Atlético de Madrid vs Feyenoord match facts

Atlético de Madrid welcome Feyenoord for the second set of matches in UEFA Champions League Group E aiming to put behind them late disappointment in their opening fixture.

Diego Simeone's side looked set to kick off their campaign with a victory at Lazio on Matchday 1 thanks to a 29th-minute Pablo Barrios goal, only for home goalkeeper Ivan Provedel to head a remarkable equaliser five minutes into added time.

Feyenoord enjoyed a more straightforward opening encounter, a goal late in each half from Calvin Stengs (45+2) and substitute Alireza Jahanbakhsh (76) earning a 2-0 win against nine-man Celtic in Rotterdam.

This is the clubs' first meeting.

Form guide

Atlético de Madrid

Record vs Dutch clubs: W7 D3 L4 F16 A14
Home record vs Dutch clubs: W5 D1 L1

This is Atlético's first meeting with a Dutch club since the 2016/17 group stage, when they won 1-0 at PSV Eindhoven through a Saúl Ñíguez goal before a 2-0 home victory in which Antoine Griezmann got the second.

That made it four successive clean sheets against Eredivisie sides, a run that also includes Atlético's win on penalties against PSV in the 2015/16 Champions League after their round of 16 tie had finished scoreless, the only contest to do so in competition history.

Atlético are unbeaten in six games against Dutch sides (W4 D2) since a 3-2 extra-time loss to Ajax in the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, a result that completed a 4-3 aggregate defeat.

Atlético are making their 14th Champions League group appearance and an 11th in succession. They have featured every season since 2013/14.

Runners-up in 2014 and 2016, both against Real Madrid, Simeone's side failed to progress from their section for the first time in five seasons in 2022/23. However, unlike on the previous occasion in 2017/18, when they went on to win the Europa League, Atleti bowed out of Europe altogether having finished bottom of Group B.

Atlético opened last season's Champions League campaign with a 2-1 home win against Porto – all three goals coming in added time, a competition first – but failed to win a game after that (D2 L3).

That was the first time Atlético had finished bottom of their Champions League group.

Simeone's side have won only two of their last 11 Champions League group stage matches (D3 L6).

Atleti have won only one of their last 11 home European fixtures (D7 L3), against Porto on Matchday 1 last term.

The Colchoneros were third in La Liga for the second successive season in 2022/23, finishing 11 points behind champions Barcelona and one behind Real Madrid.

Feyenoord

Record vs Spanish clubs: W6 D2 L8 F14 A24
Away record vs Spanish clubs: W2 D1 L5

Feyenoord last faced Spanish opposition in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage, losing 2-0 at Sevilla but winning by the same scoreline at home.

That latter result ended a four-game losing streak against La Liga clubs and was Feyenoord's first win in seven matches (D1 L5), since a 3-0 success at Espanyol in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup second round first leg, a tie they won 3-1 on aggregate.

Feyenoord have not scored in Spain since that victory at Espanyol (D1 L2), losing on their last two visits.

Feyenoord have found the net in only two of their eight games in Spain, the other also a victory at Espanyol, 1-0 in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup third round (3-0 agg).

The Dutch side, as UEFA Cup winners, went down 3-1 to Real Madrid in the 2002 UEFA Super Cup in Monaco.

Feyenoord are in the Champions League group stage for the first time since making their fifth appearance in 2017/18.

A team coached by Giovanni van Bronckhorst finished bottom of their section six seasons ago, going down home and away against both Manchester City and Shakhtar Donetsk while also losing at Napoli, their sole success a 2-1 home win against the Italian side.

European champions in 1970, Feyenoord have never reached the Champions League knockout rounds, although they did make it as far as the second group stage in 1999/2000.

Runners-up to Roma in the first UEFA Europa Conference League final in 2021/22, Feyenoord's European campaign was also ended by the Italian side last season, in the Europa League quarter-finals (1-0 h, 1-4 a aet). They had finished first in Group F, with all four teams ending on eight points, before beating Shakhtar Donetsk 8-2 on aggregate in the round of 16, winning the second leg 7-1 at home.

Feyenoord are without a win in seven away European games (D3 L4), since a 3-1 victory at Slavia Praha in the 2021/22 Europa Conference League quarter-final second leg.

The Dutch club have lost their last five away games in the Champions League group stage; a 1-0 win at Newcastle on Matchday 2 in 2002/03 is their only success in their last ten away fixtures (D2 L7) and one of only three in the Champions League proper (D5 L10).

Arne Slot's side finished seven points clear at the top of the 2022/23 Eredivisie, claiming Feyenoord's 16th league title and just a second since 1999.

Links and trivia

Simeone was in the Lazio side beaten 2-1 at home by Feyenoord in the 1999/2000 Champions League second group stage.

Has played in the Netherlands:
Memphis Depay (PSV 2006–15)

Depay scored 49 goals in 124 appearances in all competitions for PSV's first team between 2011 and 2015. He played five Eredivisie matches against Feyenoord, winning two and losing three, and scored twice, both in 2014/15 (4-3 h, 1-2 a).

Has played in Spain:
Timon Wellenreuther (Mallorca 2015/16)

Have played together:
Ivo Grbić & Luka Ivanušec (Lokomotiva Zagreb 2019)

International team-mates:
Memphis Depay & Quilindschy Hartman, Lutsharel Geertruida, Mats Wieffer (Netherlands)

In the 2023 UEFA Nations League 2023 final at Feyenoord Stadium, Spain beat Croatia 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Ivanušec started for Croatia and Álvaro Morata did likewise for Spain.

César Azpilicueta and Morata both scored in Spain's 5-3 extra-time defeat of Croatia in the UEFA EURO 2020 round of 16. Koke also started while Ivanušec was a late substitute in extra time.

Quinten Timber's Ajax and Rodrigo Riquelme's Atlético met in the 2019/20 UEFA Youth League round of 16. The match ended 0-0 and was won 6-5 on penalties by the Dutch side despite Timber missing in the shoot-out; Riquelme scored his kick.

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Atlético de Madrid

Summer transfers
In: César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Javi Galán (Celta), Santiago Mouriño (Racing Montevideo, loaned to Zaragoza), Çağlar Söyüncü (Leicester), Samu Omorodion (Granada, loaned to Alavés)

Out: Matt Doherty (released), Geoffrey Kondogbia (Marseille), Renan Lodi (Marseille), Manu Sánchez (Celta), Giuliano Simeone (Alavés, loan), Germán Valera (Real Zaragoza, loan), Victor Mollejo (Real Zaragoza, loan), Sergio Camello (Rayo Vallecano), Borja Garcés (Elche, loan), João Félix (Barcelona, loan), Yannick Carrasco (Al-Shabab)

On Sunday Atlético came from 2-0 down after 27 minutes – only the sixth time in the 21st century they had conceded twice in the opening half-hour of a home match – to win 3-2 at home to Cádiz, Ángel Correa scoring twice either side of a Nahuel Molina goal that had made it 2-2.

That was Atlético's third Liga victory in a row. They had made it successive victories for the first time this season with a 2-0 win at Osasuna on 28 September thanks to goals from Antoine Griezmann and Rodrigo Riquelme.

Riquelme scored his first senior goal against Osasuna. Having joined the Atlético academy at ten years old, Riquelme has made six first-team appearances – two in 2019/20 and four in this campaign.

Álvaro Morata was sent off at Osasuna, his second red card in his 154 Liga appearances.

The win at Osasuna was César Azpilicueta's 500th league appearance and his fifth for Atlético. He played 349 times in the league for Chelsea, 99 for Osasuna and 47 for Marseille.

Atlético have only lost one game this season, a 3-0 defeat at Valencia on 16 September. The record across all competitions is W5 D2 L1.

Diego Simeone's team won their first two home games in 2023/24 by the same 3-1 scoreline, against Granada on 14 August and Real Madrid on 24 September. Sunday's win means they have scored three times in each of their matches at the Estadio Metropolitano this season.

All three of Atleti's goals against Real Madrid were headers, Morata scoring early in each half either side of a Griezmann goal.

A 7-0 win at Rayo Vallecano on 28 August was Atlético's biggest ever away league win.

That was Griezmann's 200th win with Atlético in his 344th appearance. Only Juanfran (306), Koke (306), Diego Godín (340) and Saúl Ñíguez (341) reached the milestone quicker.

Atlético's four forwards all scored in the league in the first three games: Morata (three goals), Memphis Depay (two), Griezmann and Correa.

Llorente has already scored more goals in La Liga in 2023/24 (two) than he did last season (one).

Rodrigo De Paul came on as a substitute on Sunday, his first appearance since being replaced late on due to injury in Argentina's 2026 FIFA World Cup 3-0 qualifying win in Bolivia on 12 September.

Depay returned as a late substitute against Real Madrid, his first appearance since damaging his right thigh against Rayo Vallecano on 28 August, only to pick up another injury. He has not played since.

Stefan Savić has missed the last two games with a knock.

Pablo Barrios has not played since being replaced with a calf problem at half-time on Matchday 1.

Çağlar Söyüncü has been out with a groin injury suffered in Türkiye's 4-2 friendly defeat against Japan on 12 September.

Thomas Lemar was replaced in the 43rd minute of Atlético’s 3-0 loss to Valencia on 16 September and will be out until March with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Reinildo Mandava is still recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury he picked up against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on 25 February.

Griezmann is among the 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or, which will be awarded on 30 October in Paris.

Feyenoord

Summer transfers
In: Thomas Beelen (PEC Zwolle), Calvin Stengs (Nice), Yankuba Minteh (Newcastle, loan), Thomas van den Belt (Zwolle), Timon Wellenreuther (Anderlecht), Ramiz Zerrouki (Twente), Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge), Kostas Lamprou (Willem II), Antef Tsoungui (Brighton), Bart Nieuwkoop (Union SG), Ondřej Lingr (Slavia Praha, loan), Luka Ivanušec (Dinamo Zagreb)

Out: Orkun Kökcü (Benfica), Marouan Azarkan (Utrecht), Ofir Marciano (Beer-Sheva), Christian Conteh (Osnabrück), Mark Diemers (released), Róbert Boženík (Boavista, loan made permanent), Mohamed Taabouni (Al-Arabi), Mimeirhel Benita (Excelsior, loan), Danilo (Rangers), Ezequiel Bullaude (Boca Juniors, loan), Marcus Pedersen (Sassuolo, loan), Patrik Wålemark (Heerenveen, loan), Ramon Hendriks (Vitesse, loan), Neraysho Kasanwirjo (Rapid Wien, loan), Mark Diemers (AEK Larnaca), Francesco Antonucci (Al-Shahania)

Feyenoord made it six successive victories in all competitions with a 3-1 win at home to Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie on Saturday. Yankuba Minteh scored his third goal in four league games with Calvin Stengs getting his third in five matches in all competitions.

Santiago Giménez completed the scoring and has found the net in his last six Eredivisie games – ten goals in all.

The Rotterdam club completed a 4-0 win away to Ajax on 27 September, a match that had been abandoned on 24 September following crowd disturbances with Feyenoord leading 3-0.

Giménez scored a hat-trick with Igor Paixão getting the other goal. Giménez was the first Feyenoord player to score three times in a game against Ajax since John Guidetti in 2012.

The 4-0 final score was Feyenoord's biggest Eredivisie win in Amsterdam. They had never previously won by more than two goals away to Ajax in the competition.

Feyenoord made a slow start to the defence of their Eredivisie title, drawing their first two matches at home to Fortuna Sittard (0-0) and away at Rotterdam rivals Sparta (2-2).

They have won all five league games since, scoring 24 goals and conceding only four.

Giménez, who completes a two-game suspension on Matchday 2, is Feyenoord's top scorer this season with ten goals. He is the first player from the club to score seven times in September since Dirk Kuyt in 2005.

Feyenoord were defeated 1-0 by Dutch Cup winners PSV Eindhoven in the Johan Cruyff Schaal on 4 August.

Striker Ayasa Ueda, who suffered a muscle injury during Japan's 4-1 victory over Germany on 9 September, returned to club duty as a late substitute against Ajax and also came on on Saturday.

First-choice keeper Justin Bijlow has not played since 13 August due to a broken wrist that is expected to keep him out until the end of October.

Luka Ivanušec has not played since suffering an ankle injury on Matchday 1.