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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 ...
[3] [4] Of the 50 shirts bought by Elorduy, half of them stayed at his grandparents' house, and it was after Athletic's tribute dinner to its Madrid branch, Atlético Madrid, on 1 January 1911, that he was approached by Manuel Rodríguez Arzuaga, the patron of Atlético, [7] who asked him to bring them from his home in Bilbao to Madrid, stating ...
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).
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]
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).
The event was attended by: the Lehendakari of the Basque Country, Patxi López; the Deputy-General of Biscay, José Luis Bilbao; the Mayor of Bilbao, Iñaki Azkuna; the Chairman of Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Mario Fernández; the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Ángel María Villar and the President of Athletic Club, Fernando ...
The 2013–14 season was Athletic Bilbao's 115th in existence and the club's 83rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to La Liga, Athletic Bilbao also competed in the Copa del Rey , being eliminated in the quarter-finals.