TRANSFER RUMOURS | JAVI MARTINEZ ON THE BAYERN MUNICH AGENDA?

Rumours are hot on the transfer front as expected at this height of the off-season & with the Euro competition in full flight. One here locally is the news out of Germany that BAYERN MUNICH has its eyes on ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International midfielder JAVI MARTINEZ.The fact that a European giant has Javi Martinez in mind is not new nor is it surprising, so has Real Madrid & FC Barcelona

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO | BIELSA OK FOR ANOTHER YEAR

The wait is finally over. ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Coach MARCELO BIELSA have agreed to extend their contractual relationship until June 30th of 2013. The Argentine Coach was keeping in suspense these days all the members & fans of the Basque Club & has finally decided to continue for one more season at  "San Mamés".



Marcelo Bielsa


In his first year, Marcelo Bielsa lead the team to the Final of

REAL MADRID EYES BILBAO JAVI MARTINEZ

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO player JAVIER MARTINEZ has become the object of desire for REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho. According to Spanish radio 'Onda Cero', Real Madrid has contacted with Athletic to negotiate the transfer of the player who has a buyout clause of 40M€. Real Madrid aims to reduce that amount & has offered 30M€, that's the limit set by José Mourinho for the signing of any player.

SPANISH CUP FINAL RESULT | AT BILBAO 0 FC BARCELONA 3

FC BARCELONA has won this seasons SPANISH CUP FINAL ( Copa Del Rey ) with a 0 - 3 result over ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO. FC Barcelona Coach Josep Guardiola leaves the Club in the very best manner possible with another title under his belt & adding more to his legend status at the Club.Excellent atmosphere tonight which bought the 2011-2012 Spanish Football season to an end.



Pedro

FC Barcelona

SPANISH CUP FINAL | ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO - FC BARCELONA | THE DAY BEFORE

The city of Madrid is about to be visited by 1000s of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & FC BARCELONA followers as both are to play the Final of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) tomorrow at the "Vicente Calderon Stadium" (Home of Atletico de Madrid).



At.Bilbao - FC Barcelona.


A huge game to officially close the Spanish Football season with plenty of angles & stories in play:


At.Bilbao looks to

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO SPANISH CUP VIDEO

"All together. Go for the Cup". That is the name - "war cry" - of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO in this video that the Club has just posted up on all the social media channels.The motive is to warm-up the Bilbao followers & build up the atmosphere for this Fridays SPANISH CUP FINAL ( Copa del Rey Final ) against FC BARCELONA at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid. 

Nice touch from the Club to subtitle

TRANSFER RUMOURS | MANCHESTER CITY TALKS TO FERNANDO LLORENTE ?

MANCHESTER CITY representatives have been said to have met up with the brother of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International forward FERNANDO LLORENTE , "Chus" who is also the players rep. The meeting was to express the clear interest of the English Premier League Champions to get the player over to England. That was back 27th of Abril & since then Real Madrid , FC Barcelona & others have

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO TEAM PHOTO 2012

Spanish Football Club ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO has captivated Spanish & European Football observers alike this season with their Football under the hands of Argentine Coach Bielsa. The Club has found a mix of experience & youth that now plays touch Football over the long kick up-front method. The team lost the Europa League Final to Spanish Club Atletico de Madrid but has a chance to win a title in

EUROPA LEAGUE 2011-2012 | ATLETICO DE MADRID CHAMPIONS

The winner tonight was SPANISH FOOTBALL. The only sad event is that unfortunately there can only be one winner, in this case,  ATLETICO DE MADRID which proclaimed themselves EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2011 - 2012 after defeating fellow Spanish Club ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 3 - 0. Atletico managed to win the Europa League Cup again with the last time being back in 2010.



Falcao


Atletico de Madrid

IFFHS | FC BARCELONA BEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE WORLD

The FIFA backed IFFHS ( International Federation of  Football History & Statistics ) has released its periodical list of the "Best Football Clubs in World Soccer". FC BARCELONA continues in the top spot as "The Best Football Club in the World" with a record 44 times in that position since the IFFHS began releasing this type of report. Close behind in second place is REAL MADRID CF, plus two more

ALL SPANISH EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL

Two Spanish Football Clubs will meet in the upcoming Final of the EUROPA LEAGUE after the two semi-final games celebrated tonight. Here is a brief summary of events, the final scores & all the scorers.



Falcao

ATLETICO DE MADRID defeated in the 2 º leg semi 0 - 1 ( 2 - 5 agg ) VALENCIA CF away with a solitary goal from ADRIAN in the 60th min.Valencia was dominate in the first half & had

EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL 1st LEG FINAL RESULTS

EUROPA LEAGUE semi final 1º leg matches tonight with three SPANISH FOOTBALL teams involved along with a Portuguese Club. Here are the final results & all the goalscorers.



Adrian
ATLETICO DE MADRID defeated in spectacular fashion VALENCIA CF 4 - 2 to allow them a foot into the finals door with Valencia still alive due to their two away goals. One finds it bewildering to understand how a team

AT BILBAO 2 - MALLORCA 1 | SPANISH CUP QUARTER FINAL 1 º LEG RESULTS

While the Football World stands still & fixed to the Internet, Tv or a Radio with the 1º leg Spanish Cup match between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona, most forget that before & just finished was another SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) 1º leg match Quarter Final clash between ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & MALLORCA. The final result was a 2 - 0 win for the "Lions" that puts them in the driving seat for the

PSG 4 - ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 2 | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULT

EUROPA LEAGUE action tonight with SPANISH FOOTBALL representative ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO travelling to Paris & losing with a 4- 2 result to PSG in their Group F match



PSG - At.Bilbao

PSG deserved the victory BUT it tasted sour & meant little as the French Club DOES NOT continue along the Europa League road, something that Bilbao does do as they secured their participation before this match.

AT BILBAO 2 SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 1 | EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP F RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL representative ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO defeated SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 2 -1 in their EUROPA LEAGUE Group F match. The fact that Group "mate" PSG lost its game,  & the victory to Athletic tonight, assures the latter the Group top spot with a game still to play. 




Muniain for Bilbao

Athletic got off to a good start when DE MARCOS opened the scoring in the 14th min, but Bratislava kept

SPANISH FOOTBALL | EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS ATHLETIC BILBAO - ATLETICO DE MADRID

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued tonight with EUROPA LEAGUE participation in the Group matches were both games gave favoured results. Here are brief summaries of the events.



At.Bilbao 

SALZBURG hosted ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO in their Group F clash & went down to a 38th min goal by young Bilbao midfielder ANDER HERRERA. Both teams had chances to score with Bilbao goalie Iraizoz stopping important

EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 2 SALZBURG 2 | UDINESE 2 ATLETICO DE MADRID 0

The two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives in the EUROPA LEAGUE competition were in action tonight with the following brief summary of events, scorers & final results.



At.Bilbao-Salzburg

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO hosted SALZBURG for their Group F clash & both offered an entertaining match that went down to the end - with Bilbao comeback included - to finish in a 2 - 2 draw. The match had a red card

EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 2 PSG O - RENNES 1 ATLETICO DE MADRID 1

EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches tonight with two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs in action with relatively positive results. Here is a quick summary of the games , the results & the scorers.



At.Bilbao

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO managed to put together a good performance at home against French team PARIS ST GERMAIN winning 2 - 0. The Group F match saw the first goal arrive in the 14th min when Bilbao player

EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO - ATLETICO DE MADRID WIN THEIR MATCHES

Two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs started their adventure in the EUROPA LEAGUE competition with ATHLETIC DE BILBAO playing away & ATLETICO DE MADRID playing at home. Both gave good performances & results that allowed them to begin the new Euro season with a right foot.

Here is a quick summary of events, final results & scorers.



Muniain for Bilbao

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO defeated 1 - 2 SLOVEN BRATISLAVA

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP MATCH UPS 2011 - 2012

The EUROPA LEAGUE Groups for season 2011 - 2012 were drawn this afternoon in Monaco with the following match ups. Spanish Football Clubs ATLETICO DE MADRID heads Group I & ATHLETIC DE BILBAO in Group F. 



Europa League Groups
2011-2012
courtesy as.com