Club Atletico de Madrid, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: ['klub A'tletiko De Ma'drid""; which translates to "Athletic Club from Madrid") is often referred to simply in the world as Atleti in the world of Spanish and is commonly referred to on a global scale by the name of Atletico Madrid, is a Spanish professional soccer club that is based in Madrid which plays in La Liga. The club plays their home matches in the Metropolitano that is able to accommodate 68,456.
With regards to championships that they have won, Atletico Madrid are the third-highest scoring team in Spanish football, just behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. Atletico have been crowned La Liga on eleven occasions which includes two cup and league titles in 1996; they also won the Copa del Rey on ten occasions as well as Two Supercopas de Espana, one Copa Presidente FEF and one Copa Eva Duarte; in Europe they took home their European Cup winner's cup in the year 1962 they were runners-up between the year 1963 and 1986, they also were UEFA Champions League runners-up in 2014, 1974, and in 2016 and winning in 2014 and 2016, won the Europa League in 2010, 2012 and 2018 and they won their first UEFA Super Cup in 2010 2012, 2010, and 2018, as well as winning the 1974 Intercontinental Cup.
Atletico's home kit consists of red and white vertically striped tops, blue shorts and red and blue socks. This combo has been worn since 1911. Through the years, this club was referred to by many nicknames, such as Los Colchoneros ("The Mattress Makers") because their initial stripe being the same colour as the traditional mattress. In the 1970s, the club were popularly known by the name the Los Indios and some believe this is due to the club's acquisition of many South American players after the restrictions on foreign players' signings were lifted. There are, however, several theories that claim that the name was chosen due to the fact that their venue was "camped" in the banks of the river or simply due to the fact that Los Indios (The Indians) were the long-standing rivals in the game of Los Blancos (The Whites) and is the name given to this club's urban opponents, Real Madrid. Felipe VII King Felipe VI of Spain has served as the official president of the club from 2003.
The club also owned its Indian Super League (ISL) franchise in Kolkata previously known as Atletico de Kolkata and which has won the tournament twice before it was relegated in 2017. it ended its association with the club after Sanjeev Goenka bought its shares. Atletico also shares ownership of Liga MX club Atletico San Luis as well as atletico de Kolkata, as well as the Canadian Premier League club Atletico the Ottawa.
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