Located in the province of Castellón in eastern Spain, the small city of Villarreal lies 65km north-east of Valencia. It is home to Villarreal Football Club which has risen from humble beginnings to become one of the country’s top football clubs. Home matches are played at El Estadio de la …
Valencia CF was founded in 1919 by people involved in the business of exporting citrus fruits from the region. They played their first competitive match in 1921 at the Algirós stadium before moving to their current home of Mestalla in 1923. Initially the club played in a regional league before …
Every football fan in Europe should take a FC Barcelona Football Break at least once in their life and enjoy the experience of a match at the Nou Camp Stadium.
A visit to Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is high on the bucket list of most European football fans. The iconic home of the thirteen times European champions is one of Madrid’s top tourist sights which attracts fans from all over the world every weekend. As well as reserving a …
Atlético Madrid’s league and cup double in the 1995–96 season was their first La Liga title in 19 years. Unfortunately, for Los Rojiblancos this success was short lived with the team being relegated to the second tier of Spanish football for two seasons just four years later. Their Europa League …
Athletic Bilbao, historically, are the fourth most successful football club in Spain. As well as being one of only three clubs never relegated from the top division of La Liga – there are no prizes for knowing the other two – they are also third in the number of titles …
In 1897 a group of students and lecturers from the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, including several graduates from both Cambridge and Oxford, organised themselves into a football team which played matches on Sunday mornings. Over the coming years a number of other teams emerged and in 1902 Madrid Football Club …
FC Barcelona has long been a favourite football club for fans all over the world. This popularity is thanks to its long standing reputation for uniting some of the world’s greatest footballers who are drilled in playing open and attractive football in the club’s famous blue and claret shirts. Fans …
One of Spanish football’s greatest success stories in recent times has been the promotion of Sevilla FC into European royalty. Their victory on penalties over Roma in the final of the Europa League in May 2023 was the 7th time they have won the competition since 2006. In that period …
