# 2008–09 Atlético Madrid season

The 2008–09 season was the 103th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 72rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
In the league, Atlético repeated the 4th place of 2007–08, improving on the previous season by three points. Uruguayan striker Diego Forlán had a tremendous season, scoring 32 league goals, the highest number of La Liga goals for a single player in a decade.

## Squad
### Goalkeepers

* Grégory Coupet (1)
* Leo Franco (25)
* Ángel Bernabé (27)

### Defenders

* Giourkas Seitaridis (2)
* Antonio López (3)
* Mariano Pernía (4)
* John Heitinga (5)
* Tomáš Ujfaluši (17)
* Luis Perea (21)
* Pablo Ibáñez (22)
* Álvaro Domínguez (28)
* Zé Castro
* Juan Valera

### Midfielders

* Raúl García (8)
* Maxi Rodríguez (C) (11)
* Paulo Assunção (12)
* Éver Banega (16)
* Maniche (18)
* Miguel de las Cuevas (19)
* Simão (20)
* Ignacio Camacho (24)
* Keko (29/33 in UEFA Champions League)
* José Manuel Jurado
* Cléber

### Attackers

* Diego Forlán (7)
* Luis García (9)
* Sergio Agüero (10)
* Florent Sinama Pongolle (14)

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sevilla | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |

#### Matches

* Atlético Madrid–Málaga 4-0
* 1-0 John Heitinga 26'
* 2-0 Diego Forlán 38'
* 3-0 Diego Forlán 43' (pen.)
* 4-0 Florent Sinama Pongolle 80'
* Valladolid–Atlético Madrid 2-1
* 1-0 Ángel Vivar Dorado 3'
* 2-0 Javier Baraja 28'
* 2-1 Sergio Agüero 54'
* Atlético Madrid–Recreativo Huelva 4-0
* 1-0 Sergio Agüero 7'
* 2-0 Maniche 52'
* 3-0 Florent Sinama Pongolle 78'
* 4-0 Florent Sinama Pongolle 88'
* Getafe–Atlético Madrid 1-2
* 0-1 Florent Sinama Pongolle 29'
* 1-1 Juan Ángel Albín 75'
* 1-2 David Cortés 82' (o.g.)
* Atlético Madrid–Sevilla 0-1
* 0-1 Luís Fabiano 21'
* Barcelona–Atlético Madrid 6-1
* 1-0 Rafael Márquez 3'
* 2-0 Samuel Eto'o 5'
* 3-0 Lionel Messi 9'
* 3-1 Maxi Rodríguez 13'
* 4-1 Samuel Eto'o 18'
* 5-1 Eiður Guðjohnsen 28'
* 6-1 Thierry Henry 73'
* Atlético Madrid–Real Madrid 1-2
* 0-1 Ruud van Nistelrooy 1'
* 0-2 Gonzalo Higuaín 90' (pen.)
* 1-2 Simão 90'
* Villarreal–Atlético Madrid 4-4
* 0-1 Simão 1'
* 0-2 Diego Forlán 22'
* 1-2 Marcos Senna 47'
* 2-2 Joseba Llorente 51'
* 3-2 Gonzalo Rodríguez 57'
* 4-2 Giuseppe Rossi 67'
* 4-3 Simão 83'
* 4-4 Raúl García 85'
* Atlético Madrid–Mallorca 2-0
* 1-0 Sergio Agüero 13'
* 2-0 Sergio Agüero 27'
* Osasuna–Atlético Madrid 0-0
* Atlético Madrid–Deportivo 4-1
* 1-0 John Heitinga 26'
* 2-0 Diego Forlán 51'
* 3-0 Maxi Rodríguez 66'
* 4-0 Diego Forlán 80'
* 4-1 Filipe Luís 86'
* Numancia–Atlético Madrid 1-1
* 0-1 Diego Forlán 35'
* 1-1 José Barkero 90' (pen.)
* Atlético Madrid–Racing Santander 4-1
* 0-1 Mohammed Tchité 7'
* 1-1 Simão 21'
* 2-1 Sergio Agüero 34'
* 3-1 Diego Forlán 78'
* 4-1 Diego Forlán 81'
* Sporting Gijón–Atlético Madrid 2-5
* 1-0 Mate Bilić 4'
* 1-1 Sergio Agüero 5'
* 1-2 Sergio Agüero 41'
* 1-3 Diego Forlán 55'
* 2-3 David Barral 60'
* 2-4 Maxi Rodríguez 72'
* 2-5 Diego Forlán 80'
* Atlético Madrid–Betis 2-0
* 1-0 Maxi Rodríguez 20'
* 2-0 Sergio Agüero 81'
* Espanyol–Atlético Madrid 2-3
* 0-1 Maxi Rodríguez 7'
* 1-1 Sergio Sánchez 58'
* 1-2 Sergio Agüero 81'
* 1-3 Maxi Rodríguez 90'
* 2-3 Valdo 90'
* Valencia–Atlético Madrid 3-1
* 1-0 David Villa 33' (pen.)
* 2-0 David Silva 39'
* 2-1 Diego Forlán 45' (pen.)
* 3-1 David Silva 68'
* Atlético Madrid–Athletic Bilbao 2-3
* 1-0 Antonio López 15'
* 1-1 Koikili 45'
* 1-2 Fernando Llorente 50'
* 1-3 Fernando Llorente 66'
* 2-3 Diego Forlán 90'
* Almería–Atlético Madrid 1-1
* 1-0 Kalu Uche 6'
* 1-1 Florent Sinama Pongolle 22'
* Málaga–Atlético Madrid 1-1
* 1-0 Apoño 22'
* 1-1 John Heitinga 44'
* Atlético Madrid–Valladolid 1-2
* 0-1 Luis Prieto 50'
* 1-1 José García Calvo 56' (o.g.)
* 1-2 Víctor 78'
* Recreativo Huelva–Atlético Madrid 0-3
* 0-1 Sergio Agüero 3'
* 0-2 Diego Forlán 28'
* 0-3 Diego Forlán 35'
* Atlético Madrid–Getafe 1-1
* 1-0 Diego Forlán 33'
* 1-1 Juan Ángel Albín 88'
* Sevilla–Atlético Madrid 1-0
* 1-0 Jesús Navas 87'
* Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 4-3
* 0-1 Thierry Henry 19'
* 0-2 Lionel Messi 33'
* 1-2 Diego Forlán 32'
* 2-2 Sergio Agüero 56'
* 2-3 Thierry Henry 73'
* 3-3 Diego Forlán 80' (pen.)
* 4-3 Sergio Agüero 89'
* Real Madrid–Atlético Madrid 1-1
* 0-1 Diego Forlán 38'
* 1-1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 57'
* Atlético Madrid–Villarreal 3-2
* 0-1 Matías Fernández 19'
* 0-2 Cani 52'
* 1-2 Sergio Agüero 53'
* 2-2 Diego Forlán 81'
* 3-2 Antonio López 83'
* Mallorca–Atlético Madrid 2-0
* 1-0 Aritz Aduriz 24'
* 2-0 Chory Castro 90'
* Atlético Madrid–Osasuna 2-4
* 0-1 Walter Pandiani 8'
* 1-1 Diego Forlán 15'
* 1-2 Krisztián Vadócz 44'
* 1-3 Walter Pandiani 48'
* 1-4 Masoud Shojaei 69'
* 2-4 Pablo Ibáñez 74'
* Deportivo–Atlético Madrid 1-2
* 0-1 Sergio Agüero 45'
* 0-2 Simão 70'
* 1-2 Rodolfo Bodipo 87'
* Atlético Madrid–Numancia 3-0
* 1-0 Éver Banega 62'
* 2-0 Diego Forlán 79'
* 3-0 Simão 90'
* Racing Santander–Atlético Madrid 5-1
* 1-0 Christian 9'
* 2-0 Ezequiel Garay 16'
* 3-0 Mohammed Tchité 38'
* 3-1 Diego Forlán 61' (pen.)
* 4-1 Pedro Munitis 65'
* 5-1 Nikola Žigić 87'
* Atlético Madrid–Sporting Gijón 3-1
* 1-0 Diego Forlán 27'
* 2-0 Simão 41'
* 3-0 Sergio Agüero 47'
* 3-1 Mate Bilić 48'
* Betis–Atlético Madrid 0-2
* 0-1 Diego Forlán 13'
* 0-2 Diego Forlán 89'
* Atlético Madrid–Espanyol 3-2
* 0-1 Nenê 39' (pen.)
* 0-2 Dani Jarque 40'
* 1-2 Diego Forlán 53'
* 2-2 Sergio Agüero 60'
* 3-2 Diego Forlán 90'
* Atlético Madrid–Valencia 1-0
* 1-0 Diego Forlán 30' (pen.)
* Athletic Bilbao–Atlético Madrid 1-4
* 0-1 Raúl García 59'
* 1-1 Xabier Etxeita 68'
* 1-2 Diego Forlán 73'
* 1-3 Diego Forlán 78'
* 1-4 Diego Forlán 87' (pen.)
* Atlético Madrid–Almería 3-0
* 1-0 Sergio Agüero 19'
* 2-0 Raúl García 27'
* 3-0 Diego Forlán 50'

## Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Diego Forlán | 32 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Sergio Agüero | 17 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Maxi Rodríguez | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Simão | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | 14 | Sinama Pongolle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Raúl García | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | John Heitinga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Antonio López | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | Maniche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | Luis García | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 16 | Éver Banega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 17 | Tomáš Ujfaluši | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 22 | Pablo Ibáñez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 80 | 3 | 15 | 98 |