtic, Welsh Bangor City, Crvena Zvezda and West German Bayer Uerdingen. In the decisive match on May 2, 1986 at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, the red-whites lost to Dynamo Kyiv with a score of 0:3.

On June 29, 1991, Atlético Madrid, led by Iselin Santos Ovejero, won the Copa del Rey for the seventh time, beating Mallorca 1-0 in the final. The only goal was scored by Alfredo Santaelena in extra time.

The following season, the club was again led by Luis Aragones. On 27 June 1992, Atlético Madrid won their eighth Copa del Rey with a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu in the Madrid derby. Goals at the mattress pads were scored by Paulo Futre and Bernd Schuster. This was the third cup final in which Atlético beat Real Madrid.

On July 1, 1992, Atlético Madrid became a joint stock company and was officially named Club Atlético de Madrid S.A.D. Club president Jesús Gil became the majority owner. Subsequently, in the Atlético Case, the Spanish Supreme Court found that Jesús Gil illegally took possession of the club's shares, which was recorded in the verdict handed down in 2004.

The 1995/96 season was one of the most successful in the history of the club. For the first time, the mattresses won the double (doblete), becoming champions and cup winners led by Serbian coach Radomir Antic. On April 10, 1996, at the Romareda stadium in Zaragoza, thanks to a goal from Milinko Pantic, Atlético beat Barcelona and won the Copa del Rey for the ninth time in its history.

On May 25, 1996, at the Vicente Calderon stadium, Atlético beat Albacete 2-0 and became the Spanish champion for the ninth time. The top mattress players that season were Caminero, Simeone, Pantic and Kiko.

King's Cup 1996

At the end of the 1999/2000 season, Atlético were relegated to the second league for the first time since 1934. After an unsuccessful 2000/01 season, in which mattresses failed to return to the first league, the Madrid club was once again led by Luis Aragones, under whose leadership the red and white returned to the Spanish football elite in 2002.

After returning to the first league, Atletico were in the middle of the standings for several years, until they finished fourth in the 2007/08 season and returned to the Champions League 12 years later. Having overcome the group stage, in the 1/8 finals, Madrid met with Porto. Both matches ended in a draw (2:2 in Madrid and 0:0 in Porto), and the Portuguese advanced to the next round due to goals scored in a foreign field.

The following season, under coach Quique Sánchez Flores, Atlético again finished fourth in the championship and returned to the Champions League. However, this time the red-whites could not overcome the group stage and continued their performance on the international stage already in the Europa League. On the way to the final, the mattresses beat Sporting Lisbon, Galatasaray, Valencia and Liverpool. In the final on 12 May 2010 at the Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Madrid faced Fulham in London. By winning the match 2-1 thanks to a brace from Diego Forlán, Atlético became the owner of the European trophy for the first time in 48 years.

Diego Forlan with the Europa League Cup

A week after the Hamburg triumph, the mattresses played in the final of the King's Cup at the Camp Nou in Barcelona with Sevilla and lost 0:2 to it.

The start of the 2010/11 season was marked by a new victory: on August 27, 2010, at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, Atlético won its first European Super Cup, beating Inter Milan 2-0. Goals at the mattress pads were scored by Jose Antonio Reyes and Sergio Aguero. Unfortunately, the Red-Whites' European campaign that season proved to be short-lived, as they failed to make it past the group stage in the Europa League, finishing only in third place. Atlético finished the Spanish Championship in seventh place.

The summer of 2011 passed in the Madrid club under the sign of great changes: it was decided not to renew the contract with Flores, and Gregorio Manzano took his place. The club also left key players such as David de Gea, Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlán. They were replaced by Radamel Falcao, Diego, Adrian, Arda Turan, Gaby and Thibaut Cortua. One of the leaders of Atlético in the 90s, Jose Luis Caminero, was appointed sports director.

The new season began with the fact that mattresses made it to the main part of the Europa League, overcoming the resistance of the Norwegian Stromsgodset and the Portuguese Vitoria in the qualifying rounds. Madrid faced Udinese, Celtic and Rennes in the group stage. Atlético took first place in the group and advanced to the knockout stages of the tournament. Despite this success, head coach Gregorio Manzano was sacked in December following a poor league performance and a loss to Albacete in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, prompting strong protests from the fans.

The Age of Cholismo

Manzano's place was taken by Argentina's Diego "Cholo" Simeone. As a head coach, he was officially introduced on December 27. At his first press conference, Simeone had this to say: “I want a team that is aggressive, strong, brave, capable of hitting back and fast. This is something that has always fascinated us - Atlético fans. We will strive for what has been our history."

In the 2011/12 Europa League play-offs, Atlético beat Lazio, Besiktas, Hannover and Valencia. Thus, the red-whites reached the second European final in three seasons.

On May 9, 2012, at the National Stadium in Bucharest, in the final match, Atlético Madrid easily overcame the resistance of Athletic Bilbao, winning the match with a score of 3: 0, and again became the winner of the Europa League, just two years after the first triumph. In this match, Falcao scored a double, who was recognized as the best player in the final and the entire tournament, and Diego Ribas scored one goal.

Europa League Winners 2012

The 2012/13 season began with a victory in the European Super Cup: on August 31, Chelsea were beaten 4-1 in Monaco. Falcao scored a hat-trick, and Miranda scored one goal.

The first half of the Spanish championship for mattresses turned out to be very successful: by the equator of the tournament, Atlético scored 44 points and was in second place, second only to Real Madrid. In the second round, the red-whites scored 32 points and eventually took third place, hitting the championship medalists for the first time since 1996.

In the Copa del Rey, Atlético defeated Real Jaen, Getafe, Real Betis and Sevilla and reached the final, in which on May 17, 2013 at the Santiago Bernabéu, the mattresses were opposed by Real Madrid. The main time of the match ended in a draw 1:1. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the seventh minute, after which Diego Costa scored a return goal from the red-and-whites after Falcao's pass. In the second half of extra time, Joao Miranda, after a cross from Koke, sent the ball into the goal with his head and set the final score in the match - 2:1. The mattresses thus won their tenth cup in their history, their first domestic title since 1996 and their first win against Real Madrid in official matches since 1999.

In August 2013, Atlético faced Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. The first meeting at Vicente Calderon ended with a score of 1:1. David Villa scored a goal for Madrid, while Neymar scored for the Catalans. The second leg at the Camp Nou ended in a goalless draw, thanks to which the cup went to blue garnet.

The start of the 2013/14 season in La Liga was marked by eight consecutive victories, including the victory in the Madrid derby at the Santiago Bernabéu. In the Champions League, Atlético's opponents were Porto, Zenit and Austria Vienna. Mattress makers took first place in the group without any problems, gaining 16 points.

In the 1/8 finals, the opponent of the mattresses was Milan. The first match in Italy ended 1-0 in favor of the Madrid club. In the return match at Vicente Calderon, the red-whites did not leave the Italians a single chance: 4:1. Barcelona were waiting for Atlético in the quarter-finals. In the first leg at the Camp Nou, Diego Ribas scored a valuable 1-1 draw. A week later, in Madrid, a single goal by Koke took the mattress-makers to the semi-finals. In the 1/2 finals, Atlético met with Chelsea. After a goalless draw in Madrid, the mattresses won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals from Adrian, Diego Costa and Turan. The only goal for the Londoners was scored by Fernando Torres. Thus, Atletico made it to the final of the main European tournament for the first time in 40 years.

On May 17, 2014, in the last game of the championship, the mattresses met at the Camp Nou with Barcelona. The standings obliged Barcelona to win in order to win the league title, while a draw was fine for Madrid. In the first half, Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring and put the hosts ahead. After the break, Diego Godin, after filing from a corner corner, equalized the score, which remained unchanged until the end of the game. Thus, Atlético Madrid, after eighteen years, again became the champion of Spain.

Champions 2014

A week later, in the Champions League final at the Da Luz Stadium in Lisbon, the red-and-whites faced eternal rival Real Madrid. Diego Godin opened the scoring in the first half. The minimum advantage of the mattresses lasted until the 93rd minute, when, a few seconds before the final whistle, Sergio Ramos scored a return ball and moved the match into extra time. Unfortunately, a goal conceded at the very end unsettled Atlético's players, as a result of which the Creamers scored three goals in overtime and deprived the mattress players of the dream of winning the Champions League.

The 2014/15 season started again for Atlético with the Spanish Super Cup. The rival of the red-whites was once again Real Madrid. The first match at the Santiago Bernabéu ended in a 1-1 draw. In the second leg, Atletico prevailed 1-0 and won their second Spanish Super Cup.

In La Liga, the mattresses finished the championship in third place with 88 points. The most memorable match of the season was the Madrid derby on February 7, 2015 at the Vicente Calderon, in which the red-whites defeated their principal rivals 4-0 thanks to goals from Tiago, Saul, Griezmann and Mandzukic.

In the Champions League, Atlético again took first place in the group, beating Juventus, Olympiacos and Malmö. In the 1/8 finals, the Leverkusen Bayer became the opponent of the mattresses. Having exchanged minimal home wins 1:0, the teams revealed the winner only in the penalty shootout in the second leg in Madrid: the mattresses turned out to be stronger - 3:2. In the quarter-finals, Atlético again had to face off against Real Madrid. The only goal in the two-legged confrontation was scored by Chicharito at the very end of the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, thus putting an end to the European mattress campaign of the season.

The following year, Atletico again became third in the Spanish championship.

In the Champions League in the group stage, the opponents of the mattresses were Benfica, Galatasaray and Astana. With 13 points, the red-whites again took first place. In the 1/8 finals, Atlético met with PSV. Both matches ended in a goalless draw, and in the penalty shootout on Vicente Calderon, the red-whites took over with a score of 8:7. In the quarterfinals, the draw, as in 2014, brought Atletico to Barcelona. At the Camp Nou, the blue garnets beat the wards of Simeone 2:1. In the second leg in Madrid, the mattresses took revenge 2:0, thereby leaving the Catalans out of the Champions League for the second time in three years.

In the semi-finals, the Madrid club went to Bayern Munich as rivals. In the first meeting at the Vicente Calderon, Atlético scored a minimal victory thanks to a single goal from Saul. In the second match at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Bayern won 2-1, which allowed the mattresses to again reach the final of the tournament. In the decisive match at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on May 28, 2016, Atlético faced Real Madrid once again. Sergio Ramos opened the scoring in the 15th minute. In the 79th minute, Carrasco scored the return goal after the transfer of Juanfran. In extra time, the teams managed to keep their goal intact, and the fate of the match was decided in a penalty shootout. The only player who failed to convert his shot was Juanfran, who hit the post, thanks to which Cristiano Ronaldo brought victory to Real Madrid, setting the final score in the series - 5: 3. Thus, the third attempt to win the main club trophy in Europe ended in failure for mattresses.

During the off-season, several new players joined the ranks of the club, including Frenchman Kevin Gameiro, Argentine Nicolas Gaitan and Croat Sime Vrsaljko.

The start of the 2016/2017 season was not very successful for Atlético. In La Liga, the red-whites were consistently outside the top three until the second round. In the second round, thanks to the strengthening of the game and the simultaneous decline of Sevilla, which was confidently walking in the group of leaders, Atletico entrenched in third place and eventually won the championship bronze again.

In the Copa del Rey, the red-whites reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Barcelona in a two-legged series with a total score of 2:3.

In the Champions League, Atlético easily finished first in the group stage, beating Bayern, Rostov and PSV. In the 1/8 and 1/4 finals, Bayer Leverkusen and English Leicester were beaten, respectively. In the semi-finals, Real Madrid again found themselves in the way of the mattresses. In the first match at the Santiago Bernabeu, the Vikings won a landslide victory with a score of 3:0. In the second leg at the Vicente Calderon, Atlético won 2-1, which was not enough to reach the final, and thus, for the fourth time in a row, Real Madrid became a stumbling block for the maters in the European campaign.

On May 21, as part of the final 38th round of the championship, Atletico played the last match in its history at the Vicente Calderon Stadium against Atletico. Mattress makers won with a score of 3:1, after which the farewell ceremony for the legendary arena followed.

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Sergey Do not foolishly score Vitolo on the way out the ball, everything would have ended like that. Morato frankly disappointed. Of the three hundred percent chances, he did not convert a single one. Trepierre was completely lost in the second half. In general, there are no changes yet, and apparently there are none. there will always be the same weak-willed game with the expectation of one realized moment and keeping the score in the future.

Lemon All in all, the preseason was pretty good. Felix has good potential. If there had been a normal coach, then quite bright prospects would have loomed.

Sergey The match left a double impression. On the one hand, they used, as in the good old days, practically all the moments that were in the first half, i.e. the implementation seems to be normal, but at the same time, sometimes Juve rolled them like kittens and only luck that they scored one. In a week we'll see how it goes in the championship.

In the 1920s, the team won regional tournaments three times, and in 1926 managed to reach the final of the Spanish Cup, where Atlético lost to Barcelona only in extra time (2:3).

In 1928, the team was invited to the top division of the Spanish championship, which they finished in sixth place. But the very next year, having taken the last line, Atlético flew out. In 1934, it was decided to expand the championship to 12 teams and the club returned to the top division again. Then the civil war began, although just before that the team was supposed to fly to the lower leagues - the championship was interrupted, financial problems appeared and many players left the team. It was decided to unite with the command of the air force. On October 4, 1939, the club was renamed Atlético Aviación de Madrid. On November 26 of the same year, the club had a chance to be in the elite and he took advantage of it by beating Osasuna in the play-off.

Under the leadership of Ricardo Zamora, Atletico won in the first seasons after the resumption of the championship. In 1947, the club was renamed to its original name, Atlético de Madrid, which remains to this day.

In 1949, Helenio Herrera took charge of the team and almost immediately Atlético won the top division twice, in 1950 and 1951. In 1962, the team won the Cup Winners' Cup, a year later it again played in the final of this tournament, but lost to Tottenham.

In 1964, the club changed its head coach, he became Luis Aragones, who then led the team four more times - in the 1974-1980, 1982-1987, 1991-1993 and 2002-2003 seasons. In 1986, Atletico managed to reach the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, where they were defeated by Dynamo Kyiv (0:3).

In 1987, a new era began, Jesus Lil became the president of the team, he first strengthened the squad with the player of Real Madrid Bernd Schuster and the Portuguese Paulo Futre. The team began to show spectacular and vibrant football, but among the achievements there were only two Royal Cups - in 1991 and 1992, already in 1996, when the team was led by Radomire Antiche, Atlético became the first in the championship and won the Spanish Cup.

The most disastrous season in history was 1999, at the end of the season, 19th place in the standings and relegation to the lower division for the first time in 65 years. But under the leadership of the already familiar Luis Aragones in 2002, Atlético returned to Example.

In 2008, the club reached the group stage of the Champions League for the first time, passing through the play-off round of Schalke. Atletico took second place, but lost to Porto in the 1/8 finals.

On 13 May 2010, the team won the Europa League final by scoring the decisive goal in extra time against Fulham. And already on August 28 this year, Atletico won the UEFA Super Cup by defeating Inter Milan. Two years later, Athletic Bilbao was beaten in the Spanish final of the Europa League and the club won the renewed trophy for the second time. In the same year, they also took the UEFA Super Cup for the second time, defeating London's Chelsea.

In the Spanish Championship 2013/14, the Madrid club was among the main contenders for the title, and in the last match, Examples drew with Barcelona in the “golden match” (1-1) and after 18 years became the national champion with 90 points in the asset.

Performance in the Champions League in the season 2013/2014 "Atletico" finished reaching the final of the tournament, beating London "Chelsea" in 1/2. In the final game, another club from Madrid was the opponent. As a result, in a dramatic meeting, Real Madrid managed to win 4-1 only in extra time.

In the off-season, the Mattresses lost a number of key players, led by Diego Costa, but managed to take revenge on Real Madrid (1:1,1:0) in the Spanish Super Cup. In the championship, the team of Diego Simeone took third place, although they beat the principal rival Real Madrid with a score of 4:0. In the Champions League, Atletico stopped fighting in the ¼ final of the tournament, losing on aggregate to Real Madrid (0:0,0:1).

The 2015/16 season was marred by the Atlético scandal. In January 2016, FIFA banned the club from registering new players for the next two years, due to violations of the rules for signing young players who are under 18 years old. In addition, the Madrid club paid a fine of 822,000 euros.

Despite the team's difficulties, Diego Simeone was able to set the team up for a great season. During the entire distance in the Spanish Championship, Atletico fought an equal fight with Real and Barcelona. At the end of the season, the Catalan team suffered three defeats in a row and allowed Atlético to equalize on points, but an offensive defeat in the last round from the already relegated " Levante" (1:2), lowered the Madrid team to third place.

Even more ideal was the performance of Diego Simeone's wards in the Champions League tournament. Atlético were able to easily win the group, and after a heavy victory over PSV in the penalty shootout (0:0, 0:0, 8:7 pen), the mattress toppers were able to leave Barcelona out of the tournament (1:2 , 2:0) and Bayern (1:0, 1:2). However, the final match against Real Madrid went to a penalty shoot-out, where the wards of Zinedine Zidane were able to win (1:1, 5:3 pen).

In the 2016/17 season, Atlético again won bronze medals in the Spanish Championship. In the Champions League, Diego Simeone's wards again got into Real Madrid, which once again blocked the way for the "mattress" to the coveted title (3:0, 1:2), beating them at the semi-final stage.

In the summer of 2017, Atlético began to negotiate the return of Diego Costa from Chelsea London. The transfer was approved at the very beginning of autumn, and the official transfer and introduction of the Spanish striker was postponed to January 2018, due to the transfer ban of the Madrid club. Along with Costa, another newcomer to the team, midfielder Vitolo, was introduced.

The group stage of the Champions League 2017/18 was a real failure for Simeone's wards. The team failed to beat Qarabag twice (0:0, 1:1) and stopped its way in the most prestigious tournament in Europe, going to the playoff round of the Europa League.

After the first half of the season in the championship of Spain. Atlético are in second place, nine points behind Catalan Barcelona.

Not the most successful European path in the Champions League ended with a triumph in the Europa League. Departing from the most prestigious European tournament, Diego Simeone's wards almost went over their rivals in the LE with a skating rink. In the first match of the playoffs, the "mattress" dealt with "Copenhagen" (4:1, 1:0), then destroyed the Moscow "Locomotive" (3:0, 5:1), defeated "Sporting" with a minimal advantage (2:0). 0, 0:1). In the semi-finals of the tournament, Atletico had the most serious problems, because by the 10th minute of the first match with Arsenal, the club was in the minority and missed. The Gunners failed to put the squeeze on the opponent, and at the end of the meeting the Spanish team was saved by Antoine Griezmann, who scored an incredible goal after an opponent's defense error (1:1). Atletico won the home match (1:0), and made it to the final, in which it was very easy to deal with Marseille (3:0).

In the championship of Spain, "mattress" became the second, losing only to "Barcelona", and having managed to get ahead of their neighbors in the city - Real Madrid.

In the 2018/19 season, Atletico left the Champions League group from second place, losing only to Borussia D and overtaking Brugge and Monaco.

In the first match of the playoffs, the "Indians" beat the Turin "Juventus" (2:0), and had excellent chances of reaching the next round. However, in Turin, Atlético lost to Juventus (0:3), and the new leader of the “old lady” - Cristiano Ronaldo, recorded a hat-trick at his own expense.

In the championship of Spain, Atlético again became the second, and made it to the group stage of the Champions League.

In the summer of 2019, the club underwent major personnel changes, as striker Antoine Griezmann, midfielders Rodri and Gelson Martins, defender Luca Hernandez, Juanfran and Filipe Luis, as well as attacking midfielder Lusano Vietto left the team.

In their place, Atlético bought Benfica forward Joao Felix for 126 million euros, Real Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente, defenders Kieran Trippier, Felipe and Renan Lodi. In addition, Porto's experienced defensive midfielder, Hector Herrera, joined the squad as a free agent.

Atlético Madrid merchandise Club colours:

Initially, the club's colors were exactly the same as those of Athletic Bilbao - blue and white. In 1911 the club tried red and white vertical striped shirts. Such a combination was often used at that time in Spanish manufactories for the production of mattresses. Since such a striped fabric could be bought almost for nothing, Athletic quickly picked up this idea. Both of these clubs, because of the wearing of these T-shirts, were nicknamed "mattress", but Madrid were the first in this business, so the nickname remained with them.

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