Although clubs have a busy calendar once the league and other competitions commence, there will be several friendly matches whenever time allows. We set out below details of those games which have come to our attention. Please bear in mind that all dates are provisional and are subject to change at short notice. Matches already played in red, games pending in blue, changes since our last update in bold. For last summer's pre-season games see separate section. (01.06.12)
Early Sep | Lorca testimonial
matches This summer there were a couple of friendly matches organized to collect funds for the victims of the earthquake in Lorca: 31/08: Friendly game at Lorca's stadium: Lorca Atlético 1 (Diego) - Sevilla 1 (Alexis). 02/09: Triangular tournament in Murcia: Villarreal 1 (Marco Rubén) - Málaga 1 (Buonanotte); Valencia 2 (Jonas, Feghouli) - Málaga 0; Valencia 0 - Villarreal 0. Champions: Valencia. |
Autumn 2011 | Sundry matches Several friendly matches were played during gaps in the busy season: 31/08: Trofeo Ciudad de Valladolid: Valladolid 0 - Getafe 1 (Casquero); 31/08: Trofeo Puchero: Alcorcón 3 (Javi Hernández, Quini, Roberto Martínez) - Rayo Vallecano 2 (Botelho, Trashorras); 01/09: Betis 5 (Castro, Molina pen, Jefferson, Ezequiel 2) - Portsmouth 1 (Warney); 01/09: Lakuntza: Osasuna 3 (Ibrahima, Lekic, Lamah) - Numancia 2 (Nagore pen, Ladero); 01/09: Inauguration of "Fernando Torres stadium": Fuenlabrada 0 - Atlético Madrid 3 (Collado, Mario, Pedro); 02/09: Villanueva 0 - Zaragoza 3 (Braulio 2, Abraham); 05/10: Zarautz: Real Sociedad 1 (agirretxe) - Osasuna 1 (Lekic); 05/10: Gimnastica Torrelavega 0 - Getafe 2 (Pedro Ríos, Sarabia); 06/10: Loja 2 - Granada 3 (Abel, Geijo, Lucena); 06/10: Coría 0 - Sevilla 2 (Juanfran, Alex Rubio); 06/10: Zaragoza 2 - Tudelano 0 (Ponzio, Luis García); 09/11: Estepa 1 - Sevilla 2 (Guarente, Juanfran); 10/11: Centenary match in Egypt: Zamalek 1 - Atlético Madrid 4 (Mido / Salvio 2, Diego 2); 11/11: Tolosa: Real Sociedad 4 (Sarpong, Llorente, own goal, Pardo) - Racing Santander 0; 30/11: Memorial Mateo David Bautista, Nerja: Málaga 0 - Xerez 0 (4-5 pso); 01/12: Memorial José Herrainz Caraballo: Écija 2 - Sevilla 1 (Armenteros). |
End Dec | Regional matches As usual, regional matches took place this winter, with teams from the autonomous regions of Catalunya and the Basque country both playing Tunisia, who won the African Nations Championship last February. 28/12: San Mamés, Bilbao: Basque Selection 0 - Tunisia 2 (M'Sakni 67', Chadly 82'); Basque Section line-up: Iraizoz (Riesgo 63'); Iraola (Beñat 63'), Mikel González (San José 46'), Amorebieta (Íñigo Martínez 46'), Sirieix (Aurtenetxe 46'); Iturraspe (Xabi Alonso 63'), Aranburu (Mikel Rico 46'); Xabi Prieto (Susaeta 46'), Zurutuza (Toquero 46'), Gabilondo (Barkero 46'); Aduriz (Agirretxe 63'). 30/12: Olympic stadium, Barcelona: Catalunya 0 - Tunisia 0. Catalunya line up: Víctor Valdés (Casilla 52'); Sergio Juste (Montoya 46'), Fontàs, Piqué (Raúl Rodríguez 46'), Didac (Muniesa 46'); Xavi (Sergi Roberto 46'), Busquets (Amat 46'), Cesc (Verdú 46'); Coro (Cuenca 46'), Sergio García (Álvaro Vázquez, 46'), Bojan (Puigdollers 74'). |
28 Dec | "Partido por la
Ilusión" The Iker Casillas foundation organised a charity match at the Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid, with many famous celebrities taking part. Tickets on sale at www.ligabbva.com. |
29 Dec | Champions for Africa
The fourth edition of this charity match took place in Valencia's Mestalla stadium between sides from La Liga and from Africa, promoted by UNICEF and the Kanouté Foundation. Proceeds to help children in Africa. See website www.championsforafrica.es |
Early Jan 2012 | XXVII Maspalomas trophy
Winter trophy, which returned to centre stage after a two year lay-off. Teams invited were Twente (Holland), Lausanne (Switzerland), Brondby (Denmark) and Aalesunds (Norway). Tournament began on 9th January in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Lausanne beat Brondby in the final on penalties after the match ended 0-0. |
May / Jun 2012 | End of season friendlies
Several clubs played out friendly games at the end of the season before starting their summer holidays: 16/05: Kuwait 0 - Real Madrid 2 (Di María, Ronaldo); 17/05: Millonarios 1 (Urbano) - Atlético Madrid 2 (Falcao, Koke); 18/05: Espanyol 2 (Pandiani, Romeo) - Al Ahly 0; 20/05: América Cali 0 - Atlético Madrid 1 (Falcao); 23/05: Atlético Huila 1 (González pen) - Atlético Madrid 3 (Salvio 2, Silvio); 23/05: Portland Timbers 0 - Valencia 1 (Aduríz); 01/06: Houston Dynamo 1 (Calen Carr) - Valencia 2 (Aduríz 2). |
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