Atlético de Madrid

By any measure, Atlético Madrid is a massive club. Despite the financial and sporting dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, they're comfortably the best of the rest, with 11 LaLiga titles, ten Copa del Reys, three Europa Leagues, a Cup Winners' Cup, three UEFA Super Cups and an Intercontinental Cup. Make no mistake: Atleti are worthy of their place at the top table.

Welcome to 140 pages on Los Rojiblancos. From their incarnation and troubled years as Atlético Aviación, through to a rebirth under a young Helenio Herrera and the emergence of the iconic Luis Aragonés, we've got you covered. All the monumental figures are in - Jesús Gil, Futre, Simeone, Torres, Agüero, Forlán, Falcao, Koke and Griezmann - straddling a century of the club.

Alongside that, we explore what Atleti mean to their fans and the passion of a club that has retained its roots in ways Real and Barça can only dream of. It's the very best of Spanish football.

Featuring:

• How the Air Force, a slice of luck and a playoff match saved Atleti after the Civil War
• The making of Helenio Herrera
• The little-known genius of Larbi Benbarek
• The church of Luis Aragonés
• 1974 and the false curse of Atlético Madrid
• Jesús Gil: the Donald Trump of Spanish football
• La Joya: the genius of Paulo Futre
• The homes of Atlético Madrid
• The iconic double of 1996
• How Fernando Torres rekindled hope at Atlético Madrid
• Sergio Agüero, Diego Forlán and a path to 2010 Europa League glory
• The immortal two-season exploits of Falcao
• Rey Koke: the beating heart of Simeone's Atleti
• Antoine Griezmann: Atleti's record-breaking modern icon
• Cholismo: breaking down the Diego Simeone revolution
• Atlético Madrid's 18 greatest kits
• A season-by-season overview: 1930-2025
• The numbers of Atlético Madrid
• ... and lots more

Order now before we sell out. Every other issue has sold out before dispatch and won't be back until we reprint in future.

Dispatch by 18 July