# 1995–96 Atlético Madrid season

The 1995–1996 campaign was the 90th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 60th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team won 'The Double' both La Liga and Copa del Rey in a great season for supporters.

## Summary

During summer club President Jesus Gil y Gil appointed Real Oviedo manager Radomir Antic as the new head coach. Meanwhile bids on Real Oviedo midfielders Robert Prosinecki, Slavisa Jokanovic, Spartak Moscow central back Viktor Onopko and young Albacete Forward Fernando Morientes (he chose to play Real Zaragoza instead) were failed to reinforce the squad, meaning that the upcoming arrivals have to take the team for the season. Gil y Gil transferred in Goalkeeper José Francisco Molina and Defender Santi Denia from Albacete, Lubo Penev from Valencia CF, midfielders Milinko Pantic and Roberto Fresnedoso from RCD Espanyol.
The season is best remembered by the club clinching La Liga and Copa del Rey.

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | José Francisco Molina |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tomás |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Toni |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Roberto Solozábal |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juanma López |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Santi Denia |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Leonardo Biagini |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Juan Vizcaíno |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Lyuboslav Penev |
| 10 | MF | YUG | Milinko Pantić |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Pirri |
| 12 | FW | URU | Fernando Correa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Ricardo |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Diego Simeone |
| 15 | MF | RSA | Quinton Fortune |
| 16 | MF | ESP | José de la Sagra |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Juan Carlos |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Roberto |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Kiko |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Delfí Geli |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Jose Luis Perez Caminero |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Felipe |
| — | DF | BRA | Iván Rocha |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani (to Mallorca) |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| GK | José Molina | Albacete |
| DF | Santi Denia | Albacete |
| FW | Fernando Correa | River Plate |
| MF | Milinko Pantić | Panionios |
| FW | Lyuboslav Penev | Valencia |
| MF | Roberto Fresnedoso | Espanyol |
| FW | Leonardo Biagini | Newell's Old Boys |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Patxi Ferreira | Valencia |
| GK | Abel Resino | Rayo Vallecano |
| FW | Adolfo Valencia | Independiente |
| FW | Roman Kosecki | Nantes |
| MF | Igor Dobrovolski | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| MF | Manel Ruano | Real Valladolid |
| DF | Alejandro Sanchez | Albacete |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Quinton Fortune | RCD Mallorca | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Ivan Rocha | Real Valladolid | loan |
Source: BDFutbol.com

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid (C) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Valencia | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 83 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Barcelona | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 80 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Espanyol | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 74 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Tenerife | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 72 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Since Atlético Madrid, winners of 1995–96 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Barcelona earned a spot in the first round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey

Second Round
Third Round
Round of 16

#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

    Starts + substitute appearances
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | José Molina | 53 | -46 | 42 | -32 | 11 | -14 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Delfí Geli | 49 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Roberto Solozábal | 49 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Santi Denia | 48 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Toni Muñoz | 50 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | YUG | Milinko Pantić | 50 | 17 | 41 | 10 | 7+2 | 7 |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Diego Simeone | 45 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Juan Vizcaíno | 49 | 3 | 34+7 | 3 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | José Luis Caminero | 47 | 9 | 35+2 | 9 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Lubo Penev | 44 | 22 | 36+1 | 16 | 6+1 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Kiko | 40 | 13 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Ricardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Roberto | 39 | 4 | 19+12 | 3 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juanma Lopez | 42 | 4 | 11+21 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Leonardo Biagini | 37 | 5 | 5+23 | 3 | 5+4 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Pirri Mori | 25 | 2 | 5+14 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Juan Carlos | 16 | 3 | 3+10 | 2 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tomás Reñones | 17 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | URU | Fernando Correa | 14 | 3 | 1+8 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | RSA | Quinton Fortune | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | De la Sagra | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Felipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Iván Rocha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: BDfutbol.com

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani (to Mallorca) |