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 Athletic Bilbao

Full name Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio S.p.A.
  • Athletic Club (Basque: Bilboko Athletic Kluba; Spanish: Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country in Spain.
  • They are known as Los Leones (The Lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes).
  • 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.
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  • 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.
Nickname(s) La Dea (The Goddess)
Gli Orobici
I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues)
Founded 17 October 1907; 114 years ago
Ground Gewiss Stadium
Capacity 21,747
Owner La Dea srl (86%)
(Stephen Pagliuca and others 55%; Antonio Percassi 45%)
Others (14%)
President[3] Antonio Percassi
Head coach Gian Piero Gasperini
League La Liga
2021–22 La Liga, 8th of 20