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In this video I'm going to tell you everything
you need to know about Atletico Madrid. Another
night of European football beckons. Two of Europe's
biggest names will pitch up at the Emirates Stadium
for the Champions League match between Arsenal
and Atletico Madrid as the Spanish Giants head
to North London on Tuesday night. It will be
just the third meeting between the two sides,
synonymous with red and white shirts. As Atletico's
manager Diego Simeone aims to finally add Europe's
premier club competition to his club's long list
of honours after three losses in the final. Ahead
of a tasty -looking fixture, find out more about
Atleti's past, their current stars and how they're
shaping up this season. The club was formed in
1903 by athletic club supporters based in the
Spanish capital. Initially, a youth side for
the Bilbao outfit, in 1921 they broke away and
enjoyed instant success, winning the Madrid Region
League three times. That saw them become founding
members of La Liga in 1929, but after the Spanish
Civil War, a merger with Zaragoza -based Aviación
Nacional saved them from bankruptcy. A first
La Liga title arrived in 1940 which was retained,
a feat repeated in 1950 and 1951. While a first
European triumph came in 1962 when they beat
Fiorentina to win the Cup Winners' Cup, three
more league titles arrived in the 1970s, but
they were beaten in the 1974 European Cup final
by Bayern Munich after conceding a last -minute
equaliser that forced a replay. Having narrowly
escaped relegation in 1995, Radomir Antic was
appointed manager and in his first season transformed
Atleti into double winners for the first time.
But that success was short -lived and relegation
occurred in 2000 before La Liga returned two
years later. In 2010, they beat Fulham to win
the Europa League, but the following year brought
Diego Simeone's appointment as manager, transforming
their fortunes once again. The stadium. Atleti
have played their home games at the 70 ,692 Metropolitano
Stadium since 2017. A 20 ,000 -seater stadium
was built on the site in 1994 as part of Madrid's
unsuccessful bid to host the 1997 World Athletics
Championships. And after the city missed out
on multiple Olympic Games, it was passed over
to Atleti as they moved out of the Vincente Calderon
Stadium, their home since 1966. After the demolition
of the athletics venue, a new stadium was built
in its place and it was quickly awarded the 2019
Champions League final when Liverpool beat Tottenham
in the final. It will do the same in 2027 and
could be the venue for the 2030 World Cup. The
Manager Simeone was part of Atleti's fabled double
-winning team of 1995 -1996 and also enjoyed
success with Inter Milan, Lazio and Argentina,
for whom he won 108 caps and clinched two Copa
Americas. His managerial career began in 2006
and he lifted titles in his homeland with Estudiantes
and River Plate before returning to Madrid in
2011. He ended his first season by clinching
the club's second Europa League triumph and his
second brought the UEFA Super Cup and a Copa
del Rey. Better was to come the following season
as a final day shootout saw them draw at Barcelona
to pit the Catalan club to the championship,
seeing Atleti's first La Liga triumph since his
playing days. Weeks later, the Champions League
slipped through their grasp when Real Madrid
netted a stoppage -time equaliser in the final.
before winning 4 -1 in extra time. And two years
later, their city rivals denied them Europe's
biggest prize once again, this time on penalties.
Another Europa League was added in 2018, while
the club's last trophy came in 2021, when after
years of pushing the El Clasico duopoly, Atleti
claimed the 11th league title. Last season, it
seemed Atleti would be title contenders when
a club record 14th consecutive victory in all
competitions moved them top of the table in January.
However, three league wins in 10 saw them slip
behind the big two, finishing 12 points behind
champions Barcelona and 8 behind Real Madrid.
They were also eliminated by Barca at the semi
-final stage of the Copa del Rey 5 -4 on aggregate.
And while they finished fifth in the Champions
League league phase, including beating eventual
winners Paris Saint -Germain away, their city
rivals were their scourge again, overcoming them
on penalties in the last 16 to set up a quarterfinal
meeting with ourselves. They ended the season
at the Club World Cup, with PSG gaining a manner
of revenge by beating them 4 -0 with wins over
Seattle and Botafogo not enough to advance past
the group stage. The squad. Veteran French striker
Antoine Griezmann continues to be a major player
and last month hit his 200th goal for Atleti
to stretch his lead at the top of their all -time
goalscoring charts. However, the majority of
goals last term came from a pair of former Premier
League strikers in ex -Manchester City man Julian
Alvarez and Alexander Solov who spent time at
Crystal Palace. Conor Gallagher is another well
-known face to English fans. Club icon Koke captains
decide, having spent his entire 16 -year career
at the club and spans the entire Simeone era,
while Uruguayan centre -back Jose Maria Jimenez
has made over 350 appearances across 12 years
and Slovakian goalkeeper Jan Oblak has been between
the posts for over a decade. Winger Alex Baena
and defender Robin Le Normand were part of Spain's
successful Euro 2024 campaign and Nahuel Molina
was Argentina's right -back in a 2022 World Cup
win. Young striker Juliano Simeone, the son of
the manager, is a current Argentine international.
The season so far, a summer recruitment draft
saw long -serving Cesar Azpilicueta, Axel Witzel,
Angel Correra, Saul Rodrigo de Paul and Thomas
Lemar all depart. allowing Simeone to refresh
his squad. As well as Baena, American international
midfielder Johnny Cardozo, Argentine playmaker
Thiago Armada, Euro 2020 winner Giacomo Raspadori
and Slovakian defender David Hanko arrived for
big money while Nico Gonzalez was loaned from
Juventus. Blending those new faces into the side
initially saw Atletico struggle as they were
victorious in just one. of their first five La
Liga games. However, a 3 -2 win over Rayo Vallecano,
courtesy of an Alvarez hat -trick, was followed
by a 5 -2 demolition of Real Madrid, the first
time they'd hit five against their bitter rivals
for 75 years, with Alvarez bagging a brace. On
Saturday, a goal from Almada was enough to beat
Osasuna on what was Simeone's 750th game as their
boss, moving them up to fourth in the table,
but eight points behind the leaders. The Champions
League campaign began with a thrilling 3 -2 defeat
at Liverpool as Atleti recovered from being 2
-0 down after six minutes to draw a level, only
for Virgil van Dijk to score a stoppage -time
winner. They responded with a 5 -1 win over Eintracht
Frankfurt when Griezmann netted his 200th strike.
The Previous Meetings The only previous meetings
between ourselves and Atletico Madrid in Europe
came in the semi -finals of the 2017 -2018 Europa
League. Things were looking promising for us
in the home leg when Cime Vassallo was sent off
10 minutes in and Alexandre Lacazette put us
in front. But his international teammate Griezmann
struck 8 minutes from time to level things up
heading to Spain. There Diego Costa's finish
put the hosts ahead just before half time and
they held on to their lead to extinguish Arsene
Wenger's final hope of finishing his legendary
tenure with a first European trophy. Atleti went
on to beat Marseille 3 -0 in the final. With
Grazeman scoring twice.