2009–10 Atlético Madrid season explained

The 2009–10 season was the 104th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 73rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Atlético salvaged a largely disappointing season, thanks to a late resurgence resulting in the UEFA Europa League title, following a 2–1 final victory against Fulham. During the course of the tournament, Atlético overcame Liverpool among others, much thanks to Diego Forlán's goalscoring talent. Forlán scored the winning away goal against Liverpool in the extra-time during the semis, as well as two goals against Fulham, culminating in another extra time-winner.

Elsewhere, Atlético reached the final of Copa del Rey, where it lost to Sevilla. The league and Champions League runs were disappointing, however, not winning a single game in Champions League, and just finishing in the top half of the league.

Transfers

In (summer):

Sergio Asenjo: €5m from Real Valladolid^[1]

Leandro Cabrera: €1.5m from Defensor Sporting^[2]

Juanito: Free from Real Betis^[3]

In (winter):

Eduardo Salvio: €10m from Lanús

Tiago: Loan from Juventus

Out (summer):

John Heitinga: €7.04m to Everton

Grégory Coupet: To PSG

Luis García to Racing Santander

Miguel de las Cuevas To Sporting Gijón

Maniche Free to Köln

Leo Franco: Free to Galatasaray

Giourkas Seitaridis: Free to Panathinaikos

Out (winter):

Florent Sinama Pongolle: €6.5m to Sporting CP

Maxi Rodríguez: Free to Liverpool

Roberto: Loan to Olympiacos

Squad

Goalkeepers

• David de Gea (43/13)
• Sergio Asenjo (1)
• Roberto (13 until January 2010)

Defenders

• Juan Valera Espín (2)
• Antonio López (C) (3)
• John Heitinga (5 until September 2009)
• Mariano Pernía (4)
• Juanito (16)
• Tomáš Ujfaluši (17)
• Álvaro Domínguez (18)
• Luis Perea (21)
• Pablo Ibáñez (22)
• Leandro Cabrera (24)

Midfielders

• Tiago (5 since January 2010)
• Ignacio Camacho (6)
• Raúl García (8)
• Jurado (9)
• Maxi Rodríguez (11)
• Paulo Assunção (12)
• Eduardo Salvio (14 since January 2010)
• José Antonio Reyes (19)
• Simão (20)
• Cléber (23)
• Koke (29)
• Cedric (57)
• Rubén Pérez (35)

Attackers

• Diego Forlán (7)
• Sergio Agüero (10)
• Florent Sinama Pongolle (14 until January 2010)
• Borja González (27, later 55)
• Ibrahima Baldé (58)
• Jorge Molino (59)
• Sebastián Gallegos

Competitions

La Liga

See main article: 2009–10 La Liga.

Matches

• Málaga–Atlético Madrid 3-0
  • • • 1-0 Nabil Baha 2-0 Manu 3-0 Manu Torres Atlético Madrid–Racing Santander 1-1
    • 1-0 Jurado 1-1 Óscar Serrano Barcelona–Atlético Madrid 5-2
      • • • • • 1-0 Zlatan Ibrahimović 2-0 Lionel Messi 3-0 Dani Alves 4-0 Seydou Keita 4-1 Sergio Agüero 4-2 Diego Forlán 5-2 Lionel Messi Atlético Madrid–Almería 2-2
        • 0-1 Pablo Piatti 1-1 Cléber 2-1 Diego Forlán 2-2 Pablo Piatti Valencia–Atlético Madrid 2-2
        • 0-1 Sergio Agüero 1-1 Pablo Hernández 2-1 David Villa 2-2 Maxi Rodríguez Atlético Madrid–Real Zaragoza 2-1
      • 1-0 Jurado 2-0 Antonio López 2-1 Ewerthon Osasuna–Atlético Madrid 3-0
      • 1-0 Walter Pandiani 2-0 Walter Pandiani 3-0 Carlos Aranda Atlético Madrid–Mallorca 1-1
    • 1-0 Diego Forlán 1-1 Borja Valero Athletic Bilbao–Atlético Madrid 1-0
  • 1-0 Javi Martínez Atlético Madrid–Real Madrid 2-3
    • • • • 0-1 Kaká 0-2 Marcelo 0-3 Gonzalo Higuaín 1-3 Diego Forlán 2-3 Sergio Agüero Deportivo–Atlético Madrid 2-1
      • 0-1 Sergio Agüero 1-1 Diego Colotto 2-1 Andrés Guardado Atlético Madrid–Espanyol 4-0
        • 1-0 Diego Forlán 2-0 Sergio Agüero 3-0 Sergio Agüero 4-0 Maxi Rodríguez Xerez–Atlético Madrid 0-2
    • 0-1 Diego Forlán 0-2 Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid–Villarreal 1-2
      • 1-0 Simão 1-1 David Fuster 1-2 Joseba Llorente Tenerife–Atlético Madrid 1-1
    • 1-0 Nino 1-1 Jurado Atlético Madrid–Sevilla 2-1
  • 0-1 Renato 1-1 Ivica Dragutinović
  • 2-1 Antonio López Valladolid–Atlético Madrid 0-4
    • • • 0-1 Jurado 0-2 Diego Forlán 0-3 José Antonio Reyes 0-4 Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid–Sporting Gijón 3-2
          • 1-0 Diego Forlán 1-1 Diego Castro 2-1 Paulo Assunção 3-1 Ibrahima Baldé 3-2 Luis Morán Getafe–Atlético Madrid 1-0
  • 1-0 Manu del Moral Atlético Madrid–Málaga 0-2
    • 0-1 Duda 0-2 Javi López Racing Santander–Atlético Madrid 1-1
    • 0-1 Diego Forlán 1-1 Gonzalo Colsa Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 2-1
      • 1-0 Diego Forlán 2-0 Simão 2-1 Zlatan Ibrahimović Almería–Atlético Madrid 1-0
  • 1-0 Pablo Piatti Atlético Madrid–Valencia 4-1
    • • • • 0-1 David Silva 1-1 Diego Forlán 2-1 Sergio Agüero 3-1 Diego Forlán 4-1 Jurado Real Zaragoza–Atlético Madrid 1-1
    • 1-0 Jiří Jarošík 1-1 Ibrahima Baldé Atlético Madrid–Osasuna 1-0
  • 1-0 Jurado Mallorca–Atlético Madrid 4-1
    • • 1-0 Víctor 1-1 Diego Forlán 2-1 Aritz Aduriz 3-1 Luis Perea
  • 4-1 Felipe Mattioni Atlético Madrid–Athletic Bilbao 2-0
    • 1-0 Diego Forlán 2-0 Sergio Agüero Real Madrid–Atlético Madrid 3-2
      • • • 0-1 José Antonio Reyes 1-1 Xabi Alonso 2-1 Álvaro Arbeloa 3-1 Gonzalo Higuaín 3-2 Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid–Deportivo La Coruña 3-0
      • 1-0 Juanito 2-0 Diego Forlán 3-0 Tiago Espanyol–Atlético Madrid 3-0
      • 1-0 Víctor Ruiz 2-0 Pablo Osvaldo 3-0 Iván Alonso Atlético Madrid–Xerez 1-2
      • 0-1 Mario Bermejo 1-1 Diego Forlán 1-2 Emiliano Armenteros Villarreal–Atlético Madrid 2-1
      • 1-0 Diego Godín 2-0 Giuseppe Rossi 2-1 Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid–Tenerife 3-1
        • 1-0 Eduardo Salvio 2-0 Eduardo Salvio 2-1 Román Martínez 3-1 Sergio Agüero Sevilla–Atlético Madrid 3-1
        • 1-0 Luís Fabiano 1-1 Tiago 2-1 Álvaro Negredo 3-1 Álvaro Negredo Atlético Madrid–Valladolid 3-1
        • 1-0 Juanito 2-0 Jurado 3-0 Diego Forlán 3-1 Jonathan Sesma Sporting Gijón–Atlético Madrid 1-1
    • 1-0 Miguel de las Cuevas 1-1 Ibrahima Baldé Atlético Madrid–Getafe 0-3

Copa del Rey

Final

See main article: 2010 Copa del Rey Final.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.

Final

See main article: 2010 UEFA Europa League Final.

Statistics

Top scorers

width=60	Rank	width=60	Position	width=60	Number	width=150	Player	width=80	La Liga	width=80	Copa del Rey	width=80	UEFA Champions League	width=80	UEFA Europa League	width=80	Total
1	FW	7	Diego Forlán	18	3	1	6	28
2	FW	10	Sergio Agüero	12	1	4	2	19
3	MF	9	Jurado	7	2	0	0	9
4	MF	11	Maxi Rodríguez1	2	5	1	0	8
5	MF	20	Simão	2	3	1	1	7
6	MF	19	Reyes	2	1	0	1	4
7	DF	3	Antonio López	2	0	0	1	3
	MF	5	Tiago	2	1	0	0	3
	FW	58	Ibrahima	3	0	0	0	3
10	MF	14	Eduardo Salvio	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	16	Juanito	2	0	0	0	2
12	MF	12	Paulo Assunção	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	14	Sinama Pongolle1	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	17	Tomáš Ujfaluši	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	18	Álvaro Domínguez	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	23	Cléber Santana1	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				1	2	1	0	4
Totals				57	21	8	11	97

¹Player left the club during the season.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atletico sign Asenjo . FIFA . 22 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090717004240/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1080082.html . 17 July 2009 . 9 July 2009.
2. Web site: El Atlético ficha a Leandro Cabrera . AS . 22 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090623231439/https://as.com/futbol/articulo/atletico-ficha-leandro-cabrera/dasftb/20090622dasdasftb_74/Tes/ . 23 June 2009 . Spanish.
3. Web site: Juanito leaves Betis for Atlético . UEFA.com . UEFA . 22 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210517091220/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01db-0e72536a099a-4425f73fcc60-1000--juanito-leaves-betis-for-atletico/ . 17 May 2021 . live.