The 2016–17 season was

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

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, the top league of

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. Atlético competed in

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and

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Kits

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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 or winger. A product of Boca Juniors, he joined Benfica in Portugal, where he won three Primeira Lig ...

July

On 4 July, Atlético reached an agreement with striker

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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

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

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

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

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for the transfer of right back

Jesús Gámez Jesús Gámez Duarte (; born 10 April 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played 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 ...

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

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for the transfer of striker

Léo Baptistão Leonardo "Leo" Carrilho Baptistão (born 26 August 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Segunda División club Almería. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a right winger. Baptistão spent most of his career in Spain fr ...

; Baptistão had spent the 2015–16 on loan at

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. On 12 July, an agreement was reached with

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over the transfer of

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; Bono had spent the 2015–16 on loan at

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. 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 Francisco Regalón Cerezo (born 19 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender. Club career Born in Algallarín, Córdoba, Andalusia, Regalón finished his development with Atlético Madrid, spending six ...

. On 26 July, Atlético took 24 players on its tour of Australian to play two fixtures, one being in the

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. In the tour's first match, the club defeated

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1–0 through a

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

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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 as a forward for Racing Club. Club career Early career Vietto was born in the small town of Balnearia in the Province of Córdoba. He joined hi ...

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

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. 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

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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. Trained at Atlético Madrid, he spent much of his tenure out on loan and with Atlético Madrid B, this included ...

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

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. 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 professional footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab and the Belgium national team. A versatile player, Carrasco can be deployed as a left midfielder, left wing-b ...

'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. Ribeirã ...

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

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for the loan of Bernard Mensah for the remainder of the season. Atlético also confirmed the transfer of

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from Argentinian club

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; he was immediately loaned to

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

. Atlético also loaned out

Emiliano Velázquez Emiliano Daniel Velázquez Maldonado (born 30 April 1994) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Nacional. Club career Danubio Born in Montevideo, Velázquez graduated from local Danubio F.C.'s youth system ...

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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 and an agreement with

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for the loan of Óliver. On the same day, Atlético were drawn into

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of the Champions League alongside German champion

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

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. 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

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, 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

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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

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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,

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defeated Atlético in the first

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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

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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

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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

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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

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. 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

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named Liga Santander Player of the Month for September. *

named Liga Santander Player of the Month for March.

La Liga Manager of the Month

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 defender. He has been the manager of club Atlético Madrid since December 2011 mak ...

named Liga Santander Manager of the Month for March.

Ricardo Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy () 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 ice hockey or earned run average in b ...

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

awarded with

Ricardo Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy () 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 ice hockey or earned run average in b ...

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

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