Athletic Club

Also known as Athletic, Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club de Bilbao

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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Vinony's link graph records 3,596 inbound references to Athletic Club, and connects out to Basque Country, Francisco Franco and Basques.

The entry is geolocated on the map in PV.

It is catalogued under topics including 1898 establishments in Spain, Association football clubs established in 1898 and Athletic Bilbao.

Vinony links it to 85 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: association football club
Official name: Athletic Club
Participant in: Supercopa de España de fútbol 2025
Country: Spain
Located in: Bilbao
Headquarters: Ibaigane Palace
Subsidiary: CD Baskonia
Sport: association football
League: La Liga
Official website: www.athletic-club.eus

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home venue: Lezama Facilities
head coach: Ernesto Valverde
Commons category: Athletic Club de Bilbao
topic's main category: Category:Athletic Bilbao
inception: 1898-07-18
nickname: Zurigorriak
topic has template: Template:Fb team Athletic Bilbao
social media followers: 665000
category for members of a team: Category:Athletic Bilbao footballers
official color: white
sRGB color hex triplet: FFFFFF
native label: Athletic Club
different from: Athletic Club

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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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