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List of Atlético Madrid managers

Diego Simeone is the most successful Atlético Madrid manager, with eight honours.

This is a list of all former coaches of Atlético Madrid. Current coach Diego Simeone took over from Gregorio Manzano on 23 December 2011.

Managers

As of match played 10 November 2024
Manager Nationality From To M W D L GF GA Win%[1] Honours Notes
Manuel Ansoleaga Restoration (Spain) Spain 1921 1922 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Campeonato Regional Centro
Urbano Iturbe Restoration (Spain) Spain 1922 1923 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Vince Hayes  England 1923 1924 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Ramón Olalquiaga Restoration (Spain) Spain 1924 1925 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Campeonato Regional Centro
Fred Pentland  England 1925 1926 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Antonio de Miguel Restoration (Spain) Spain 1926 1927 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Julián Ruete Restoration (Spain) Spain 1927 1927 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Fred Pentland  England 1927 1929 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Campeonato Regional Centro
Ángel Romo Restoration (Spain) Spain 1929 1930 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Rudolf Jeny  Hungary 1930 1932 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Javier Barroso Spain Spain 1932 1932 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Walter Harris  England 1932 1933 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Manuel Anatol Spain Spain 1933 1933 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Arcadio Arteaga Spain Spain 1933 1933 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Fred Pentland  England 1933 1935 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Josep Samitier Spain Spain 1935 1936 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Ricardo Zamora Spain Spain 1939 1940 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 La Liga, 1 Campeonato Regional Centro
Ramón Lafuente Spain Spain 1940 1940 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Ricardo Zamora Spain Spain 1940 1946 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 La Liga, 1 Supercopa de España
Emilio Vidal Spain Spain 1946 1948 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Supercopa de España
Lino Taioli  Argentina 1948 1949 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Helenio Herrera  Argentina 1949 1953 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 2 La Liga, 1 Supercopa de España
Ramón Colón Spain Spain 1953 1953 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Benito Díaz Spain Spain 1953 1954 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Jacinto Quincoces Spain Spain 1954 1955 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Antonio Barrios Spain Spain 1955 1957 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Ferdinand Daučík  Czechoslovakia 1957 1959 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
José Villalonga Spain Spain 1959 1962 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 2 Copa del Rey, 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Rafael García "Tinte" Spain Spain 1962 1963 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) Lost against Tottenham Hotspur the final of the UEFA Cup Winners´ Cup of 1962–63
Adrián Escudero Spain Spain 1963 1963 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Sabino Barinaga Spain Spain 1963 1964 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Otto Bumbel  Brazil 1964 1965 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Copa del Rey
Domènec Balmanya Spain Spain 1965 1966 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 La Liga
Otto Glória  Brazil 1966 1968 55 24 15 16 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) League matches only. Replaced 18/03/1968, after md 25
Miguel González Spain Spain 1968 1969 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Marcel Domingo France 1969 1971 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 La Liga
Max Merkel  Austria 1971 1973 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey
Juan Carlos Lorenzo  Argentina 1973 1974 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) Lost against Bayern Munich in a replay in the European Cup final of 1974
Luis Aragonés Spain Spain 26 November 1974 30 June 1978 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Intercontinental Cup
Héctor Núñez  Uruguay 1978 1978 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Luis Aragonés Spain Spain 1978 1978 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Ferenc Szusza  Hungary 1978 1979 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Luis Aragonés Spain Spain 1 July 1979 17 March 1980 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Jesús Martínez Jayo Spain Spain 1980 1980 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Marcel Domingo  France 1980 1980 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
José Luis García Traid Spain Spain 1980 1981 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Luis Cid  Spain 1981 1981 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
José Luis García Traid  Spain 1981 1982 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Luis Aragonés  Spain 5 August 1982 25 July 1986 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España Lost against Dynamo Kyiv the final of the UEFA Cup Winners´ Cup of 1985–86.
Vicente Miera  Spain 1986 1986 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Jesús Martínez Jayo  Spain 1986 1987 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Luis Aragonés  Spain 3 February 1987 30 June 1987 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
César Luis Menotti  Argentina 1 July 1987 20 March 1988 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
José Ufarte  Spain 1988 1988 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Antonio Briones  Spain 1988 1988 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
José Maguregi  Spain 1988 1988 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Antonio Briones  Spain 1988 1988 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Ron Atkinson  England 1988 1989 12 6 3 3 (n/a) (n/a) 50.00
Colin Addison  England 1989 1989 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Antonio Briones  Spain 1989 1989 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Javier Clemente  Spain 1 July 1989 27 February 1990 32 15 8 9 (n/a) (n/a) 46.88
Antonio Briones  Spain 1990 1990 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Joaquín Peiró  Spain 1 February 1990 30 June 1990 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Iselín Santos Ovejero  Argentina 1990 1990 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Copa del Rey
Tomislav Ivić  Yugoslavia 1990 1991 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Luis Aragonés  Spain 10 June 1991 31 January 1993 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Iberian Cup
Ramón Heredia  Argentina 1993 1993 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Jair Pereira  Brazil 1993 1993 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Ramón Heredia  Argentina 1993 1993 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Emilio Cruz  Spain 1993 1993 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
José Luis Romero  Spain 1994 1994 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Iselín Santos Ovejero  Argentina 1994 1994 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Jorge D'Alessandro  Argentina 21 March 1994 30 June 1994 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Francisco Maturana  Colombia 1 July 1994 1 November 1994 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Jorge D'Alessandro  Argentina 1 November 1994 20 February 1995 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Alfio Basile  Argentina 26 February 1995 4 June 1995 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (int.)  Spain 10 June 1995 30 June 1995 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Radomir Antić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 July 1995 30 June 1998 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey
Arrigo Sacchi  Italy 1 July 1998 14 February 1999 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (int.)  Spain 15 February 1999 23 March 1999 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Radomir Antić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 24 March 1999 30 June 1999 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Claudio Ranieri  Italy 1 July 1999 3 March 2000 38 9 11 18 (n/a) (n/a) 23.68
Radomir Antić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 4 March 2000 16 May 2000 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) Descend to the Second Division
Fernando Zambrano  Spain May 2000 October 2000 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Marcos Alonso  Spain October 2000 April 2001 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
García Cantarero  Spain April 2001 June 2001 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Luis Aragonés  Spain 25 June 2001 22 July 2003 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 Segunda División Returns the team to the First Division
Gregorio Manzano  Spain 23 July 2003 25 May 2004 44 17 12 15 (n/a) (n/a) 38.64
César Ferrando  Spain 1 July 2004 30 June 2005 52 22 13 17 (n/a) (n/a) 42.31
Carlos Bianchi  Argentina 1 July 2005 12 January 2006 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
José Murcia  Spain January 2006 June 2006 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Javier Aguirre  Mexico 1 July 2006 2 February 2009 120 52 33 35 182 139 43.33
Abel Resino  Spain 3 February 2009 23 October 2009 31 14 8 9 (n/a) (n/a) 45.16
Santi Denia (int.)  Spain 24 October 2009 25 October 2009 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Quique Sánchez Flores  Spain 26 October 2009 30 June 2011 102 42 23 37 164 132 41.18 1 UEFA Europa League, 1 UEFA Super Cup
Gregorio Manzano  Spain 1 July 2011 22 December 2011 28 13 5 10 45 35 46.43
Diego Simeone  Argentina 23 December 2011 Present 699 412 156 131 1,164 576 58.94 2 La Liga, 2 UEFA Europa League, 2 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España Lost the 2014 and 2016 UEFA Champions League finals to arch-rivals Real Madrid

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