Athletic Bilbao facts for kids

Athletic Bilbao
Full name	Athletic Club
Founded	1898
Ground	San Mamés Stadium,; Bilbao, Spain
Capacity	39,750
Chairman	Fernando García Macua
Manager	Joaquín Caparrós
League	La Liga
2012/13	La Liga, 12th

The syuad with the Copa del Rey 1903

Athletic Club, most often known in English as Athletic Bilbao, is a football club which plays in Spain.

The club formed from a merger of two football clubs ; Bilbao F.C. and Athletic Club in 1903.

Honours

National tournaments

La Liga

Winners (8): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1955–56, 1982–83, 1983–84.

Runners-up (7): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1940–41, 1946–47, 1951–52, 1969–70, 1997–98.

Copa del Rey

Winners (23): 1903, 1904, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1969, 1972–73, 1983–84.

Runners-up (13): 1905, 1906, 1913, 1920, 1942, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1976–77, 1984–85, 2008–09, 2011–12.

Supercopa de España

Winners (1): 1984*.

(* Won Copa del Rey and La Liga)

Runners-up (2): 1983, 2009.

Copa Eva Duarte

Winners (1): 1950.

Runners-up (1): 1945

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	La Liga	12th
2001/02	La Liga	8th
2002/03	La Liga	7th
2003/04	La Liga	5th
2004/05	La Liga	9th
2005/06	La Liga	12th
2006/07	La Liga	17th
2007/08	La Liga	11th
2008/09	La Liga	13th

Former position

1929 : La Liga - 3rd
1929/30 : La Liga - Champions
1930/31 : La Liga - Champions
1931/32 : La Liga - 2nd
1932/33 : La Liga - 2nd
1933/34 : La Liga - Champions
1934/35 : La Liga - 4th
1935/36 : La Liga - Champions
1939/40 : La Liga - 3rd
1940/41 : La Liga - 2nd
1941/42 : La Liga - 7th
1942/43 : La Liga - Champions
1943/44 : La Liga - 10th
1944/45 : La Liga - 6th
1945/46 : La Liga - 3rd
1946/47 : La Liga - 2nd
1947/48 : La Liga - 6th
1948/49 : La Liga - 6th
1949/50 : La Liga - 6th
1950/51 : La Liga - 7th
1951/52 : La Liga - 2nd
1952/53 : La Liga - 6th
1953/54 : La Liga - 6th
1954/55 : La Liga - 3rd
1955/56 : La Liga - Champions
1956/57 : La Liga - 4th
1957/58 : La Liga - 6th
1958/59 : La Liga - 3rd
1959/60 : La Liga - 3rd
1960/61 : La Liga - 6th
1961/62 : La Liga - 5th
1962/63 : La Liga - 10th
1963/64 : La Liga - 8th
1964/65 : La Liga - 7th
1965/66 : La Liga - 5th
1966/67 : La Liga - 7th
1967/68 : La Liga - 7th
1968/69 : La Liga - 11th
1969/70 : La Liga - 2nd
1970/71 : La Liga - 5th
1971/72 : La Liga - 9th
1972/73 : La Liga - 9th
1973/74 : La Liga - 5th
1974/75 : La Liga - 10th
1975/76 : La Liga - 5th
1976/77 : La Liga - 3rd
1977/78 : La Liga - 3rd
1978/79 : La Liga - 9th
1979/80 : La Liga - 7th
1980/81 : La Liga - 9th
1981/82 : La Liga - 4th
1982/83 : La Liga - Champions
1983/84 : La Liga - Champions
1984/85 : La Liga - 3rd
1985/86 : La Liga - 3rd
1986/87 : La Liga - 13th
1987/88 : La Liga - 4th
1988/89 : La Liga - 7th
1989/90 : La Liga - 12th
1990/91 : La Liga - 12th
1991/92 : La Liga - 14th
1992/93 : La Liga - 8th
1993/94 : La Liga - 5th
1994/95 : La Liga - 8th
1995/96 : La Liga - 15th
1996/97 : La Liga - 6th
1997/98 : La Liga - 2nd
1998/99 : La Liga - 8th
1999/00 : La Liga - 11th

Images for kids

1930-31 La Liga winner team
Telmo Zarra, the club's all-time leading goalscorer
Important 1970s-era players Dani (L) and Iribar (R) along with coach Aguirre (C)
Óscar de Marcos in Moscow
Athletic Bilbao fans in Bucharest before the Europa League final
'old' San Mamés in 2007
The 'new' San Mamés in a partially completed state in 2013
Ernesto Valverde at a Champions League press confererence
San Mamés exterior at night
Athletic's team champions of 1921 Copa del Rey
Panoramic view of San Mames stadium.