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, 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 professional football club based i ...

and currently plays in

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– 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 L ...

, 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 Foo ...

– 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 midfield) 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 David de Gea, Álvaro Domínguez, Antonio López, Gabi, Mario Suárez, Koke,

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, Saúl Ñíguez,

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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 ...

* 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

From Youth Academy

Out on loan

Staff

Coaches

* Teddy Pacheco (1969–1970) * José Antonio Olmedo (1970–1971) * Ramón Cobo Antoranz (1971–1974) * Paquito García (1975–1976) * Máximo Hernández (1976–1978) * Joaquín Peiró (1978–1985) * José Ufarte (1985–1986) *

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(1987–1988) * Emilio Cruz Roldán (1988–1989) * Josu Ortuondo (1989–1990) * Antonio Seseña Fernández (1990) * Antonio López Habas (1990–1991) * Manuel Ruiz Sosa (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) * Carlos García Cantarero (2000–2001)(2001–2002) * Luís Pereira (2002) * Santiago Martín Prado (2002–2003) * José Murcia (2003–2006) * Manuel Romero Paz (2006) * Alfredo Merino Tamayo (2006–2007) * Abraham García (2007–2009) * Antonio Rivas (2009–2011) *

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(2012–2014) * Óscar Alcides Mena (2014) * Roberto Marina (2014) * Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (2014–2015) * Roberto Fresnedoso (2015) * Víctor Afonso (2015–2016) * Óscar Fernández (2016–2019) * Nacho Fernández (2019–2021) * Antonio Rivas (2021) * Luis Tevenet (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,

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

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(

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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. *

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* José Percudani * Javier Pinola * Ivan Rocha *

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* Manny Rodríguez *

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* Sadick Adams *

* Sekou Keita * Frantz Bertin *

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

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* Amath Ndiaye * Veljko Paunović * Đorđe Tomić *

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* Mario Abrante * Carlos Aguilera * Manolo Alfaro * Javier Arizmendi *

* Borja Bastón *

* Javier Casquero *

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* José Ramón Corchado * Cuaresma * Pichu Cuéllar * Diego Díaz * Álvaro Domínguez * Gabi * Gaspar Gálvez * David de Gea * Juan Carlos Gómez * Ramón González * Tomás González * Quique Estebaranz * Santi Ezquerro *

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* Roberto Jiménez * Juanjo *

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* Julio Alberto * Keko * Koke *

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* Antonio López * Juanma López * Armando Lucas * Mané * Javier Manquillo * Roberto Marina * Ángel Jésus Mejías * César Mendiondo * Jorge Miramón *

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* Sergio Morgado * Toni Muñoz * Saúl Ñíguez * Juanma Ortiz * Juan Carlos Pedraza * Rubén Pérez * Julio Prieto * Quique Ramos *

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* Ricardo * Antonio Rivas * Diego Rivas * Nano Rivas *

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* Carlos Rodríguez * Juan José Rubio * Miguel Ángel Ruiz * Salva Sevilla *

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* Mario Suárez * Luis Tevenet * Óliver Torres * Martín Vellisca * Higinio Vilches *

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* Yordi * Kader * Pablo García * Marcelo Saralegui

References

External links

Official websiteFutbolme team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atletico Madrid B Atlético Madrid Spanish reserve football teams Football clubs in Madrid Association football clubs established in 1966 1966 establishments in Spain Segunda División clubs