# 1990–91 Atlético Madrid season

The 1990–91 season was Atlético Madrid's 60th season since foundation in 1903 and the club's 56th season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Atlético competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Cup.

## Summary

In his third campaign as club President, Jesus Gil y Gil -after Donato became a citizen of Spain on 7 September 1990, and transferred out Striker Baltazar to FC Porto-reinforced the squad with German playmaker Bernd Schuster from Real Madrid who was discarded by John Benjamin Toshack during summer. On the bench was Ovejero only one round and Ivić managed the rest of the campaign, driving the club to a decent second spot ten points behind Champion FC Barcelona. After 18 undefeated matches, including a massive 13 clean sheet games (Abel Resino held the record for the longest clean sheet in La Liga at 1,275 minutes, was also the European record in a single season during 18 years until 2009, when Edwin van Der Sar from Manchester United broke it against Fulham) on 7 April 1991 the team was a mere 4 points behind FC Barcelona on the race for the league title, then, the squad collapsed since the 31 round only clinching three points over the final 9 rounds shattered its options for the trophy. It was bizarre a 2-2 match against Osasuna, with a massive number of 4 penalties failed. The last league match was controversial, Español was needed to win the game in order to avoid Relegation to Segunda Division meanwhile, according to Paulo Futre, President Jesus Gil asked not to win the match against Periquitos in exchange for soon-to-be Atletico's head coach Luis Aragones then Español manager and the transfer of Rodax.
In Copa del Rey the squad defeated Real Madrid in eightfinals and FC Barcelona in semifinals advancing to the Final against underdogs Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, clinching its 7th trophy after extra time. In UEFA Cup the squad early was eliminated in first round by Timișoara.

## Squad

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 |
| - | GK | ESP | Abel Resino |
| - | GK | ESP | Ángel Mejías |
| - | DF | ESP | Tomás Reñones |
| - | DF | ESP | Juanito |
| - | DF | ESP | Patxi Ferreira |
| - | DF | ESP | Pedro González Martínez |
| - | DF | ESP | Roberto Solozábal |
| - | DF | ESP | Pizo Gómez |
| - | DF | ESP | Toni Muñoz |
| - | DF | ESP | Juan Carlos Rodríguez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | MF | ESP | Antonio Orejuela |
| - | MF | BRA | Donato |
| - | MF | ESP | Juan Vizcaíno |
| - | MF | GER | Bernd Schuster |
| - | MF | ESP | Julio Prieto |
| - | MF | ESP | Alfredo Santaelena |
| - | FW | ESP | Manolo |
| - | FW | POR | Paulo Futre |
| - | FW | ESP | Juan Sabas |
| - | FW | AUT | Gerhard Rodax |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Bernd Schuster | Real Madrid |
| FW | Gerhard Rodax | Admira Wacker |
| DF | Juanito | Real Zaragoza |
| DF | Pedro Gonzalez | Logroñes CF |
| DF | Toni Muñoz | Atlético Madrileño |
| MF | Juan Vizcaíno | Real Zaragoza |
| MF | Julio Prieto | Celta de Vigo |
| FW | Juan Sabas | Rayo Vallecano |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Baltazar | FC Porto | - |
| GK | Agustin Elduayen | Burgos CF | - |
| DF | Eugenio Bustingorri | Osasuna | - |
| DF | Andoni Goikoetxea | | retired |
| MF | Agustin Abadia | CD Logroñes | - |
| MF | Roberto Marina | RCD Mallorca | - |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Osasuna | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Atlético Madrid qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1990-91 La Liga | 1990-91 La Liga | 1990-91 Copa del Rey | 1990-91 Copa del Rey | 1990-91 UEFA Cup | 1990-91 UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| - | GK | ESP | Abel | 37 | -20 | 33 | -17 | 2 | -1 | 2 | -2 |
| - | DF | ESP | Tomas | 42 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Juanito | 43 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| - | DF | ESP | Solozabal | 43 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Juan Carlos | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | BRA | Donato | 28 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| - | MF | ESP | Vizcaino | 41 | 3 | 33+1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| - | MF | GER | Schuster | 36 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| - | FW | AUT | Rodax | 30 | 10 | 21+5 | 9 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| - | FW | ESP | Manolo | 46 | 18 | 35+2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| - | FW | POR | Futre | 34 | 4 | 24+2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| - | GK | ESP | Mejias | 10 | -15 | 5 | -11 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | ESP | Alfredo | 42 | 4 | 18+15 | 3 | 2+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Patxi Ferreira | 27 | 3 | 17+4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Pedro | 19 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Pizo Gómez | 19 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| - | FW | ESP | Sabas | 24 | 3 | 8+12 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Toni Muñoz | 17 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| - | MF | ESP | Julio Prieto | 15 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Carlos Aguilera | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| - | FW | BRA | Baltazar | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | ESP | Orejuela | 7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| - | DF | ESP | Juanma Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | FW | ESP | Alfaro | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| - | GK | AND | Koldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1990-917.html

### Squad statistics

| Competizione | Punti | Totale | Totale | Totale | Totale | Totale | Totale | DR |
| Competizione | Punti | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | DR |
| Primera División | 47 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 28 | +24 |
| Coppa del Re | - | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| Coppa UEFA | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| Totale | 47 | 47 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 35 | +27 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Manolo | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | Gerhard Rodax | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | DF | Juanito | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | Bernd Schuster | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | Paulo Futre | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Alfredo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Juan Vizcaíno | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | Juan Sabas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Patxi Ferreira | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | Roberto Solozábal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Tomás Reñones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Donato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 9 | 1 | 62 |