Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid: Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone face off in Madrid derby

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The last Madrid derby between Mourinho and Simeone came in the 2013 Copa del Rey final, when Atletico beat Real 2-1 after extra time

Spanish football reporter Published 20 September 2026, 07:55 BST When Atletico Madrid welcome Real Madrid to Metropolitano Stadium on Sunday, Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone will renew a rivalry not seen for more than a decade.

The two managers have not faced each other since 2014, when Mourinho was manager of Chelsea and Atleti knocked the English side out of the Champions League at Stamford Bridge.

But this will not be their first Madrid derby as rival managers.

That came two years before the Champions League encounter, when Simeone's Atletico welcomed Mourinho to their former home, the Vicente Calderon Stadium, during the Portuguese's first reign as Real boss - he left with a 4-1 win that day.