2005–06 Atlético Madrid season

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Atlético de Madrid
200506 season
President Enrique Cerezo
Head coach Carlos Bianchi
José Murcia
Stadium Vicente Calderón
La Liga 10th
Copa del Rey Last 16
Top goalscorer Fernando Torres (13)
  2004–05
2006–07  

The 2006/07 season was Atletico de Madrid's 100th season in existence and their 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Contents

Atletico Madrid failed to live up to the high expectations, in spite of the appointment of multiple Copa Libertadores-winning coach Carlos Bianchi. The defensive triangle of goalkeeper Leo Franco and central defenders Luis Perea and Pablo Ibáñez, all of which played a huge part in Atlético conceding only 31 goals. The defensive tactics left high-profile striker Fernando Torres alone up front, and despite having Maxi Rodríguez in support, the duo were the only players able to function offensively for the club, which responded with a 23 million signing of 18-year-old wonnderkid Sergio Agüero from Independiente.

Atlético had a rough start to the season, winning just one of their first 5 games. However, that game was against reigning La Liga champions Barcelona. After that, Atletico seemed to show some signs of revival with three wins in their next 6, but they did get humiliated 3-0 by Real Madrid at home. However they would then sustain their worst form of the season with 0 wins in 10 games, including losses against Celta Vigo, CA Osasuna and Real Betis, and their poor attack being exposed for all to see. Things improved significantly at the beginning of the second half of the season, going on a 5-game winning streak and impressively doing the double over Barcelona. That soon became false hope, with them winning just 3 times the rest of the season and finishing in a lowly 10th place.

The Copa del Rey brought no sense of improvement either. After iffy wins versus Las Palmas and Alcoyano in the third round and fourth round, both of whom were in the third tier of spanish football, Atlético then lost 3-2 on aggregate to Zaragoza. Despite a tiny bit of improvement from last season, it was an underwhelming season to forget.

Squad

No.PlayerNationalityDate of birth (age)Signed from
GK
23 Leo Franco Flag of Argentina.svg 20 May 1977 (aged 28) Flag of Spain.svg Mallorca
1 Iván Cuéllar Flag of Spain.svg 27 May 1984 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
33 Roberto Flag of Spain.svg 10 February 1986 (aged 19) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
30 Ismael Falcón Flag of Spain.svg 24 April 1984 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Cadiz
DF
21 Luis Perea Flag of Colombia.svg 30 January 1979 (aged 26) Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
22 Pablo Ibáñez Flag of Spain.svg 3 August 1981 (aged 24) Flag of Spain.svg Albacete Balompié
5 García Calvo Flag of Spain.svg 1 April 1975 (aged 30) Flag of Spain.svg Real Valladolid
31 Mario Suárez Flag of Spain.svg 24 February 1987 (aged 18) Flag of Spain.svg Mallorca
27 Pablo Sicilia Flag of Spain.svg 10 September 1981 (aged 24) Flag of Spain.svg Vecindario
2 Antonio López Flag of Spain.svg 13 September 1981 (aged 24) Flag of Spain.svg Osasuna
3 Juan Velasco Flag of Spain.svg 17 May 1977 (aged 28) Flag of Spain.svg Celta Vigo
18 Juan Valera Flag of Spain.svg 21 December 1984 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Real Murcia
15 Francisco Molinero Flag of Spain.svg 26 July 1985 (aged 20) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
31 Antonio Moreno Flag of Spain.svg 13 February 1983 (aged 22) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
38 Julián Vara Flag of Spain.svg 17 November 1983 (aged 22) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
MF
23 Peter Luccin Flag of France.svg 9 April 1979 (aged 26) Flag of Spain.svg Celta Vigo
4 Gonzalo Colsa Flag of Spain.svg 2 April 1979 (aged 26) Flag of Spain.svg Racing Santander
6 José Zahínos Flag of Spain.svg 1 December 1977 (aged 28) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
20 Gabi Flag of Spain.svg 10 July 1983 (aged 22) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
8 Ariel Ibagaza Flag of Argentina.svg 27 October 1976 (aged 29) Flag of Spain.svg Mallorca
FW
17 Martin Petrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg 15 January 1979 (aged 26) Flag of Germany.svg Wolfsburg
11 Maxi Rodríguez Flag of Argentina.svg 2 January 1981 (aged 24) Flag of Spain.svg Espanyol
7 Luciano Galletti Flag of Argentina.svg 4 December 1984 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Zaragoza
37 Fernando Marqués Flag of Spain.svg 2 January 1981 (aged 24) Flag of Spain.svg Racing Santander
9 Fernando Torres Flag of Spain.svg 20 March 1984 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
10 Mateja Kezman Flag of Serbia.svg 12 April 1979 (aged 26) Flag of England.svg Chelsea
14 Javier Arizmendi Flag of Spain.svg 3 March 1984 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
26 Braulio Nóbrega Flag of Spain.svg 18 September 1985 (aged 20) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
28 Manu del Moral Flag of Spain.svg 25 February 1984 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Atletico Madrid Academy
40 Rufino Segovia Flag of Spain.svg 1 March 1985 (aged 20) Flag of Spain.svg Rayo Vallecano

Transfers

In

Pos.No.PlayerFromFeeRef.
FW17 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Martin Petrov Flag of Germany.svg Wolfsburg [1]
FW10 Flag of Serbia.svg Mateja Kezman Flag of England.svg Chelsea [2]
FW11 Flag of Argentina.svg Maxi Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg Espanyol [3]
FW7 Flag of Argentina.svg Luciano Galletti Flag of Spain.svg Zaragoza [4]
DF18 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Valera Flag of Spain.svg Real Murcia Free Transfer

Out

Pos.No.PlayerToFee
FW11 Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Grønkjær Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart
FW14 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Arizmendi Flag of Spain.svg Deportivo La Coruna
FW8 Flag of Uruguay.svg Richard Núñez Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul Free Transfer
FW20 Flag of Serbia.svg Veljko Paunovic Flag of Spain.svg Getafe Free Transfer
DF6 Flag of Spain.svg Santi Denia Flag of Spain.svg Albacete Balompie Free Transfer
DF2 Flag of Romania.svg Cosmin Contra Flag of Spain.svg Getafe Free Transfer
GK1 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg Hércules CF Free Transfer
DF15 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Aguilera RetiredNone
DF12 Flag of Spain.svg Sergi Barjuán RetiredNone

Loans Out

Pos.No.PlayerToFeeRef.
FW8 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Kiki Musampa Flag of England.svg Manchester City None
MF10 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Larena Flag of Spain.svg Celta Vigo None
MF7 Flag of Uruguay.svg Marcelo Sosa Flag of Spain.svg Osasuna None
FW28 Flag of Spain.svg Toché Flag of Spain.svg Hércules None
FW26 Flag of Spain.svg Braulio Nóbrega Flag of Spain.svg Mallorca None
MF29 Flag of Spain.svg Raúl Medina Flag of Spain.svg Ciudad de Murcia None

Competitions

Pre-season

29 July 2005 Friendly match Ipswich Town 1–2 Atlético Madrid Ipswich, United Kingdom
Westlake Soccerball shade.svg18' Kežman Soccerball shade.svg34'
Pablo Soccerball shade.svg62'
Stadium: Portman Road

Copa del Rey

19 October 2005Third Round Las Palmas 0–1 Atletico Madrid Las Palmas
11:00 CET
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg86'
Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria
Referee: Xavier Moreno Delgado
30 November 2005Fourth Round Alcoyano 0–1 Atletico Madrid Alcoy
8:55 CET Report Stadium: Estadio El Collao
11 January 2006Last 16 1st Leg Atletico Madrid 0–1 Zaragoza Madrid
7:00 CET Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez
18 January 2006Last 16 2nd Leg Zaragoza 2-2
(3-2 agg.)
Atletico Madrid Zaragoza
6:00 CET
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez

La Liga

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
8 Deportivo La Coruña 381510134745+255
9 Getafe 38159145449+554
10 Atlético Madrid 381313124537+852
11 Zaragoza 381016124651546
12 Athletic Bilbao 381112154046645
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDLWLLWLWWDDLDDDDLDLWWWWWWLWDLDLDWWLLDD
Position8177181871015121211111111111012121411111199998999910989101010
Points114447710131415151617181919202023262932353838414242434344475050505152

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Zaragoza
28 August 20051 Atlético Madrid 0–0 Zaragoza Madrid
7:00 CET Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Iturralde González
10 September 20052 Deportivo 1–0 Atletico Madrid La Coruna
9:00 CET
Report Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibanez
18 September 20053 Atletico Madrid 2-1 Barcelona Madrid
10:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo
21 September 20054 Real Sociedad 3-2 Atletico Madrid San Sebastian
10:00 CET
Report
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg10'
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg19'
Stadium: Anoeta Stadium
Attendance: 21,493
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
24 September 20055 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Getafe Madrid
9:00 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
2 October 20056 Malaga 0-2 Atletico Madrid Malaga
10:00 Report
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen)
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg74'
Stadium: La Rosaleda
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Javier Turienzo Alvarez
15 October 20057 Atletico Madrid 0-3 Real Madrid Madrid
11:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez
23 October 20058 Racing Santander 0-1 Atletico Madrid Santander
8:00 Report Stadium: El Sardinero
Attendance: 15,331
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
27 October 20059 Atletico Madrid 3-0 Cadiz Madrid
9:00
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
30 October 200510 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Villarreal Madrid
8:00
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
6 November 200511 Sevilla 0-0 Atletico Madrid Seville
7:00 Report Stadium: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez
20 November 200512 Celta Vigo 2-1 Atletico Madrid Vigo
6:00
Report
Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull
27 November 200513 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Espanyol Madrid
6:00
  • Luccin Soccerball shade.svg9'
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez
3 December 200514 Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Atletico Madrid Bilbao
11:00
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg12'
Stadium: San Mames
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez
11 December 200515 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Alaves Madrid
6:00
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg65'
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
18 December 200516 Mallorca 2-2 Atletico Madrid Palma, Mallorca
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/188592
Report
  • M. Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg1'
  • Colsa Soccerball shade.svg13'
Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix
Attendance: 15,000
22 December 200517 Osasuna 2-1 Atletico Madrid Pamplona
11:00
Report
  • Petrov Soccerball shade.svg25'
Stadium: El Sadar Stadium
Attendance: 14,691
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira
8 January 200618 Atletico Madrid 0-0 Valencia Madrid
10:00 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
14 January 200619 Real Betis 1-0 Atletico Madrid Seville
9:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez
21 January 200620 Zaragoza 0-2 Atletico Madrid Zaragoza
7:00 Report
  • M.Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen)
Stadium: Estadio La Romareda
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
28 January 200621 Atletico Madrid 3-2 Deportivo Madrid
9:00
  • M. Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg32', 82'
  • López Soccerball shade.svg54'
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
5 February 200622 Barcelona 1-3 Atletico Madrid Barcelona
7:00
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg33', 79'
  • M. Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg46'
Report Larsson Soccerball shade.svg65'Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 78,784
Referee: Vicente José Lizondo Cortés
12 February 200623 Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad Madrid
7:00
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira
19 February 200624 Getafe 0-3 Atletico Madrid Getafe
9:00 Report
  • Luccin Soccerball shade.svg29'
  • M. Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg48'
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg63'
Stadium: Estadio Coliseum
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
25 February 200625 Atletico Madrid 5-0 Malaga Madrid
8:00
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg5', 9'
  • M. Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg39'
  • Valera Soccerball shade.svg66', 89'
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago
4 March 200626 Real Madrid 2-1 Atletico Madrid Madrid
6:00 Report
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg28'
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo
12 March 200627 Atletico Madrid 2-1 Racing Santander Madrid
6:00
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen)
  • Ibáñez Soccerball shade.svg74'
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez
18 March 200628 Villarreal 1-1 Atletico Madrid Villarreal
6:00 Forlan Soccerball shade.svg10' Report
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg58'
Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Undiano Mallenco
23 March 200629 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Sevilla Madrid
6:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez
26 March 200630 Cadiz 1-1 Atletico Madrid Cadiz
5:00
Report
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg33'
Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa
2 April 200631 Atletico Madrid 0-3 Celta Vigo Madrid
5:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Vicente José Lizondo Cortés
9 April 200632 Espanyol 1-1 Atletico Madrid Barcelona
5:00 Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 22,850
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
16 April 200633 Atletico Madrid 1-0 Athletic Bilbao Madrid
5:00
  • Torres Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Undiano Mallenco
22 April 200634 Alaves 0-1 Atletico Madrid Vitoria-Gasteiz
5:00 Report
  • López Soccerball shade.svg23'
Stadium: Mendizorrotza
Attendance: 14,436
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
30 April 200635 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Mallorca Madrid
5:00 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 36,500
3 May 200636 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Osasuna Madrid
7:00
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
6 May 200637 Valencia 1-1 Atletico Madrid Valencia
5:00
Report
  • M.Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg18'
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira
13 May 200638 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Real Betis Madrid
7:00
  • Kezman Soccerball shade.svg24'
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfonso Pino Zamorano

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerLa LigaCopa del ReyTotal
1 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Torres 13013
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Maxi Rodríguez 10111
3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Mateja Kežman 8210
4 Flag of Spain.svg Antonio López 303
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Luciano Galletti 112
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Valera 202
Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Ibáñez 202
Flag of France.svg Peter Luccin 202
9 Flag of Spain.svg Gonzalo Colsa 101
Flag of Spain.svg Zahínos 101
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Martin Petrov 101
Flag of Spain.svg Gabi 101
Own goals000
Totals45449

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