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Atletico Madrid was founded in 1903 by Basque students living in Madrid, who wanted to replicate their hometown team back in Bilbao. In 1904 they were joined by rebel Real Madrid members and by 1911 were wearing the current strip of red and white stripes, allegedly made from cheap unused mattresses - hence the club’s nickname Los Colchoneros – Mattress-makers.

Atlético Madrid is Spain's third most successful club behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. In terms of the number of titles, Atlético Madrid is the fourth most successful club in Spanish football, behind Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. Atlético have won La Liga on ten occasions, including a league and cup double in 1996; the Copa del Rey on ten occasions; two Supercopas de España and one Copa Eva Duarte; in Europe, they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962, were runners-up in 1963 and 1986, were European Cup runners-up in 1974, 2014 and 2016, won the Europa League in 2010 and in 2012, won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010 and 2012, as well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup.

During their history the club has been known by a number of nicknames, including Los Colchoneros ("The Mattress Makers" , During the 1970s, they became known as Los Indios (The Indians), and were the traditional enemy of Los Blancos (The Whites), which is the nickname of the club's city rivals, Real Madrid.

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