Basque team’s friendly match settlement

Due to the information that was published in the media on 24 February with regards to the settlement on behalf of Athletic Club and the Basque Football Federation of the friendly match played between the Basque and the Venezuelan teams, on 29 December, 2010 at San Mamés, Athletic Club would like to make public the following information:

Athletic Club, out of the almost 40,000 tickets sold for the game at San Mamés, only sold 4,060 tickets. The sale of the remaining tickets was done directly by the FVF. The amount collected by Athletic Club at the ticket offices was €83,414. Of said sum, €56,928.33 had to be deducted to pay the costs of organizing this event as well as repair costs. Therefore, the total paid to the Basque Football Federation was €26,485.67.

This amount, once the FVF had accepted the settlement, was paid to said body on 4 February 2011.