The 1990–91 season was Atlético Madrid's 60th season since foundation in 1903 and the club's 56th season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Atlético competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Cup.
Summary In his third campaign as club president, Jesus Gil y Gil -after Donato became a citizen of Spain on 7 September 1990,El jugador del Atlético Donato jura la Constitución española (Atlético player Donato swears Spanish Constitution); El País, 7 September 1990 (in Spanish) and transferred out Striker Baltazar to FC Porto-reinforced the squad with German playmaker Bernd Schuster from Real Madrid who was discarded by John Benjamin Toshack during summer. On the bench was Ovejero only one round and Tomislav Ivić managed the rest of the campaign, driving the club to a decent second spot ten points behind Champion FC Barcelona. After 18 undefeated matches, including a massive 13 clean sheet games (Abel Resino held the record for the longest clean sheet in La Liga at 1,275 minutes, was also the European record in a single season during 18 years until 2009, when Edwin van Der Sar from Manchester United broke it against Fulham) on 7 April 1991 the team was a mere 4 points behind FC Barcelona on the race for the league title, then, the squad collapsed since the 31 round only clinching three points over the final 9 rounds shattered its options for the trophy. It was bizarre a 2-2 match against Osasuna, with a massive number of 4 penalties failed. The last league match was controversial, Español was needed to win the game in order to avoid Relegation to Segunda Division meanwhile, according to Paulo Futre, President Jesus Gil asked not to win the match against Periquitos in exchange for soon-to-be Atletico's head coach Luis Aragones then Español manager and the transfer of Rodax.
In Copa del Rey the squad defeated Real Madrid in eightfinals and FC Barcelona in semifinals advancing to the Final against underdogs Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, clinching its 7th trophy after extra time. In UEFA Cup the squad early was eliminated in first round by Timișoara.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Bernd Schuster Real Madrid FW Gerhard Rodax Admira Wacker DF Juanito Real Zaragoza DF Pedro Gonzalez Logroñes CF DF Toni Muñoz Atlético Madrileño MF Juan Vizcaíno Real Zaragoza MF Julio Prieto Celta de Vigo FW Juan Sabas Rayo Vallecano Out Pos. Name To Type FW Baltazar FC Porto - GK Agustin Elduayen Burgos CF - DF Eugenio Bustingorri Osasuna - DF Andoni Goikoetxea retired MF Agustin Abadia CD Logroñes - MF Roberto Marina RCD Mallorca -
Winter In Pos. Name from Type Out Pos. Name To Type
Competitions La Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches
Copa del Rey
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
UEFA Cup
Statistics Players statistics
Squad statistics Competizione Punti Totale DR Primera División 47 38 17 13 8 52 28 +24 Coppa del Re - 7 4 1 2 9 5 +4 Coppa UEFA - 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 Totale 47 47 22 14 11 62 35 +27
Top scorers RankPositionPlayerLa LigaCopa del ReyUEFA CupTotal1 FW Manolo 16 2 0 182 FW Gerhard Rodax 9 1 0 103 DF Juanito 5 1 1 74 MF Bernd Schuster 4 1 0 55 MF Paulo Futre 3 1 0 4 MF Alfredo 3 1 0 47 MF Juan Vizcaíno 3 0 0 3 FW Juan Sabas 3 0 0 3 DF Patxi Ferreira 2 1 0 310 DF Roberto Solozábal 2 0 0 211 DF Tomás Reñones 1 0 0 1 DF Donato 0 1 0 1Own goals1001Totals529162
References
External links Schedule of season 1990-1991. Matches of season 1990-1991.