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How to get to the Vicente Calderón?

Tuesday 3 May 2011 18:24
Written by spainticketsblog

Source: colchonero.com

The Vicente Calderón stadium of Atlético de Madrid is one of the most important in Spain. Since it was inaugurated as “Manzanares stadium” in 1966 it has been “the house” of the team and of its fans. The stadium has a capacity for 55.000 spectators and has hosted many important events, like the World Cup in 1982.

The Atlético’s stadium is in the Paseo de la Virgen del Puerto, No. 67, in the Arganzuela’s neighborhood, just near the Manzanares river. The place is well connected with the rest of the city. You can arrive there taking the line 5 of the metro, getting of at the “Pirámides” or “Marqués de Vadillo” stations; you can also take the bus (lines 14, 27, 40, 43, 120, 147 and 150), or Renfe trains up to the “Pirámides” station.

The easiest way to get to the stadium from the city centre is by taking the metro. If you are in Atocha, you should take the line 1 to “Pinar de Chamartín”, getting off at “Gran Vía”, then take the line 5 and stop in “Pirámides” or “Marqués de Vadillo”.

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¿Cómo llegar al Vicente Calderón?

Tuesday 3 May 2011 18:17
Written by spainticketsblog

Fuente: colchonero.com

El estadio Vicente Calderón del Atlético de Madrid es uno de los campos más importantes de toda España. Desde que fue inaugurado el año 1966 bajo el nombre de “Estadio Manzanares”, el Calderón ha sido la casa del equipo rojiblanco y de su afición. El campo, considerado Estadio de Élite por la UEFA, tiene una capacidad para casi 55.000 espectadores y ha albergado a lo largo de su historia acontecimientos de relevancia como la Copa del Mundo de 1982.

El estadio del Atlético de Madrid está situado en la P. Virgen del Puerto, nº 67, del barrio de la Arganzuela de la capital madrileña, justo al lado del río Manzanares. La accesibilidad al recinto es fácil. Se puede llegar por la línea 5 del metro, a través de las paradas de “Pirámides” y “Marqués de Vadillo”; mediante los autobuses 17, 18, 23, 34, 35, 36, 50, 116, 118 y 119; y también a partir de los trenes de Renfe por la “Estación de Pirámides”.

Desde el centro de Madrid, la forma más fácil y rápida de llegar es a partir del metro. Si estás en Atocha, debes tomar la línea 1 dirección “Pinar de Chamartín” hasta “Gran Vía”, hacer ahí transbordo a la línea 5, y entonces bajar en “Pirámides” o “Marqués de Vadillo”. Y desde la puerta del Sol, se debe coger la línea 3 en “Sol”e ir hasta “Embajadores”, y una vez allí tomar la línea 5 hasta una de las dos estaciones más cercanas al Vicente Calderón.

No dejes pasar la oportunidad de ir a uno de los estadios más emblemáticos de todo el territorio español antes de que deje de ser “el templo” de los aficionados del Atlético (en pocos años lo pasará a ser el estadio de “La Peineta”, que está en proyección). Aprovecha el momento y ves al campo a través de nosotros. ¡Entra en nuestra web y házte con tus entradas!

Historia del Atlético de Madrid

Wednesday 19 January 2011 17:53
Written by Spain Tickets Online

En 1903 un grupo de estudiantes vascos afincados en Madrid decidió fundar un equipo del Athletic de Bilbao: el Athletic Club de Madrid. Sus jugadores llevaban el mismo uniforme que los del Athletic de Bilbao -compuesto por una camiseta con una franja azul y otra blanca y un pantalón azul- y, por considerarse el mismo equipo, ambos clubs no podían enfrentarse. ¿Te gustaría saber cuál ha sido su evolución hasta el día de hoy?

Curiosamente, su separación fue debido a una anécdota relacionada con los uniformes. Los bilbaínos compraban los uniformes del Blackburn Rovers de Inglaterra. En 1911, un representante del Athletic de Bilbao fue a comprar más uniformes para ambos equipo, pero no consiguió los del Blackburn Rovers y tuvo que conformarse con los de Southampto, de camiseta a rayas rojiblancas y pantalón negro. El Athletic de Bilbao adoptó este uniforme como vestimenta oficial y el filial cambió la camiseta anterior por esta, pero mantuvo el pantalón azul. No obstante, cuando ambos equipos se desvincularon fue en 1921, pues el Athletic de Bilbao ya llevaba unos años funcionando de forma independiente.

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Atletico of Madrid’s history

Tuesday 18 January 2011 17:32
Written by Spain Tickets Online

In 1903 a group of Basque students who lived in Madrid decided to start a football team, surrogated to Athletic of Bilbao. They called it Athletic Club of Madrid. Their players had the same uniforms than Bilbao’s – a blue and white t-shirt with blue trousers- and couldn’t play against Athletic of Bilbao. Would you like to know how did they became Atletico of Madrid?

Oddly enough, Atletico separated from Athletic only because there was a problem with the uniforms. Originally, they bought their uniforms from Blackburn Rovers, but on 1911, they run out of them, so Athletic had to buy Southampto’s uniforms (red and white t-shirt and black trousers). Athletic of Bilbao used these uniforms, but Athletic Club of Madrid keeped the blue trousers. Both teams got completetly separated on 1921.

On 1939 Athletic Club of Madrid merged with Aviacion Nacional to better confront the bad economic situation and all the problems that the Civil War brought. The name was changed to Atletico Aviacion, and it wasn’t until 1947 that the team started to call itself Atletico of Madrid.

The achievements of the red-white club

On 1949/50 and 1950/51 seasons, Atletico of Madrid won its third and four League titles. The sixties  were very successful for the red-white team, that won the Generalisimo Cup –today’s Copa del Rey- twice and their fist European trophy (1962). On 1966 they started playing on their current stadium, Vicente Calderon.

On 1974, Atletico got to the final match of the Europe Cup but didn’t win, although they got the Intercontinental Cup.

Another great time was on 1995/96 season, when the team won the League and the Copa del Rey, getting himself between the Real Madrid and the FC Barcelona.

After all these great moments, sadly the team fell down to Second Division League, where they stood for two years.

Present and past

Last year, Atletico of Madrid became champion of the Europe League and also of the Supercup, great news after being almost unheard of during a few seasons.

Let’s see how does this team evolve!

Vicente Calderón, Atletico de Madrid’s stadium

Monday 18 October 2010 12:43
Written by Spain Tickets Online

As promised, today we’ll sum up for you a bit of Vicente Caderon stadium’s history and trivia. Enjoy!

The stadium is located in Madrid, in Arganzuela district. It was the first in Spain to become a “5 star rated stadium”, and it’s been so since 2003. It’s Atletico de Madrid’s official stadium.

When it was built, back in 1966, there were seats for 62.000 people. The first game ever played there ended in a tie to 1 against Valencia CF. At the time, it was called Manzanares Stadium, because of the river. However, in 1971 the name was changed to Vicente Calderon to honor the president.

These may be Vicente Calderon’s last years. The club wants to build a new, bigger stadium, called Estadio de la Peineta, that will be ready in three years, tops. Then, the Vicente Calderon will be turned into a park. The fans aren’t very happy with the idea, but the club argues that the current location is too close to the river.

Now, a bit of trivia: the stadium was closed by the UEFA for two games, in punishment for the incident between Atletico’s fans and Olympique de Marsella’s fans the 1st of October 2008.

You can get to the stadium using the 17, 18, 23, 34, 35, 36, 50, 116, 118 or 119 bus line, or stepping down at Piramides, the L-5 underground station.

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