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Under his presidency, Athletic and their city rivals Bilbao Football Club reached an agreement to combine the best players of both sides to form a team known as Club Bizcaya, which was created to compete in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación (forerunner of the Copa del Rey which officially began a year later) held in Madrid; Bizcaya returned to ...
Average home league attendance: ... Free 1 July 2023 [5] DF: Iñigo Martínez: End of contract ... Athletic Bilbao : Sarón: 19:00 CEST
Athletic Bilbao - The club will only field Basque players but will and have employed non-Basque coaching staff. The club's cantera approach has produced players such as Fernando Llorente and Javi Martínez (World Cup winners with Spain, 2010). They have never been relegated from the top division.
Two of Athletic's most expensive signings, the Bilbao-born Spain internationals Roberto Ríos [111] and Ander Herrera [112] learned their skills in the cities where their footballing fathers were based professionally (Eusebio [101] at Real Betis of Seville, and Pedro at Real Zaragoza respectively); Gaizka Mendieta (son of Andrés Mendieta of CD ...
The 2024–25 season is the 127th season in the history of Athletic Bilbao, and the club's 94th consecutive season in La Liga.In addition to the domestic league, the club is also participating in the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España (after winning the 2023–24 Copa del Rey), and the UEFA Europa League (competing in Europe for the first time in seven years).
Record for most goals scored in a league match as visitors, Osasuna 1–8 Athletic Bilbao (1958–59 season, joint record). Record for a draw with the most goals in a league match, Atlético 6–6 Athletic Bilbao (1949–50 season). All-time La Liga top goalscorers (as a fraction) in a season (home); with 5.44 goals per match (1930–31 season).
Athletic Bilbao is a Spanish football club from Bilbao, Biscay in the Basque Country.. In addition to winning several national league titles and domestic cups since their formation around the start of the 20th century, the club is perhaps best known for their policy of only signing players who have some link to their home territory, and for being one of only three clubs to have participated in ...
Bilbao Athletic played home games at San Mamés during the 2015–16 season due to league requirements, but attracted crowds of only a few thousand for most games. After 19 seasons in Segunda División B, Bilbao Athletic returned to the second tier after defeating Cádiz CF 3–1 on aggregate in the promotion playoffs. [5]