2008–09 Atlético Madrid season

The 2008–09 season saw Atlético Madrid return to the UEFA Champions League after an eleven-year absence. The team marked the return with an impressive group stage performance, only denied winning the group by a late penalty for Liverpool at Anfield. In the round of 16, Atlético went out on away goals to Porto, being denied entry to the last eight.

In the league, Atlético repeated the 4th place of 2007–08, improving on the previous season by three points. Uruguayan striker Diego Forlán had a tremendous season, scoring 32 league goals, the highest number of La Liga goals for a single player in a decade.

Goalkeepers

 * 🇫🇷 Grégory Coupet (1)
 * 🇦🇷 Leo Franco (25)
 * 🇪🇸 Ángel Bernabé (27)

Defenders
• Giourkas Seitaridis (2)

• 🇪🇸 Antonio López (3)

• 🇪🇸 Mariano Pernía (4)

•  John Heitinga (5)

• 🇨🇿 Tomáš Ujfaluši (17)

• 🇨🇴 Luis Perea (21)

• 🇪🇸 Pablo Ibáñez (22)

• 🇪🇸 Álvaro Domínguez (28)

•  Zé Castro

• 🇪🇸 Juan Valera

Midfielders
• 🇪🇸 Raúl García (8)

• 🇦🇷 Maxi Rodríguez (C) (11)

• 🇧🇷 Paulo Assunção (12)

• 🇦🇷 Éver Banega (16)

• Maniche (18)

• 🇪🇸 Miguel de las Cuevas (19)

•  Simão (20)

• 🇪🇸 Ignacio Camacho (24)

• 🇪🇸 Keko (29/33 in UEFA Champions League)

• 🇪🇸 José Manuel Jurado

• 🇧🇷 Cléber

Attackers

 * 🇪🇸 Diego Forlán (7)
 * 🇪🇸 Luis García (9)
 * 🇦🇷 Sergio Agüero (10)
 * 🇫🇷 Florent Sinama Pongolle (14)

Matches

 * Atlético Madrid–Málaga 4-0
 * 1-0 John Heitinga ⚽ 26'
 * 2-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 38'
 * 3-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 43' (pen.)
 * 4-0 Florent Sinama Pongolle ⚽ 80'
 * Valladolid–Atlético Madrid 2-1
 * 1-0 Ángel Vivar Dorado ⚽ 3'
 * 2-0 Javier Baraja ⚽ 28'
 * 2-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 54'
 * Atlético Madrid–Recreativo Huelva 4-0
 * 1-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 7'
 * 2-0 Maniche ⚽ 52'
 * 3-0 Florent Sinama Pongolle ⚽ 78'
 * 4-0 Florent Sinama Pongolle ⚽ 88'
 * Getafe–Atlético Madrid 1-2
 * 0-1 Florent Sinama Pongolle ⚽ 29'
 * 1-1 Juan Ángel Albín ⚽ 75'
 * 1-2 David Cortés ⚽ 82' (o.g.)
 * Atlético Madrid–Sevilla 0-1
 * 0-1 Luís Fabiano ⚽ 21'
 * Barcelona–Atlético Madrid 6-1
 * 1-0 Rafael Márquez ⚽ 3'
 * 2-0 Samuel Eto'o ⚽ 5'
 * 3-0 Lionel Messi ⚽ 9'
 * 3-1 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 13'
 * 4-1 Samuel Eto'o ⚽ 18'
 * 5-1 Eiður Guðjohnsen ⚽ 28'
 * 6-1 Thierry Henry ⚽ 73'
 * Atlético Madrid–Real Madrid 1-2
 * 0-1 Ruud van Nistelrooy ⚽ 1'
 * 0-2 Gonzalo Higuaín ⚽ 90' (pen.)
 * 1-2 Simão ⚽ 90'
 * Villarreal–Atlético Madrid 4-4
 * 0-1 Simão ⚽ 1'
 * 0-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 22'
 * 1-2 Marcos Senna ⚽ 47'
 * 2-2 Joseba Llorente ⚽ 51'
 * 3-2 Gonzalo Rodríguez ⚽ 57'
 * 4-2 Giuseppe Rossi ⚽ 67'
 * 4-3 Simão ⚽ 83'
 * 4-4 Raúl García ⚽ 85'
 * Atlético Madrid–Mallorca 2-0
 * 1-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 13'
 * 2-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 27'
 * Osasuna–Atlético Madrid 0-0
 * Atlético Madrid–Deportivo 4-1
 * 1-0 John Heitinga ⚽ 26'
 * 2-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 51'
 * 3-0 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 66'
 * 4-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 80'
 * 4-1 Filipe Luís ⚽ 86'
 * Numancia–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 0-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 35'
 * 1-1 José Barkero ⚽ 90' (pen.)
 * Atlético Madrid–Racing Santander 4-1
 * 0-1 Mohammed Tchité ⚽ 7'
 * 1-1 Simão ⚽ 21'
 * 2-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 34'
 * 3-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 78'
 * 4-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 81'
 * Sporting Gijón–Atlético Madrid 2-5
 * 1-0 Mate Bilić ⚽ 4'
 * 1-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 5'
 * 1-2 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 41'
 * 1-3 Diego Forlán ⚽ 55'
 * 2-3 David Barral ⚽ 60'
 * 2-4 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 72'
 * 2-5 Diego Forlán ⚽ 80'
 * Atlético Madrid–Betis 2-0
 * 1-0 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 20'
 * 2-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 81'
 * Espanyol–Atlético Madrid 2-3
 * 0-1 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 7'
 * 1-1 Sergio Sánchez ⚽ 58'
 * 1-2 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 81'
 * 1-3 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 90'
 * 2-3 Valdo ⚽ 90'
 * Valencia–Atlético Madrid 3-1
 * 1-0 David Villa ⚽ 33' (pen.)
 * 2-0 David Silva ⚽ 39'
 * 2-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 45' (pen.)
 * 3-1 David Silva ⚽ 68'
 * Atlético Madrid–Athletic Bilbao 2-3
 * 1-0 Antonio López ⚽ 15'
 * 1-1 Koikili ⚽ 45'
 * 1-2 Fernando Llorente ⚽ 50'
 * 1-3 Fernando Llorente ⚽ 66'
 * 2-3 Diego Forlán ⚽ 90'
 * Almería–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 1-0 Kalu Uche ⚽ 6'
 * 1-1 Florent Sinama Pongolle ⚽ 22'
 * Málaga–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 1-0 Apoño ⚽ 22'
 * 1-1 John Heitinga ⚽ 44'
 * Atlético Madrid–Valladolid 1-2
 * 0-1 Luis Prieto ⚽ 50'
 * 1-1 José García Calvo ⚽ 56' (o.g.)
 * 1-2 Víctor ⚽ 78'
 * Recreativo Huelva–Atlético Madrid 0-3
 * 0-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 3'
 * 0-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 28'
 * 0-3 Diego Forlán ⚽ 35'
 * Atlético Madrid–Getafe 1-1
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 33'
 * 1-1 Juan Ángel Albín ⚽ 88'
 * Sevilla–Atlético Madrid 1-0
 * 1-0 Jesús Navas ⚽ 87'
 * Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 4-3
 * 0-1 Thierry Henry ⚽ 19'
 * 0-2 Lionel Messi ⚽ 33'
 * 1-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 32'
 * 2-2 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 56'
 * 2-3 Thierry Henry ⚽ 73'
 * 3-3 Diego Forlán ⚽ 80' (pen.)
 * 4-3 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 89'
 * Real Madrid–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 0-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 38'
 * 1-1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ⚽ 57'
 * Atlético Madrid–Villarreal 3-2
 * 0-1 Matías Fernández ⚽ 19'
 * 0-2 Cani ⚽ 52'
 * 1-2 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 53'
 * 2-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 81'
 * 3-2 Antonio López ⚽ 83'
 * Mallorca–Atlético Madrid 2-0
 * 1-0 Aritz Aduriz ⚽ 24'
 * 2-0 Chory Castro ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Osasuna 2-4
 * 0-1 Walter Pandiani ⚽ 8'
 * 1-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 15'
 * 1-2 Krisztián Vadócz ⚽ 44'
 * 1-3 Walter Pandiani ⚽ 48'
 * 1-4 Masoud Shojaei ⚽ 69'
 * 2-4 Pablo Ibáñez ⚽ 74'
 * Deportivo–Atlético Madrid 1-2
 * 0-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 45'
 * 0-2 Simão ⚽ 70'
 * 1-2 Rodolfo Bodipo ⚽ 87'
 * Atlético Madrid–Numancia 3-0
 * 1-0 Éver Banega ⚽ 62'
 * 2-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 79'
 * 3-0 Simão ⚽ 90'
 * Racing Santander–Atlético Madrid 5-1
 * 1-0 Christian ⚽ 9'
 * 2-0 Ezequiel Garay ⚽ 16'
 * 3-0 Mohammed Tchité ⚽ 38'
 * 3-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 61' (pen.)
 * 4-1 Pedro Munitis ⚽ 65'
 * 5-1 Nikola Žigić ⚽ 87'
 * Atlético Madrid–Sporting Gijón 3-1
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 27'
 * 2-0 Simão ⚽ 41'
 * 3-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 47'
 * 3-1 Mate Bilić ⚽ 48'
 * Betis–Atlético Madrid 0-2
 * 0-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 13'
 * 0-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 89'
 * Atlético Madrid–Espanyol 3-2
 * 0-1 Nenê ⚽ 39' (pen.)
 * 0-2 Dani Jarque ⚽ 40'
 * 1-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 53'
 * 2-2 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 60'
 * 3-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Valencia 1-0
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 30' (pen.)
 * Athletic Bilbao–Atlético Madrid 1-4
 * 0-1 Raúl García ⚽ 59'
 * 1-1 Xabier Etxeita ⚽ 68'
 * 1-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 73'
 * 1-3 Diego Forlán ⚽ 78'
 * 1-4 Diego Forlán ⚽ 87' (pen.)
 * Atlético Madrid–Almería 3-0
 * 1-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 19'
 * 2-0 Raúl García ⚽ 27'
 * 3-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 50'