# 2020–21 Atlético Madrid season

The 2020–21 season was the 114th season in the existence of Atlético Madrid and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Atlético Madrid participated in this season's editions of the UEFA Champions League and also participated in the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 14 August 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Away | Away alt. 1 | Away alt. 2 | Third |
| Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 | Goalkeeper 4 |

## Players

Stats as of the end of the 2019–20 season.
| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Ivo Grbić | 28 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2024 | €3.5M | |
| 2 | DF | José Giménez (3rd captain) | 29 | EU | 2013 | 191 | 8 | 2023 | €0.9M | Second nationality: |
| 4 | MF | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 31 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2024 | €10M | Second nationality: |
| 5 | MF | Lucas Torreira | 28 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Loan | Second nationality: |
| 6 | MF | Koke (captain) | 32 | EU | 2009 | 457 | 45 | 2024 | Academy | |
| 7 | FW | João Félix | 24 | EU | 2019 | 36 | 9 | 2026 | €126M | |
| 8 | MF | Saúl (4th captain) | 29 | EU | 2012 | 296 | 41 | 2026 | Academy | |
| 9 | FW | Luis Suárez | 37 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | Free | Second nationality: |
| 10 | FW | Ángel Correa | 29 | EU | 2014 | 232 | 37 | 2024 | €7.5M | Second nationality: |
| 11 | MF | Thomas Lemar | 28 | EU | 2018 | 72 | 4 | 2024 | €70M | |
| 12 | DF | Renan Lodi | 26 | Non-EU | 2019 | 43 | 1 | 2026 | €25M | |
| 13 | GK | Jan Oblak (vice-captain) | 31 | EU | 2014 | 257 | 0 | 2023 | €16M | |
| 14 | MF | Marcos Llorente | 29 | EU | 2019 | 36 | 5 | 2024 | €30M | |
| 15 | DF | Stefan Savić | 33 | Non-EU | 2015 | 160 | 2 | 2023 | €25M | |
| 16 | MF | Héctor Herrera | 34 | EU | 2019 | 30 | 1 | 2022 | Free | Second nationality: |
| 18 | DF | Felipe | 35 | Non-EU | 2019 | 36 | 2 | 2022 | €20M | |
| 19 | FW | Moussa Dembélé | 28 | EU | 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Loan | |
| 20 | MF | Vitolo | 35 | EU | 2017 | 86 | 7 | 2022 | €35M | |
| 21 | MF | Yannick Carrasco | 31 | EU | 2020 | 140 | 24 | 2024 | €27M | |
| 22 | DF | Mario Hermoso | 29 | EU | 2019 | 23 | 0 | 2025 | €25M | |
| 23 | DF | Kieran Trippier | 34 | Non-EU | 2019 | 33 | 0 | 2022 | €20M | |
| 24 | DF | Šime Vrsaljko | 32 | EU | 2016 | 63 | 1 | 2022 | €16M | |
* Source: atleticodemadrid.com
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Morata | 27 | EU | Chelsea | Transfer | Summer | €56M | |
| — | FW | Nikola Kalinić | 32 | EU | Roma | Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| — | MF | Víctor Mollejo | 19 | EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| — | DF | Javi Montero | 21 | EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| — | DF | Nehuén Pérez | 20 | Non-EU | Famalicão | Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| 1 | GK | Ivo Grbić | 24 | EU | Lokomotiva | Transfer | Summer | €3.5M | Atlético Madrid |
| 21 | MF | Yannick Carrasco | 26 | EU | Dalian Professional | Transfer | Summer | €27M | Atlético Madrid |
| 9 | FW | Luis Suárez | 33 | EU | Barcelona | Transfer | Summer | €7M | Atlético Madrid |
| 5 | MF | Lucas Torreira | 24 | EU | Arsenal | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Atlético Madrid |
| 4 | MF | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 27 | EU | Valencia | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Atlético Madrid |
| 19 | FW | Moussa Dembélé | 24 | EU | Lyon | Loan | Winter | €1.5M | Atlético Madrid |
Total Spending: €88M

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 39 | MF | Óscar Clemente | 21 | EU | Las Palmas | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Atlético Madrid |
| 1 | GK | Antonio Adán | 33 | EU | Sporting CP | Transfer | Summer | Free | Sporting CP |
| 37 | GK | Álex Dos Santos | 21 | EU | Lokomotiva | Loan | Summer | Free | Lokomotiva |
| — | MF | Caio Henrique | 23 | Non-EU | Monaco | Transfer | Summer | €8M | Atlético Madrid |
| 40 | FW | Darío Poveda | 23 | EU | Getafe | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Getafe |
| — | DF | Javi Montero | 21 | EU | Beşiktaş | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Beşiktaş |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Morata | 27 | EU | Juventus | Loan | Summer | €10M | Atlético Madrid |
| 4 | DF | Santiago Arias | 28 | Non-EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | Summer | €12M | Atlético Madrid |
| — | FW | Nikola Kalinić | 32 | EU | Hellas Verona | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Atlético Madrid |
| 4 | DF | Nehuén Pérez | 20 | Non-EU | Granada | Loan | Summer | Free | Atlético Madrid |
| — | FW | Víctor Mollejo | 19 | EU | Getafe | Loan | Summer | Free | Atlético Madrid |
| 5 | MF | Thomas Partey | 27 | Non-EU | Arsenal | Transfer | Summer | €50M | Atlético Madrid |
| 19 | FW | Diego Costa | 32 | EU | Unattached | Transfer | Winter | Free | Atlético Madrid |
| 3 | DF | Manu Sánchez | 20 | EU | Osasuna | Loan | Winter | Free | Atlético Madrid |
| 17 | FW | Ivan Šaponjić | 23 | EU | Cádiz | Loan | Winter | Free | Cádiz CF |
| 35 | MF | Juan Manuel Sanabria | 20 | Non-EU | Zaragoza | Loan | Winter | Free | Atlético Madrid |
Total Income: €80M
Net Income: €8M

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 27 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 25 | +42 | 068.42 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 6 January 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 21 October 2020 | 17 March 2021 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 37 | +40 | 060.42 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 25 | +42 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Barcelona | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 85 | 38 | +47 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villarreal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | ATM | SAL | LMO |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–6 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Ivo Grbić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | José Giménez | 26 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Manu Sánchez$^2$ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Thomas Partey$^2$ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Lucas Torreira | 26 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Koke | 45 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | João Félix | 40 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | Saúl | 41 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Luis Suárez | 38 | 21 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Ángel Correa | 48 | 9 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Thomas Lemar | 36 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Renan Lodi | 33 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Jan Oblak | 46 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Marcos Llorente | 45 | 13 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Stefan Savić | 42 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Héctor Herrera | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Ivan Šaponjić$^2$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Felipe | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Diego Costa$^2$ | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Moussa Dembélé | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Vitolo | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Yannick Carrasco | 35 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Mario Hermoso | 38 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Kieran Trippier | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Šime Vrsaljko | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Sergio Camello$^1$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Ricard Sánchez$^1$ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Miguel San Román$^1$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Juan Manuel Sanabria$^1$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^1$Player from reserve team (Atlético Madrid B). $^2$Player left the club during the season.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Luis Suárez | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | Marcos Llorente | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | João Félix | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Ángel Correa | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | Yannick Carrasco | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | Saúl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | Thomas Lemar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | FW | Diego Costa$^2$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | DF | Mario Hermoso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | José Giménez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | MF | Lucas Torreira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | MF | Koke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | DF | Renan Lodi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 15 | DF | Stefan Savić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 24 | DF | Šime Vrsaljko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 29 | DF | Ricard Sánchez$^1$ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 67 | 3 | 7 | 77 |
$^1$Player from reserve team (Atlético Madrid B). $^2$Player left the club during the season.

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Matches played | Clean sheet % | La Liga (%) | Copa del Rey (%) | Champions League (%) | Total |
| 1 | 13 | GK | Jan Oblak | 46 | 43% | 18 (47%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (25%) | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Ivo Grbić | 1 | 100% | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| 3 | 31 | GK | Miguel San Román$^1$ | 1 | 0% | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 43% | 18 (47%) | 1 (50%) | 2 (25%) | 21 |
$^1$Player from reserve team (Atlético Madrid B).

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| La Liga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Copa del Rey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champions League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |