Athletic Bilbao assured themselves of a top-six finish and a place in next season's Europa League, despite drawing 0-0 with Las Palmas. Sevilla's loss to Granada means that Athletic and Celta Vigo, who swapped places on Sunday, will finish fifth and sixth in the final standings ahead of next weekend's final round of fixtures. Las Palmas had already secured their safety and before the game they...Full Story »

Oscar de Marcos has reaffirmed his commitment to Athletic Bilbao by claiming he wants to end his career at San Mames. The versatile midfielder has been a model of consistency since breaking into the first team in 2009 and has amassed over 280 appearances over the past seven seasons, but his form in the current campaign has led to interest from the English Premier League. Manchester United ha...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao midfielder Oscar De Marcos believes his team cannot afford any more slip-ups if they are to hold on to fourth place in the Primera Division. The Basque outfit occupies the last Champions League qualifying spot heading into Monday's game at Levante. Athletic have won one of their last five league games and their 2-1 home defeat to Primera Liga leaders Atletico Madrid last time o...Full Story »

Oscar de Marcos does not mind his changing role in the Athletic Bilbao team, as long as he is still making a contribution. The midfielder's versatility has been evident in recent weeks, as he has come off the bench and been asked to perform in a number of different roles. However, De Marcos - a regular in the team under previous boss Marcelo Bielsa - accepts not being a regular starter under c...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao midfielder Oscar De Marcos believes they have to overcome bogey side Getafe if they are to have ambitions of progressing in the Primera Division. The Basque club have not beaten their Madrid-based opponents in five matches and have never won in the capital in nine meetings between the teams. They are separated only by goal difference in the table, with in-form Getafe just ahead...Full Story »

Iago Aspas netted a late equaliser to earn relegation-fighting Celta Vigo a deserved 1-1 draw from an entertaining clash with Athletic Bilbao. The highly-rated forward slotted home seven minutes from time to cancel out Oscar De Marcos' opener for Athletic which came against the run of play just before half-time. The result sees Celta join 17th-placed Deportivo La Coruna on 31 points while Athl...Full Story »

First-half goals from Oscar de Marcos and Markel Susaeta were enough to hand Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 win over Sevilla as the hosts withstood a late flurry to take all three points. De Marcos put the hosts ahead at San Mames with a neat side-footed finish from Jon Aurtenetxe's cross in the 27th minute and Susaeta made it two with the last attack of the half as Andres Palop could only help his powe...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao produced a superb first-half display to ease past Levante 3-0 and move to within four points of their fourth-placed opponents in the race for a Champions League place. Fernando Amorebieta opened the scoring after 11 minutes as he took advantage of uncharacteristically slack marking from Levante to head home Markel Susaeta's corner. Oscar de Marcos then passed up two glorious op...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao forward Oscar de Marcos has played down talk of a top-four finish for the in-form Basque side this season, pointing out there is still much of the campaign left. Athletic have overcome a disappointing start under new coach Marcelo Bielsa and are now boasting an impressive 11-match unbeaten run domestically and in the Europa League, during which time they have recorded victorie...Full Story »