Athletic Club, commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a Spa...
Athletic Club, commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a Spanish professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque C...
Athletic Club, commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a Spanish professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country in Spain. They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés. Mammes was 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 have won La Liga on eight occasions, fourth most in the history of the league. 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.
