1990–91 Atlético Madrid season

The 1990–91 season was Atlético Madrid's 60th season since foundation in 1903 and the club's 56th season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Atlético competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Cup.

Atlético Madrid

1990-1991 season
Owner	Jesús Gil
President	Jesús Gil
Manager	Iselín Ovejero (Until 3 September 1990) Tomislav Ivić
Stadium	Vicente Calderon
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Rey	Winners (in European Cup Winners' Cup)
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Manolo (16) All: Manolo (18)
Home colours Away colours
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Summary

In his third campaign as club President, Jesus Gil y Gil -after Donato became a citizen of Spain on 7 September 1990,^[1] and transferred out Striker Baltazar to FC Porto^[2]-reinforced the squad with German playmaker Bernd Schuster^[3] from Real Madrid who was discarded by John Benjamin Toshack during summer. On the bench was Ovejero only one round and Tomislav Ivić managed the rest of the campaign, driving the club to a decent second spot ten points behind Champion FC Barcelona. After 18 undefeated matches, including a massive 13 clean sheet games (Abel Resino held the record for the longest clean sheet in La Liga at 1,275 minutes, was also the European record in a single season during 18 years until 2009, when Edwin van Der Sar from Manchester United broke it against Fulham)^[4] on 7 April 1991 the team was a mere 4 points behind FC Barcelona on the race for the league title, then, the squad collapsed since the 31 round only clinching three points over the final 9 rounds shattered its options for the trophy. It was bizarre a 2-2 match against Osasuna, with a massive number of 4 penalties failed.^[5] The last league match was controversial, Español was needed to win the game in order to avoid Relegation to Segunda Division meanwhile, according to Paulo Futre, President Jesus Gil asked not to win the match against Periquitos in exchange for soon-to-be Atletico's head coach Luis Aragones then Español manager and the transfer of Rodax.^[6]

In Copa del Rey the squad defeated Real Madrid in eightfinals and FC Barcelona in semifinals advancing to the Final against underdogs Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, clinching its 7th trophy after extra time.^[7] In UEFA Cup the squad early was eliminated in first round by Timișoara.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player - GK  ESP Abel Resino - GK  ESP Ángel Mejías - DF  ESP Tomás Reñones - DF  ESP Juanito - DF  ESP Patxi Ferreira - DF  ESP Pedro González Martínez - DF  ESP Roberto Solozábal - DF  ESP Pizo Gómez - DF  ESP Toni Muñoz - DF  ESP Juan Carlos Rodríguez

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ESP Antonio Orejuela - MF  BRA Donato - MF  ESP Juan Vizcaíno - MF  GER Bernd Schuster - MF  ESP Julio Prieto - MF  ESP Alfredo Santaelena - FW  ESP Manolo - FW  POR Paulo Futre - FW  ESP Juan Sabas - FW  AUT Gerhard Rodax

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Bernd Schuster	Real Madrid
FW	Gerhard Rodax	Admira Wacker
DF	Juanito	Real Zaragoza
DF	Pedro Gonzalez	Logroñes CF
DF	Toni Muñoz	Atlético Madrileño
MF	Juan Vizcaíno	Real Zaragoza
MF	Julio Prieto	Celta de Vigo
FW	Juan Sabas	Rayo Vallecano

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Baltazar	FC Porto	-
GK	Agustin Elduayen	Burgos CF	-
DF	Eugenio Bustingorri	Osasuna	-
DF	Andoni Goikoetxea		retired
MF	Agustin Abadia	CD Logroñes	-
MF	Roberto Marina	RCD Mallorca	-

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 1990-91 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	25	7	6	74	33	+41	57	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Atlético Madrid	38	17	13	8	52	28	+24	47	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Real Madrid	38	20	6	12	63	37	+26	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Osasuna	38	15	15	8	43	34	+9	45
5	Sporting Gijón	38	16	12	10	50	37	+13	44

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Atlético Madrid qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L
Position	9	6	7	7	9	9	5	7	5	5	4	6	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1991–92 European Cup;   = 1991–92 UEFA Cup

Matches

Valencia CF v Atletico Madrid

2 September 1990 1	Valencia CF	1-1	Atletico Madrid	Valencia
	Eloy 50'	Report	74' Rodax	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Paz García

Atletico Madrid v Real Betis

9 September 1990 2	Atletico Madrid	2–1	Real Betis	Madrid
	Futre 47' Rodax 52'	Report	79' Mel	Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Real Valladolid v Atletico Madrid

15 September 1990 3	Real Valladolid	0–0	Atletico Madrid	Valladolid
		Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla

Atletico Madrid v CD Tenerife

23 September 1990 4	Atletico Madrid	1–1	CD Tenerife	Madrid
	Alfredo 6'	Report	30' Felipe	Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Athletic Bilbao v Atletico Madrid

29 September 1990 5	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Atletico Madrid	Bilbao
	Loren 46' Valverde 71'	Report	66' Manolo	Stadium: San Mamés

Atletico Madrid v Osasuna

7 October 1990 6	Atletico Madrid	2–2	Osasuna	Madrid
	Juanito 5' (rig) Vizcaíno 35'	Report	63' Bustingorri 86' Urban	Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Sporting Gijon v Atletico Madrid

14 October 1990 7	Sporting Gijon	1–2	Atletico Madrid	Gijón
	Luhový 87'	Report	63' Sabas 68' Rodax	Stadium: El Molinón

Atletico Madrid v Real Burgos

21 October 1990 8	Atletico Madrid	0–0	Real Burgos	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Atletico Madrid v FC Barcelona

27 October 1990 9	Atletico Madrid	2–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Schuster 53' Futre 70'	Report	55' Stoičkov	Stadium: Vicente Calderón

CD Castellon v Atletico Madrid

4 November 1990 10	CD Castellon	0–0	Atletico Madrid	Castellón de la Plana
		Report		Stadium: Castalia

Atletico Madrid v Sevilla CF

18 November 1990 11	Atletico Madrid	1–0	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Manolo 36'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón

RCD Mallorca v Atletico Madrid

25 November 1990 12	RCD Mallorca	1–0	Atletico Madrid	Palma di Maiorca
	Claudio 30'	Report		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar

Atletico Madrid v Real Zaragoza

2 December 1990 13	Atletico Madrid	4–0	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Rodax 26' (rig) Manolo 75', 90' Tomás 86'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Cadiz CF v Atletico Madrid

8 December 1990 14	Cadiz CF	0–1	Atletico Madrid	Cadice
		Report	52' (pen.) Rodax	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza

Atletico Madrid v Real Sociedad

16 December 1990 15	Atletico Madrid	4–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Manolo 7', 71' Sabas 86' Schuster 90'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Logroñes CF v Atletico Madrid

29 December 1990 16	Logroñes CF	0–1	Atletico Madrid	Logroño
		Report	72' (pen.) Manolo	Stadium: Las Gaunas Referee: Taboada Soto

Atletico Madrid v Real Oviedo

6 January 1991 17	Atletico Madrid	0–0	Real Oviedo	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Jiménez Moreno

Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid

12 January 1991 18	Real Madrid	0–3	Atletico Madrid	Madrid
		Report	6' Manolo 31' Juanito 86' Rodax	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Enríquez Negreira

Atletico Madrid v RCD Español

20 January 1991 19	Atletico Madrid	4–0	RCD Español	Madrid
	Juanito 15' Manolo 32' Schuster 66' Futre 90'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Atletico Madrid v Valencia CF

26 January 1991 20	Atletico Madrid	2–0	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Manolo 65' Rodax 87'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Paz García

Betis v Atletico Madrid

3 February 1991 21	Betis	0–0	Atletico Madrid	Sevilla
		Report		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Referee: Valdés Sánchez

Atletico Madrid v Real Valladolid

10 February 1991 22	Atletico Madrid	2–0	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Schuster 86' Alfredo 89'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Panadero Martínez

CD Tenerife v Atletico Madrid

24 February 1991 23	CD Tenerife	0–0	Atletico Madrid	Santa Cruz
		Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

3 March 1991 24	Atletico Madrid	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Sabas 49' Manolo 61'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Merino González

Osasuna v Atletico Madrid

9 March 1991 25	Osasuna	0–3	Atletico Madrid	Pamplona
		Report	25', 80' Solozábal 29' Manolo	Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Pajares Paz

Atletico Madrid v Sporting Gijon

17 March 1991 26	Atletico Madrid	3–1	Sporting Gijon	Madrid
	Manolo 11', 23' (pen.) Juanito 74'	Report	45' Luis Enrique	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Brito Arceo

Burgos v Atletico Madrid

23 March 1991 27	Burgos	1–1	Atletico Madrid	Burgos
	Tamayo 14'	Report	34' Manolo	Stadium: El Plantío Referee: Pérez Sánchez

FC Barcelona v Atletico Madrid

30 March 1991 28	FC Barcelona	1–1	Atletico Madrid	Barcelona
	Salinas 57'	Report	64' Vizcaíno	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Ramos Marcos

Atletico Madrid v CD Castellon

7 April 1991 29	Atletico Madrid	3–1	CD Castellon	Madrid
	Ferreira 37', 49' Rodax 74'	Report	28' Alcañiz	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Martínez de la Fuente

Sevilla CF v Atletico Madrid

13 April 1991 30	Sevilla CF	1–1	Atletico Madrid	Sevilla
	Ramón 47'	Report	71' Rodax	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Referee: Panadero Martínez

Atletico Madrid v RCD Mallorca

21 April 1991 31	Atletico Madrid	0–1	RCD Mallorca	Madrid
		Report	86' Claudio	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Hernández Velázquez

Real Zaragoza v Atletico Madrid

28 April 1991 32	Real Zaragoza	1–0	Atletico Madrid	Zaragoza
	Pardeza 25'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Jiménez Moreno

Atletico Madrid v Cadiz CF

5 May 1991 33	Atletico Madrid	0–0	Cadiz CF	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Merino González

Real Sociedad v Atletico Madrid

12 May 1991 34	Real Sociedad	2–1	Atletico Madrid	San Sebastián
	Atkinson 37' Aldridge 79'	Report	5' (o.g.) Larrañaga	Stadium: Atocha

Atletico Madrid v CD Logroñes

19 May 1991 35	Atletico Madrid	3–0	CD Logroñes	Madrid
	Juanito 43' Manolo 51' Alfredo 73'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Calvo Córdova

Real Oviedo v Atletico Madrid

26 May 1991 36	Real Oviedo	3–0	Atletico Madrid	Oviedo
	Sarriugarte 47' Carlos 62', 82'	Report		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Marín López

Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid

2 June 1991 37	Atletico Madrid	0–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report	71' Míchel 87', 90' Butragueño	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Ramos Marcos

Español v Atletico Madrid

9 June 1991 38	Español	3–1	Atletico Madrid	Barcelona
	Escaich 31', 90' Mendiondo 35'	Report	57' Vizcaíno	Stadium: Sarriá Referee: Brito Arceo

Copa del Rey

Main article: 1990-91 Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid

7 February 1991	Real Madrid	1-1	Atletico Madrid	Madrid
	Sánchez 56'	Report	36' Rodax	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 60,000[8] Referee: Ramos Marcos

Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid

27 February 1991	Atletico Madrid	1-0	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Donato 57'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 50,000[9] Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Quarterfinals

Real Valladolid v Atletico Madrid

13 June 1991	Real Valladolid	0-2	Atletico Madrid	Valladolid
20:30 CEST		Report	13' Juanito 28' Schuster	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 12,000[10] Referee: Pajares Paz

Atletico Madrid v Real Valladolid

16 June 1991	Atletico Madrid	0-1	Real Valladolid	Madrid
21:00 CEST		Report	81' (pen.) Fonseca	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 35,000[11] Referee: Merino González

Semifinals

FC Barcelona v Atletico Madrid

20 June 1991	FC Barcelona	0-2	Atletico Madrid	Barcelona
21:00 CEST		Report	35' Futre 60' Manolo	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55,000[12] Referee: Valdés Sánchez

Atletico Madrid v FC Barcelona

23 June 1991	Atletico Madrid	2-3	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Solozábal 44' Manolo 79'	Report	20', 27' Salinas 71' Koeman	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000[13] Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Final

Main article: 1991 Copa del Rey Final

Atletico Madrid v RCD Mallorca

29 June 1991	Atletico Madrid	1-0 (a.e.t.)	RCD Mallorca	Madrid
20:30 CEST	Alfredo 111'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ramos Marcos

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1990-91 UEFA Cup

Timisoara v Atletico Madrid

19 September 1990	Timisoara	2-0	Atletico Madrid	Timisoara
14:45 CEST	Bungău 43' (rig) Octavian Popescu 62'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Namoğlu

Atletico Madrid v Timisoara

3 October 1990	Atletico Madrid	1-0	Timisoara	Madrid
20:00 CEST	Juanito 88'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 55,000

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1990-91 La Liga		1990-91 Copa del Rey		1990-91 UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	ESP	Abel	37	-20	33	-17	2	-1	2	-2
-	DF	ESP	Tomas	42	1	33	1	7	0	2	0
-	DF	ESP	Juanito	43	7	36	5	6	1	1	1
-	DF	ESP	Solozabal	43	2	36	2	7	0
-	DF	ESP	Juan Carlos	28	0	23+1	0	2	0	2	0
-	MF	BRA	Donato	28	1	25	0	2	1	1	0
-	MF	ESP	Vizcaino	41	3	33+1	3	7	0
-	MF	GER	Schuster	36	5	29	4	7	1
-	FW	AUT	Rodax	30	10	21+5	9	1+1	1	2	0
-	FW	ESP	Manolo	46	18	35+2	16	7	2	2	0
-	FW	POR	Futre	34	4	24+2	3	6	1	2	0
-	GK	ESP	Mejias	10	-15	5	-11	5	-4	0	0
-	MF	ESP	Alfredo	42	4	18+15	3	2+5	1	2	0
-	DF	ESP	Patxi Ferreira	27	3	17+4	2	5	1	1	0
-	DF	ESP	Pedro	19	0	13+5	0	0+1	0
-	DF	ESP	Pizo Gómez	19	0	13+2	0	2	0	1+1	0
-	FW	ESP	Sabas	24	3	8+12	3	0+4	0
-	DF	ESP	Toni Muñoz	17	0	8+3	0	4+1	0	0+1	0
-	MF	ESP	Julio Prieto	15	0	4+8	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
-	DF	ESP	Carlos Aguilera	4	0	1+3	0
-	FW	BRA	Baltazar	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	2	0
-	MF	ESP	Orejuela	7	0	1+1	0	5	0
-	DF	ESP	Juanma Lopez	1	0	1	0
-	FW	ESP	Alfaro	2	0	0+2	0
-	GK	AND	Koldo	0	0	0	0

• Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1990-917.html

Squad statistics

Competizione	Punti	Totale						DR
		G	V	N	P	Gf	Gs
Primera División	47	38	17	13	8	52	28	+24
Coppa del Re	-	7	4	1	2	9	5	+4
Coppa UEFA	-	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1
Totale	47	47	22	14	11	62	35	+27

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Manolo	16	2	0	18
2	FW	Gerhard Rodax	9	1	0	10
3	DF	Juanito	5	1	1	7
4	MF	Bernd Schuster	4	1	0	5
5	MF	Paulo Futre	3	1	0	4
	MF	Alfredo	3	1	0	4
7	MF	Juan Vizcaíno	3	0	0	3
	FW	Juan Sabas	3	0	0	3
	DF	Patxi Ferreira	2	1	0	3
10	DF	Roberto Solozábal	2	0	0	2
11	DF	Tomás Reñones	1	0	0	1
	DF	Donato	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			52	9	1	62