Athletic Club
Spanish association football team from Bilbao, Spain
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Athletic Club is a professional soccer team based in Bilbao, Spain, that has been a prominent fixture in Spanish football for over a century. The club is notable for its tradition of only signing players with Basque Country roots, a unique policy that distinguishes it from other major European football clubs.
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Athletic Club (Basque: Athletic Kluba; Spanish: Athletic Club), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (Spanish: Athletic de Bilbao), or simply Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao, Spain. They are known as Lehoiak (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. 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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1898 establishments in SpainAssociation football clubs established in 1898Athletic BilbaoCommons link is locally definedCoordinates not on WikidataCopa del Rey winnersFootball clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community)La Liga clubsMen's football clubs in SpainSports clubs and teams in BilbaoUnrelegated association football clubs