613 games of Simeone, in 10 data

1 – The winningest coach of Atlético de Madrid:

No one has won as many games (359) or as many titles, eight, as Simeone in the history of Atletico Madrid. Not even Luis Aragonés, who achieved six: one Intercontinental Cup in 1975; a League in 1976-77; three Copas del Rey in 1976, 1985 and 1992 and a Spanish Super Cup in 1985. Simeone surpassed him in two: the 2013-14 and 2020-21 Leagues, the 2012-13 Copa del Rey, the 2011 Europa Leagues -12 and 2017 -18, the 2014 Spanish Super Cups and the 2012 and 2018 European Super Cups.

2 – The only one to surpass Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Liga in the last 18 years

Only he, Simeone, and his Atlético de Madrid have managed to win the Liga against both Real Madrid and Barcelona in the last 18 years of the competition, when they were champions in both 2013-14, with a record 90 points in history . of the rojiblanco club, and in 2020-21, when the entity won its eleventh and until the last Liga. In that section, the rest of the tournament titles went to Barcelona or the Real Madrid.

3 – The impeccable podium:

In none of his ten full seasons in charge Atlético Madrid, Diego Simeone ended up outside the podium of the classification, with a consistent pass in the group stage of champions league, from 2013-14 (pass achieved in 2012-13) to 2022-23. He is now in the top four, on his way to his eleventh straight ticket to the top continental tournament. Before him, because three or four teams entered the Champions League, Atlético did it only twice.

4 – The Champions League, Simeone’s last limit

Only one title is contested Atlético de Simeone: The Champions League. Also in the history of the rojiblanco team. The coach held him, in the 2014 final in Lisbonwhen Sergio Ramos extra time was forced in the 93rd minute with a 1-1 lead and the final ended 4-1 in favor of the white team in extra time, and in 2016 at San Siro, on penalties, 5-4, after 1-1 during the game. They are two of the club’s three European Cup finals. Other dates from 1974 with Bayern Munich: 1-1 first and 4-0 in the tiebreaker.

5 – The 0-0 in Malaga and the first eleven: Courtois, Godín, Perea, Tiago, Gabi, Filipe, Falcao…

Signed on 23 December 2011, Simeone made his debut on the rojiblanco bench on 7 January 2012 with a goalless draw against Malaga in The Rose Garden. None of the coach’s first eleven remains in the Athletic. And many of them are retired. Along with the premiere of Cholo Thibaut Courtois; Luis Amaranto Perea, Diego Godín, Álvaro Domínguez, Filipe Luis; Tiago Mendes, Gabi Fernandez; Juanfran Torres, Diego Ribas, and Eduardo Salvio.; and Radamel Falcao. His first win was on January 15: 3-0 in villarreal within cauldron.

6 – Griezmann, the goalscorer in Simeone’s history:

Among the more than a hundred players under his command Diego Simeone In his more than eleven years at the helm of Atletico Madridnobody scored more goals than Antoine Griezmannwith 150 goals in two periods (the first, with 133 in 257 games from 2014-15 to 2018-19, and the second, with 17 in 70 games, from 2021-22 to the present), and as the third leading scorer in club history, second only to Adrian Escuderowith 170 from 1946 to 1958, and -again- Luis Aragoneswith 173 targets until its retirement in 1974.

7 – 537 games by Koke:

In full note of Coke as the player with the most games in the history of Atlético Madrid, already above 553 of Adelardo rodriguez537 matches the era of Diego Simeone, where he also became the footballer with the most popularity of all, in addition to being the only one left in the squad since the debut of the Argentine coach with a 0-0 against him. Malaga at La Rosaleda. The second most used is Oblakwith 385.

8 – Simeone’s eleven with the most matches: Oblak, Godín, Filipe, Gabi, Juanfran, Griezmann…

The line-up of the eleven most used players of Diego Simeone’s era would be as follows: Jan Oblakon purpose; Juanfran Torres, Stefan Savic, José María Giménez, Diego Godín and Filipe Luis, in defense; Coke Resurrection, Gabi Fernandez and Saul Niguez, in the middle of the field; and Antoine GriezmannMs Angel CorreaIn front.

9 – 297 percent more budget:

In sports achievements, the return of Athletic to the European elite it also means the economic impact within the globality that the club was so obsessed with 20 years ago and that it achieved during the Simeone era. It increased its budget, which, until the pandemic that conditioned and changed all income forecasts, grew by 297 percent from the moment it arrived. Simeon (in 2011-12 it was 129.8 million euros) before the impact of Covid-19. The forecast is 515 million euros in 2020-21.

10 – A 58 percent win rate:

Simeone’s balance in his 613 games in charge Atletico Madrid containing 358 wins, 143 draws and 111 losses. He is the coach with the most games won in the history of the entity. His wins make up 85 percent of his crashes.