Atlético de Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in

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, in the

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. Founded on 17 September 1963, it is the

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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 ...

and currently plays in

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda División RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B-Segunda Federación, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by t ...

– Group 5. They play their home games at Cerro del Espino Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1964 as ''Reyfra Atlético O.J.E.'' when ''CD Reyfra'' (1963–64) and ''CA Getafe''

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. In 1970 it absorbed ''Aviaco Madrileño CF'', which was established in 1967 when ''Madrileño CF'' (1956–67) and ''AD Aviaco''

, became affiliated with Atlético Madrid and in 1970 changed its name to ''Atlético Madrileño Club de Fútbol''. In 1991, the club changed the name to Atlético Madrid B for the 1991–92 season. Having already played from 1980 to 1986 in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

, the reserves fluctuated between that level and

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

– created in 1977 as the new third division – in the following decades. In the 1998–99 season, the team (which featured

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, future

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and

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star in central

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) finished in second position in the second division, but was ineligible for

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promotion – Numancia gained the automatic promotion slot instead. The following year, they were administratively relegated as the first team went down from La Liga, and in 2000–01 they missed out on promotion in the play-offs but would have been ineligible in any case as the seniors failed to achieve the same goal (they went back up a year later). Atletico Madrid B

The entire 2000s were spent in the third level, but several players continued to make the transition to the first team, including the likes of

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, Álvaro Domínguez, Antonio López, Gabi, Mario Suárez, Koke,

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Saúl Ñíguez Saúl Ñíguez Esclapez (born 21 November 1994), known as Saúl Ñíguez or simply Saúl, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team. After coming through Atlét ...

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and

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. In

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, a poor on-field season combined with reorganisation of the league structure meant that the team was relegated not to the fourth tier but the fifth ( Tercera División RFEF), having only spent two seasons below the third level since their first few years of existence over 50 years earlier.

Naming history

*Club Deportivo Reyfra (1963–1964) *Reyfra Atlético O.J.E. (1964–1970) *Atlético Madrileño Club de Fútbol (1970–1990) *Club Atlético de Madrid "B" (1990–1992) *Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. "B" (1992–)

Season to season

*''As Atlético Madrileño Club de Fútbol (independent club).'' ---- *''As Club Atlético de Madrid "B" (reserve team of Atlético Madrid).'' ---- * 11 seasons in

* 30 seasons in

* 1 season in

* 12 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

* 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

From
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Out on loan

Staff

Coaches

* Teddy Pacheco (1969–1970) * José Antonio Olmedo (1970–1971) * Ramón Cobo Antoranz (1971–1974) * Paquito García (1975–1976) *

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(1976–1978) *

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(1978–1985) * José Ufarte (1985–1986) *

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(1987–1988) * Emilio Cruz Roldán (1988–1989) *

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(1989–1990) * Antonio Seseña Fernández (1990) * Antonio López Habas (1990–1991) *

Manuel Ruiz Sosa Manuel Ruiz Sosa (10 April 1937 – 12 December 2009) was a Spanish football midfielder and manager. Honours Player Atlético Madrid *La Liga: 1965–66 *Copa del Generalísimo The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, com ...

(1991) * José Miguel Polo Lázaro (1991–1992) * Jesús Tartilán (1992–1993) * Emilio Cruz Roldán (1994–1995) * Santiago Martín Prado (1995–1996) *

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(1996–1997) * Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (1997–1999) *

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(1999–2000) *

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(2000–2001)(2001–2002) * Luís Pereira (2002) * Santiago Martín Prado (2002–2003) *

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(2003–2006) * Manuel Romero Paz (2006) * Alfredo Merino Tamayo (2006–2007) *

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(2007–2009) * Antonio Rivas (2009–2011) *

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(2011–2012) *

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(2012–2014) *

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(2014) * Roberto Marina (2014) * Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (2014–2015) *

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(2015) * Víctor Afonso (2015–2016) * Óscar Fernández (2016–2019) * Nacho Fernández (2019–2021) * Antonio Rivas (2021) *

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(2021–)

Honours

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(

) (1): 1982–83 *

(3): 1988–89, 2000–01, 2003–04 *

(1): 2016–17

Records

Top Scorers (All competitions)

Appearances (All competitions)

Stadium

Cerro del Espino Stadium is located in

Majadahonda Majadahonda () is a municipality in Spain, situated northwest of Madrid, in the Community of Madrid. It lies alongside the motorway A6 Madrid-A Coruña. The Puerta de Hierro university (public) hospital was relocated to Majadahonda from the wes ...

Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest munici ...

. It also serves as an habitual training ground for the main squad, and as the home ground of local CF Rayo Majadahonda (

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). Besides, this facility hosts simposiums on rules of the National Professional Soccer League on stadia security. *Technical details: **Dimensions: 106x70 meters **Surface: Natural grass **Capacity: 3,800 spectators **Opening year: 1995 **Services: Newsroom, radio booths and cafeteria of the club. There are also toilets and bars to the public **Address: Calle Moreras, s/n, 28220, Majadahonda (Madrid)

Notable players

Note: This list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 top league games and/or have reached international status. * Keidi Bare *

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* José Percudani * Javier Pinola * Ivan Rocha *

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* Jean Dika * Daniel Kome * Pierre Kunde * Kily * Salomón Obama * Andrés Robles * Xu Xin * Cedrick Mabwati * Manny Rodríguez *

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* Sadick Adams *

* Sekou Keita *

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* Gabriel González * Ángel Guirado * Marco Ferreira * João Pinto *

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* Amath Ndiaye *

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* Mario Abrante * Carlos Aguilera * Manolo Alfaro *

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* José Ramón Corchado *

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* Pichu Cuéllar * Diego Díaz * Álvaro Domínguez * Gabi * Gaspar Gálvez *

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* Ramón González * Tomás González * Quique Estebaranz * Santi Ezquerro * Chema Jiménez * Roberto Jiménez * Juanjo *

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* Julio Alberto * Keko * Koke * Paco Llorente * Antonio López * Juanma López * Armando Lucas * Mané *

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* Roberto Marina * Ángel Jésus Mejías * César Mendiondo * Jorge Miramón *

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* Sergio Morgado * Toni Muñoz *

* Juanma Ortiz * Juan Carlos Pedraza * Rubén Pérez * Julio Prieto * Quique Ramos *

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* Abel Resino *

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* Antonio Rivas * Diego Rivas * Nano Rivas * Joel Robles * Carlos Rodríguez * Juan José Rubio *

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* Salva Sevilla * Roberto Solozábal * Mario Suárez *

* Óliver Torres * Martín Vellisca * Higinio Vilches *

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* Kader * Pablo García * Marcelo Saralegui

References

External links

Official websiteFutbolme team profile
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