ATLéTICO MADRID


'Club Atlético de Madrid' is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. They currently play in the ''Primera División'' of La Liga. Their home stadium is the Vicente Calderón Stadium.The club has won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey on nine occasions, including a double in 1996. They also won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1962 and were European Cup runners-up and Intercontinental Cup winners in 1974. Atlético play in red and white striped shirts and blue shorts.
During their history, the club have been known by a number of nicknames including ''los colchoneros'' or ''the mattresses '' due to their first team stripes being the same colours as old-fashioned mattresses. During the 1970s they became known as ''los indios''. This was allegedly due to the club signing several South American players after the restrictions on signing foreign players was lifted. However there are a number of counter theories which claim they were so named because their stadium is ''camped'' on the river bank or because ''los indios'' were the traditional enemy of ''los blancos'' —the whites. The latter nickname refers to the club's city rival Real Madrid.

Contents
History
Athletic Club de Madrid
Athletic Aviación de Madrid
The Golden Age
European Cup Finalists
The Aragonés Years
The Jesús Gil Years
Current Era
Trophies
Current squad 2007/08
Foreign players 2007/2008
Famous players
Staff
Famous Coaches
Presidents
Board
Statistics 2006/07
Recent history
Stadium Information
Kit Information
Notes and references
External links

History


Athletic Club de Madrid

The club was originally founded on April 26 1903 as ''Athletic Club de Madrid'' by three Basque students living in Madrid. The founders saw the new club as a branch of Athletic Bilbao. In 1904 they were joined by dissident members of Madrid FC. They began playing in blue and white, as did Athletic Bilbao, but by 1911 they were playing in their current colours. The reason the club changed colours is not known for certain. However one theory is that red and white striped tops were the cheapest stripes to make because the same combination was used to make bed mattresses. The left over cloth was easily converted into football shirts. Although both Athletic Bilbao and ''Athletic Madrid'' started out with blue and white stripes, the discovery of a cheaper option probably persuaded them to change. The Madrid club did it first and they became known as ''los colchoneros'' - the ''mattress makers''. Other more plausible account of the reason to change colours is that both Athletic Bilbao and ''Athletic Madrid'' used to buy Blackburn Rovers F.C. blue and white kits in England. Once in 1911 Juanito Elorduy, former player and member of the board of ''Athletic Madrid'', went to England to buy kits for both teams. He did not find Blackburn Rovers F.C. kits and bought Southampton F.C. red and white ones instead. Athletic Bilbao adopted Southampton F.C. full kit with red and white shirt and black shorts, whereas ''Athletic Madrid'' adopted the red and white shirt but kept Blackburn Rovers F.C. blue shorts. The club enjoyed a local rivalry with Real Madrid because initially Atlético supporters came from the working class while the Real supporters were drawn from the middle class although today these distinctions are largely blurred.
In 1919, the Compañía Urbanizadora Metropolitana -the company that ran the underground communication system in Madrid- acquired some land, near the Ciudad Universitaria. As part of that project the company built a sports stadium, named Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid. With a capacity for 35.800 spectators, in 1923 it was rented by Atlético de Madrid, which used it until 1966 when they moved to the new Estadio Vicente Calderón. After the move, the Metropolitano was demolished, being replaced with university buildings.
In 1921 ''Athletic Madrid'' became independent of Athletic Bilbao and by 1923, the club built its first stadium, the ''Metropolitano''. During the 1920s Athletic won the ''Campeonato del Centro'' three times and in 1921 and 1926 they were Copa del Rey runners-up. Based on this record, they were invited to join the ''Primera División'' of the inaugural La Liga in 1928. During their debut La Liga season the club were managed by Fred Pentland. However in 1930 they were relegated to the Segunda División. They briefly returned to the ''Primera División'' in 1934, again with Pentland in charge. The club were relegated again in 1936 after Josep Samitier took over in mid-season from Pentland. However the Spanish Civil War gave the club a reprieve and both La Liga and Athletic's relegation were postponed.
Athletic Aviación de Madrid

By 1939, when La Liga had resumed, Athletic had merged with ''Aviación Nacional'' of Zaragoza to become ''Athletic Aviación de Madrid''. ''Aviación Nacional'' had been founded in 1939 by members of the Spanish Air Force. They had been promised a place in the ''Primera División'' for the 1939-40 season, only to be denied by the RFEF. As a compromise this club merged with Athletic, whose squad had lost eight players in the Spanish Civil War. The team were awarded a place in the 1939-40 ''Primera División'' only as a replacement for Real Oviedo whose ground had been damaged during the war. With Ricardo Zamora as manager, the club subsequently won their first La Liga in 1940 and then retained the title in 1941.
In 1941 a decree issued by Franco banned teams from using foreign names and the club became ''Atlético Aviacion de Madrid''. In 1947 the club decided to drop the military association from its name and settled on its current name ''Club Atlético de Madrid''. The same year saw Atlético beat Real Madrid 5-0 at the ''Metropolitano'', to date their biggest win over their rivals.
The Golden Age

Under Helenio Herrera and with the help of Larbi Benbarek, Atlético won La Liga again in 1950 and 1951. With the departure of Herrera in 1953, the club began to slip behind Real Madrid and FC Barcelona and for the remainder of the 1950s they where left to battle it out with Atlético Bilbao for the title of third team in Spain.
However during the 1960s and 1970s, Atlético Madrid seriously challenged FC Barcelona for the position of second team. The 1957/58 season saw Fernando Daucik take charge of Atlético and he led them to second place in La Liga. This resulted in Atlético qualifying for the 1958/59 seasons European Cup since the winners, Real Madrid were the reigning European champions. Inspired by Brazilian centre-forward Vavá and Enrique Collar, Atlético reached the semi-finals after beating Drumcondra, CSKA Sofia and FC Schalke 04. In the semi-finals they met Real Madrid. Real won the first leg 2-1 at the Bernabéu while Atlético won 1-0 at the ''Metropolitano''. The tie went to a replay and Real won 2-1 in Zaragoza.
Atlético, however, gained their revenge when, led by former Real coach José Villalonga, they defeated Real in two successive ''Copa del Generalísimo'' finals in 1960 and 1961. In 1962 they won the European Cup Winners Cup beating Fiorentina 3-0 after a replay. In 1963 they reached the final of the same competition again, this time losing 5-1 to Tottenham Hotspur F.C.. Enrique Collar, who continued to be an influential player during this era, was now joined by the likes of midfielder Miguel Jones and midfield playmaker Adelardo.
Unfortunately for Atlético fans their best years coincided with a great Real Madrid team. Between 1961 and 1980, Real Madrid dominated La Liga with the club winning the competition 14 times. During this era only Atlético offered Real any serious challenge, winning La Liga titles in 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1977. They were also runners-up in 1961, 1963 and 1965 and won the ''Copa del Generalísimo'' again in 1965, 1972 and 1976. In 1965, when they finished as La Liga runners-up to Real after an intense battle for the title, Atlético became the first team to beat Real at the Bernabéu in eight years.
European Cup Finalists

Significant players from this era included the now veteran Adelardo and regular goalscorers Luis Aragonés, Javier Irureta and José Eulogio Gárate. The latter won the ''Pichichi'' three times in 1969, 1970 and 1971. In the 1970s Atlético also recruited several Argentine employees, signing Rubén Ayala, Panadero Díaz and Ramón "Cacho" Heredia, as well as coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo. Lorenzo believed in discipline, caution and disrupting the opponents’ game. Although controversial, his methods proved successful and after winning La Liga in 1973, the club reached the European Cup final in 1974. On the way to the final Atlético knocked out Galatasaray, Dinamo Bucharest, Red Star Belgrade and Celtic. In the away leg of the semi-final against Celtic, Atlético had Ayala, Díaz and substitute Quique all sent off during a hard fought encounter in what was reported as one of the worse cases of cynical fouling the tournament has seen . Despite this they still managed a 0-0 draw and then won the return leg 2-0 with goals from Gárate and Adelardo. However the final at the Heysel Stadium proved to be a heartbreaker for Atlético. Against a Bayern Munich team that included Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Gerd Müller, Atlético played above themselves. Despite missing Ayala, Díaz and Quique through suspension, they went ahead in extra-time with only seven minutes left. Aragonés scored with a superb, curling free-kick that looked like the winner. However in the last minute of the game Bayern defender Georg Schwarzenbeck equalised with a stunning 25 yarder that left the Atlético goalkeeper Miguel Reina motionless. In a replay, back in the Heysel, two days later Bayern won 4-0.
The Aragonés Years

Shortly after the defeat in the European Cup, Atlético appointed their veteran player Luis Aragonés as coach. Aragonés subsequently served as coach on four separate occasions (1974-80, 1982-87, 1991-93 and 2002-03). His first success came quickly. Bayern Munich had declined to participate in the Intercontinental Cup and as runners-up, Atlético were invited instead. Their opponents were Independiente of Argentina and, after losing the away leg 1-0, they won the return leg 2-0 with goals from Javier Irureta and Rubén Ayala. Aragonés subsequently led the club to further successes in the Copa del Rey in 1976 and La Liga in 1977.
During his second spell in charge, Aragonés led the club to second in La Liga and a Copa del Rey in 1985. He received considerable help from Hugo Sánchez who scored 19 La Liga goals and won the ''Pichichi''. Sánchez also scored twice in the Copa final as Atlético beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1. However Sánchez only remained at the club one season before he move across the city to Real Madrid. Despite the loss of Sánchez, Aragonés went on to lead the club to success in the Supercopa de España in 1985 and then guided them to the European Cup Winners Cup final in 1986. However Atlético lost their third successive European final, this time 3-0 to Dynamo Kiev.
The Jesús Gil Years

In 1987 Jesús Gil became club president. Atlético had not won La Liga for ten years and were desperate for success. Gil spent heavily, bringing in a number of expensive signings, most notably Paulo Futre. However the title proved elusive and Gil developed a reputation for his ruthlessness. He hired and fired a number of managers, including César Luis Menotti, Ron Atkinson, Javier Clemente and a returning Luis Aragonés, in pursuit of success. In 1996 Radomir Antić, with a squad including José Luis Caminero, Luboslav Penev, Diego Simeone, Milinko Pantić, Juan Manuel López and Kiko, finally delivered. Atlético won a La Liga/Copa del Rey double. However this success produced no change in the Gil strategy and although Antić survived three consecutive seasons in charge he was replaced in 1998 by Arrigo Sacchi. Antić returned briefly in 1999 only to be replaced by Claudio Ranieri. The spending also continued with Christian Vieri and Juninho Paulista arriving in the late 1990s. The 1999/00 season proved disastrous for Atlético. Ranieri was sacked with the club heading towards relegation and the return of Antić for a third time failed to prevent the inevitable. Despite reaching the Copa del Rey final, Atlético were relegated.
Atlético spent two seasons in the Segunda División, narrowly missing out on promotion in 2001 before winning the Segunda División championship in 2002.
Current Era

Before the death of Jesús Gil in 2004, Enrique Cerezo was named the new president of the club. The new millennium has seen the club dwell somewhat in mid-table obscurity. However in 2006, Fernando Torres, one of the biggest talents in recent Spanish football history, was joined by Portuguese internationals Costinha, Maniche and Argentine Sergio Agüero.
Despite spending much money on high-quality players Atletico struggles to show good results.
Fernando Torres shocked the club in June 2007 when he stated his desire to play for Liverpool, joining the club on July 4th 2007 for £26.5 million, £20 million of which was in cash and the rest being the rights to Luis García. Around this same time, Atleti also made a splash by signing Uruguay international and former European Golden Boot/Pichichi winner Diego Forlán for roughly €21 million from Villarreal. Several weeks later, the club gave up Bulgarian star Martin Petrov to Manchester City, but got a replacement shortly after: Portuguese star Simão Sabrosa, signed from Benfica for roughly €20 million. On July 29 it was announced that Atleti had signed winger Jose Antonio Reyes for €12 million.[1][2]
In July 2007 Atlético board reached an agreement with the town hall to sell the land where the Stadium is built and the team would move to the olympic stadium owned by the city. Atlético would be allowed to play in Vicente Calderón stadium until 2010. The new stadium would be owned by the club on 2016, as the city is applying to host the Olympic games on this year. [3]

Trophies



★ 'Spanish Champions: 9'


★ 1939-40, 1940-41, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1995-96

★ 'Copa del Rey: 9'


★ 1960, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1996

★ 'Intercontinental Cup: 1'


★ 1974

★ 'European Cup Winners' Cup: 1'


★ 1962

★ 'UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1'


★ 2007

★ ' Segunda División: 1'


★ 2001/02

★ 'Supercopa de España: 3'


★ 1940, 1951, 1985

★ 'Campeonato del Centro: 4'


★ 1920-21, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1939-40
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★ '9' ''Participations'' in ''UEFA Champions League''

★ '18' ''Participations'' in ''UEFA Cup''

★ '69' ''seasons'' in ''La Liga''

★ '6' ''seasons'' in ''Segunda División''

★ '1' ''Participation'' in ''Intertoto Cup''

★ '8' ''Participations'' in ''Cup Winners Cup''

Current squad 2007/08


''The numbers are established according to the official website:www.clubatleticodemadrid.com and www.lfp.es''
Foreign players 2007/2008

In the Spanish league only three non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from, e.g. Maxi Rodriguez can claim Italian citizenship as he has Italian ancestry. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Spanish citizenship after playing in Spain for 5 years. Sometimes this can lead to a triple-citizenship situation as in the case of Leo Franco, who is Argentine-born, of Italian heritage and can claim a Spanish passport, having played in La Liga for over 5 years.

Yourkas Seitaridis
Christian Abbiati
Zé Castro
Maniche
Simão Sabrosa
Luis Amaranto Perea
Diego Forlán

Leo Franco
Maxi Rodríguez
Sergio Agüero
Thiago Motta
Fabiano Eller
Cléber Santana

Famous players


Sergio Agüero
Rubén Ayala
Germán Burgos
Fabricio Coloccini
Leo Franco
Luciano Galletti
Ramón Heredia
Maxi Rodríguez
Iselín Ovejero
Rubén Panadero Díaz
Mariano Pernía
Diego Simeone
Gerhard Rodax
Mirsad Hibić
Alemão
Baltazar
Dirceu
Donato
Emerson Costa
Andrei Frascarelli
Ivan Rocha
Juninho Paulista
Leivinha
Luís Pereira
Moacir
Rodrigo Fabri
Vavá

Luboslav Penev
Martin Petrov
Adolfo Valencia
Jesper Grønkjær
Radek Bejbl
Peter Luccin
Bernd Schuster
Demis Nikolaidis
Yourkas Seitaridis
José Cardona
Demetrio Albertini
Christian Vieri
Serge Magui
Hugo Sánchez
Luis García
Larbi Benbarek
Jimmy Hasselbaink
Kiki Musampa
Celso Ayala
Miguel Ángel Benítez
Carlos Gamarra
Roman Kosecki
Costinha
Dani
Paulo Futre
Maniche
Simão Sabrosa

Cosmin Contra
Daniel Prodan
Rade Bogdanović
Igor Dobrovolski
Vladimir Jugović
Mateja Kežman
Vladan Lukić
Zoran Njegus
Milinko Pantić
Veljko Paunović
Jovan Stanković
Djordje Tomić
Quinton Fortune
Avi Nimni
Henry Carlsson
Fernando Correa
Gonzalo de los Santos
Diego Forlán
Richard Núñez
Marcelo Sosa
Abel Resino
Adelardo Rodríguez
Carlos Aguilera
Antonio López
Luis Aragonés
Isacio Calleja
José Luis Caminero

José Luis Capón
Antonio Cerrajero
José Eulogio Gárate
Andoni Goikoetxea
Javier Irureta
Miguel Jones
José Mari
Julio Alberto Moreno
Julio Salinas
Juan Manuel López
Roberto López Ufarte
Kiko
Luis García
Manolo Sánchez
Marcos Alonso
Mista
José Francisco Molina
Pablo Ibañez
Joaquín Peiró
Miguel Reina
Salva
Sergi Barjuán
Tomás Reñones
Fernando Torres
José Armando Ufarte
Juan Carlos Valerón
Raphaël Wicky

''see also ''

Staff


Famous Coaches

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Fred Pentland: 1928-29, 1934-36

Josep Samitier: 1936

Ricardo Zamora: 1939-46

Helenio Herrera 1949-53

Fernando Daucik: 1957-60

José Villalonga: 1959-62

Domènec Balmanya: 1965-66

Otto Glória: 1966-68

Marcel Domingo; 1968-72

Max Merkel: 1972-1973

Juan Carlos Lorenzo: 1973-1975

Luis Aragonés: 1974-1980, 1982-1987, 1991-1993, 2001-2003

Ferenc Szusza: 1981-82

Vicente Miera: 1986

César Luis Menotti: 1987-1988

Ron Atkinson: 1988-1989

Colin Addison: 1989

Javier Clemente: 1989-1990

Tomislav Ivic: 1990-1991

Omar Pastoriza: 1993

Francisco Maturana: 1993-1994

Jorge D´Alessandro: 1994-1995

Alfio Basile: 1995-1996

Radomir Antić: 1996-1998, 1999, 2000

Arrigo Sacchi: 1998-1999

Claudio Ranieri: 1999-2000

Fernando Zambrano: 1999-2000

Marcos Alonso Peña:2000-01

Carlos Bianchi: 2005

José Murcia: 2003-2005, 2006

Javier Aguirre: 2006-
''see also ''
Presidents

{|
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★ 1. Enrique Allende: 1903

★ 2. Eduardo de Acha: 1903-1907

★ 3. Ricardo de Gondra: 1907-1909

★ 4. Ramón de Cárdenas: 1909-1912

★ 5. Julián Ruete: 1912-1919

★ 6. Álvaro de Aguilar: 1919-1920

★ 7. Julián Ruete: 1920-1923

★ 8. Juan de Estefanía: 1923-1926

★ 9. Luciano Urquijo: 1926-1931

★ 10. Rafael González: 1931-1935
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★ 11. José L. del Valle: 1935-1936

★ 12. José María Fernández: 1936-1939

★ 13. Francisco Vives: 1939

★ 14. Luis Navarro: 1939-1941

★ 15. Manuel Gallego: 1941–1945

★ 16. Juan Touzón: 1946-1947

★ 17. Cesáreo Galindez: 1947-1952

★ 18. Marqués de la Florida: 1952-1955

★ 19. Juan Suevos: 1955

★ 20. Javier Barroso: 1955-1964
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★ 21. Vicente Calderón: 1964-1980

★ 22. Ricardo Irezábal: 1980

★ 23. Alfonso Cabeza: 1980-1982

★ 24. Antonio del Hoyo: 1982

★ 25. Agustín Cotorruelo: 1982

★ 26. Vicente Calderón: 1982-1987

★ 27. Francisco Castedo: 1987

★ 28. Jesús Gil: 1987-2003

★ 29. Enrique Cerezo: 2003-
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Board


★ 'President': Mr. Enrique Cerezo Torres

★ 'General Manager / Delegate to the Board': Mr. Miguel Ángel Gil Marín

★ 'Secretary to the Board': Mr. Pablo Jiménez de Parga Maseda

★ 'Sports Director': Mr. Jesús García Pitarch

★ 'PR & Communications Director': Mr. Emilio Gutíerrez

★ 'Financial Director': Mr. Mario Aragón

★ 'Marketing & Sales Director': Mr. Guillermo Moraleda

★ 'Board Members': Mr. Jesús Gil Marín, Mr. Óscar Gil Marín, Ms. Myriam Gil Marín, Mr. Severiano Gil y Gil, Mr. Miguel Pérez Cano, Mr. Lázaro Albarracín Martínez, Mr. Fernando García Abásolo, Mr. Antonio Alonso Sanz, Mr. Manuel Herrero Porta and Mr. Mario Rodríguez Valderas

Statistics 2006/07


Atletico finished the 2006/7 season in seventh place, having been in contention for a Champions League place for most of the season. The team, however, collapsed at the end of the season, best exemplified by a 6-0 loss at home to Barcelona (albeit a Barça team that had just heard that Real Madrid, their main challengers for the title, had just scored a late Roberto Carlos winner at Recreativo de Huelva and were looking to make a statement) and losing a UEFA Cup place on the final day of the season. However, they did qualify for an Intertoto Cup place, receiving a bye into the 3rd round of the competition, where they faced Gloria Bistriţa of Romania for the right to enter the UEFA Cup. In the first game in Romania, Atleti lost 2-1, but gained a crucial away goal to take back to the Calderón, where they won 1-0 to progress to the 2007-08 UEFA Cup's second qualifying round.

★ 'Top Scorers':


Fernando Torres - 14 'goals'


Sergio Agüero - 6 'goals'


Maxi - 5 'goals'

★ 'Top Goalkeepers'


★ Leo Franco - '27 goals' In '30 Matches'


★ Ivan Cuellar - '11 goals' In '6 Matches'

Recent history


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|-bgcolor="#efefef"
! Season
!
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! P
!Cup
!colspan=2|Europe
!Notes
|-
|1996/1997
|1D
|align=right |'5'
|align=right|42||align=right|20||align=right|11||align=right|11
|align=right|76||align=right|64||align=right|'71'
||
||ECL|||quarter-final
|
|-
|1997/1998
|1D
|align=right |'7'
|align=right|38||align=right|16||align=right|12||align=right|10
|align=right|79||align=right|56||align=right|'60'
||
|bgcolor=bronze|UC||bgcolor=bronze|semi-final
|
|-
|1998/1999
|1D
|align=right |'13'
|align=right|38||align=right|12||align=right|10||align=right|16
|align=right|54||align=right|50||align=right|'46'
|bgcolor=silver|final
|bgcolor=bronze|UC||bgcolor=bronze|semi-final
|
|-
|1999/2000
|1D
|align=right |'19'
|align=right|38||align=right|9||align=right|11||align=right|18
|align=right|48||align=right|64||align=right|'38'
|bgcolor=silver|final
||UC|||4th round
|relegated
|-
|align=center colspan=14|2 seasons at lower levels
|-
|2002/2003
|1D
|align=right |'11'
|align=right|38||align=right|12||align=right|11||align=right|15
|align=right|51||align=right|56||align=right|'47'
||
|||||
|-
|2003/2004
|1D
|align=right |'7'
|align=right|38||align=right|15||align=right|10||align=right|13
|align=right|51||align=right|53||align=right|'55'
||
|||||
|-
|2004/2005
|1D
|align=right |'11'
|align=right|38||align=right|13||align=right|11||align=right|14
|align=right|40||align=right|34||align=right|'50'
|bgcolor=bronze|semi-final
|||||
|-
|2005/2006
|1D
|align=right |'10'
|align=right|38||align=right|13||align=right|13||align=right|12
|align=right|45||align=right|37||align=right|'52'
||last 16
|||||
|-
|2006/2007
|1D
|align=right |'7'
|align=right|38||align=right|17||align=right|9||align=right|12
|align=right|46||align=right|39||align=right|'60'
||
|||||Will play Intertoto Cup.
|-
|2007/2008
|1D
|align=right |'16'
|align=right|1||align=right|0||align=right|0||align=right|1
|align=right|1||align=right|2||align=right|'0'
||
||UC|||
|}

Stadium Information




★ 'Name' - Vicente Calderón

★ 'City' - Madrid

★ 'Capacity' - 54,851

★ 'Inauguration' - 1966

★ 'Pitch size' - 105 x 70 mts.

★ 'Other Facilities:' - Ciudad Deportiva del Nuevo Cerro del Espino (Sports Academy)

Kit Information


Atlético currently wears its famous red-and-white stripes at home, while wearing blue-and-white on the road. The kit has been made by Nike for about 6 years, as Nike wants to provide competition against Real, who have a deal with Adidas. The current shirt sponsor is Kia Motors, while the AXN cable channel (a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment) has a minor sponsorship on the back of the shorts and Kyocera has a sponsor's logo on the back of the shirt. Previously, the club was sponsored by Columbia Pictures, who would change the shirt sponsor's logo (and occasionally the shirt itself, as they did with the away shirt when ''Spider-Man 2'' was in cinemas) to a current film that Columbia had released. Because shirts would have to be introduced and removed from shops at a very fast pace to keep up with film releases, Nike decided to not include a sponsor's logo on replica shirts made from 2002 to 2005.
Previous shirt makers:

★ 1985-1998 Puma

★ 1998-2001 Reebok

★ 2001-Present Nike
Previous shirt sponsors:

★ 1989-1990 Mita

★ 1990-93, 1994-96, 1997-99 Marbella Tourism Board, as Jesús Gil was mayor of Marbella at this time

★ 1993-94 no sponsor

★ 1996-97 Bandai/Tamagotchi

★ 1999-2000 no sponsor

★ 2000-03 Idea

★ 2003-05 Columbia Pictures (Movies advertised on the shirt included: ''Bewitched (movie)'',''S.W.A.T.'', ''Big Fish'', ''Hellboy'', ''Spanglish'', '' , ''Hitch'', ''XXX'' and the aforementioned ''Spider-Man 2'')

★ 2005- KIA

Notes and references


1. Reyes goes to Atleti, ''Marca'' July 29, 2007

2. Reyes passes Atletico Madrid medical, ''Goal'' July 30, 2007

3. xxx, ''The Guardian'' July 30, 2007


External links



Atlético de Madrid Official Website

Colchonero.com Web of supporters of Atlético de Madrid

Asociación Señales de Humo Atlético de Madrid Supporters Trust

Peña Atletica Centuria Germana

Atlético Forum international Forum

[1] German's wikipedia entry

Atlético Gallery international Gallery (up- & download pictures for free)

★ Evolution of the uniform [2]

Atleticopedia international WIKI-Project about Atlético

Webring Webring

Atletico Zone

Opinión Atlética

Forum of supporters of Atlético

Cheap flights to Madrid

Polish fansite of Atlético

Spanish site of Atletico's Kits

Atletico's formations at football-lineups

Atletico de Madrid Fans Videos

Photos and information on the Estadio Vicente Calderon

Atlético Madrid Hungary First Hungarian fansite of Atlético Madrid

马竞中文网 -- Atletico Madrid China Chinese fansite of Atlético Madrid

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