Atletico Madrid

Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. in Spanish and meaning “Athletic Club of Madrid”), commonly known as Atleti in Spanish-speaking countries and internationally referred to as Atlético Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain, competing in La Liga. The team plays its home matches at the Metropolitano Stadium, which has a capacity of 70,460.

Established on April 26, 1903, as Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid, the club has traditionally donned red and white striped jerseys and is nicknamed Los Colchoneros (“The Mattress Makers”) and Los Rojiblancos. The name was changed to Atlético de Madrid in 1946, marking the beginning of a fierce rivalry with neighboring Real Madrid, known as El Derbi Madrileño, and with Barcelona. Since 2003, King Felipe VI of Spain has served as the club’s honorary president.

In terms of domestic success, Atlético Madrid is the third most successful club in Spanish football, trailing only Real Madrid and Barcelona. The club has won La Liga eleven times, including a league and cup double in 1996, the Copa del Rey ten times, two Supercopas de España, one Copa Presidente FEF, and one Copa Eva Duarte. On the European stage, Atlético clinched the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1962, finished as runners-up in 1963 and 1986, were UEFA Champions League runners-up in 1974, 2014, and 2016, won the UEFA Europa League in 2010, 2012, and 2018, and secured the UEFA Super Cup in 2010, 2012, and 2018, as well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup.