| Club: | Atlético Madrid |
| Season: | 1981–82 |
| Manager: | Carriega García Traid |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Alfonso Cabeza Antonio del Hoyo Alvarez |
| Stadium: | Vicente Calderon |
| League: | La Liga |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | Copa del Rey |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Hugo Sánchez (8) |
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| Prevseason: | 1980–81 |
| Nextseason: | 1982–83 |
The 1981–82 season was Atlético de Madrid's 41st season of History since foundation in 1903 and the club's 37th season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Atlético competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Cup.
Atlético de Madrid acquired Mexican striker Hugo Sánchez from Club Universidad Nacional before the season began. After a difficult initial period, Sánchez became the club's leading scorer. At the end of the season, Atlético was obligated to make a second installment of the transfer payment to Pumas as they wanted to retain Sánchez for the following season.[1]
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Juanjo | ||||
| | |||||
 | 23 | ||||
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Leal | |||||
| | Pedro Braojos | |||||
| | Julio | Loan | ||||
| | Julio Prieto | |||||
| | Pedraza | |||||
| | Villalba | |||||
See main article: 1981–82 La Liga.
See main article: 1981–82 Copa del Rey.
See main article: 1981–82 UEFA Cup.
| Pos | Nat | Player | Total | UEFA Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| | Aguinaga | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| | Ruiz | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | | 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| | Arteche | 32 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| | Balbino | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| | Juanjo | 26 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| | Mínguez | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| | Rubio | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Marián Díaz | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
 | Cabrera | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| | Marcelino | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| | Rubén Cano | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| | Clemente | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| | Mejías | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| | Pedro Pablo | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| | Navarro | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Sierra | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| | Roman | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| | Leal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||