How to play the Atlético Madrid history timeline

These cards are Atlético Madrid milestones: league titles, European finals won and lost, stadium moves, a relegation and a long-serving manager's arrival. You order them by year, with a short line under each title. One milestone begins on the timeline with its year showing. Pick a gap for each new card. Choose well and the year appears; a wrong one still puts it in its true spot and costs one of your three lives.

Atlético's history comes in waves: titles won under a wartime name, a strong run of league crowns, a fall and a recovery, and then the most consistent era the club has known. That modern era holds a big share of the cards, packed with European finals and super cups. Many league titles here have similar descriptions, so the managers and opponents named are your guide. Heartbreak in finals is a running theme, so don't assume every final is recent.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 27 of the 27 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Club founded Breakaway members form the Madrid club
First league title as Atlético Aviación Wartime La Liga crown under Ricardo Zamora
La Liga title retained Back-to-back championship for Atlético Aviación
La Liga title under Helenio Herrera Domestic championship for the capital club
Second straight early-fifties crown League title reclaimed the following season
Cup Winners' Cup won against Fiorentina European trophy secured in a Stuttgart replay
Estadio Vicente Calderón opened New riverside home beside the Manzanares
La Liga title under Marcel Domingo Championship reclaimed at the start of the decade
La Liga title of the early seventies Domestic crown won again
European Cup final defeat to Bayern Munich Lost the replay after a late equaliser
Intercontinental Cup won against Independiente World club crown after Bayern declined to play
La Liga title of the late seventies Another domestic championship secured
League and cup double under Radomir Antic La Liga and Copa del Rey in one season
Relegation to the Segunda División Dropped out of the top flight
Europa League won against Fulham Forlán's extra-time winner in Hamburg
UEFA Super Cup won against Inter European curtain-raiser claimed in Monaco
Diego Simeone appointed manager Former midfielder returns as head coach
Europa League won against Athletic Bilbao All-Spanish final won in Bucharest
UEFA Super Cup won against Chelsea Radamel Falcao hat-trick in a rout
Copa del Rey won against Real Madrid Final won at the Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga title under Simeone First championship in eighteen years
Champions League final defeat in Lisbon Lost to Real Madrid after extra time
Champions League final defeat in Milan Beaten by Real Madrid on penalties
Wanda Metropolitano stadium opened Move to a new home in the east of the city
Europa League won against Marseille Griezmann double in the Lyon final
UEFA Super Cup won against Real Madrid Derby won after extra time in Tallinn
La Liga title with Luis Suárez Championship clinched on the final day