( CNN ) -- Valencia led a trio of Spanish clubs into the semifinals of the Europa League with a 4-0 thrashing of AZ Alkmaar Thursday . Trailing 2-1 from the first leg in the Netherlands , the La Liga side took just 15 minutes at their Mestalla Stadium to draw level on aggregate as Adil Rami scored . He quickly added a second before Jordi Alba made it three on 56 minutes . Pablo Hernandez completed the rout in the 80th minute for the two-time Champions League finalists . Valencia , who won the 2004 UEFA Cup under Rafael Benitez , will face fellow Spanish club Atletico Madrid in the last four . 2010 winners Atletico won 2-1 at Bundesliga Hanover to go through 4-2 on aggregate . Leading 2-1 from the first leg in the Spanish capital , Atletico went further ahead in the tie as Adrian Lopez scored a fine individual goal . Mame Diouf gave Hanover some late hope with an equalizer on 81 minutes but Radamel Falcao scored the clinching goal for Atletico in the closing moments . Athletic Bilboa , such impressive winners over English Premier League leaders Manchester United in the quarterfinals , were held 2-2 by Schalke on their home ground , but the Basque side went through 6-4 on aggregate . Schalke , beaten 4-2 by the Spaniards in their home leg , twice led through Raul and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , but were twice pegged back . Ibai Gomez and Markel Susaeta scored the equalizers as Bilbao earned a semifinal clash with Sporting Lisbon . The Portuguese side , who put out Manchester City in the previous round , drew 1-1 at Metalist Kharkhiv of Ukraine to advance 3-2 on aggregate . Ricky Van Wolfswinkel put Sporting ahead before Argentinian striker Jonathan Cristaldo leveled for the Ukrainians .
5 Spanish clubs in semifinals of Europa League . Valencia beat AZ Alkmaar 4 -0 to go through 4 -2 on aggregate . Athletic Portugal and Sporting Lisbon also advance . Sporting Lisbon represent Bilbao in last four .