Copa Presidente FEF and one Copa Eva Duarte; in Europe, they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962, were runners-up in 1963 and 1986, were Champions League runners-up in 1974, 2014 and 2016,[5] won the Europa League in 2010, 2012 and 2018, and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010, 2012 and 2018 as well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup. The current shirt sponsor is Plus500, while Azerbaijan has a sponsor's logo on the back of the shirt. They also reached the quarter-final round of the Copa del Rey, where they were beaten by eventual champions Valencia. During their debut La Liga campaign, the club were managed by Fred Pentland, but after two seasons they were relegated to Segunda División. In 1904, they were joined by dissident members of Real Madrid.
Since the introduction of Iconic Moments players in eFootball PES 2020, there were extensive talks on the new players and their performances in-game. With the help of Acrobatic Finishing, First-time Shot, He can nail overhead kicks into the net. Diego Forlan is quite an underrated player in-game and is proficient in his link-up play and can combine with strike-partner or wingers by dropping deep in the field and feeding through passes and long balls. [48], On 3 February 2009, Javier Aguirre was dismissed from his post as manager after a poor start to the season, going without a win in six games.
[92] Atlético Madrid admitted its sponsorship deal with Azerbaijan had a political dimension, saying the intention was to "promote the image of Azerbaijan". Based on these successes, in 1928 they were invited to join the Primera División of the inaugural La Liga played the following year.
They briefly returned to La Liga in 1934 but were relegated again in 1936 after Josep Samitier took over in mid-season from Pentland. With the legendary Ricardo Zamora as manager, the club subsequently won their first La Liga title that season and retained the title in 1941. This season was getting dull and uninteresting for them. They replaced veteran goalkeeper Leo Franco with David de Gea from the youth ranks and signed promising youngster Sergio Asenjo from Real Valladolid. [43] The club also bought Uruguay international and former European Golden Boot/Pichichi winner Diego Forlán for roughly €21 million from Villarreal.
Two members of Atletico Madrid's group set to travel to Portugal for the Champions League quarterfinals have tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, Aug. 9. Atlético's success continued in the latter half of the season when they placed fourth once again in the league table, securing a position in the playoff round of the UEFA Champions League. Throughout their history the club has been known by a number of nicknames, including Los Colchoneros ("The Mattress Makers"), due to their first team stripes being the same colours as traditional mattresses.