Buy Atletico Madrid tickets for the 2026/27 La Liga season and you are buying into a club at an unusual moment. Diego Simeone begins a sixteenth season in charge, making him by some distance the longest-serving manager at any major European club, and he does so after five campaigns without a trophy. Last season brought a Champions League semi-final, a Copa del Rey final lost on penalties and a fourth-place finish on 69 points, which at most clubs would be a good year and at this one counts as another near miss.
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The squad around him has changed more than in any summer of the Simeone era. Antoine Griezmann, the club's record scorer on 211 goals, left for Orlando City after a decade that defined the modern side. In his place have come Kang-in Lee from Paris Saint-Germain for a reported 35 million euros, Alex Grimaldo, Morten Hjulmand and, on 15 August, the Argentina defender Cristian Romero from Tottenham in a 40 million euro deal. Ademola Lookman arrived the previous February for a similar figure.
What follows covers what a seat at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano actually costs, how the socio and abono system shapes availability, which stand suits which kind of supporter and which fixtures close out first. Every league fixture, home and away, has its own page linked at the foot of this one.
Atletico run a socio system in which members hold their seats indefinitely and renew each summer as a matter of course. Public sales open on whatever remains once members have taken their allocation, typically a few weeks before each fixture, and for the marquee dates that residue is small. The move from the Vicente Calderon to a 70,692-seat stadium in 2017 eased the pressure without removing it.
The timing is the real obstacle for anyone travelling. La Liga confirms kick-off slots only a few weeks ahead, and club sales open around the same point, which means a supporter flying into Madrid has usually committed to flights and a hotel long before there is anything to buy. That sequence works for a season ticket holder in Madrid and works badly for everyone else.
Resale reverses it. Seats released by members who cannot attend reach the open market, so the seat comes first and the trip is built around it. Because those releases come from individuals spread across the whole bowl rather than from a block the club has held back, the choice of viewing position is usually wider than a public sale would offer, which matters in a stadium where the difference between the lower ring and the upper is considerable.
1BoxOffice has operated as a verified secondary marketplace since 2006, covering close to two decades of Atletico's rise from mid-table to the Champions League finals of 2014 and 2016 and the league titles of 2014 and 2021. Orders are checked rather than simply listed, sellers are vetted before inventory goes live and delivery is tracked from confirmation through to matchday.
Sellers set their own prices, which can sit above or below face value depending on the fixture, the ring and how close kick-off is. The protection attached to each order does not vary, which is the part that counts when you are buying a seat in another country weeks or months ahead of the match.
Demand at Atletico is shaped by a specific identity. This is a club whose supporters define themselves partly in opposition to the two institutions above them in the Spanish game, and that produces a crowd that turns up for reasons unconnected to whether the team is winning.
The pressures below combine differently depending on the opponent and the competition. A Saturday afternoon league fixture against a promoted side behaves nothing like a Champions League knockout tie under the lights.
Taken together these describe a market where the marquee fixtures move immediately and the rest of the calendar rewards planning rather than luck. Identify which pressures attach to your chosen date rather than assuming every home fixture behaves the same way.
Three variables set the price of a seat at the Metropolitano: the opponent, where you sit in the bowl and how close you are to kick-off. Opponent dominates. Real Madrid at home occupies a bracket of its own, Barcelona and Champions League knockout ties sit a level below, and the remaining thirty-odd fixtures cluster within a much narrower band.
Position is the second factor and behaves differently here to older Spanish grounds. The Metropolitano is a continuous three-ring bowl rather than four separate stands, with the lower ring closest to the pitch, a middle ring carrying most of the premium and hospitality provision and an upper ring that is steep but has clean sightlines throughout. The Fondo Sur end holds the organised support, and the two long sides carry the highest prices at the halfway line.
Timing catches out travelling supporters more than anything else. Because kick-off slots are confirmed only a few weeks ahead, buyers who wait for a firm date arrive after the early supply has been absorbed. For the derby and European nights, waiting reliably costs money rather than saving it. The ranges below reflect typical resale pricing rather than face value.
| Type of Ticket | Typical Price Range (GBP) |
|---|---|
| La Liga (standard fixtures) | £40 – £200 |
| La Liga (Madrid derby) | £120 – £800+ |
| La Liga (Barcelona and other high-demand) | £85 – £420+ |
| Copa del Rey | £25 – £180 |
| Champions League (league phase) | £70 – £420+ |
| Champions League (knockout rounds) | £120 – £900+ |
| Hospitality / VIP | £300 – £1,800+ |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift.
Yes. Membership at Atletico means becoming a socio, which brings voting rights and priority access in club sales windows, and it is not a requirement for attending a match. What membership does is decide where you sit in the queue when seats are released, and for the fixtures most visitors travel for that queue is where the tickets go.
There is a practical problem for anyone outside Madrid. Socio status is an annual commitment that makes little sense for a single trip, and season pass holders occupy the bulk of the ground before any public window opens. General sale is a workable route for a midweek cup tie or a league fixture against lower-table opposition, and an unreliable one for the derby, Barcelona or a European knockout night.
The secondary market removes the membership question entirely. Seats released by socios and season pass holders reach the open market, which means access to positions across the whole bowl and no requirement to hold a card, a subscription or a Spanish address. It also means you can buy in October for a fixture in March rather than waiting for a window that opens three weeks out.
The move from the Vicente Calderon in 2017 was the largest disruption to Atletico's season ticket base in the club's history, and the way it was handled says a great deal about how seriously the club takes that base. Holders were relocated by seniority rather than by price, and the great majority made the move across the city with their place in the pecking order intact. Nine seasons on, the abono remains something families hold rather than something individuals buy.
The pass covers nineteen home league fixtures plus cup football, with European matches typically offered as an add-on rather than included. Holders also receive priority on away allocations and on cup finals, which at a club that has reached as many finals as Atletico has over the past fifteen years is a benefit with real value attached.
| Season Pass Area | Typical Annual Range (GBP) | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Upper ring, behind the goals | £260 – £440 | The highest and most affordable seating, with a complete view of the pitch from behind the goal |
| Fondo Sur lower | £380 – £620 | Behind the goal in the section that generates the noise, and the hardest area to obtain |
| Upper ring, sides | £450 – £750 | Elevated side-on seating with the clearest overall read of the shape of a match |
| Lower ring, sides | £700 – £1,200 | Close to the touchline and the technical areas, with the atmosphere of the bowl above you |
| Middle ring and premium areas | £1,100 – £2,400+ | Halfway-line positions with the widest range of included facilities and hospitality access |
Ranges are indicative and may change from season to season depending on the club's pricing structure.
The Metropolitano was designed as a single continuous bowl with a roof reaching over every seat, and the result is a ground with no genuinely poor viewing positions and a noticeable difference in atmosphere between the ends and the sides. The guide below sets out what each area offers.
| Stand / Area | Best For | Price Bracket | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondo Sur, lower ring | Atmosphere and singing | Lower to mid | Where the organised support gathers with flags and drums. Standing for long stretches, and the section that sets the tone the rest of the bowl follows. |
| Fondo Norte, lower ring | Proximity behind the goal | Lower to mid | The opposite end, calmer than the south with a straight-on view of one penalty area. The visiting allocation sits high in this corner of the ground. |
| Lateral lower ring, central | Closeness to the play | Upper | Alongside the touchline near the benches, close enough to hear instructions from the technical areas. Sightlines flatten towards the far corners. |
| Lateral upper ring, central | Clean tactical view | Mid to upper | Elevated and near the halfway line, giving the clearest read of how Atletico are set up. The tier most regulars pick when they want to watch rather than participate. |
| Middle ring and premium | Comfort and facilities | Upper | Padded seating with lounge and catering access, concentrated along the main side. The route in when general availability has closed. |
| Corner sections | Balancing price against view | Mid | Angled across both penalty areas and often the last seats left for a sold-out fixture. Better value than the position on a seating plan suggests. |
Atletico travel in numbers and have done throughout the Simeone era, with organised supporter groups filling allocations for fixtures well beyond the obvious ones. The club distributes away tickets to season pass holders first, ranked by seniority, which makes an away seat one of the harder things to obtain through club channels for anyone outside that group.
| Away Matchday Factor | What to Expect |
|---|---|
| Standard allocation | La Liga grounds generally set aside around 5 per cent of capacity for visiting supporters, though the figure varies by venue and by the risk classification attached to the fixture. |
| Typical location | Upper corner or upper goal end, segregated with a separate entrance and concourse. At the Bernabeu the Atletico allocation sits high in the corner, reached through its own tower. |
| Access requirements | Allocations are distributed through the club to season pass holders first, ranked by seniority. Photo identification matching the ticket is commonly requested for fixtures classified as high risk, and the derby always is. |
| Home-section listings | Many away-day supporters end up in home areas. That is manageable at a quieter ground and a poor idea at the Bernabeu or the Camp Nou, where visible away colours in a home block invite relocation. |
| Transport and timing | Spanish kick-offs run late, with 9pm starts common at weekends. Madrid's rail and air links are the strongest in the country, but a finish after 10.45pm still rules out same-night travel from many cities. |
Treat every away fixture as its own piece of planning. Confirm the kick-off slot before booking travel, check which block a listing sits in and dress neutrally if you end up outside the designated visiting section.
Supporters come to the Metropolitano for different things, and a modern bowl gives you a genuine choice rather than a compromise. Someone travelling specifically for the noise of a derby wants something quite different from a family adding a match to a weekend in Madrid. The table below maps the common priorities.
| Priority | Best Option | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere | Fondo Sur, lower ring | The organised support gathers here with drums and banners, and the singing starts from this end. Expect to be on your feet for most of the ninety minutes. |
| View of the game | Lateral upper ring, central blocks | Height plus a halfway-line angle gives the clearest read of a Simeone side's shape, which is difficult to appreciate from behind a goal or at pitch level. |
| Families and first visits | Lateral lower or upper ring, away from the ends | Seated throughout, calmer than the Fondo Sur and with straightforward concourse access. Every seat in the ground is covered by the roof. |
| Premium experience | Middle ring and hospitality areas | Halfway-line positioning, padded seating, dedicated entrances and catering included. Frequently the only route in once general sale has closed for a derby. |
| Lower-priced entry | Upper ring behind the goals | The most affordable seats in the stadium with an unobstructed view. Steep, but the sightline is clean from the back row and the bowl feels close at any height. |
Atletico's home has a stranger history than most. The site began as the Estadio de la Comunidad de Madrid, designed by Cruz y Ortiz, completed in November 1993 at a cost of around 45 million euros and known to everyone as La Peineta because its single vast tier resembled a Spanish hair comb. It stood largely unused for two decades before Atletico bought it in March 2017 for 30.4 million euros and completed the rebuild around that original stand.
The finished ground opened on 16 September 2017 with a league fixture against Malaga and now holds 70,692. It was the first stadium in the world to be lit entirely by LED, and the roof reaches over every seat in a continuous ellipse. Details of the current configuration and matchday arrangements are set out on the Riyadh Air Metropolitano stadium page.
The name has changed three times in under a decade. It was the Wanda Metropolitano from 2016 under the Chinese group's sponsorship, became the Civitas Metropolitano in 2022 and took its present name from the Saudi carrier in October 2024. Supporters largely call it the Metropolitano regardless, and listings will use whichever version was current when they were created, so do not be thrown by an older name on a ticket.
It has quickly become a venue for finals. The 2019 Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham was staged here, and UEFA has awarded it the 2027 final as well. A women's fixture against Barcelona in 2019 drew 60,739, which stood as a world record for a women's club match for some time. For a ground under a decade old, that is a substantial record.
Getting there is simple and the transport was built for the purpose. The Estadio Metropolitano metro station on line 7 sits at the ground and has the largest platform on the network, designed to clear a full house quickly. The stadium is further from the centre than the old Vicente Calderon was, roughly 25 to 30 minutes on the metro from Sol, which changes the shape of a matchday considerably.
That distance is the one genuine drawback. The Calderon sat on the Manzanares with bars along the riverbank; the Metropolitano sits in a business and retail district in the east of the city with far less around it. Most supporters now eat in the centre and travel out an hour or so before kick-off rather than making an afternoon of it near the ground, which is worth factoring into any trip built around a match.
Inside, the bowl fills late and empties fast thanks to the metro capacity. Gates open around 90 minutes before kick-off and an hour ahead is comfortable for a league fixture, more for the derby. Because seating runs in three continuous rings rather than four separate stands, block numbering can be difficult to read from a ticket alone, so check where a listing sits against the Metropolitano seating plan before you buy.
Hospitality at the Metropolitano was designed into the building rather than retrofitted, and the middle ring carries a range of lounge, dining and box products along the main side. The scale of provision is one of the reasons the move from the Calderon transformed the club's revenue, and it shows in the quality of what is on offer.
For a visiting supporter the value is straightforward. These packages are frequently the only category with genuine availability for a Madrid derby or a Champions League knockout tie, and they come with catering and a dedicated entrance in a stadium where general concourses fill quickly. The ranges below reflect typical resale pricing rather than a fixed schedule.
| Package | What It Includes | Typical Price Range (GBP) |
|---|---|---|
| Premium seating | Padded seat in an elevated central position with a dedicated entrance and access to a shared lounge before the match and at half time. | £300 – £600 |
| Lounge package | Central seating plus a served buffet, complimentary bar and a longer lounge window either side of kick-off. | £550 – £1,100 |
| Fine dining package | Seated multi-course dining before the match, prime halfway-line seating, table service and post-match lounge access. | £900 – £1,900 |
| Private box | Enclosed box for a group with its own catering, dedicated host and a private viewing area over the pitch. | £2,500 – £8,000+ per box |
| Derby and European premium | Any of the above applied to a Madrid derby or a Champions League knockout tie, where demand routinely doubles the standard rate. | £900 – £3,800+ |
Corporate buyers commit much of this inventory early in the season, so for a specific date it pays to look several months ahead rather than in the final fortnight.
Buying through a marketplace is straightforward once you know what each stage is doing. The sequence below runs through a complete purchase, from finding the fixture to the ticket arriving, with the checks worth making at each point.
Step1
Find your fixture
Start from the fixture lists at the foot of this page and open the match you want. Each fixture has its own page with live listings, so you are always looking at availability for that specific date rather than a general pool.
Step2
Set up your account
Browsing needs no sign-in, but completing a purchase and following the order afterwards does. It takes under a minute to create an account, and having one ready before a derby appears saves time when listings move quickly.
Step3
Filter by ring and budget
Narrow listings by area of the bowl and by price before comparing anything else. If noise is the priority, work towards the Fondo Sur. If you want to read the game, the central blocks of the upper ring along either side will serve you better.
Step4
Read the listing notes carefully
The notes carry the detail that decides whether a seat suits you: whether tickets are sold in pairs, whether seats are together, which ring and block they sit in and how they will be delivered. Block numbers here run continuously around the bowl, so the number alone will not tell you which end you are at.
Step5
Check the quantity before you commit
Groups should confirm the listing holds enough seats together rather than assuming adjacency. Because much of the inventory comes from individual members releasing their own places, single and paired listings outnumber blocks of four.
Step6
Complete secure checkout
Payment runs through a secure gateway and the total shown at checkout is what you pay. Confirm the fixture date and kick-off time on the confirmation screen, which matters in Spain where slots are set only a few weeks ahead.
Step7
Receive your order confirmation
A confirmation email arrives immediately with your order reference and the expected delivery method. Keep the reference somewhere you can find it, because it is the fastest route to support if the fixture moves.
Step8
Follow delivery through to matchday
Use the track order page to monitor progress from confirmation to delivery. Spanish clubs commonly issue tickets close to the match, so a quiet tracker a fortnight out is normal rather than a warning sign.
Followed in order, those eight stages are unremarkable, which is the intention. The work belongs at the listing stage, where reading the notes properly prevents almost every problem that arises later.
Home dates at the Metropolitano do not behave uniformly. Some Atletico Madrid tickets stay listed for weeks while others are gone within hours, and the gap between the two is wider here than at most clubs because the ceiling is set by a derby with global reach. Knowing which category applies tells you how far ahead to commit.
| Fixture Type | Why It Moves Fast |
|---|---|
| Real Madrid at home | The Madrid derby, and the fixture that defines the season on the red and white side of the city. Two Champions League finals between the pair within three seasons gave it a European dimension it never previously had, and availability is scarce from the moment the date is confirmed. |
| Champions League knockout nights | One midweek date, no replay and an opponent of real standing. Atletico reached the semi-finals in 2026 before losing to Arsenal, and European nights at the Metropolitano draw supporters who never attend league fixtures. |
| Barcelona at home | The other fixture with national reach, and one that has repeatedly decided where the title goes. Demand comes from beyond Madrid as well as within it, and the away allocation is filled the day it opens. |
| Athletic Club and the European places | Fixtures against the clubs competing for the same Champions League positions. In a season where the target is a top-four finish rather than a title, these carry more weight than the fixture list suggests. |
| Season opener and the run-in | The first home match of a rebuilt squad draws a curious crowd on top of the regulars, and late-season fixtures accelerate when qualification is still in play. A sixteenth Simeone season adds its own scrutiny to both. |
Delivery depends on the seller and on how the club issued that particular ticket. Spanish clubs have moved firmly towards digital issuance, and most orders now arrive electronically rather than on paper.
Read the delivery method in the listing notes before buying. If you land in Madrid a few hours before kick-off, a listing offering postal delivery to a home address is the wrong purchase whatever the price.
Gates open around 90 minutes before kick-off and an hour ahead is comfortable for a league fixture, longer for the derby when security is tighter and queues build sooner. The metro delivers most of the crowd, so the approach fills in concentrated waves rather than steadily, and arriving in the final twenty minutes means joining the busiest of them. Getting in early also buys the build-up, which at the Metropolitano means a full bowl and the club anthem rather than a scramble along a concourse.
Bring photo identification that matches the name on your booking. Spanish clubs request it more often than English ones, particularly for fixtures classified as high risk, and the derby is always classified that way. Load digital tickets before you reach the turnstile and make sure your phone has charge, because signal around the ground degrades badly when 70,000 people arrive within the same half hour.
Bag rules follow the standard Spanish top-flight pattern and there is no cloakroom, so anything refused at the gate has to go back with you. Large bags and rucksacks are turned away, as are glass containers, flares, smoke devices, selfie sticks, poles and professional cameras with detachable lenses. Every seat is under the roof, so a coat is more useful than an umbrella even in a Madrid winter.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | Club Atletico de Madrid, S.A.D. |
| Founded | 26 April 1903 |
| Nicknames | Los Colchoneros, the mattress makers, and Los Rojiblancos |
| Stadium | Riyadh Air Metropolitano, opened 2017, capacity 70,692 |
| Head coach | Diego Simeone, beginning a sixteenth season in charge |
| Captain | Koke, with Jan Oblak as vice-captain and Jose Maria Gimenez third captain |
| President | Enrique Cerezo, in post since 2003 |
| Record appearances | Koke, 739 matches and counting since 2009 |
| Record goalscorer | Antoine Griezmann, 211 goals, who left for Orlando City in 2026 |
Atletico's story is not one of quiet accumulation. It is a sequence of near misses interrupted by breakthroughs that arrive when nobody expects them, and a supporter culture built around the idea that suffering is part of the arrangement. Understanding that makes an afternoon at the Metropolitano legible in a way the results alone do not.
The origins as a Madrid offshoot of Athletic Club explain the red and white stripes, which the two clubs still share. Independence in 1921 and the postwar merger with the air force side gave Atletico the institutional weight to compete, and the four league titles between 1940 and 1951 established them as a genuine third force in Spanish football rather than a local alternative. What did not develop in those decades was a European record to match.
The Calderon defined how a generation experienced this club: cramped, loud, wedged between a motorway and the river, and by common consent one of the more intimidating grounds in Spain. The 1974 European Cup final is the defining near miss of the era, with Atletico leading in the final minute of extra time before Bayern equalised and won the replay 4-0. The Intercontinental Cup that followed, won because Bayern declined to take part, remains the only intercontinental trophy in the cabinet.
The 1996 double under Antic remains one of the most celebrated seasons in the club's history, and it was followed four years later by relegation, which is a sequence that would break most institutions. Atletico spent two seasons in Segunda and came back, and the Europa League win in 2010 under Quique Sanchez Flores was the first serious evidence that the club had recovered its footing. Simeone's arrival in December 2011, having captained the 1996 double-winning side, began the most sustained period of success the club has had.
Simeone has now spent longer in charge than any manager at a comparable European club, and the record is a strange mixture of transformation and frustration. Two league titles, two Europa Leagues and two Super Cups sit alongside two Champions League finals lost to the same opponent, one of them to a 93rd-minute equaliser. The past five seasons have brought a semi-final, a final and several near misses without a trophy, which is why the 2026/27 campaign carries a weight that the fixture list alone does not convey.
| Legend | Role | Contribution | Milestones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Aragones | Forward and later head coach | Played more than 350 matches for the club and then managed it across four separate spells, winning the league in 1977 and cups either side of it. Known as El Sabio de Hortaleza, he is the figure most closely identified with the club across the twentieth century. | A league title as a player and another as coach |
| Antoine Griezmann | Forward, 2014 to 2026 | The most productive attacking player the club has had, across two spells interrupted by a season at Barcelona. Central to the 2014 to 2016 Champions League runs and the 2018 Europa League win, and the emotional heart of the Simeone era until his departure for Orlando City. | 211 goals, a club record |
| Koke | Midfielder, 2009 to present | Came through the academy and has played more matches for Atletico than anyone in the club's history, captaining the side through the second half of the Simeone era. The link between the 2014 title team and the current squad. | 739 appearances and counting, a club record |
| Diego Simeone | Midfielder and head coach | Captained the 1996 double-winning side and returned in December 2011 to build the most successful era in the club's modern history. Two league titles, two Europa Leagues and two Champions League finals across a tenure no other elite manager has matched for length. | Longest-serving manager at any major European club |
| Fernando Torres | Forward, two spells to 2018 | Came through the academy, captained the side as a teenager during the years after relegation and returned in 2015 to finish his career at the club. The Europa League win in 2018 in his final season completed the story. | More than 100 goals across two spells |
| Adelardo Rodriguez | Midfielder, 1959 to 1976 | Held the club appearance record for more than four decades until Koke passed it, playing through the Cup Winners' Cup win, the 1974 European Cup final and four league championships. The definition of continuity at a club that has rarely had much of it. | Held the club appearance record until Koke surpassed it |
Atletico hold the third-deepest trophy record in Spanish football behind the two clubs above them, and a European record built almost entirely in the second-tier continental competitions. The counts below have been cross-referenced against club publications and independent football records.
| Competition | Titles |
|---|---|
| La Liga | 11, most recently in 2020/21 |
| Copa del Rey | 10 |
| Supercopa de Espana | 2 |
| UEFA Europa League | 3, in 2010, 2012 and 2018 |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1, in 1962 |
| UEFA Super Cup | 3, in 2010, 2012 and 2018 |
| Intercontinental Cup | 1, in 1974 |
| Copa Eva Duarte | 1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Runners-up in 1974, 2014 and 2016 |
The three Europa League titles are a joint record in that competition, and each was followed by a UEFA Super Cup. The one absence is the European Cup itself, contested three times and lost three times, twice to Real Madrid.
Atletico's rivalries run along two different lines. One is a city rivalry with a club that has won more of everything, which shapes the identity of the support more than any result does. The others are European, built through repeated knockout meetings across the Simeone era rather than inherited from history.
The Derbi madrileno is the fixture around which the Atletico calendar turns. For decades it was defined by imbalance, with Real Madrid the establishment club and Atletico the alternative, until the Simeone era turned it into a genuine contest. The two then met in the Champions League finals of 2014 and 2016, Atletico losing the first to a 93rd-minute Sergio Ramos equaliser and the second on penalties in Milan, which gave a local argument a continental dimension no other derby in Spain carries.
Less emotionally loaded than the derby and frequently more consequential in league terms. Atletico's 2014 championship was sealed with a draw at the Camp Nou on the final day, and the two have repeatedly met at decisive points of a season since, in the league and in the Copa del Rey. Barcelona also eliminated Atletico from the Copa del Rey semi-finals in 2025 across a two-legged tie that finished 8-6 on aggregate.
The third Madrid club in the division and a rivalry rooted in geography and class rather than in trophies. Rayo draw from Vallecas in the south-east of the city, and the fixture at their compact ground is among the more awkward afternoons on the Atletico calendar. It matters more in Vallecas than at the Metropolitano, which is precisely what gives it its edge.
The opponent in Atletico's first European Cup final, in 1974, when the Spanish side led in the final minute of extra time before Bayern equalised and won the replay 4-0. The two met again at the semi-final stage in 2016, Atletico advancing on away goals on the way to the Milan final. For a club with three lost European Cup finals, Bayern hold a particular place in the record.
A fixture that has produced some of the more memorable European nights of the Simeone era, most obviously the 2020 last-16 tie in which Atletico eliminated the holders at Anfield after extra time. The two have been drawn together repeatedly since, and the contrast in styles between a Simeone side and a high-pressing English team has made the pairing one supporters look for when the draw is made.
| Season | Summary |
|---|---|
| 2021/22 | The season after the title, and a difficult defence. Atletico finished on 71 points from 21 wins, eight draws and nine defeats, scoring 65 and conceding 43, which was enough for Champions League qualification but a long way short of the previous campaign. In Europe they beat Manchester United in the last 16 before going out to Manchester City in the quarter-finals. Angel Correa led the scoring with 13 goals, and the summer had brought in Rodrigo De Paul, Matheus Cunha and Antoine Griezmann on his return to the club. |
| 2022/23 | A stronger league return of 77 points from 23 wins, eight draws and seven defeats, with 70 goals scored and only 33 conceded. It was the defensive record that stood out, and it secured Champions League football for another season. The cup competitions brought no run of note, and the campaign is remembered mainly as the point at which the squad Simeone had built around Griezmann settled back into shape. |
| 2023/24 | Another 76-point campaign, this time from 24 wins, four draws and ten defeats with 70 goals scored, and another Champions League place. Athletic Club ended the Copa del Rey run at the semi-final stage, winning the second leg 4-0 after a goalless first, and Borussia Dortmund knocked Atletico out of the Champions League quarter-finals 5-4 on aggregate having lost the first leg in Madrid. |
| 2024/25 | Seventy-six points again, from 22 wins, ten draws and six defeats, with 68 scored and 30 conceded. In January the club broke its own all-time record of fourteen consecutive victories in all competitions. Barcelona ended the Copa del Rey run at the semi-final stage after a 4-1 first-leg defeat that a 5-4 win in the return could not overturn, and Real Madrid eliminated Atletico from the Champions League last 16 on aggregate after extra time. |
| 2025/26 | The closest of the five to a trophy and still a fifth empty season. Atletico finished fourth on 69 points, reached the Champions League semi-finals before losing to Arsenal and took the Copa del Rey to a final at La Cartuja, where Real Sociedad won 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Real Madrid ended the Supercopa run at the semi-final stage in January. Ademola Lookman arrived from Atalanta in February for a reported 35 million euros. |
This is the most heavily rebuilt Atletico squad of the Simeone era. Antoine Griezmann's departure for Orlando City removed the club's record scorer, and Clement Lenglet, Nahuel Molina and Thiago Almada all left alongside him. The replacements arrived at scale: Kang-in Lee from Paris Saint-Germain for a reported 35 million euros and the number seven shirt, Alex Grimaldo from Bayer Leverkusen, Morten Hjulmand from Sporting CP and, on 15 August, Cristian Romero from Tottenham for a reported 40 million euros.
Market values below are approximate, drawn from publicly available valuation data and converted to sterling. Julian Alvarez remains the most valuable player at the club by a wide margin, with Pablo Barrios and Alex Baena next in a midfield that has been rebuilt around them. Romero had not been assigned a squad number at the time of writing.
| No. | Player | Position | Value (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Jan Oblak | Goalkeeper | 10.7m |
| 1 | Juan Musso | Goalkeeper | 1.8m |
| 24 | Robin Le Normand | Centre-back | 21m |
| 2 | Jose Maria Gimenez | Centre-back | 8.9m |
| 17 | David Hancko | Defender | 28m |
| 18 | Marc Pubill | Right-back | 19m |
| 22 | Alex Grimaldo | Left-back | 18.2m |
| 14 | Marcos Llorente | Defender | 12.9m |
| 6 | Koke | Midfielder | 2.4m |
| 8 | Pablo Barrios | Midfielder | 39.7m |
| 23 | Morten Hjulmand | Midfielder | 30.8m |
| 10 | Alex Baena | Midfielder | 31.7m |
| 7 | Kang-in Lee | Midfielder | 21.4m |
| 5 | Johnny Cardoso | Midfielder | 15.7m |
| 20 | Giuliano Simeone | Forward | 31.2m |
| 11 | Ademola Lookman | Forward | 28m |
| 19 | Julian Alvarez | Forward | 80.3m |
Also in the first-team group are Alexander Sorloth, Matteo Ruggeri, Rodrigo Mendoza, Thomas Lemar, Obed Vargas, Carlos Martin and Aleksa Puric, alongside Cristian Romero and academy players promoted from the club's youth structure.
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The lower ring at the Fondo Sur end, where the organised support gathers with flags and drums. Expect to be standing for much of the match. For a seated view that lets you read the game, the central blocks of the upper ring along either side are the better choice.
Demand arrives from well beyond Madrid, and the two clubs have met in two Champions League finals within three seasons, which gave the fixture a global audience. Season pass holders absorb most of the ground before public sale opens, leaving a small float against very heavy interest.
Metro line 7 runs to Estadio Metropolitano station at the ground, which has the largest platform on the network so it can clear a full house quickly. The journey from Sol takes roughly 25 to 30 minutes, considerably further out than the old Vicente Calderon was.
The ground has carried three naming-rights partners since 2016, running through Wanda, Civitas and now Riyadh Air, which took over in October 2024. Supporters generally just call it the Metropolitano, and older listings may still show a previous name.
A sixteenth Simeone season, a squad rebuilt around Julian Alvarez and a stadium preparing to host the 2027 Champions League final give the Metropolitano a particular charge this year. 1BoxOffice has been a verified marketplace for live event tickets since 2006, with every order carrying a 150% money-back guarantee. Pick your fixture from the lists below and secure a seat before the member window closes it off.
Sources: Official Atletico Madrid website at atleticodemadrid.com, LaLiga, UEFA, Transfermarkt, StadiumDB, Forbes and Wikipedia.
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