The 2016–17 season was

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

's 86th season in existence and the club's 80th season in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

, the top league of

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. Atlético competed in

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

and

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

Kits

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/ First Sponsor:

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Season overview

June

On 16 June, Atlético reached an agreement with Benfica for the €25 million transfer of winger

Nicolás Gaitán Osvaldo Fabián Nicolás "Nico" Gaitán (; born 23 February 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Paços de Ferreira. A product of Boca Juniors, he joined Benfic ...

July

On 4 July, Atlético reached an agreement with striker

Fernando Torres Fernando José Torres Sanz (; born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Atlético Madrid Juvenil A. Due to his consistent goalscoring rate as a young player, ...

on a one-year contract after his contract with

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expired following the end of his 2015–16 loan stint with Atlético. On 5 July, the club announced it had signed right back

Šime Vrsaljko Šime Vrsaljko (; born 10 January 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Croatian national team. Vrsaljko made his debut for Croatia in 2011 and went on to represent his ...

to a five-year contract after the club reached an agreement for his transfer from

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

for €16 million. On 6 July, Atlético agreed to send defensive midfielder

Matías Kranevitter Claudio Matías Kranevitter (; born 21 May 1993) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Club Atlético River Plate, ...

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Gua ...

on loan for the 2016–17 season for a €2 million fee. The following day, the club confirmed an agreement with

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

for the transfer of right back

Jesús Gámez Jesús Gámez Duarte (; born 10 April 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a right-back. He spent most of his career with Málaga, making his debut with the first team in 2005 and going on to make 293 official appeara ...

on a free deal. On 9 July, the club confirmed a €3.5 million agreement with

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

for the transfer of striker Léo Baptistão; Baptistão had spent the 2015–16 on loan at

Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...

. On 12 July, an agreement was reached with

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in ...

over the transfer of

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; Bono had spent the 2015–16 on loan at

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

. On 14 July, Atlético presented its home and away kit for the 2016–17 season. On 15 July, the schedule for the 2016–17 La Liga season was released; Atlético will play his first league match at home on 21 August against newly promoted Alavés. On 23 July, Atlético played its first friendly game of the pre-season, winning the IV Jesús Gil y Gil Memorial after defeating Numancia 2–0 from a goal from Fernando Torres and an own goal from Francisco Regalón. On 26 July, Atlético took 24 players on its tour of Australian to play two fixtures, one being in the 2016 International Champions Cup. In the tour's first match, the club defeated

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1–0 through a

Diego Godín Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield and captains the Uruguay national team. Regarded as one of the best ...

goal. On 30, July the club reached a €32 million agreement for the transfer of striker

Kevin Gameiro Kevin Dominique Gameiro (born 9 May 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg. He is a strong striker who is known for his clinical finishing, which compensates for his relatively light frame. ...

from Sevilla. The club also reached an agreement with Sevilla for the loan of striker

Luciano Vietto Luciano Darío Vietto (; born 5 December 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal. Club career Early career Vietto was born in the small town of Balnearia in the Province of Córdoba. He joi ...

for the 2016–17 season. Atlético's second and final match in Australia was played on 31 July, a 1–0 defeat to the

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August

On 6 August, Atlético was set to play its fourth pre-season match on 6 August against

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, but the match was canceled due to circumstances in Turkey. Atlético instead organized a replacement match on 6 August against

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

. On 4 August, Atlético announced it had extended the contract of

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, and that he would be loaned out to Alavés for the 2016–17 season. On 6 August, the club played its fourth match of the pre-season under "LaLiga World", defeating Crotone 2–0 via Nicolas Gaitán and

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goals. That same day, the club extended the contract of centre back

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until 2020. On 11 August, the club has reached an €18 million agreement with Swansea City for the transfer of striker

Borja Bastón Borja González Tomás (born 25 August 1992), known as Borja Bastón, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Segunda División club Real Oviedo. Trained at Atlético Madrid, he spent much of his tenure out on loan and w ...

. Atlético played his fifth game of the pre-season competing for the

Ramón de Carranza Trophy The Ramón de Carranza Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ramón de Carranza) is a pre-season football tournament organised by Cádiz City Hall, in memory of its former mayor, Ramón de Carranza – after whom the Cádiz F.C. stadium used to be named as well ...

. The club was defeated by

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in a penalty shootout after a dubious penalty in the 90th minute led to Cádiz nullifying

Yannick Carrasco Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (born 4 September 1993) is a Belgian footballer who plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Belgium national team as a winger or wing-back. He began his career with Monaco, where he scored 20 goals in 105 ...

's goal. Atlético's last opponent in the current pre-season was "Nigeria All Star". Shortly before the match on 13 August, Atlético and Villarreal reached an agreement for the loan of

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for the 2016–17 season. In the last friendly match, Atlético won and finished third in the Carranza after beating Nigeria All Stars; goals were scored by Gaitán and Godín. Atlético finished its pre-season with a record of 4–1–1, scoring eight goals and conceding three. After the clubs had already agreed the loan deal of

André Moreira André Campos Moreira (born 2 December 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed. Club career Early career Born in Ribeirão, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Moreira was a G.D. Ribeirão ...

to Belenenses, the clubs later reached an agreement cancelling the deal. On 18 August, Atlético has reached an agreement with

Vitória de Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to : People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Steven Vitória ...

for the loan of Bernard Mensah for the remainder of the season. Atlético also confirmed the transfer of Axel Werner from Argentinian club

Atlético Rafaela Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

; he was immediately loaned to

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

. Atlético also loaned out Emiliano Velázquez to

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. In its first league match, on 22 August, Atlético drew against Alavés 1–1, with a penalty scored by

. On 25 August, Atlético has reached an agreement with

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for the loan of

Javier Manquillo Javier Manquillo Gaitán (born 5 May 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Celta. Developed at Atlético Madrid, he played only 17 matches with the first team, spending most of his time in the r ...

and an agreement with

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for the loan of Óliver. On the same day, Atlético were drawn into Group D of the Champions League alongside German champion

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

, Dutch champion PSV and runner-up in the Russian championship

Rostov Rostov ( rus, Росто́в, p=rɐˈstof) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population: While t ...

. On 27 August, the club has reached an agreement with Porto for the loan of

until the end of the season. Atlético drew in its second league match against newly promoted

Leganés Leganés () is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area, it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most popul ...

, 0–0.

September

Two goals from Griezmann, one from Koke and one from Correa was enough for high victory against

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. On 13 September, Atlético played its first match in the Champions League group stage, winning 1–0 over PSV, with goal by Saúl. With five goals, two from Griezmann, two from Torres and one from Gameiro, the team beat Sporting. Correa scores a valuable tie against

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for third draw. The goal from Griezmann was enough for another win in the league over Deportivo. In its second match in the Champions League, Atlético won 1–0 at home stadium over Bayern Munich; the goal scored Carrasco.

October

Atlético beat

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

thanks to goals from the Griezmann and Gameiro. The Valencia's goalkeeper also saved two penalties from Griezmann and Gabi. On 14 October, Atlético was drawn in the round of 32 of the 2016–17 Copa del Rey against

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. Hat-trick of Carrasco, two Gaitan and one of Correa and Tiago were defeated 7–1 by

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. Third win of Atlético in the Champions against Rostov reached thanks to Carrasco's goal. First defeat of the season for team came from

with a goal from Nzonzi. Last match in October, Atlético brought a difficult victory over

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. Carrasco and Gameiro had scored each twice.

November

Atlético suffered, but two goals from Griezmann were enough to beat

. Two penalties decided the game for

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and second defeat in the league for the team. On 19 November,

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

defeated Atlético in the first Madrid derby of the season, with a hat-trick from Ronaldo. In the fifth game of the Champions League group stage Atletico came to victory over

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2–0 with goals by Gameiro and Griezmann. Atlético announced it would play a friendly match against

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on 30 December. Goals from Godín and Gameiro eliminated

Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...

in a minute. Carrasco ended the final goal. Two goals from Carrasco and one each from Vrsaljko, Correa, Rober and Saúl secured a 6–0 victory in the first leg of the

, round of 32, over

December

In its first match of December, Atlético drew with

(0–0). Atlético was defeated in its last Champions League group stage match, against

; Atlético nonetheless finished first in its group to progress to the competition's round of 16. On 12 December, Atlético was drawn to face

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, th ...

for the Champions League round of 16. Atlético lost to

. Atlético closed the league in 2016 with a win against

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, with Saúl scoring the match's only goal. After the first-leg win away at Guijuelo in the Copa del Rey, the second-leg was decided in the first half with four goals scored by Nicolás Gaitán, Ángel Correa, Juanfran and Fernando Torres to send the club to the round of 16, 10–1 on aggregate. On 30 December, Atlético play the last game of the year with a friendly against Al-Ittihad and won by 3–2, with goals from Juanfran, Torres and Giménez.

January

The new year for the team began with a 2–0 victory against

in the first leg of the cup last 16; Koke and Griezmann scored. On 7 January, the team reached important victory in the first league match of 2017. They defeated

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat ...

with goals by Saúl and Griezmann. Although Las Palmas won the second leg match of the cup last 16 and Griezmann and Correa scored the goals, for the team was enough the advantage of the first leg to advance to the quarter-finals. On 13 January, Atlético was drawn in the quarterfinals of the cup against

. The team achieve victory against Betis with goal by Gaitán. Atlético wins an important match in the first leg of the cup quarter-finals against Eibar. Griezmann, Correa and Gameiro scored the goals. Goals from Koke and Griezmann to win an important point against

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. The score 2–2 on Ipurua and 5–2 on aggregate for Atlético, put the team in the semi-finals of the cup tournament. On 27 January, Atlético was drawn in the semi-finals of the cup against

. Atlético again drew against Alavés.

February

On 1 February, Atlético lost 1–2 against Barcelona in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final; Griezmann scored for Atlético. Fernando Torres scored the two goals for the victory against Leganés. Atlético drew 1–1 in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, but this was not enough to qualify for the finals owing to Barcelona's 1–2 victory in the first leg. The great goals from Torres and Carrasco tied two times over Celta, but Griezmann scored on 88 minutes to give the victory to the home team. Carrasco scored the first goal and Gameiro scored his hattrick in five minutes for victory over

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. Saúl, Griezmann, Gameiro from a penalty kick, and Torres scored in the win in Leverkusen that end with a results 2–4. A goal by Godín was not enough to avoid defeat against

March

On 2 March, Atlético drew with Deportivo, with goal by Griezmann. A brace by Griezmann and a goal by Gameiro beat

. Griezmann scored the goal of an important victory over

with a goal in the final stretch of the match. The victory of the first leg (2–4) was enough after the goalless tie at the Calderón. Atlético advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, 4–2 on aggregate. On 17 March, in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Atlético will face

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. Godín, Griezmann and Koke scored the goals against

April

The team won against

with goals by Koke and Filipe Luis. With goal by Filipe Luis, Atlético beat

. On 8 April, Atlético tied at the Bernabéu against

. Griezmann scored the goal for the team. Griezmann, from a penalty, scored a goal, that defeated the

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in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal. Atlético added another win against

thanks to two goals by Carrasco and one by Filipe Luis. Goal by Saúl secured the pass of Atlético to the Champions League semi-finals after drawing over Leicester City 1–1 (2–1 on aggregate). On 21 April, in the draw for the semi-finals of the Champions League, Atlético will face

Atlético beat

with a goal by Griezmann. In the 34th round of league the team lose against

by 0–1. Atlético beat

with three goals in 18 minutes by Gameiro (2) and Saúl.

May

Atlético Madrid lost in the semifinals of the Champions League against Real Madrid in the first leg after a

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hat-trick saw them lose 3-0. A goal by Saúl was enough for victory against

. A victory in the second leg of the semifinals of the Champions League was not enough to advance to the final as Real Madrid advanced 4–2 on aggregate. A goal by Savić gave Atlético a tie against

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

. The season for Atletico ended on 21 May, with the last matchday of the league and the last official fixture at the Vicente Calderón. The team beat

3–1, Torres with two goals and Correa with one. The team finished in third position.

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Statistics

Squad statistics

''Match played 21 May 2017.'' ¹Players from reserve team –

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Goalscorers

''As of matches played 21 May 2017.'' ¹Player from reserve team.

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

''Match played 21 May 2017.''

Attendances

Awards

La Liga Player of the Month The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countrie ...

Antoine Griezmann Antoine Griezmann (; born 21 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the France national team. A versatile player, Griezmann is known for his attacking, passing, and supportiv ...

named Liga Santander Player of the Month for September. *

named Liga Santander Player of the Month for March.

La Liga Manager of the Month The Manager of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countri ...

Diego Simeone Diego Pablo Simeone González (; ; born 28 April 1970, nicknamed El Cholo (), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder; he has been the manager of Atlético Madrid since December 2011. In his cl ...

named Liga Santander Manager of the Month for March.

Ricardo Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ricardo Zamora, link=no) is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper '' MARCA'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.Similar to goals against average in ic ...

Jan Oblak Jan Oblak (born 7 January 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and captains the Slovenia national team. He is frequently ranked as one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Ob ...

awarded with

Ricardo Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ricardo Zamora, link=no) is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper '' MARCA'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.Similar to goals against average in ic ...

as a goalkeeper who has the lowest goals-to-game ratio for the 2016/17 season.

Notes

References

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