There is no one more winner in the history of the bench Atlético de Madrid that the argentine Diego Simeone, winner of this Wednesday's match against the Athletic club at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium to add his 309th victory in 514 official matches in command of the team and even leave behind Luis Aragones, legendary as a footballer and as a coach.
He equaled it a week and a half ago, with a 0-2 win against him Villarreal at the La Cerámica stadium, and surpassed it this Wednesday, with the emphasis and dimension, in addition, given by the current leadership of LaLiga Santander, amplified by the 19 victories in 26 matches already achieved in this league exercise.
With the merit, also, that supposes to have achieved it with 98 parties less than Luis Aragonés, who achieved 308 wins in 612 official matches as coach of the rojiblanco team. Simeone It is already 309 (217 in the League, 26 in the Copa del Rey, 2 in the Spanish Super Cup, 2 in the European Cup, 41 in the Champions League and 21 in the Europa League), with 514 clashes between all tournaments, since his debut on January 7, 2012 with a 0-0 against the Malaga at La Rosaleda.
It is another mark for history with Atlético. He also has the honor of being the coach with the most titles in the almost 118 years of the club's existence, founded in 1903, with seven: a League (2013-14), a Copa del Rey (2012-13), a Super Cup of Spain (2014), two European Leagues (2011-12 and 2017-18) and two European Super Cups (2012 and 2018) in his nine years at the helm.
The previous record belonged to Luis Aragonés, who won six as Atlético's coach (an Intercontinental Cup in 1975; a League in 1976-77; three Copas del Rey (1976, 1985 and 1992) and a Spanish Super Cup, in 1985). From behind, third, figure José Villalonga, with three: two Spanish Cups (1960 and 1961) and a Recopa, in 1962.
Two achieved Ricardo Zamora placeholder image, the champion of the first two Leagues in the history of Atlético, then with the surname of Aviación (1939-40 and 1940-41); Helenio Herrera, winner of the 1949-50 and 1950-51 Leagues; Max merkel, with a Cup and a League between 1972 and 1973; Radomir Antic, author of the ‘doublet’ in 1995-96, and Quique Sánchez Flores, with a Europa League and a Super Cup in 2010.
One got Otto Bumbel, with the Spanish Cup in 1965; Domingo Balmanya, League winner from 1965-66; Marcel Domingo, with the league championship of 1969-70; and Iselín Santos Ovejero, with the 1991 Cup, in which he replaced Tomislav Ivic; all of them already surpassed by Simeone, whose limit is not yet visible.
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He has already led Atlético in 514 games between all competitions, of which he won 60 percent. They have drawn 121 and lost 84, eight of them in their last 50 games. In terms of goals, his team scored 856 and received 379.
The only coach capable of winning the League against Barcelona and Real Madrid in the last decade, in addition to leading Atlético to two Champions League finals, in 2014 and 2016, he is also the most winning coach in the team's history in La Liga, with 217, already well above the 194 that Luis achieved in 407 games.
Simeone collects more records with Atlético, as the best streak without losing the rojiblanco team, with 23 matches in a row, established on December 4, 2012. It had started on April 11, 2012 in an imposing series, which already anticipated the leap that the team had made to their orders, ready to regain the place that belonged to him by history but had lost then.
His is also the record for consecutive games won by Atlético in their stadium: the fourteen that he chained at Vicente Calderón until March 8, 2013 fell 0-1 with Real Sociedad. The best previous mark, twelve, dated from the time of Ricardo Zamora and Atlético Aviación, between 1939-40 and 1940-41.