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2005–06 Atlético Madrid season

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.

Atlético de Madrid
2005–06 season
PresidentEnrique Cerezo
Head coachCarlos Bianchi
José Murcia
StadiumVicente Calderón
La Liga10th
Copa del ReyLast 16
Top goalscorerFernando Torres (13)

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 edit

No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Signed from
GK
23 Leo Franco   (1977-05-20)20 May 1977 (aged 28)   Mallorca
1 Iván Cuéllar   (1984-05-27)27 May 1984 (aged 21)   Atletico Madrid Academy
33 Roberto   (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 19)   Atletico Madrid Academy
30 Ismael Falcón   (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 21)   Cadiz
DF
21 Luis Perea   (1979-01-30)30 January 1979 (aged 26)   Boca Juniors
22 Pablo Ibáñez   (1981-08-03)3 August 1981 (aged 24)   Albacete Balompié
5 García Calvo   (1975-04-01)1 April 1975 (aged 30)   Real Valladolid
31 Mario Suárez   (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 18)   Mallorca
27 Pablo Sicilia   (1981-09-10)10 September 1981 (aged 24)   Vecindario
2 Antonio López   (1981-09-13)13 September 1981 (aged 24)   Osasuna
3 Juan Velasco   (1977-05-17)17 May 1977 (aged 28)   Celta Vigo
18 Juan Valera   (1984-12-21)21 December 1984 (aged 21)   Real Murcia
15 Francisco Molinero   (1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 20)   Atletico Madrid Academy
31 Antonio Moreno   (1983-02-13)13 February 1983 (aged 22)   Atletico Madrid Academy
38 Julián Vara   (1983-11-17)17 November 1983 (aged 22)   Atletico Madrid Academy
MF
23 Peter Luccin   (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 26)   Celta Vigo
4 Gonzalo Colsa   (1979-04-02)2 April 1979 (aged 26)   Racing Santander
6 José Zahínos   (1977-12-01)1 December 1977 (aged 28)   Atletico Madrid Academy
20 Gabi   (1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 22)   Atletico Madrid Academy
8 Ariel Ibagaza   (1976-10-27)27 October 1976 (aged 29)   Mallorca
FW
17 Martin Petrov   (1979-01-15)15 January 1979 (aged 26)   Wolfsburg
11 Maxi Rodríguez   (1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 24)   Espanyol
7 Luciano Galletti   (1984-12-04)4 December 1984 (aged 21)   Zaragoza
37 Fernando Marqués   (1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 24)   Racing Santander
9 Fernando Torres   (1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 21)   Atletico Madrid Academy
10 Mateja Kezman   (1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 26)   Chelsea
14 Javier Arizmendi   (1984-03-03)3 March 1984 (aged 21)   Atletico Madrid Academy
26 Braulio Nóbrega   (1985-09-18)18 September 1985 (aged 20)   Atletico Madrid Academy
28 Manu del Moral   (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 21)   Atletico Madrid Academy
40 Rufino Segovia   (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 20)   Rayo Vallecano

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref.
FW 17   Martin Petrov   Wolfsburg £8,700,000 [1]
FW 10   Mateja Kezman   Chelsea £7,800,000 [2]
FW 11   Maxi Rodríguez   Espanyol £4,300,000 [3]
FW 7   Luciano Galletti   Zaragoza £2,200,000 [4]
DF 18   Juan Valera   Real Murcia Free Transfer

Out edit

Pos. No. Player To Fee
FW 11   Jesper Grønkjær   Stuttgart £2,600,000
FW 14   Javier Arizmendi   Deportivo La Coruna £1,700,000
FW 8   Richard Núñez   Cruz Azul Free Transfer
FW 20   Veljko Paunovic   Getafe Free Transfer
DF 6   Santi Denia   Albacete Balompie Free Transfer
DF 2   Cosmin Contra   Getafe Free Transfer
GK 1   Sergio Sánchez   Hércules CF Free Transfer
DF 15   Carlos Aguilera Retired None
DF 12   Sergi Barjuán Retired None

Loans Out edit

Pos. No. Player To Fee Ref.
FW 8   Kiki Musampa   Manchester City None
MF 10   Jorge Larena   Celta Vigo None
MF 7   Marcelo Sosa   Osasuna None
FW 28   Toché   Hércules None
FW 26   Braulio Nóbrega   Mallorca None
MF 29   Raúl Medina   Ciudad de Murcia None

Competitions edit

Pre-season edit

29 July 2005 Friendly match Ipswich Town 1–2 Atlético Madrid Ipswich, United Kingdom
Westlake   18' Kežman   34'
Pablo   62'		 Stadium: Portman Road

Copa del Rey edit

19 October 2005 Third Round Las Palmas 0–1 Atletico Madrid Las Palmas
11:00 CET
  • Kezman   86'
 Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria
Referee: Xavier Moreno Delgado
30 November 2005 Fourth Round Alcoyano 0–1 Atletico Madrid Alcoy
8:55 CET Report Stadium: Estadio El Collao
11 January 2006 Last 16 1st Leg Atletico Madrid 0–1 Zaragoza Madrid
7:00 CET
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez
18 January 2006 Last 16 2nd Leg Zaragoza 2-2
(3-2 agg.)		 Atletico Madrid Zaragoza
6:00 CET
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez

La Liga edit

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Deportivo La Coruña 38 15 10 13 47 45 +2 55
9 Getafe 38 15 9 14 54 49 +5 54
10 Atlético Madrid 38 13 13 12 45 37 +8 52
11 Zaragoza 38 10 16 12 46 51 −5 46
12 Athletic Bilbao 38 11 12 15 40 46 −6 45
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 edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDLWLLWLWWDDLDDDDLDLWWWWWWLWDLDLDWWLLDD
Position8177181871015121211111111111012121411111199998999910989101010
Points114447710131415151617181919202023262932353838414242434344475050505152
Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 August 2005 1 Atlético Madrid 0–0 Zaragoza Madrid
7:00 CET Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Iturralde González
10 September 2005 2 Deportivo 1–0 Atletico Madrid La Coruna
9:00 CET
Report Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibanez
18 September 2005 3 Atletico Madrid 2-1 Barcelona Madrid
10:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo
21 September 2005 4 Real Sociedad 3-2 Atletico Madrid San Sebastian
10:00 CET
Report
  • Torres   10'
  • Kezman   19'
 Stadium: Anoeta Stadium
Attendance: 21,493
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
24 September 2005 5 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Getafe Madrid
9:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
2 October 2005 6 Malaga 0-2 Atletico Madrid Malaga
10:00 Report
  • Torres   65' (pen)
  • Kezman   74'
 Stadium: La Rosaleda
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Javier Turienzo Alvarez
15 October 2005 7 Atletico Madrid 0-3 Real Madrid Madrid
11:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez
23 October 2005 8 Racing Santander 0-1 Atletico Madrid Santander
8:00 Report
Stadium: El Sardinero
Attendance: 15,331
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
27 October 2005 9 Atletico Madrid 3-0 Cadiz Madrid
9:00
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
30 October 2005 10 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Villarreal Madrid
8:00
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
6 November 2005 11 Sevilla 0-0 Atletico Madrid Seville
7:00 Report Stadium: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez
20 November 2005 12 Celta Vigo 2-1 Atletico Madrid Vigo
6:00
Report
Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull
27 November 2005 13 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Espanyol Madrid
6:00
  • Luccin   9'
 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez
3 December 2005 14 Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Atletico Madrid Bilbao
11:00
  • Kezman   12'
Stadium: San Mames
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez
11 December 2005 15 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Alaves Madrid
6:00
  • Torres   65'
 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
18 December 2005 16 Mallorca 2-2 Atletico Madrid Palma, Mallorca
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/188592
Report
  • M. Rodriguez   1'
  • Colsa   13'
 Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix
Attendance: 15,000
22 December 2005 17 Osasuna 2-1 Atletico Madrid Pamplona
11:00
Report
  • Petrov   25'
 Stadium: El Sadar Stadium
Attendance: 14,691
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira
8 January 2006 18 Atletico Madrid 0-0 Valencia Madrid
10:00 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
14 January 2006 19 Real Betis 1-0 Atletico Madrid Seville
9:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez
21 January 2006 20 Zaragoza 0-2 Atletico Madrid Zaragoza
7:00 Report
  • M.Rodriguez   28'
  • Torres   59' (pen)
 Stadium: Estadio La Romareda
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
28 January 2006 21 Atletico Madrid 3-2 Deportivo Madrid
9:00
  • M. Rodriguez   32', 82'
  • López   54'
 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
5 February 2006 22 Barcelona 1-3 Atletico Madrid Barcelona
7:00
  • Torres   33', 79'
  • M. Rodriguez   46'
 Report Larsson   65' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 78,784
Referee: Vicente José Lizondo Cortés
12 February 2006 23 Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad Madrid
7:00
  • Kezman   83'
 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira
19 February 2006 24 Getafe 0-3 Atletico Madrid Getafe
9:00 Report
  • Luccin   29'
  • M. Rodriguez   48'
  • Torres   63'
 Stadium: Estadio Coliseum
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
25 February 2006 25 Atletico Madrid 5-0 Malaga Madrid
8:00
  • Torres   5', 9'
  • M. Rodriguez   39'
  • Valera   66', 89'
 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago
4 March 2006 26 Real Madrid 2-1 Atletico Madrid Madrid
6:00
Report
  • Kezman   28'
 Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo
12 March 2006 27 Atletico Madrid 2-1 Racing Santander Madrid
6:00
  • Torres   65' (pen)
  • Ibáñez   74'
 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez
18 March 2006 28 Villarreal 1-1 Atletico Madrid Villarreal
6:00 Forlan   10' Report
  • Torres   58'
 Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Undiano Mallenco
23 March 2006 29 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Sevilla Madrid
6:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez
26 March 2006 30 Cadiz 1-1 Atletico Madrid Cadiz
5:00
Report
  • Kezman   33'
 Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa
2 April 2006 31 Atletico Madrid 0-3 Celta Vigo Madrid
5:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Vicente José Lizondo Cortés
9 April 2006 32 Espanyol 1-1 Atletico Madrid Barcelona
5:00
Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 22,850
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
16 April 2006 33 Atletico Madrid 1-0 Athletic Bilbao Madrid
5:00
  • Torres   82'
 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Undiano Mallenco
22 April 2006 34 Alaves 0-1 Atletico Madrid Vitoria-Gasteiz
5:00 Report
  • López   23'
 Stadium: Mendizorrotza
Attendance: 14,436
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
30 April 2006 35 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Mallorca Madrid
5:00 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 36,500
3 May 2006 36 Atletico Madrid 0-1 Osasuna Madrid
7:00
Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
6 May 2006 37 Valencia 1-1 Atletico Madrid Valencia
5:00
Report
  • M.Rodriguez   18'
 Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira
13 May 2006 38 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Real Betis Madrid
7:00
  • Kezman   24'
 Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderon Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfonso Pino Zamorano

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player La Liga Copa del Rey Total
1   Fernando Torres 13 0 13
2   Maxi Rodríguez 10 1 11
3   Mateja Kežman 8 2 10
4   Antonio López 3 0 3
5   Luciano Galletti 1 1 2
  Juan Valera 2 0 2
  Pablo Ibáñez 2 0 2
  Peter Luccin 2 0 2
9   Gonzalo Colsa 1 0 1
  Zahínos 1 0 1
  Martin Petrov 1 0 1
  Gabi 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 49

References edit

  1. ^ "Petrov picked by Atlético". 22 June 2005.
  2. ^ "Kezman completes Madrid move". 29 June 2005.
  3. ^ "Maxi Rodríguez signs for Atletico". 2 July 2005.
  4. ^ "Galletti completes Atletico Switch". 29 July 2005.
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