It would be difficult to assess what was the best time of the
Atlético de Madrid
, although it would not be so much to point out that this is one of the best in the history of the mattress club.
A period in which the impulse that Diego Pablo Simeone has given the club has been key, indeed, but that could be extended even to the stage of Quique Sánchez Flores, in which the team returned to achieve titles, something that had resisted since the Doublet of the 95/96 if we do not have the title of the promotion to First, a trophy that surely the mattress club would not have wanted to have in their showcases.
The fact is that today, the Athletic is among the most powerful clubs in Europe, in sports and economics. The last decade has left for the entity, if we count from 2011 to 2021, eight titles. One more if we go back to 2010, the first of the three Europa League who has the team.
A circumstance that has elevated the team to the altars of European football from a simply numerical point of view. The International Federation of Football History and Statistics, better known by the acronym IFFHS, is an organization dedicated to the statistical study of football.
Well, this body has carried out a study that indicates that the Atlético de Madrid it is the fifth best team of the last decade, from 2011 to 2021. With 2,302 points in the report, they only improve the PSG (2,357 points), the Bayern Munich (2,594.5 points), Real Madrid (2,783 points) and finally the FC Barcelona, who with 2,877 points has been chosen the best team of the last decade.
We talk that the rojiblanco team is ahead in this report of clubs such as the Juventus, the Chelsea, the Manchester City or the Manchester United, who have been assiduous champions of their respective leagues. In the case of the three Englishmen who succeed him Athletic all of them won at least twice the league title of their countries. And the Juventus what to say, everlasting champion in the last decade of the A series.
The same happens with the clubs that the Athletic. Bayern Munich, PSG, Real Madrid and Barça, regular winners of domestic and international tournaments. Hence the enormous merit of the team of Simeone of having sneaked into this classification. He has done it above all thanks to his European performances because domestically he only added a title of League, one of Copa del Rey and one Spain Supercup.
THE NUMBERS OF THE LAST DECADE
But obviously it is not only about titles, it is statistics, it is also about games won, goals scored, etc. And in this sense, since the arrival of Simeone, which coincides with said study except for one year, the Athletic it has been one of the most winning clubs. Enough to sneak into the Top-5 of world football.
In this last decade the numbers of the mattress team are really impressive. In terms of titles, there are eight achieved. The European Super Cups 11/10, 12/13 and 18/19; both Europa League from 11/12 and 17/18; the Copa del Rey of the 13/14; The league of 13/14 and Spain Supercup of the 14/15.
In total there have been 570 official matches played, with 332 victories, which is a 58% win ratio, that is, almost six out of every ten games played; 133 draws and 105 defeats, 937 goals for and 456 against.