ATLETICO MADRID HISTORY

Atletico Madrid was established in 1903 by Basque understudies living in Madrid, who needed to duplicate the place where they grew up group back in Bilbao. In 1904 they were joined by revolt Real Madrid individuals and by 1911 were wearing the present piece of red and white stripes, professedly produced using modest unused sleeping pads - subsequently the club's epithet Los Colchoneros – Mattress-creators.

Amid the 1930s, Atletico was overseen by Englishman Fred Pentland, nicknamed 'El Bombin' because of his bowler cap, and he remains the club's best Coach to date having won two La Liga titles and five Copa del Reys.

The period from 1947 to 1977 was the club's brilliant time, with Atletico winning six La Ligas and five Copa del Reys notwithstanding the 1962 European Cup Winners' Cup when they beat Fiorentina 3-0 after a replay. In 1966 they moved to the Vicente Calderon stadium, named after their previous President, and in 1974 were European Cup sprinters up, losing 4-0 to Bayern Munich after another replay.

Atletico burned through two seasons in La Segunda at the turn of the thousand years previously winning advancement under Luis Aragones and have stayed in the best flight from that point onward.

Under current Coach Diego Simeone, the Rojiblancos pulled off what is generally recognized as one of the considerable accomplishments in the cutting edge time of Spanish football in 2014, beating Barcelona and Real Madrid's tremendously better assets than win the club's first La Liga title in 18 years.