Buy Getafe vs Athletic Bilbao tickets for the 2026/27 Season, with the sides meeting at the Estadio Coliseum on Sunday 17 January 2027. It is a fixture arriving in the middle of the most disrupted home campaign the club has had, because the Coliseum is being rebuilt around the supporters who are still filling it.
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The main stand and the dressing rooms are under reconstruction, part of the south end stays closed all season as a temporary access route, and the club itself has told members that a large part of the campaign will be played with the ground completely uncovered. In a stadium that holds only 16,500 to begin with, that is why demand for Getafe tickets is tighter this year than the club's size suggests.
What follows covers how the remaining sectors differ, what resale costs at one of the smallest grounds in the division, how the Spanish abono system works for anyone outside it and how the record between these two reads in Getafe. If you are travelling, the reconstruction changes some practical advice that held in previous seasons.
Begin with a ground that was already small. The Coliseum opened in 1998 at 14,500 and has been expanded to 16,500, which makes it the second-smallest stadium in the division. Take a closed section of the Fondo Sur out of that figure for the whole of 2026/27 and the working capacity drops again.
The reconstruction also reshuffled the existing membership. Season ticket holders displaced from the Tribuna were reassigned in the first renewal phase in early July, then given a window in the second half of the month to pick new seats anywhere in the ground. Those members took the good remaining positions before general sale existed, which is a different sequence from a normal season.
Then there is the visiting support. Supporters buying Athletic Bilbao tickets come from a club whose own ground holds more than three times the Coliseum, and Athletic travel in numbers most Spanish clubs cannot match. Getafe takes part in La Liga's Grada Visitante scheme, which caps away tickets at 30 euros and sets the allocation as a proportion of capacity, so good value meets very limited supply.
One further point separates this from a normal small-ground fixture. Because Tribuna holders were allowed to move anywhere in the stadium during the July windows, the distribution of members across the remaining sectors is unlike previous seasons. Blocks that were quiet last year may now be full of relocated season ticket holders, which changes both availability and atmosphere in ways a seating plan will not show you.
Getafe's own season adds the final push. They finished seventh last term on 51 points and reached the Conference League, which for a club of this scale is an unusual year. European nights are sold separately from the abono, so the league fixtures have become the reliable way for locals to be in the ground.
Spanish clubs run on the abono, and Getafe's covers the league and the Copa del Rey with European matches sold separately. Prices were held flat for 2026/27 despite the building work: the Lateral at €350 for an adult and €220 for a child, the Fondos at €330 and €160, and the Fondo Joven at €250 for supporters born between 1996 and 2012. The range across the ground runs from €160 to around €359.
The renewal sequence matters if you are working out what is left. Phase one ran from 6 to 12 July for general renewals, with displaced Tribuna holders automatically reassigned. Phase two, from 14 to 21 July, let those holders choose new seats and pay the rate for whichever zone they moved into. A third phase was conditional on capacity surviving the first two.
That structure is worth understanding because it front-loads everything. By late July the ground was largely allocated, and single-match sales for a January fixture work with whatever is left over in a stadium that has lost a section to construction. Members also hold priority for the Conference League, which keeps them engaged rather than releasing seats.
If you hold no abono and are not in the visiting allocation, a verified marketplace is the practical route. Listings come from members who cannot attend on 17 January, from supporters releasing seats over the winter and from sellers holding stock across the open sectors. Read the listing notes properly, because a reconstruction season produces more unusual seat locations than a settled one.
One distinction for Athletic supporters. The Grada Visitante allocation is sold through their own club under its conditions and is not a general-sale product. Anyone who misses it and buys elsewhere in the Coliseum is sitting in a home sector, where visiting colours are not appropriate.
Five things move the price here: which sector you choose, whether the reconstruction has touched it, how much stock remains, the January timing and whether the listing carries any premium service. The third and fourth of those matter more this season than they usually would, because the building work has removed the slack a club normally has.
Spanish league football is priced moderately at face value, and Getafe sit at the affordable end even by that standard. The consequence is that the gap between an abono rate and a resale price is proportionally wider here than at a larger club, particularly for a fixture against opponents who bring a crowd.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondo Joven | £75 – £125 | Younger supporters and budget buyers | The club's young supporter end, priced lowest on the abono list. Expect standing and singing rather than a quiet afternoon. |
| Fondo Norte or Fondo Sur | £85 – £145 | Atmosphere at the lower end of the market | Behind the goals. Part of the Fondo Sur is closed for the season, so the available stock here is thinner than in a normal year. |
| Lateral, lower | £110 – £185 | Balanced value | Side-on and close to the pitch. The most common compromise between price and sightline at this ground. |
| Lateral, upper | £150 – £255+ | Comfort and the cleanest sightline | The higher side blocks, completed in time for the season. Currently the nearest thing to a main-stand seat while the Tribuna is rebuilt. |
| Premium and limited hospitality | £280 – £600+ | Corporate guests and occasions | Very restricted this season, since the reconstruction has taken out the areas that normally carry it. |
A note on how this market behaves. Getafe is not a club whose resale prices soften reliably in the last week, and this season less so than usual, because the supply side has been cut rather than the demand side. Budget on the assumption that waiting buys you a narrower choice at a similar price.
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
One structural point for families. Getafe's child rates are genuinely low, at €220 in the Lateral and €160 in the Fondos for supporters born from 2013 onward, and the Fondo Joven band covers a wide age range. Those reductions belong to the club's own sale rather than the resale market, so a family buying after the July windows closed pays adult rates throughout. If you have any route into a club window with children, it is worth taking.
The ground was known as the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez from 1998 until 2023 and is now simply the Estadio Coliseum, so both names still appear across travel guides and booking systems. It sits south of Madrid in Getafe itself, and this season its layout is a moving target. The Coliseum seating plan maps the sectors, and the wider guide to Estadio Coliseum tickets covers matchday logistics, but the table below is the decision most buyers face.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lateral, upper | Visitors paying for one memorable trip | Upper | The high side blocks, finished ahead of the season. The strongest view available while the main stand is out of use. |
| Lateral, lower | Neutrals wanting a proper side-on view | Mid | Close to the pitch and side-on. The sensible default for anyone without a strong stand preference. |
| Fondo Norte | Supporters who want noise without the young end | Lower to mid | Behind one goal, with a view down the pitch rather than across it. Reasonable value at this ground. |
| Fondo Sur, open sections | Budget buyers | Lower | Part of this end is closed all season as a temporary dressing-room access route, so read the block carefully before buying. |
| Fondo Joven | Younger supporters who want the atmosphere | Lower | The club's designated young supporter section, with the lowest abono rate and the most standing. |
| Visitor sector | Travelling Athletic supporters | Capped under Grada Visitante | Sold through the visiting club rather than on general sale, with the away price capped at 30 euros under the league scheme. |
Scale is the other thing to hold in mind. At 16,500 this is among the most compact grounds in the division, and the Coliseum has always traded on that: supporters sit close to the pitch, the noise carries and there is none of the distance a larger bowl imposes. The reconstruction has not changed that, and for a neutral it remains one of the more intimate top-flight experiences in Spain.
If you are undecided, the lower Lateral is the sensible default. You get a genuine side-on view, you avoid the standing sections and you pay well below the upper blocks. One warning specific to this season: with the roof off for much of the campaign and the Tribuna gone, there is effectively no covered seating, so a January afternoon south of Madrid means dressing for the weather rather than relying on the stand above you.
Hospitality here is limited in a normal season and more so in this one, because the areas that carry it are inside the part of the ground being rebuilt. Setting expectations honestly is more useful than listing products the club cannot currently deliver.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Lateral seating | Local business guests, supporters marking an occasion | The better central positions in the completed upper side blocks, which is where the club's best available seating now sits. |
| Corporate seat packages | Companies in the Getafe and southern Madrid area | Blocks of seats taken for the season rather than match by match, which is how most local firms attend. |
| Group bookings | Supporter groups and travel parties | Seats arranged together, which needs organising well ahead at a ground with a section closed. |
| European match packages | Guests wanting a continental night | Conference League fixtures are sold separately from the abono, with members holding priority, so these are a distinct market from the league games. |
The practical takeaway is simple. If a lounge or a hosted matchday is the reason you are going, the Coliseum is not the ground for it this season and an upper Lateral seat is the realistic ceiling. That will change when the Tribuna reopens.
Anyone planning a corporate afternoon should also account for the lack of cover. A reconstruction season strips out the sheltered space where hospitality normally happens, and no amount of paying up replaces a roof that is not there yet.
Spanish grounds have moved almost entirely to digital entry, and Getafe is no exception. The table below covers what to confirm against your listing before you travel.
| Delivery Type | What to Check |
|---|---|
| Mobile ticket | Whether it transfers to your own account or arrives as a link, and which app holds it. Load it before you set off rather than at the turnstile. |
| E-ticket or PDF | Whether printing is required and whether the barcode is single-scan. Download it the night before, since the approach from the metro fills up. |
| Collection in Getafe or Madrid | The meeting point, the hours it runs and what identification the seller wants. Allow time, because the ground is a journey out from central Madrid. |
| Abono card | Whether the physical card must be returned afterwards and what the seller needs. Read these listings closely, as the conditions vary more than any other delivery type. |
Three habits save trouble. Read the listing notes in full before checkout, and this season pay particular attention to the block, because a sector that was open last year may not be. Carry photo identification in case of a check. Charge your phone properly, since a flat battery at a digital turnstile leaves no fallback on a cold afternoon.
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Step1
Open the fixture listing
Go to the Getafe against Athletic Club listing for 17 January 2027 and confirm the date, the kickoff time and the venue before looking at seats.
Step2
Set up your account
You can create an account in under a minute. Use the name that matches any identification you may be asked for on the day.
Step3
Check the sector is open
This is the unusual step for 2026/27. Part of the Fondo Sur is closed for the season, so confirm the block on the listing sits in an area that is actually in use.
Step4
Filter by quantity
Set the exact number of seats you need up front. Member releases arrive in ones and twos at a ground this size, so larger groups should filter early.
Step5
Read the listing notes
Confirm the delivery method, the exact block and whether the seats are guaranteed together. Pay particular attention to any listing involving an abono card.
Step6
Complete the purchase
Pay through the secure checkout. Your order is covered from the moment payment clears, with seller verification applied before any listing goes live.
Step7
Confirm your delivery window
Note when the tickets are due. Spanish listings often release close to the match because the seller receives the digital ticket late, which is routine rather than a warning sign.
Step8
Follow your order through
Use track order to check the status at any point, then plan your route out on Metro line 12 with the return journey in mind.
Overseas buyers should favour delivery that follows them rather than an address. Mobile tickets and e-tickets suit anyone staying in Madrid, while courier delivery into Spain needs genuine lead time in January. If you want seats together, confirm it before purchase rather than afterwards, because a seller cannot rearrange a listing once the order is placed.
Getting there is straightforward if you use the metro. Los Espartales on line 12 is the closest station, and the ground is also served by interurban bus routes 443, 448 and 488, night services N805 and N807 and the urban line 3, with Cercanías options at Las Margaritas Universidad on the C-4 and El Casar on the C-3. Budget properly for the return leg, because a Sunday evening journey back into central Madrid takes longer than the outbound. Note also that La Liga confirms exact kickoff times with its broadcasters a few weeks ahead, so treat any time shown for this fixture as provisional until then.
There is no rivalry here, and the geography rules it out: Getafe sits on Madrid's southern edge, Athletic 400 kilometres north in Bilbao. What the fixture has is a pattern that has only just broken. Across the five La Liga meetings at the Coliseum since 2021/22, Getafe went four without a win before finally taking one in April 2026.
The detail behind that is worth knowing. Getafe failed to score in three of the five, losing 0-2 twice and drawing 0-0 once, and the two matches in which they did find the net produced a 2-2 draw and then the 2-0 win. Athletic have scored six at this ground in the run against Getafe's four, which for a fixture between a mid-table Basque club and a compact Madrid one is a narrower margin than the scorelines suggest.
The clubs also represent opposite models. Athletic recruit almost entirely from the Basque Country and have never left the top division; Getafe were founded in their modern form in 1983, reached La Liga only in 2004 and have built a top-flight identity on organisation rather than resources. Last season inverted the usual order, with Getafe seventh and into Europe while Athletic finished twelfth.
What makes 17 January 2027 distinctive is the setting rather than the standings. Getafe host as a European side, in a ground with a section closed, a main stand being rebuilt and no cover over most of it. For a fixture that looks routine on a calendar, that is a genuinely unusual afternoon to buy into.
The table below covers every La Liga meeting at the Coliseum with Getafe as hosts since the 2021/22 season. Both clubs have been in the division throughout that period, so the run is unbroken.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 5 |
| Getafe wins | 1 |
| Athletic Bilbao wins | 2 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Getafe goals | 4 |
| Athletic Bilbao goals | 6 |
| Biggest Getafe win | 2-0 |
| Biggest Athletic Bilbao win | 0-2 |
| First meeting in scope | 6 December 2021 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 5 April 2026 |
Figures calculated from the verified match record below, cross-referenced against ESPN match reports and UEFA competition records.
All five fixtures below were played at the Coliseum with Getafe as hosts, newest first.
| Date | Score | Season |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Apr 2026 | Getafe 2-0 Athletic Bilbao | 2025/26 |
| 15 May 2025 | Getafe 0-2 Athletic Bilbao | 2024/25 |
| 3 May 2024 | Getafe 0-2 Athletic Bilbao | 2023/24 |
| 18 Oct 2022 | Getafe 2-2 Athletic Bilbao | 2022/23 |
| 6 Dec 2021 | Getafe 0-0 Athletic Bilbao | 2021/22 |
Results verified against ESPN match reports and UEFA competition records.
Yes. A section of the Fondo Sur is out of use for the whole of 2026/27 as a temporary dressing-room access route while the main stand is rebuilt. Check the block on any listing before buying.
Probably not. The club has told members that a large part of the season will be played with the ground completely uncovered, so dress for a January afternoon in the open.
No. The abono governs the club's own allocation, which was largely settled in July. Buying an existing ticket through a verified marketplace sits outside that process.
In the designated visitor sector, sold through their own club with the price capped at 30 euros under the league's away-supporter scheme. Visiting colours should not be worn in the home sectors.
Metro line 12 to Los Espartales is the simplest route, with interurban buses 443, 448 and 488 also serving the area and Cercanías stations on the C-3 and C-4 lines nearby.
Sources: Getafe CF official club season ticket and stadium information, Athletic Club official records, LALIGA official fixture calendar and Grada Visitante announcements, ESPN match reports, UEFA competition records, StadiumDB and regional Madrid press reporting on the Coliseum reconstruction.