2011–12 Atlético Madrid season

Atlético Madrid
2011–12 season
President	Enrique Cerezo
Head coach	Gregorio Manzano (until 22 December); Diego Simeone (from 23 December)
Stadium	Vicente Calderón
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Radamel Falcao (24); All: ; Radamel Falcao (36)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 106th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 75th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

Atlético Madrid competed for their tenth La Liga title and participated in the UEFA Europa League, entering in the Third qualifying round due to their seventh-place finish in the 2010–11 La Liga. They also entered the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32 where they were eliminated by Segunda B club Albecete 3–1 on aggregate. On 9 May 2012, They won the Europa League after beating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 in the final to give Diego Simeone his first trophy with the club when he was appointed in December after the sacking of Gregorio Manzano.

Kits[]

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Home

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Away

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Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Goalkeeper 4

Players[]

Squad information[]

As of 16 September 2011

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Signed from	Apps.	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
13	Thibaut Courtois	( 1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 19)	2011	Chelsea	4	0	On loan
25	Sergio Asenjo	(1989-06-28)28 June 1989 (aged 22)	2009	Valladolid	24	0
Defenders
2	Diego Godín	(1986-02-16)16 February 1986 (aged 25)	2010	Villarreal	31	2
3	Antonio López (C)	(1981-09-13)13 September 1981 (aged 30)	2001	Youth system	266	13
6	Filipe Luís	(1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 26)	2010	Deportivo La Coruña	41	1
17	Sílvio	(1987-09-28)28 September 1987 (aged 23)	2011	Braga	6	0
18	Álvaro Domínguez (2nd VC)	(1989-05-15)15 May 1989 (aged 22)	2008	Youth system	83	2
21	Luis Perea (VC)	(1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 32)	2004	Boca Juniors	277	0
23	Miranda	(1984-09-07)7 September 1984 (aged 27)	2011	São Paulo	4	0
Midfielders
4	Mario Suárez	(1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 24)	2010	Mallorca	43	2
5	Tiago	(1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 30)	2011	Juventus	68	8
8	Eduardo Salvio	(1990-07-13)13 July 1990 (aged 21)	2010	Lanús	21	3
11	Arda Turan	(1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 24)	2011	Galatasaray	3	0
12	Paulo Assunção	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 31)	2008	Porto	123	1
14	Gabi (3rd VC)	(1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 28)	2001	Zaragoza	65	2	Originally from youth system
19	Koke	(1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 19)	2009	Youth system	24	2
20	Juanfran	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 26)	2011	Osasuna	23	1
22	Diego	(1985-02-28)28 February 1985 (aged 26)	2011	VfL Wolfsburg	2	1	On loan
Forwards
7	Adrián	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 23)	2011	Deportivo La Coruña	7	3
9	Radamel Falcao	(1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 25)	2011	Porto	2	1
15	Pizzi	(1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 21)	2011	Braga	0	0	On loan

Transfers[]

IN

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	FW	Adrián López	23	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Theguardian.com
9	FW	Radamel Falcao	25	Non-EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer		€40M	Goal.com
11	MF	Arda Turan	24	Non-EU	Galatasaray	Transfer	Summer		€12M	Goal.com
13	GK	Thibaut Courtois	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2012	N/A	BBC.co.uk
	MF	Pizzi	21	EU	Braga	Loan	Summer	2012	N/A	Goal.com
17	DF	Sílvio	23	EU	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2016		Eurosport.com
22	MF	Diego	26	Non-EU	Wolfsburg	Loan	Summer	2012	N/A	FourFourTwo.com
23	DF	Miranda	25	Non-EU	São Paulo	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	UEFA.com
	MF	Rúben Micael	25	EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer		€5M	Goal.com

OUT

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
9	MF	Elias	26	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	€8.85M	Eurosport.com
7	FW	Diego Forlán	32	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	€5M	Inter.it
	FW	Ibrahima	20	EU	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	Free	Marca.com
17	CB	Tomáš Ujfaluši	33	EU	Galatasaray	Transfer	Summer	€2M	Marca.com
13	GK	David de Gea	20	EU	Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	€21M	AS.com
10	FW	Sergio Agüero	23	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	€45M	Skysports.com
10	MF	José Antonio Reyes	28	EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Winter	€3.5M+€1M in variables	Sevillafc.es
1	GK	Joel	21	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Loan	Winter	N/A	AS.com
–	FW	Diego Costa	23	Non-EU	Rayo Vallecano	Loan	Winter	N/A	MARCA.com
	MF	Rúben Micael	25	EU	Zaragoza	Loan	Summer	N/A	Goal.com

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Diego Simeone
2nd coach	Vizcaíno
Technical coaches	Rubén Baraja, Toni Servera, Joan Mesquida
Team delegate	Pedro Pablo Matesanz
Kit managers	Cirilo Gutiérrez, Cristian Bautista

Source: Clubatleticomadrid.com

Team stats[]

No.	Pos.	Name	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Europa League		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
13	GK	Courtois	30	0	22	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1
25	GK	S. Asenjo	5+1	0	2+1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Godín	20	2	15	1	1	0	7	1	4	0	1
3	DF	A. López	6+1	0	2	0	1	0	3+1	0	1	0	0
6	DF	Filipe Luís	31+1	0	22	0	1	0	8+1	0	6	0	0
17	DF	Sílvio	12+1	0	8	0	0	0	4+1	0	3	0	0
18	DF	Domínguez	22+3	4	14+3	3	1	0	7	1	8	1	0
21	DF	Perea	18+6	0	8+4	0	0	0	10+2	0	8	0	0
23	DF	Miranda	24+4	1	15+2	1	1+1	0	8+1	0	6	0	1
28	DF	Manquillo	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	M. Suárez	21+2	0	14+2	0	0	0	7	0	10	0	0
5	MF	Tiago	17+4	0	14+1	0	0	0	3+3	0	8	0	0
8	MF	Salvio	12+15	1	6+11	1	1+1	0	5+3	0	4	0	0
11	MF	Arda	21+6	3	16+4	1	0	0	5+2	2	8	0	0
12	MF	Assunção	9+3	0	4+3	0	2	0	3+1	0	10	0	0
14	MF	Gabi	29+2	1	18+1	1	1	0	10+1	0	11	0	0
19	MF	Koke	11+10	0	4+8	0	2	0	5+2	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Juanfran	14+10	1	9+3	0	2	0	3+7	1	3	0	0
22	MF	Diego	27+1	4	19+1	2	1	0	7	2	5	0	0
7	FW	Adrián	27+8	13	14+7	6	2	1	11+1	6	2	0	0
9	FW	Falcao	27+2	19	19	14	2	0	6+2	5	4	0	0
15	FW	Pizzi	1+12	1	0+9	1	1+1	0	0+2	0	2	0	0
41	FW	Pedro	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Pulido	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW	Diego Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	GK	Joel	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Raúl García	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
–	MF	Reyes	12+7	3	7+5	0	0	0	5+2	3	0	0	0
–	MF	Elias	0+2	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	2	0	0	0
–	FW	Forlán	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Note:Italic denotes no longer with club.

Last updated: 22 February

Competitions[]

Pre-season[]

10 July 2011 Friendly match		1–19	Atlético Madrid	showSegovia
19:30 CEST	Rafita 16'		Reyes 2', 34' Pedro 13', 16', 27', 38' Filipe Luís 19', 32' Collado 23', 31', 37' Koke 24' Mérida 47' Gabi 50' Costa 58', 72', 80' Saúl 62', 66'	Stadium: Attendance: 300

14 July 2011 Friendly match	Gimnástica Segoviana	0–8	Atlético Madrid	showSegovia
21:00 CEST			Regalón 5' Filipe Luís 16' Collado 21' Pedro 25' Costa 50', 82' Juanfran 66' Mérida 71'	Stadium:

16 July 2011 Friendly match	Alcalá	0–1	Atlético Madrid	showAlcalá
21:00 CEST			Pedro 77'	Stadium:

21 July 2011 Triangular (45 mins)	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Beşiktaş	showGranada
21:00 CEST			Ernst 27'	Stadium: Los Cármenes

21 July 2011 Triangular (45 mins)	Granada	1–0	Atlético Madrid	showGranada
22:00 CEST	Romero 34'			Stadium: Los Cármenes

12 August 2011 Trofeo Colombino	Recreativo	1–2	Atlético Madrid	showHuelva
20:00 CEST	Vega		Adrián 32' Salvio	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino

Mid-season friendlies[]

10 November 2011	Zamalek	1–4	Atlético Madrid	showCairo Stadium
20:00 UTC+2	Mido 25' (pen.)		Salvio 12', 14' Diego 51', 74'	Attendance: 44490 Referee: Samir Osman (Egypt)
Note: Zamalek SC Centennial.

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Valencia	38	17	10	11	59	44	+15	61	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Málaga	38	17	7	14	54	53	+1	58	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Atlético Madrid	38	15	11	12	53	46	+7	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Levante	38	16	7	15	54	50	+4	55	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[b]
7	Osasuna	38	13	15	10	44	61	−17	54

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

^ Atlético Madrid won the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and thus secured the title holder spot in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
^ Athletic Bilbao qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey to Barcelona, who have qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Consequently, Levante entered the play-off round.

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	8	13	15	9	8	8	8	8	9	12	10	11	9	11	8	10	10	11	10	5	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2012. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Kickoff times are in CET.

21 August 2011 1	Real Sociedad	v	Atlético Madrid	showSan Sebastián
--:--				Stadium: Anoeta
Note: Postponed due to AFE strike after failing to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the LFP.^[1]

28 August 2011 2	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Osasuna	showMadrid
12:00	Perea 71'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 48,112 Referee: Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)

11 September 2011 3	Valencia	1–0	Atlético Madrid	showValencia
22:00	Soldado 52', 52'	Report	Suárez 41' Tiago 61'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: González González (Castile and León)

18 September 2011 4	Atlético Madrid	4–0	Racing Santander	showMadrid
18:00 CET	Falcao 23', 36' (pen.), 55' Suárez 31' Perea 72' Adrián 78', 89'	Report	Acosta 75' Osmar 84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)

21 September 2011 5	Atlético Madrid	4–0	Sporting Gijón	showMadrid
20:00	Lora 28' (o.g.) Assunção 43' Koke 67' Domínguez 68' Falcao 72', 81'	Report	Lora 2' Suárez 23' Carmelo 33' Rivera 90+2'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Iturralde González (Basque Country)

24 September 2011 6	Barcelona	5–0	Atlético Madrid	showBarcelona
22:00	Villa 9' Miranda 15' (o.g.) Messi 26', 78', 90' Piqué 71'	Report	Perea 72'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 83,154 Referee: Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

2 October 2011 7	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Sevilla	showMadrid
18:00	Turan 16' Sílvio 32' Godín 57' Suárez 70' Domínguez 89'	Report	Kanouté 8' Coke 26' Medel 34' Manu 42' Spahić 43' Cáceres 69'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Undiano Mallenco ()

15 October 2011 8	Granada	0–0	Atlético Madrid	showGranada
22:00	Rico 24' Martins 42' Nyom 68'	Report	Gabi 28' Tiago 50' Juanfran 53' Miranda 76' Assunção 79'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)

23 October 2011 9	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Mallorca	showMadrid
18:00	Falcao 43' (pen.) Turan 56' Suárez 61'	Report	Hemed 2' (pen.) Ramis 42' Chico 47' Bigas 54' Tissone 68' Akihiro 84' Castro 84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)

27 October 2011 10	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Atlético Madrid	showBilbao
22:00	Martínez 17' Aurtenetxe 37' Llorente 67', 70' Toquero 74' Ekiza 80'	Report	Godín 31' Miranda 52' Sílvio 66' Assunçao 81' Salvio 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes ()

30 October 2011 11	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Zaragoza	showMadrid
20:00	Adrián 19', 75' Suárez 24' Domínguez 31' Gabi 34' Filipe Luís 90+2'	Report	Meira 44' Ponzio 55' Rúben Micael 59' Postiga 79'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

6 November 2011 12	Getafe	3–2	Atlético Madrid	showGetafe
22:00	Lacen 11' Míchel 13', 49' Lopo 28' Ríos 31' Güiza 32' Barrada 40' Castro 65', 83' (pen.)	Report	Filipe Luís 8' López 18' Falcao 30' (pen.) Tiago 39' Salvio 71' Domínguez 80', 90+4' Turan 82'	Stadium: Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)

20 November 2011 13	Atlético Madrid	3–2	Levante	showMadrid
20:00	Turan 15' Adrián 40', 74' Domínguez 52' Pizzi 68' Diego 83'	Report	El Zhar 34' Torres 72' Iborra 89' Suárez 90+2'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Pérez Montero (Andalusia)

26 November 2011 14	Real Madrid	4–1	Atlético Madrid	showMadrid
20:00	Ronaldo 24' (pen.), 82' (pen.) Alonso 40' Di María 49' Higuaín 65'	Report	Adrián 15' Diego 18' Courtois 22' Turan 27' Perea 33' Gabi 36' Filipe Luís 67' Godín 81'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,315 Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)

4 December 2011 15	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	showMadrid
17:00	Gabi 25' Diego 69' Falcao 74' Salvio 90+1'	Report	Fuego 60' Bangoura 62' Jordi 78' Gabi 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Clos Gómez (Aragon)

11 December 2011 16	Espanyol	4–2	Atlético Madrid	showCornellà de Llobregat
17:00	Verdú 5', 7' Romaric 19' Forlín 27' García 40', 54' Baena 63'	Report	Falcao 32' Assunção 65' Perea 75' Miranda 84' Turan 83' Godín 90+1'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,823 Referee: Paradas Romero (Andalusia)

18 December 2011 17	Atlético Madrid	0–2	Real Betis	showMadrid
12:00	Domínguez 29' Assunção 40' Gabi 80'	Report	Cañas 44' Pozuelo 54', 56' 72' Iriney 58' Nacho 71' Casto 87' Santa Cruz 90+1'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 Referee: González González (Castile and León)

7 January 2012 18	Málaga	0–0	Atlético Madrid	showMálaga
22:00	Demichelis 58' Sánchez 62' Apoño 90+3'	Report	Domínguez 22' Diego 27' Tiago 59' Falcao 66' Perea 90'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes ()

15 January 2012 19	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Villarreal	showMadrid
12:00	Falcao 40', 51' (pen.) Turan 59' Tiago 62' Diego 71', 80'	Report	López 50'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Turienzo Álvarez (Castile and León)

22 January 2012 1	Real Sociedad	0–4	Atlético Madrid	showSan Sebastián
20:00	Demidov 2' Aranburu 11' Mikel 71'	Report	Falcao 3' (pen.), 83', 90+1', 88' Miranda 25' Suárez 29' Adrián 47' Gabi 59' Filipe Luís 62' Juanfran 67' Diego 71'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

30 January 2012 21	Osasuna	0–1	Atlético Madrid	showPamplona
21:00	Lekić 31' García 55' Puñal 90'	Report	Godín 40' Falcao 43' Tiago 65' Courtois 90+2'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,010 Referee: Pérez Montero (Andalusia)

5 February 2012 22	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Valencia	showMadrid
21:30	Miranda 32' Falcao 60'	Report	Ruiz 16' Albelda 45' Alves 90'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ()

11 February 2012 23	Racing Santander	0–0	Atlético Madrid	showSantander
18:00	Diop 32' Stuani 50' Acosta 86' Munitis 90+2'	Report	Filipe Luís 22' Turan 23' Tiago 39' Gabi 62'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

19 February 2012 24	Sporting de Gijón	1–1	Atlético Madrid	showGijón
18:00	Eguren 17', 37' Barral 41' Colunga 59' Castro 63' Bilić 87'	Report	Canella 20' (o.g.) Gabi 30' Suárez 89'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)

26 February 2012 25	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Barcelona	showMadrid
21:30	Godín 23' Juanfran 25' Turan 30' Falcao 49', 85' Tiago 60' Koke 74'	Report	Messi 8', 81' Alves 36', 70' Fàbregas 45' Sánchez 76' Busquets 90'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Pérez Lasa (Basque Country)

3 March 2012 26	Sevilla	1–1	Atlético Madrid	showSeville
22:00 CET (UTC+01)	Medel 21' Navarro 45+2' Diawara 54'	Summary	Salvio 9', 44' Filipe Luís 13' Tiago 34' Juanfran 53' Domínguez 59'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Alfonso Alvarez Izquierdo

11 March 2012 27	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Granada	showMadrid
12:00 CET (UTC+01)	Miranda 38' Koke 60' Godín 73' Falcao 90+1'	Summary	Nyom 53' Gómez 63' Henrique 83'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

18 March 2012 28	Mallorca	2–1	Atlético Madrid	showPalma
16:00 CET (UTC+01)	Godín 47' (o.g.) Pereira 49' 53' Castro 52' Ramis 53' Aouate 69' Martí 89'	Summary	Falcao 66' Gabi 81'	Stadium: Iberostar Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

21 March 2012 29	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	showMadrid
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Gabi 38' Falcao 50', 72' Juanfran 64' Miranda 66' Suárez 82'	Summary	Herrera 40' San José 63' Martínez 70', 90+2'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

25 March 2012 30	Zaragoza	1–0	Atlético Madrid	showZaragoza
12:00 CET (UTC+01)	Apoño 90+5'	Summary	Salvio 20' Koke 61' Diego 82' Suárez 90' Godín 90+4'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ()

1 April 2012 31	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Getafe	showMadrid
12:00 CET (UTC+01)	Salvio 24' Diego 62' Falcao 77' Koke 89'	Summary	Alexis 53' Díaz 70'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 49,000 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero (Andalusia)

8 April 2012 32	Levante	2–0	Atlético Madrid	showValencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01)	Valdo 1', 86' Koné 9', 41' Ballesteros 34' Juanfran 45'	Summary	Diego 34' Turan 34' Salvio 49' Suárez 68' Miranda 72' 83' Gabi 90+4'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

11 April 2012 33	Atlético Madrid	1–4	Real Madrid	showMadrid
22:00 CET (UTC+01)	Falcao 55' Filipe Luís 61' Koke 90+2'	Summary	Ronaldo 25', 68', 83' (pen.) Arbeloa 35' Alonso 58' Di María 78' Callejón 88'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

15 April 2012 34	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	Atlético Madrid	showMadrid
21:30 CET (UTC+01)	Movilla 34' Bangoura 36' Tamudo 42' Rober 48' Arribas 82' Tito 90+3'	Summary	Miranda 46' Falcao 65' Adrián 80'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)

22 April 2012 35	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Espanyol	showMadrid
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Godin 9', 48' Gabi 16' Turan 59', 61' Falcao 75'	Summary	Vilà 19' López 58' Moreno 79'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Aragon)

29 April 2012 36	Real Betis	2–2	Atlético Madrid	showSeville
19:45 CET (UTC+01)	Matilla 45' Pereira 72', 88' Iriney 81' Pozuelo 86' Amaya 90'	Summary	Tiago 26' Salvio 41' Koke 64' Falcao 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 25,000 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes ()

2 May 2012 20	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Real Sociedad	showMadrid
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Suárez 23' Gabi 54' 58' 73' Falcao 83'	Summary	Zurutuza 50' Vela 90+1'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

5 May 2012 37	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Málaga	showMadrid
21:00 CET (UTC+01)	Suárez 33' Koke 69', 88' Diego 73' Tiago 77' Adrián 79' Turan 81' Salvio 90'	Summary	Eliseu 38' Weligton 78' Sánchez 89'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 25,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

13 May 2012 38	Villarreal	0–1	Atlético Madrid	showVillarreal
20:00 CET (UTC+01)		Report	Falcao 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

Copa del Rey[]

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round of 32[]

8 December 2011 First leg	Albacete	2–1	Atlético Madrid	showAlbacete
20:00	Calle 30' (pen.) Núñez 50' Rocha 56' 61' Blázquez 77'	Report	Domínguez 29' 60' Pizzi 36' Adrián 70'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 13,000 Referee: ()

21 December 2011 Second leg	Atlético Madrid	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Albacete	showMadrid
20:00	Miranda 57' Filipe Luís 60' Falcao 62' Pizzi 79' Assunção 87'	Report	Curto 1' Rocha 24' 40' Campos 56' Calle 77'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalan)

UEFA Europa League[]

Kickoff times are in CET.

Third qualifying round[]

28 July 2011 First leg	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Strømsgodset	showMadrid, Spain
21:00	Tiago 40' Reyes 54', 74' Miranda 76'	Report	Vilsvik 19' Sankoh 50' Storflor 80'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,056 Referee: (Netherlands)

4 August 2011 Second leg	Strømsgodset	0–2 (1–4 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	showDrammen, Norway
18:30	Nordkvelle 76'	Report	Adrián 13' Salvio 23' Gabi 53' Assunção 56' Domínguez 69' Reyes 90+3'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 6,807 Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Play-off round[]

18 August 2011 First leg	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Vitória de Guimarães	showMadrid, Spain
22:00	Domínguez 54' Elias 68', 73'	Report	Olímpio 37' Paulo Sérgio 54' João Paulo 64'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 27,153 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

25 August 2011 Second leg	Vitória de Guimarães	0–4 (0–6 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	showGuimarães, Portugal
20:30	Nilson 2' Issam 25' Edgar 57'	Report	Gabi 2' (pen.) Adrián 18', 60' Salvio 30', 81' Sílvio 36'	Stadium: Afonso Henriques Attendance: 10,330 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Udinese	6	2	3	1	6	7	−1	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Celtic	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6
4	Rennes	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3

Source: Soccerway

15 September 2011 1	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Celtic	showMadrid, Spain
21:05	Falcao 3' Gabi 51' Suárez 59' Diego 69'	Report	Kayal 74' Loovens 86'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 24,868 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

29 September 2011 2	Rennes	1–1	Atlético Madrid	showRennes, France
19:00	Danzé 35' Montaño 56' Pitroipa 64'	Report	Turan 27' Perea 35' Juanfran 87'	Stadium: Route de Lorient Attendance: 24,298 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

20 October 2011 3	Udinese	2–0	Atlético Madrid	showUdine, Italy
19:00	Badu 59' Danilo 62' Benatia 88' Floro Flores 90+4'	Report	Gabi 73' Assunção 83'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 10,026 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

3 November 2011 4	Atlético Madrid	4–0	Udinese	showMadrid, Spain
21:05	Adrián 7', 12' Diego 37' Suárez 52' Falcao 67'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 18,300 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

30 November 2011 5	Celtic	0–1	Atlético Madrid	showGlasgow, Scotland
19:00	Majstorović 54' Ki 58'	Report	Turan 30' Gabi 60' Miranda 66' Perea 71'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,257 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

15 December 2011 6	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Rennes	showMadrid, Spain
21:05	Assunção 14' Falcao 38' (pen.) Domínguez 42' Turan 79'	Report	Apam 24' Mandjeck 86'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

16 February 2012 First leg	Lazio	1–3	Atlético Madrid	showRome, Italy
19:00	Klose 19'	Report	Adrián 25' Suárez 26' Falcao 37', 63' Juanfran 51'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

23 February 2012 Second leg	Atlético Madrid	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Lazio	showMadrid, Spain
21:05	Godín 42', 48' Assunção 86'	Report	Diakité 62' Matuzalém 65'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Round of 16[]

8 March 2012 First leg	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Beşiktaş	showMadrid, Spain
19:00	Salvio 24', 27' Adrián 37'	Report	Simão 53' Ernst 74' Köybaşı 78'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000^[2] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

15 March 2012 Second leg	Beşiktaş	0–3 (1–6 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	showIstanbul, Turkey
19:00			Adrián 26' Falcao 83' Salvio 90+4'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 23,000^[3] Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Quarter-finals[]

29 March 2012 First leg	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Hannover 96	showMadrid, Spain
21:05	Falcao 9' Salvio 89'	Report	Diouf 38'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 35,000^[4] Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

5 April 2012 Second leg	Hannover 96	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	showHanover, Germany
21:05	Diouf 81'	Report	Adrián 63' Falcao 87'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Semi-finals[]

19 April 2012 First leg	Atlético Madrid	4–2	Valencia	showMadrid, Spain
21:05	Falcao 18', 78' Miranda 49' Adrián 54'	Report	Jonas 45+3' Costa 90+4'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 49,400 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

26 April 2012 Second leg	Valencia	0–1 (2–5 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	showValencia, Spain
21:05		Report	Adrián 60'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Final[]

9 May 2012 Final	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	showBucharest, Romania
20:45	Falcao 7', 34', 26' Diego 85'	Report	Herrera 22' Amorebieta 64' Pérez 75' Susaeta 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 52,347 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

References[]

^ "LFP and AFE to continue talks". LFP.es. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
^ "Atlético Madrid vs. Beşiktaş – 8 March 2012". Soccerway. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
^ "Beşiktaş vs. Atlético Madrid – 15 March 2012". Soccerway. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ "De sensaciones no se vive". AS.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

External links[]

Official website (in English and Spanish)
2011–12 Atlético Madrid season at ESPN

[table_note_res_ELGS0.93545249567155-1] Atlético Madrid won the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and thus secured the title holder spot in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.93545249567155-2] Athletic Bilbao qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey to Barcelona, who have qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Consequently, Levante entered the play-off round.

[3] "LFP and AFE to continue talks". LFP.es. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

[4] "Atlético Madrid vs. Beşiktaş – 8 March 2012". Soccerway. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[5] "Beşiktaş vs. Atlético Madrid – 15 March 2012". Soccerway. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[6] "De sensaciones no se vive". AS.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

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2011–12 Atlético Madrid season

Contents

Kits[]

Players[]

Squad information[]

Transfers[]

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Team stats[]

Competitions[]

Pre-season[]

Mid-season friendlies[]

La Liga[]

League table[]

Results by round[]

Matches[]

Copa del Rey[]

Round of 32[]

UEFA Europa League[]

Third qualifying round[]

Play-off round[]

Group stage[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]