# 2010–11 Atlético Madrid season

The 2010–11 season was the 105th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 74th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.
Atlético Madrid competed for their tenth La Liga title and participated in the UEFA Europa League as holders, entering in the Group stage due to their seventh-place finish in the 2010–11 La Liga. They also entered the Copa del Rey in the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid.
This season was the first since 2003–04 without Pablo Ibáñez who departed for English club West Bromwich Albion.

## Kits

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## Transfers

In (summer):
Filipe Luís: €12m from Deportivo La Coruña
Diego Godín: €8m from Villarreal
Fran Mérida: Free from Arsenal
Diego Costa: From Valladolid
Mario Suárez: From RCD Mallorca
In (winter):
Juanfran: €4m from Osasuna
Elías: From Corinthians
Out (summer):
José Manuel Jurado: €13m to Schalke
Pablo Ibanez: Free to West Brom
Mariano Pernía: To Nacional
Out (winter):
Simão: €0.9m to Beşiktaş
Ignacio Camacho: To Malaga
Juanito: Free to Valladolid

## Squad

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 | ESP | Sergio Asenjo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Juan Valera |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Antonio López (captain) |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Mario Suárez |
| 5 | MF | POR | Tiago Mendes (on loan from Juventus) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Ignacio Camacho (until 22 December 2010) |
| 7 | FW | URU | Diego Forlán (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Raúl García |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Elías |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Sergio Agüero (vice-captain since January 2011) |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Fran Mérida |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Paulo Assunção |
| 13 | GK | ESP | David de Gea |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Filipe Luís |
| 15 | DF | URU | Diego Godín |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Juanito (until 11 January 2011) |
| 17 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Ujfaluši |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Domínguez |
| 19 | MF | ESP | José Antonio Reyes |
| 20 | MF | POR | Simão Sabrosa (vice-captain until 22 December 2010) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Juanfran Torres (from 11 January 2011) |
| 21 | DF | COL | Luis Perea |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Diego Costa |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Joel Robles |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Borja González |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Koke |
| 43 | DF | ESP | Jorge Pulido |
| 49 | FW | ESP | Alberto Perea |
| 51 | MF | ESP | Alberto Noguera |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Espanyol | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 49 | |
| 9 | Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 47 | |
* 1 2 3 SEV: 7 pts; ATH: 6 pts; ATM: 4 pts
* ↑ The 2010–11 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, thus the 7th-placed team qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ OSA 1–1 SPG; SPG 1–1 OSA

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | ARI | ATL | RBK |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Aris | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Player | La Liga | UEFA Super Cup | Copa del Rey | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Sergio Agüero | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Diego Forlán | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 22 | Diego Costa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | José Antonio Reyes | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | Simão$^1$ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 5 | Tiago | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Fran Mérida | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 4 | Mario Suárez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 9 | Elias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Diego Godín | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 18 | Álvaro Domínguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 32 | Koke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 2 | Juan Valera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | Raúl García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 9 | Jurado$^1$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 14 | Filipe Luís | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 20 | Juanfran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 62 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 82 |
$^1$Player left the club during the season.