# 2021–22 Atlético Madrid season

The 2021–22 season was the 115th season in the existence of Atlético Madrid and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Atlético Madrid participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, and the UEFA Champions League.

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. 1 | Home alt. 2 (Home Europe) | Away | Third | Fourth | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 27 January 2022
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 | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte (on loan from Monaco) |
| 2 | DF | URU | José Giménez (3rd captain) |
| 4 | MF | CTA | Geoffrey Kondogbia |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Koke (captain) |
| 7 | FW | POR | João Félix |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Antoine Griezmann (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Luis Suárez |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Ángel Correa |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Renan Lodi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | SVN | Jan Oblak (vice-captain) |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Marcos Llorente |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Stefan Savić |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Héctor Herrera |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Daniel Wass |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Yannick Carrasco |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Mario Hermoso |
| 23 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Šime Vrsaljko |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Javi Serrano |
| 27 | FW | ARG | Giuliano Simeone |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Carlos Martín |

### 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 |
| — | GK | CRO | Ivo Grbić (at Lille until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Manu Sánchez (at Osasuna until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ARG | Nehuén Pérez (at Udinese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | COL | Santiago Arias (at Granada until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | MAR | Abde Damar (at Espanyol B until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Ismael Gutiérrez (at Málaga until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | URU | Juan Sanabria (at Atlético San Luis until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Saúl (at Chelsea until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Rodrigo Riquelme (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Vitolo (at Getafe until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Álvaro Morata (at Juventus until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Borja Garcés (at Leganés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Germán Valera (at Real Sociedad B until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POR | Marcos Paulo (at Famalicão until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergio Camello (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Víctor Mollejo (at Tenerife until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | Santiago Arias | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Diego Conde | Leganés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Nicolás Ibáñez | Atlético San Luis | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Víctor Mollejo | Mallorca | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Javi Montero | Beşiktaş | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Álvaro Morata | Juventus | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Nehuén Pérez | Granada | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Darío Poveda | Getafe | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Rodrigo Riquelme | Bournemouth | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Manu Sánchez | Osasuna | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Ivan Šaponjić | Cádiz | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Axel Werner | Atlético San Luis | Loan return | Loan return |
| 5 July 2021 | Marcos Paulo | Fluminense | Transfer | Free |
| 12 July 2021 | Rodrigo De Paul | Udinese | Transfer | €35M |
| 19 August 2021 | Benjamin Lecomte | Monaco | Loan | Loan |
| 25 August 2021 | Matheus Cunha | Hertha BSC | Transfer | €30M |
| 31 August 2021 | Antoine Griezmann | Barcelona | Loan | Loan |
| 27 January 2022 | Daniel Wass | Valencia | Transfer | €2.5M |
| 31 January 2022 | Reinildo Mandava | Lille | Transfer | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | Moussa Dembélé | Lyon | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Lucas Torreira | Arsenal | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2021 | Nicolás Ibáñez | Pachuca | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | Álvaro Morata | Juventus | Loan | Loan |
| 5 July 2021 | Vitolo | Getafe | Loan | Loan |
| 17 August 2021 | Manu Sánchez | Osasuna | Loan | Loan |
| 19 August 2021 | Ivo Grbić | Lille | Loan | Loan |
| 30 August 2021 | Santiago Arias | Granada | Loan | Loan |
| 31 August 2021 | Saúl | Chelsea | Loan | Loan |
| 7 January 2022 | Kieran Trippier | Newcastle United | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2022 | Ivan Šaponjić | Slovan Bratislava | Transfer | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 15 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 055.26 |
| Copa del Rey | 6 January 2022 | 19 January 2022 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Supercopa de España | 13 January 2022 | 13 January 2022 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2021 | 13 April 2022 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 030.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 049.02 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 80 | 31 | +49 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Real Betis | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Real Betis, 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 Europa 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | ATM | POR | MIL |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–5 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Milan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

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

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

## 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 | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SVN | Jan Oblak | 51 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | URU | José Giménez | 33 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Renan Lodi | 42 | 4 | 13+16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+6 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Stefan Savić | 33 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Daniel Wass | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 35 | 2 | 15+11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Mario Hermoso | 34 | 2 | 21+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava | 21 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Šime Vrsaljko | 29 | 1 | 10+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CTA | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 39 | 1 | 21+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Rodrigo De Paul | 48 | 4 | 24+12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Koke | 43 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar | 35 | 4 | 17+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Marcos Llorente | 40 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Héctor Herrera | 27 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Yannick Carrasco | 44 | 6 | 28+6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Javi Serrano | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POR | João Félix | 35 | 10 | 13+11 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Antoine Griezmann | 36 | 8 | 21+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Luis Suárez | 45 | 13 | 20+15 | 11 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Ángel Correa | 49 | 13 | 21+15 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+7 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha | 37 | 7 | 8+21 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ARG | Giuliano Simeone | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Carlos Martín | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ESP | Saúl | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Kieran Trippier | 18 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Luis Suárez | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Ángel Correa | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | João Félix | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | FW | | Antoine Griezmann | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | | Matheus Cunha | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 21 | MF | | Yannick Carrasco | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | MF | | Rodrigo De Paul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Thomas Lemar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 12 | DF | | Renan Lodi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 18 | DF | | Felipe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 22 | DF | | Mario Hermoso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | DF | | José Giménez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | MF | | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | | Koke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 24 | DF | | Šime Vrsaljko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 80 |