# 2023–24 Atlético Madrid season

The 2023–24 season was the 117th season in the history of Atlético Madrid and their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España and the UEFA Champions League.

## Kits

| Home | Home alt | Away | Away alt | Third | Fourth | Special |
| Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 21 April 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Horațiu Moldovan |
| 2 | DF | URU | José Giménez (3rd captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | César Azpilicueta |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Paulista |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Koke (captain) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Antoine Griezmann |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Saúl |
| 9 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Ángel Correa |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Samuel Lino |
| 13 | GK | SVN | Jan Oblak (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Marcos Llorente |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Stefan Savić (4th captain) |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Molina |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Rodrigo Riquelme |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Arthur Vermeeren |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Morata |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Axel Witsel |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Mario Hermoso |
| 23 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pablo Barrios |
| 27 | DF | GRE | Ilias Kostis |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Salim El Jebari |
| 39 | FW | MAR | Abde Raihani |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | Manu Sánchez | Osasuna | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Renan Lodi | Nottingham Forest | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Sergio Camus | Atlético Ottawa | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Javi Serrano | Ibiza | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Juan Manuel Sanabria | Atlético San Luis | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Giuliano Simeone | Zaragoza | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Vitolo | Las Palmas | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | João Félix | Chelsea | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Rodrigo Riquelme | Girona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Borja Garcés | Tenerife | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Cedric Teguia | Córdoba | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Germán Valera | Andorra | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Sergio Camello | Rayo Vallecano | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Víctor Mollejo | Zaragoza | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Samuel Lino | Valencia | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | Matheus Cunha | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan return | Loan return |
| 3 July 2023 | Javi Galán | Celta Vigo | Transfer | €5M |
| 5 July 2023 | Çağlar Söyüncü | Leicester City | Transfer | Free |
| 6 July 2023 | César Azpilicueta | Chelsea | Transfer | Free |
| 6 July 2023 | Santiago Mouriño | Racing Montevideo | Transfer | €2.7M |
| 21 August 2023 | Samu Omorodion | Granada | Transfer | €6M |
| 31 December 2023 | Diego Espejo | Atlético Ottawa | Loan return | Loan return |
| 31 December 2023 | Marcos Paulo | São Paulo | Loan return | Loan return |
| 24 January 2024 | Horațiu Moldovan | Rapid București | Transfer | €0.8M |
| 26 January 2024 | Arthur Vermeeren | Antwerp | Transfer | €22M |
| 31 January 2024 | Gabriel Paulista | Valencia | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | Sergio Reguilón | Tottenham Hotspur | End of loan | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | Matt Doherty | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Released | |
| 30 June 2023 | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Marseille | Transfer | €8M |
| 30 June 2023 | Javi Serrano | Sturm Graz | Loan | Loan |
| 1 July 2023 | Matheus Cunha | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer | €51.216M |
| 3 July 2023 | Manu Sánchez | Celta Vigo | Transfer | |
| 5 July 2023 | Sergio Camus | Unionistas de Salamanca | Transfer | |
| 5 July 2023 | Juan Manuel Sanabria | Atlético San Luis | Transfer | |
| 14 July 2023 | Renan Lodi | Marseille | Transfer | €14M |
| 21 July 2023 | Giuliano Simeone | Alavés | Loan | Loan |
| 3 August 2023 | Víctor Mollejo | Zaragoza | Loan | Loan |
| 4 August 2023 | Carlos Martín | Mirandés | Loan | Loan |
| 8 August 2023 | Germán Valera | Zaragoza | Loan | Loan |
| 11 August 2023 | Santiago Mouriño | Zaragoza | Loan | Loan |
| 17 August 2023 | Sergio Camello | Rayo Vallecano | Transfer | €4M |
| 26 August 2023 | Samu Omorodion | Alavés | Loan | Loan |
| 30 August 2023 | Cedric Teguia | Ceuta | Transfer | |
| 1 September 2023 | Borja Garcés | Elche | Loan | Loan |
| 1 September 2023 | João Félix | Barcelona | Loan | Loan |
| 5 September 2023 | Yannick Carrasco | Al Shabab | Transfer | €15M |
| 24 January 2024 | Javi Galán | Real Sociedad | Loan | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | Ivo Grbić | Sheffield United | Transfer | |
| 29 January 2024 | Çağlar Söyüncü | Fenerbahçe | Loan | €2M |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

## 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 | 14 August 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 063.16 |
| Copa del Rey | 6 January 2024 | 29 February 2024 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 060.00 |
| Supercopa de España | 10 January 2024 | 10 January 2024 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 19 September 2023 | 16 April 2024 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 33 | 6 | 15 | 104 | 68 | +36 | 061.11 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 44 | +35 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 3 | Girona | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2023–24 Copa del Rey, Athletic Bilbao, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2023.

### Copa del Rey

Atlético entered the tournament in the round of 32, as they had qualified for the 2023–24 Supercopa de España.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATM | LAZ | FEY | CEL |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 4 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

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

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2023.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Supercopa de España | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ROU | Horațiu Moldovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SVN | Jan Oblak | 54 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | URU | José Giménez | 33 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | César Azpilicueta | 34 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Paulista | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Stefan Savić | 33 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Nahuel Molina | 46 | 2 | 19+11 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Axel Witsel | 51 | 2 | 30+5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Mario Hermoso | 45 | 2 | 28+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava | 19 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GRE | Ilias Kostis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 47 | 4 | 25+8 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Koke | 50 | 0 | 32+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Saúl | 49 | 2 | 14+20 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+5 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Samuel Lino | 46 | 8 | 25+9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Marcos Llorente | 52 | 6 | 29+8 | 6 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Rodrigo Riquelme | 47 | 4 | 16+18 | 3 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Arthur Vermeeren | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pablo Barrios | 35 | 1 | 17+7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Antoine Griezmann | 48 | 24 | 31+2 | 16 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay | 31 | 9 | 9+14 | 5 | 2+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Ángel Correa | 47 | 11 | 14+18 | 9 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+8 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Morata | 48 | 21 | 21+11 | 15 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 5 |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Salim El Jebari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | MAR | Abde Raihani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CRO | Ivo Grbić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Çağlar Söyüncü | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Javi Galán | 9 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | POR | João Félix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Yannick Carrasco | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Antoine Griezmann | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | | Álvaro Morata | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Ángel Correa | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Memphis Depay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 12 | MF | | Samuel Lino | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 14 | MF | | Marcos Llorente | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | MF | | Rodrigo De Paul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Rodrigo Riquelme | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Saúl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 16 | DF | | Nahuel Molina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | | Axel Witsel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 22 | DF | | Mario Hermoso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 23 | DF | | Reinildo Mandava | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 24 | MF | | Pablo Barrios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 70 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 104 |