Atltico Madrid

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Club Atltico de Madrid, SAD (Spanish pronunciation: [klu aletiko e mai]), commonly known as Atltico de Madrid, or Atltico, is a Spanish football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga.[2] Atltico have won La Liga on nine occasions, including a league and cup double in 1996; the Copa del Rey on ten occasions; 1 Supercopa de Espaa and 3 Copa Eva Duarte; in Europe, they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962, were European Cup runners-up in 1974,[3] won the Europa League in 2010 and in 2012, and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010 and 2012, as well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup. The club play their home games at the Vicente Caldern,[4] which currently holds up to 54,960 spectators. In 2015, Atletico are due to move to their new home of Estadio La Peineta, which will have a capacity of 70,000. Atletico's home kit is red and white vertical striped shirts, with blue shorts, accompanied by blue and red socks. This combination has been used since 1911. Nike are the kit manufacturers, the main sponsor is Azerbaijan. The club is the third most supported in Spain, behind Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. It is also one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates (registered paying supporters), with more than 65,000 season ticket holders. During their history, the club has been known by a number of nicknames, including Los Colchoneros ("The Mattress Makers" in English), due to their first team stripes being the same colours as old-fashioned mattresses. During the 1970s, they became known as Los Indios, allegedly due to the club signing several South American players after the restrictions on signing foreign players was lifted. However, there are a number of counter theories which claim they were named so because their stadium is "camped" on the river bank, or because Los Indios (The Indians) were the traditional enemy of Los Blancos (The Whites), which is the nickname of the club's city rivals, Real Madrid.[5]
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Atltico Madrid

Club Atltico de Madrid, S.A.D. Los Colchoneros (The Mattress Makers) Los Rojiblancos (The Red and Whites) Los Indios (The Indians) El Atleti (The Atleti not to be confused with the more literal Athletic)

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26 April 1903 Estadio Vicente Caldern, Madrid 54,960[1] Miguel ngel Gil Marn Enrique Cerezo Diego Simeone La Liga La Liga, 3rd Club home page (http://www.clubatleticodemadrid.com/)