Sometimes, fan clubs come up with ideas that initially seem utopian, but when the International Union of Fan Clubs (Unión Internacional de Peñas) and Club Atlético de Madrid collaborate, everything becomes easier. One of these ideas was to shape a project that had been in mind for a while but had never been carried out: a Meeting of European Atlético Fan Clubs. The number of fan clubs representing us beyond national borders is growing, and the goal of this meeting was to give them a voice and visibility, and, above all, to make them feel part of the red-and-white family.

Our Peña is becoming more and more famous, which is why our president received an invitation from Netflix a few days ago to participate in a documentary about Atlético de Madrid. We couldn’t miss this opportunity, so after consulting the members present in Madrid, we decided to participate without hesitation. The date was Sunday, October 28th. We met around noon at Plaza Callao. The Netflix staff first collected personal information and had us sign a privacy consent form.

Creating a new fan club for a sports team is always a challenge, especially when it’s abroad. Those of us who embarked on the adventure of creating a new Atletico de Madrid fan club in Germany knew from the start that it wouldn’t be easy, but we got to work anyway. One of the things that was most difficult for us to decide was the name. There were many ideas (some as original as “Peña Ribera del Rin,” a nod to the Manzanares River), but soon we were sure that we wanted a name that perfectly described what we wanted to be, without any adornments or adjectives that could lead to confusion.

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April 26th was an important day for Club Atlético de Madrid as it celebrated its 120th anniversary. For the Peña Atlética de Alemania, it will also be a day to remember as we became an official fan club on that day. It was not a coincidence: we thought it was the perfect day to start our official status and Atlético de Madrid helped us make it happen. The day before, I was surprised by a phone call that at first I took as a joke: as the president of the fan club, they invited me to watch the match against Mallorca from the VIP box, and hinted at a surprise that they wanted to keep secret.

We attended the 1st ‘ATLETI EN FEMENINO’ Event. Last Thursday, we were invited by the Las Colchoneras and Los 50 fan clubs to the first Women’s Atleti event. Carmen, the president of the Athletic Club of Germany, attended the Metropolitano and enjoyed a magnificent afternoon which we detail in the following link. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the kind invitation and congratulate the organizers on the success achieved.