The club was founded in 1964 as Reyfra Atlético O.J.E. when CD Reyfra (1963–64) and CA Getafe merged. In 1970 it absorbed Aviaco Madrileño CF, which was established in 1967 when Madrileño CF (1956–67) and AD Aviaco merged, became affiliated with Atlético Madrid and in 1970 changed its name to Atlético Madrileño Club de Fútbol.
In 1991, the club changed the name to Atlético Madrid B for the 1991–92 season. Having already played from 1980 to 1986 in Segunda División, the reserves fluctuated between that level and Segunda División B – created in 1977 as the new third division – in the following decades. In the 1998–99 season, the team (which featured Rubén Baraja, future Valencia and Spain star in central midfield) finished in second position in the second division, but was ineligible for La Liga promotion – Numancia gained the automatic promotion slot instead. The following year, they were administratively relegated as the first team went down from La Liga, and in 2000–01 they missed out on promotion in the play-offs but would have been ineligible in any case as the seniors failed to achieve the same goal (they went back up a year later).
In 2020–21, a poor on-field season combined with reorganisation of the league structure meant that the team was relegated not to the fourth tier but the fifth (Tercera División RFEF), having only spent two seasons below the third level since their first few years of existence over 50 years earlier.[2] They returned within two years, with the second promotion via the 2023 Segunda Federación play-offs.
Naming history
Club Deportivo Reyfra (1963–1964)
Reyfra Atlético O.J.E. (1964–1970)
Atlético Madrileño Club de Fútbol (1970–1990)
Club Atlético de Madrid "B" (1990–1992)
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. "B" (1992–)
Season to season
As Atlético Madrileño Club de Fútbol (independent club).
^"El Cerro del Espino, el actual estadio del Rayo, es el más pequeño del fútbol profesional". Ideal (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^"La encrucijada del Atlético B" [The crossroads of Atlético B]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^"Atlético de Madrid B Plantilla" (in Spanish). Atlético de Madrid. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^"El Cerro del Espino, el actual estadio del Rayo, es el más pequeño del fútbol profesional". Ideal (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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