Athletic Bilbao facts for kids

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Athletic Bilbao

Full name	Athletic Club
Founded	1898
Ground	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao, Spain
Ground 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

Images for kids

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  The team which won the 1911 Copa del Rey

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  1930-31 La Liga winner team

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  Basque derby of 1944, Real Sociedad vs. Atlético Bilbao in the Atotxa stadium.

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  Important 1970s-era players Dani (L) and Iribar (R) along with coach Aguirre (C)

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  Athletic Bilbao fans in Bucharest before the Europa League final

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  'old' San Mamés in 2007

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  Athletic's 1921 Copa del Rey team

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  1903 AC crest

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  1913 flag

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  1922 shield

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  Panoramic view of San Mames stadium.

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  An aerial view of the Lezama complex, 2019