# 2011–12 Atlético Madrid season

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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## 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 | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 13 | GK | Courtois | 52 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | S. Asenjo | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Godín | 41 | 3 | 26+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | A. López | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Filipe Luís | 53 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Sílvio | 14 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Domínguez | 41 | 4 | 22+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8+4 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Perea | 34 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Miranda | 44 | 2 | 25+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 14+1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Manquillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | M. Suárez | 42 | 0 | 23+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Tiago | 32 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Salvio | 49 | 8 | 17+14 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+10 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | Arda | 45 | 5 | 24+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | Assunção | 17 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Gabi | 49 | 3 | 30+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Fran Mérida | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Koke | 40 | 2 | 11+14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Juanfran | 44 | 1 | 23+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10+6 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Diego | 43 | 6 | 27+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 3 |
| 48 | MF | Saúl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Adrián | 57 | 19 | 27+9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17+2 | 11 |
| 9 | FW | Falcao | 50 | 36 | 33+1 | 24 | 1+1 | 0 | 13+2 | 12 |
| 15 | FW | Pizzi | 16 | 1 | 0+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Pedro | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | GK | Joel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| – | DF | Pulido | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | MF | Raúl García | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| – | MF | Elias | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 2 |
| – | MF | Reyes | 19 | 3 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 3 |
| – | FW | Forlán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| – | FW | Diego Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note:Italic denotes no longer with club.
Last updated: 13 May

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Radamel Falcao | 24 | 0 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | Adrián | 7 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Eduardo Salvio | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 22 | MF | Diego | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | Arda Turan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 18 | DF | Álvaro Domínguez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Diego Godín | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | Gabi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | José Antonio Reyes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 9 | MF | Elias | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 19 | MF | Koke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | Miranda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 15 | FW | Pizzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 20 | MF | Juanfran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 53 | 1 | 43 | 97 |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 6 | Levante | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 54 | |
* ↑ 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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
Kickoff times are in CET.

### Copa del Rey

Kickoff times are in CET.

#### Round of 32
### UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in CET.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |