ATHLETIC BILBAO

Last updated : 31/08/2023 13:57:35

Introduction

ATHLETIC BILBAO are a Sunday League football team made up of 29 team members.

The team is from Bilbao, Madrid, Spain and play in the Laliga Santander Primera División.

ATHLETIC BILBAO started using TeamStats in March 2020 and so far have created match reports and statistics for 23 games.

Team Details

Athletic Club (Basque: Bilboko Athletic Kluba; Spanish: Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as just Athletic, is a Spanish professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain. They are known as Los Leones (The Lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés, which was named after Saint Mammes, an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. Mammes pacified the lions and was later made a saint. The team plays its home matches at the San Mamés Stadium. Its home colours are red and white-striped shirts with black shorts.

Athletic are the fourth most successful club in La Liga with eight titles to their name. In the table of Copa del Rey titles, Athletic is second only to Barcelona, having won it 23 times. It is also the most successful Basque football club in both league and cup titles won. The club also has one of the most successful women's teams in Spain, which has won five championships in the Primera División Femenina.

The club is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929, the others being Real Madrid and Barcelona.

History

Athletic Bilbao was founded on 1898 by a group of British and Basque sportsmen. The club's first home ground was the Ibaiondo field, but they moved to the San Mamés Stadium in 1913.

Athletic won their first La Liga title in 1929, and they went on to win the league a further seven times. They also won the Copa del Rey 23 times, most recently in 2015.

Athletic have a long-standing policy of only signing players who have Basque ancestry. This policy has been controversial at times, but it has also helped to create a strong sense of identity within the club.

Recent seasons

Athletic have not won a major trophy since 2015. However, they have finished in the top four of La Liga in each of the last three seasons.

In the 2022-23 season, Athletic finished third in La Liga, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. They also reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, where they were knocked out by Barcelona.

LaLiga Santander

LaLiga Santander is the top professional football league in Spain. It is contested by 20 teams, and the season runs from August to May.

The current champions are Real Madrid, who have won the title a record 35 times. Barcelona are the second most successful team, with 26 titles.

LaLiga Santander is one of the most popular football leagues in the world. It is broadcast in over 200 countries, and it has a global audience of over 500 million people.

The league is known for its fast-paced, attacking style of play. It is also one of the most competitive leagues in the world, with any team capable of winning on any given day.

The 2023-24 season of LaLiga Santander is scheduled to start on August 12, 2023.

Sources: