Club Atlético de Madrid also known as Atletico Madrid is a Spanish Club based in Madrid that plays top-flight football in La Liga. The club’s home ground is Metropolitano Stadium which can accommodate 68,546 audiences. The club wears traditional red and white stripe jersey for their home matches.
History
Atletico Madrid was founded on 26th of April 1903, the club was founded by three Basque students that lived in Madrid. Earlier it was named Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid, it was originated by their youth team athletic Bilbao. In 1904 they were also members of Real Madrid.
They started playing in blue and white halved jerseys same as Athletic Bilbao’s shirts later in 1911, both Athletic Bilbao and Athletico Madrid changed it to red and white which they are wearing till date.
Ownership
There are three owners of the club, Miguel Angel Gil Margin that owns 51%, Idan Ofer owns 30% and Enrique Cerezo owns 19% of the club.
863m Euros is the current squad value of the club
Coaching Staff
Name | Position | Age |
Diego Simeone | Manager | 49 |
Nelson Vivas | Assistant Manager | 50 |
German Burgos | Assistant Coach | 50 |
Pablo Vercellone | Goalkeeping Manager | 51 |
Oscar Ortega | Fitness Manager | 61 |
Carlos Menendez | Technical Assistant | 45 |
Daniel Aranzubia | Technical Assistant | 49 |
Medical Staff
Name | Position | Age |
Danieal | Doctor | 40 |
Oscar Luis | Doctor | 43 |
Ivan Ortega | Physiotherapist | 55 |
Jesus Vasquez | Physiotherapist | 54 |
Asteban Arevalo | Physiotherapist | 49 |
David Loras | Physiotherapist | 59 |
Jose Maria Villalon | Head Of Medical Staff | 60 |
Oscar Pitillas | Rehabilitation Physio | 37 |
Alferdo Jarodich | Rehabilitation Physio | 42 |
Management
Name | Position | Age |
Andrea Berta | Sporting Director | 48 |
Pedro Pablo | Head Of Operations | 59 |
Enrique Cerezo | President | 72 |
Squad
Name | Position | Jersey No. |
Joan Oblak | Goalkeeper | 13 |
Antonio Adan | Goalkeeper | 1 |
Jose Giminez | Defender | 2 |
Santiago Arias | Defender | 4 |
Renan Lod | Defender | 12 |
Stefan Savic | Defender | 15 |
Felipe | Defender | 18 |
Mario Hermoso | Defender | 22 |
Kieran Trippier | Defender | 23 |
Thomas Partey | Midfielder | 5 |
Jorge Koke | Midfielder | 6 |
Saul Niguez | Midfielder | 8 |
Thomas Lemar | Midfielder | 11 |
Marcos Llorente | Midfielder | 14 |
Hector Herrera | Midfielder | 16 |
Vitolo Perez | Midfielder | 20 |
Yannick Corrasco | Midfielder | 21 |
Joao Felix | Forward | 7 |
Alvaro Morata | Forward | 9 |
Angel Correa | Forward | 10 |
Ivan Saponjic | Forward | 17 |
Diego Costa | Forward | 19 |
Honors
League
La LIga
Winners (10): 1939-40, 1940-41, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1995-96, 2013-14
Segunda Division
Winners (1): 2001-02
Cup
Copa del Rey
Winners (10): 1959-60, 1960-61, 1964-65, 1971-71, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1995-96, 2013-14
Super Copa de Espana
Winners (2): 1985, 2014
European
UEFA Champions league
Runners-up (3): 1973-74, 2013-14, 2015-16
European Cup
Winners (1): 1961-62
UEFA Europa League
Winners (3): 2009-10, 2011-12, 2017-18
UEFA Super Cup
Winners (3): 2010, 2012, 2018