Editing Atlético Madrid (section)

===The Aragonés years (1974–1987)===
[[File:Luis Aragones.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Luis Aragonés]], Atlético's most successful manager]]
Shortly after the defeat in the [[1974 European Cup final|1974 European Cup Final]], Atlético appointed their veteran player Luis Aragonés as coach. Aragonés subsequently was coach on four separate occasions, from 1974 to 1980, from 1982 to 1987, once again from 1991 until 1993 and finally from 2002 to 2003. His first success came quickly as Bayern Munich had refused to participate in the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] because of fixture congestion,<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=510737.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1974 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204133633/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D510737.html |archive-date=4 December 2009 |work=[[FIFA.com]] |access-date=20 November 2010}}</ref> and as European Cup runners-up, Atlético were invited instead. Their opponents were [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]<ref name="autogenerated2" /> of Argentina and, after losing the away leg 1–0, they won the return leg 2–0 with goals from [[Javier Irureta]] and [[Rubén Ayala]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub74.html Intercontinental Club Cup 1974] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127044939/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub74.html |date=27 November 2022 }}. rsssf.org. Retrieved 20 November 2010.</ref> Aragonés subsequently led the club to further successes in the Copa del Rey in [[1976 Copa del Generalísimo final|1976]] and La Liga in [[1976–77 La Liga|1977]].

During his second spell in charge, Aragonés led the club to a runners-up finish in [[1984–85 La Liga|La Liga]] and a winner's medal in the [[1985 Copa del Rey final|Copa del Rey]], both in 1985. He received considerable help from [[Hugo Sánchez]], who scored 19 league goals and won the ''[[Pichichi Trophy|Pichichi]]''. Sánchez also scored twice in the cup finals as Atlético beat Athletic Bilbao 2–1. Sánchez, however, only remained at the club for one season before his move across the city to Real Madrid. Despite the loss of Sánchez, Aragonés went on to lead the club to success in the [[Supercopa de España]] in [[1985 Supercopa de España|1985]] and then guided them to the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] final in [[1986 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1986]]. Atlético, however, lost their third successive European finals, this time 3–0 to [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1985/intro.html |work=[[Uefa.com]] |title=UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821192010/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1985/intro.html |archive-date=21 August 2010 |date=1 June 1986 |access-date=20 November 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198586.html European Competitions 1985–86] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314190113/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198586.html |date=14 March 2023 }}. rsssf.org. Retrieved 20 November 2010.</ref>