2009–10 Atlético Madrid season

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

Leandro Cabrera: €1.5m from Defensor Sporting

🇪🇸 Juanito: Free from Real Betis

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

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

Matches

 * Málaga–Atlético Madrid 3-0
 * 1-0 Nabil Baha ⚽ 34'
 * 2-0 Manu ⚽ 62'
 * 3-0 Manu Torres ⚽ 89'
 * Atlético Madrid–Racing Santander 1-1
 * 1-0 Jurado ⚽ 43'
 * 1-1 Óscar Serrano ⚽ 45'
 * Barcelona–Atlético Madrid 5-2
 * 1-0 Zlatan Ibrahimović ⚽ 2'
 * 2-0 Lionel Messi ⚽ 16'
 * 3-0 Dani Alves ⚽ 30'
 * 4-0 Seydou Keita ⚽ 41'
 * 4-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 45'
 * 4-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 84'
 * 5-2 Lionel Messi ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Almería 2-2
 * 0-1 Pablo Piatti ⚽ 26'
 * 1-1 Cléber ⚽ 28'
 * 2-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 56'
 * 2-2 Pablo Piatti ⚽ 90'
 * Valencia–Atlético Madrid 2-2
 * 0-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 7'
 * 1-1 Pablo Hernández ⚽ 25'
 * 2-1 David Villa ⚽ 27'
 * 2-2 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Real Zaragoza 2-1
 * 1-0 Jurado ⚽ 2'
 * 2-0 Antonio López ⚽ 66'
 * 2-1 Ewerthon ⚽ 71' (pen.)
 * Osasuna–Atlético Madrid 3-0
 * 1-0 Walter Pandiani ⚽ 4'
 * 2-0 Walter Pandiani ⚽ 27'
 * 3-0 Carlos Aranda ⚽ 30'
 * Atlético Madrid–Mallorca 1-1
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 52' (pen.)
 * 1-1 Borja Valero ⚽ 90'
 * Athletic Bilbao–Atlético Madrid 1-0
 * 1-0 Javi Martínez ⚽ 19'
 * Atlético Madrid–Real Madrid 2-3
 * 0-1 Kaká ⚽ 5'
 * 0-2 Marcelo ⚽ 24'
 * 0-3 Gonzalo Higuaín ⚽ 64'
 * 1-3 Diego Forlán ⚽ 79'
 * 2-3 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 81'
 * Deportivo–Atlético Madrid 2-1
 * 0-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 3'
 * 1-1 Diego Colotto ⚽ 21'
 * 2-1 Andrés Guardado ⚽ 90' (pen.)
 * Atlético Madrid–Espanyol 4-0
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 27'
 * 2-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 62'
 * 3-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 85'
 * 4-0 Maxi Rodríguez ⚽ 89'
 * Xerez–Atlético Madrid 0-2
 * 0-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 29'
 * 0-2 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 65'
 * Atlético Madrid–Villarreal 1-2
 * 1-0 Simão ⚽ 37'
 * 1-1 David Fuster ⚽ 49'
 * 1-2 Joseba Llorente ⚽ 90'
 * Tenerife–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 1-0 Nino ⚽ 3'
 * 1-1 Jurado ⚽ 22'
 * Atlético Madrid–Sevilla 2-1
 * 0-1 Renato ⚽ 44'
 * 1-1 Ivica Dragutinović ⚽ 48' (o.g.)
 * 2-1 Antonio López ⚽ 90'
 * Valladolid–Atlético Madrid 0-4
 * 0-1 Jurado ⚽ 16'
 * 0-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 32'
 * 0-3 José Antonio Reyes ⚽ 59'
 * 0-4 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Sporting Gijón 3-2
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 13'
 * 1-1 Diego Castro ⚽ 34' (pen.)
 * 2-1 Paulo Assunção ⚽ 53'
 * 3-1 Ibrahima Baldé ⚽ 66'
 * 3-2 Luis Morán ⚽ 90'
 * Getafe–Atlético Madrid 1-0
 * 1-0 Manu del Moral ⚽ 39'
 * Atlético Madrid–Málaga 0-2
 * 0-1 Duda ⚽ 3'
 * 0-2 Javi López ⚽ 70'
 * Racing Santander–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 0-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 24'
 * 1-1 Gonzalo Colsa ⚽ 36'
 * Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 2-1
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 9'
 * 2-0 Simão ⚽ 23'
 * 2-1 Zlatan Ibrahimović ⚽ 27'
 * Almería–Atlético Madrid 1-0
 * 1-0 Pablo Piatti ⚽ 87'
 * Atlético Madrid–Valencia 4-1
 * 0-1 David Silva ⚽ 20'
 * 1-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 30' (pen.)
 * 2-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 78'
 * 3-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 86'
 * 4-1 Jurado ⚽ 90'
 * Real Zaragoza–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 1-0 Jiří Jarošík ⚽ 7'
 * 1-1 Ibrahima Baldé ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Osasuna 1-0
 * 1-0 Jurado ⚽ 79'
 * Mallorca–Atlético Madrid 4-1
 * 1-0 Víctor ⚽ 10'
 * 1-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 26'
 * 2-1 Aritz Aduriz ⚽ 28'
 * 3-1 Luis Perea ⚽ 86' (o.g.)
 * 4-1 Felipe Mattioni ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Athletic Bilbao 2-0
 * 1-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 54'
 * 2-0 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 86'
 * Real Madrid–Atlético Madrid 3-2
 * 0-1 José Antonio Reyes ⚽ 10'
 * 1-1 Xabi Alonso ⚽ 49'
 * 2-1 Álvaro Arbeloa ⚽ 55'
 * 3-1 Gonzalo Higuaín ⚽ 62'
 * 3-2 Diego Forlán ⚽ 68'
 * Atlético Madrid–Deportivo La Coruña 3-0
 * 1-0 Juanito ⚽ 22'
 * 2-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 57'
 * 3-0 Tiago ⚽ 61'
 * Espanyol–Atlético Madrid 3-0
 * 1-0 Víctor Ruiz ⚽ 47'
 * 2-0 Pablo Osvaldo ⚽ 67'
 * 3-0 Iván Alonso ⚽ 90'
 * Atlético Madrid–Xerez 1-2
 * 0-1 Mario Bermejo ⚽ 9'
 * 1-1 Diego Forlán ⚽ 12'
 * 1-2 Emiliano Armenteros ⚽ 72'
 * Villarreal–Atlético Madrid 2-1
 * 1-0 Diego Godín ⚽ 21'
 * 2-0 Giuseppe Rossi ⚽ 44'
 * 2-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 64'
 * Atlético Madrid–Tenerife 3-1
 * 1-0 Eduardo Salvio ⚽ 10'
 * 2-0 Eduardo Salvio ⚽ 31'
 * 2-1 Román Martínez ⚽ 61'
 * 3-1 Sergio Agüero ⚽ 78'
 * Sevilla–Atlético Madrid 3-1
 * 1-0 Luís Fabiano ⚽ 5'
 * 1-1 Tiago ⚽ 8'
 * 2-1 Álvaro Negredo ⚽ 13' (pen.)
 * 3-1 Álvaro Negredo ⚽ 40' (pen.)
 * Atlético Madrid–Valladolid 3-1
 * 1-0 Juanito ⚽ 43'
 * 2-0 Jurado ⚽ 67'
 * 3-0 Diego Forlán ⚽ 73'
 * 3-1 Jonathan Sesma ⚽ 78'
 * Sporting Gijón–Atlético Madrid 1-1
 * 1-0 Miguel de las Cuevas ⚽ 57'
 * 1-1 Ibrahima Baldé ⚽ 71'
 * Atlético Madrid–Getafe 0-3
 * 0-1 Roberto Soldado ⚽ 14'
 * 0-2 Roberto Soldado ⚽ 53'
 * 0-3 Dani Parejo ⚽ 87'

Top scorers
1Player left the club during the season.