Atlético de Madrid

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Atlético Madrid

Full name	Club Atlético de Madrid
Nickname	Los Colchoneros
Founded	1903
Ground	Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Capacity	57,000
Chairman	?
Manager	César Ferrando
League	La Liga
2003-04	La Liga, 7th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club from Madrid. Founded on April 26, 1903, they currently play in the Primera División. Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... The Spanish football league is called La Liga. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... The Spanish football league is called La Liga. ...

They play in red and white striped shirts and dark blue shorts. They are sometimes nicknamed Los Colchoneros, (Spanish for "mattress makers") because mattresses were wrapped in a cloth with red and white stripes. The home stadium is the Vicente Calderón, which seats 57,000 spectators. Colchonero - literally Spanish for mattress maker - is a nickname given to players, supporters and members of Atlético Madrid football club, in Spain. ...

Originally formed as an affiliate club of Athletic Bilbao in 1903, and playing in blue and white. By 1911 the team was playing in its current colours in the Spanish league. In 1921 they became independent of Bilbao and, by 1923, the club built its first stadium, the Metropolitano. By the 1939-40 season, the team had changed its name to Atlético Aviación and had won their first league title after spending some years playing in the Segunda División. Athletic Club de Bilbao are a Spanish football team from Bilbao in Vizcaya. ...

The Vicente Calderón stadium was inaugurated in 1966, named after the then-president of the club. This was an era of great success, just after winning its first European trophy, and with the great pichichi (top scorer) Gárate signing. The sixties and seventies were probably the two best decades in the club's history. In Spanish football, the Pichichi is the trophy awarded to the top scorer for each season. ...

In the 1999-00 season the club was relegated again to the Segunda División where it play for two seasons until the team was promoted back to the Primera División.

Club Atlético de Madrid is the third team in Spain, behind archrivals and neighbours Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and Fútbol Club Barcelona, for the number of league titles won, the number of season-ticket holders, and the amount of income generated from Pay Per View. Although, the only three teams that have played always in the 'Primera División' are the two mentioned above and Athletic Club de Bilbao. Emblem Real Madrid Club de Fútbol of Spain is the worlds most successful football club for the 20th century, rank by the governing body of international football FIFA, just ahead of Manchester United. ... FC Barcelona, also known as Barça, is a sports club in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain with sections in many different sports. ...

Honours

• Trofeo Ramón de Carranza. Winners 8 times. In 1968, 1976-78, 1991, 1995, 1997 & 2003.
• Primera División champions 1939-40, 1940-41, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1976-77, and 1995-96.
• Copa del Rey winners 1960, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1985, 1991, 1992, and 1996.
• Cup Winners' Cup winners (against Fiorentina) 1961-62.
• Intercontinental Cup winners 1974-75.

The Spanish football league is called La Liga. ... The Copa del Rey (the Kings Cup) is Spanish footballs annual cup competition. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... ACF Fiorentina, formerly Associazione Calcio Fiorentina, is an Italian football club based in Firenze (Florence). ... The Intercontinental Cup, also known as the World Club Championship, European/South American Cup, or Toyota Cup, is a football (soccer) trophy endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores de América in a match played each...

Famous Players

• Adelardo
• Gárate
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
• Francisco 'Kiko' Narváez
• Luis Aragonés
• Luís Pereira
• Manolo
• Rivilla
• Hugo Sánchez
• Fernando 'El Nino' Torres
• Ufarte
• Christian Vieri

Jerrel Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (born 27 March 1972 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a former Dutch international footballer. ... Fernando Torres Sanz (born on 20 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a football player. ... Christian Vieri (born 12 July 1973 in Bologna) is an Italian football player, who is a striker for Italian club superpower Inter Milan and the Italian national team. ...