1981–82 Atlético Madrid season
# 1981–82 Atlético Madrid season

The 1981–82 season was Atlético de Madrid's 41st season of History since foundation in 1903 and the club's 37th season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Atlético competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Cup.

## Season

Atlético de Madrid acquired Mexican striker Hugo Sánchez from Club Universidad Nacional before the season began. After a difficult initial period, Sánchez became the club's leading scorer. At the end of the season, Atlético was obligated to make a second installment of the transfer payment to Pumas as they wanted to retain Sánchez for the following season.

## Squad

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | ESP | Aguinaga |
| — | GK | ESP | Mejías |
| — | GK | ESP | Navarro |
| — | DF | ESP | Arteche |
| — | DF | ESP | Balbino |
| — | DF | ESP | Juanjo |
| — | DF | ESP | Julio Alberto |
| — | DF | ESP | Marcelino |
| — | DF | ESP | Ruiz |
| — | DF | ESP | Sierra |
| — | MF | ESP | Clemente |
| — | MF | BRA | Dirceu |
| — | MF | ESP | Marián Díaz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Marina |
| — | MF | ESP | Mínguez |
| — | FW | ESP | Pedro Pablo |
| — | FW | MEX | Hugo Sánchez |
| — | MF | ESP | Quique Ramos |
| — | MF | ESP | Román |
| — | FW | ESP | Marcos Alonso |
| — | FW | ESP | Rubén Cano |
| — | FW | ARG | Cabrera |

## Transfers

### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Month |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Juanjo | | Recreativo Huelva | July |
| MF | Marián Díaz | | Rayo Vallecano | July |
| FW | Hugo Sánchez | 23 | Pumas UNAM | July |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Moving to | Month | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Leal | Granada CF | January | |
| GK | Eduardo Belza | Atlético Madrid B | June | |
| FW | Pedro Braojos | Lorca Deportiva | June | |
| DF | Julio | CD Castellón | June | Loan |
| MF | Julio Prieto | CD Castellón | June | |
| FW | Pedraza | Racing de Santander | June | |
| FW | Villalba | Linares Deportivo | June | |

## Results

### La Liga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Real Betis | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 36 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Sevilla | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Valladolid | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 34 | |
| 10 | Osasuna | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 34 | |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | | Aguinaga | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | Ruiz | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | Julio Alberto | 30 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | Arteche | 32 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | | Balbino | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | | Juanjo | 26 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | | Quique Ramos | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | | Dirceu | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | | Mínguez | 23 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | Marcos Alonso | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | | Hugo Sánchez | 19+1 | 8 | 19+1 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | | Rubio | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Marián Díaz | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Cabrera | 17 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Marcelino | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Rubén Cano | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Clemente | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | Mejías | 7+7 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Pedro Pablo | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | | Navarro | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Sierra | 6 | 5 | 23+8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | Roman | 34+4 | 11 | 30+3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | | Leal | 4 | 5 | 22+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | Pos. | Name | La Liga | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | DF | Juan Manuel López | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Roman Kosecki | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Pirri | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Tomás | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Juanito | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | José Luis Caminero | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Juan Vizcaíno | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Luis García | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Manolo | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | Toni | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Pizo Gómez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Moacir | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Mami Quevedo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Diego Díaz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Juan Sabas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Kiko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Pedro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Abel Resino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Roberto Solozábal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Miguel Ángel Benítez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | José Ignacio Soler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
