2009–10 Atlético Madrid season

The 2009–10 season was the 104th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 73rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Atlético Madrid
2009–10 season
PresidentEnrique Cerezo
Head coachAbel Resino
(until 23 October 2009)
Santi Denia
(caretaker)
Quique Sánchez Flores
(from 23 October 2009)
StadiumVicente Calderón
La Liga9th
Copa del ReyRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Diego Forlán (18)
All: Diego Forlán (28)

Atlético salvaged a largely disappointing season, thanks to a late resurgence resulting in the UEFA Europa League title, following a 2–1 final victory against Fulham. During the course of the tournament, Atlético overcame Liverpool among others, much thanks to Diego Forlán's goalscoring talent. Forlán scored the winning away goal against Liverpool in the extra-time during the semis, as well as two goals against Fulham, culminating in another extra time-winner.

Elsewhere, Atlético reached the final of Copa del Rey, where it lost to Sevilla. The league and Champions League runs were disappointing, however, not winning a single game in Champions League, and just finishing in the top half of the league.

Transfers

In (summer):

Sergio Asenjo: €5m from Real Valladolid

Leandro Cabrera: €1.5m from Defensor Sporting

Juanito: Free from Real Betis

In (winter):

Eduardo Salvio: €10m from Lanús

Tiago: Loan from Juventus

Out (summer):

John Heitinga: €7.04m to Everton

Grégory Coupet: To PSG

Luis García to Racing Santander

Miguel de las Cuevas To Sporting Gijón

Maniche Free to Köln

Leo Franco: Free to Galatasaray

Giourkas Seitaridis: Free to Panathinaikos

Out (winter):

Florent Sinama Pongolle: €6.5m to Sporting CP

Maxi Rodríguez: Free to Liverpool

Roberto: Loan to Olympiacos

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Villarreal 38 16 8 14 58 57 +1 56[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
8 Athletic Bilbao 38 15 9 14 50 53 3 54
9 Atlético Madrid 38 13 8 17 57 61 4 47[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 3]
10 Deportivo La Coruña 38 13 8 17 35 49 14 47[lower-alpha 2]
11 Espanyol 38 11 11 16 29 46 17 44
Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. MLL
  2. DEP 2–1 ATM; ATM 3–0 DEP
  3. Since Atlético Madrid won the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League they earned a spot in the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Matches

Topscorers

UEFA Champions League

Play-Off Round

19 August 2009 First leg Panathinaikos 2–3 Atlético Madrid Athens, Greece
20:45 Salpingidis  47'
Leto  74'
Report Rodríguez  36'
Forlán  63'
Agüero  70'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 50,540
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
25 August 2009 Second leg Atlético Madrid 2–0
(5–2 agg.)
Panathinaikos Madrid, Spain
20:45 Vyntra  4' (o.g.)
Agüero  83'
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 29,910
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chelsea 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Porto 6 4 0 2 8 3 +5 12
3 Atlético Madrid 6 0 3 3 3 12 9 3 Transfer to Europa League
4 APOEL 6 0 3 3 4 7 3 3
Source: RSSSF
15 September 2009 1 Atletico Madrid 0–0 APOEL Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 30,628
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
30 September 2009 2 Porto 2–0 Atletico Madrid Porto, Portugal
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Falcao  75'
Rolando  82'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 37,609
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
21 October 2009 3 Chelsea 4–0 Atletico Madrid London, England
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
Kalou  41', 52'
Lampard  69'
Perea  90+1' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,997
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
3 November 2009 4 Atletico Madrid 2–2 Chelsea Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Agüero  66', 90+1' Report Drogba  82', 88' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 36,284
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
25 November 2009 5 APOEL 1–1 Atletico Madrid Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45
(21:45 UTC+2)
Mirosavljević  5' Report Simão  62' Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 21,178
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
8 December 2009 6 Atletico Madrid 0–3 Porto Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Alves  2'
Falcao  14'
Hulk  76'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 24,603
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Last 32

18 February 2010 First leg Atlético Madrid 1–1 Galatasaray Madrid, Spain
21:05 Reyes  23' Report Keïta  77' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 28,056
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)
25 February 2010 Second leg Galatasaray 1–2
(2–3 agg.)
Atlético Madrid Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 Keïta  66' Report Simão  63'
Forlán  90'
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Last 16

11 March 2010 First leg Atlético Madrid 0–0 Sporting CP Madrid, Spain
21:05 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
18 March 2010 Second leg Sporting CP 2–2
(2–2 agg.)
Atlético Madrid Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 Liédson  19'
Polga  45+1'
Report Agüero  3', 33' Stadium: José Alvalade
Attendance: 41,919
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Quarter Final

1 April 2010 First leg Valencia 2–2 Atlético Madrid Valencia, Spain
21:05 Fernandes  66'
Villa  82'
Report Forlán  59'
López  72'
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
8 April 2010 Second leg Atlético Madrid 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
Valencia Madrid, Spain
21:05 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Semi Final

22 April 2010 First leg Atlético Madrid 1–0 Liverpool Madrid, Spain
21:05 Forlán  9' Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
29 April 2010 Second leg Liverpool 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
Atlético Madrid Liverpool, England
21:05 Aquilani  44'
Benayoun  95'
Report Forlán  102' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,040
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Final

12 May 2010 Final Atlético Madrid 2–1 (a.e.t.) Fulham Hamburg, Germany
20:45 Forlán  32', 116' Report Davies  37' Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)


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