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In the 1930s, Athletic Bilbao won four leagues and four cups in just six years. In the image, the 1930–31 La Liga winning team. Along with fellow Basque clubs such as Real Unión , Arenas Club de Getxo and Real Sociedad , Athletic was a founding member of La Liga in 1928 and by 1930 they were joined by CD Alavés ; five of the ten clubs in ...
Despite the economical woes the country was going through at the time, especially the Basque people, 52.6% of the total €211 million (£178 million) cost of the stadium was paid by public institution - some by the Basque Government (€50m), some by the Bilbao City Council (€11m) and some by the Biscay Provincial Council (€50m including ...
Athletic Bilbao : 2–0: AZ: Bilbao, Spain: 21:00 CEST : I. Williams 72' Ruiz de Galarreta 82 ' Sancet 85' Report: Maikuma 42 ' Van Bommel 78 ' Stadium: San Mamés
The Lezama Facilities (Basque: Lezamako Kirol-instalakuntzak, Spanish: Instalaciones de Lezama), are the training ground and academy of the Primera Division club Athletic Bilbao. Located in the village of Lezama , around 10–15 kilometers east of Bilbao , the facilities were opened in 1971 and currently cover 13 hectares (130,000 square meters).
San Mamés Stadium (Spanish: Estadio San Mamés [esˈtaðjo sam maˈmes]; also known as La Catedral [la kateˈðɾal], "The Cathedral"), was a football stadium in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. The stadium was the home of Athletic Bilbao , known as Los Leones de San Mamés - Bilboko lehoiak (The Lions of San Mamés).
Lezama is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is home to the training headquarters of the football team Athletic Bilbao , and is accessible by bus - BizkaiBus (A3223) - from Bilbao .
José Maria Castellanos was born on 8 April 1909 in Bilbao, Biscay, and began his footballing career at his hometown club Athletic Bilbao in 1928, at the age of 19, [1] shortly before his father Manuel became the club's president in 1929. [5]
Athletic won the Copa del Rey three times between 1914 and 1916. The team of that period included the prolific goalscorer Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno ; he scored the first goal in the San Mamés Stadium on 21 August 1913, scored a hat-trick in the 1915 Copa del Rey final, and his 89 games for the club produced a total of 78 goals.