Club: Club Atlético de Madrid (Atlético Madrid)

Season / Period: Around the 2016/17 season

• Head coach: Diego Simeone (appointed December 2011; managed Atlético through the 2016/17 season)
• League: LaLiga (Spain)
• Home stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium (final season in 2016/17 before moving to Wanda Metropolitano in 2017)

2016/17 Competitive summary

• LaLiga: Atlético Madrid finished 3rd in the 2016/17 LaLiga table behind Real Madrid and Barcelona.
• Copa del Rey: Eliminated in the quarter-finals (Atlético were knocked out by Celta Vigo).
• UEFA Champions League: Atlético progressed to the quarter-finals; they were eliminated by Real Madrid (aggregate 4–2), who went on to win the competition.

Notable players (typical first-team members around 2016/17)

• Antoine Griezmann — forward / key attacking player
• Diego Godín — central defender and captain
• Jan Oblak — goalkeeper (joined 2014; established as first-choice)
• Koke — midfielder
• Gabi — midfielder (club captain until summer 2017)
• Saúl Ñíguez — midfielder
• Fernando Torres — forward (returned to Atlético in 2015)
• Nicolás Gaitán, Ángel Correa, and Kevin Gameiro — additional attacking options (Gameiro joined in summer 2017, but was associated with the squad movement around that period)

Style of play and identity under Diego Simeone

• Well-organized, defensively solid and compact team structure.
• High-intensity pressing, strong work-rate and tactical discipline.
• Simeone emphasized counter-attacking football and collective defensive responsibility.

Notable context

• The 2016/17 campaign was Atlético’s last full season at the historic Vicente Calderón before relocating to the newly completed Wanda Metropolitano for 2017/18.
• Diego Simeone had established Atlético as Spain’s third force in the era dominated by Real Madrid and Barcelona, winning LaLiga in 2013/14 and reaching multiple Champions League finals under his management.