Athletic Bilbao

General

Kit history

Athletic Bilbao
Full name	Athletic Bilbao
Nickname(s)	Lehoiak (The Lions) Zuri-Gorriak (The Red and Whites)
Founded	18 July 1898
Ground	Estadio San Mamés (Capacity: 53,289)
Chairman	Jon Uriarte
Manager	Ernesto Valverde
Current League	La Liga
2024–25	La Liga, 4th
Website	Club home page
Current season

Athletic Club, commonly known as Athletic Bilbao, is a football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions. In the historical classification of La Liga, Athletic Bilbao are in 4th place and one of only three clubs which have never been relegated from La Liga (the others being Real Madrid and Barcelona). They also have won Copa del Rey 24 times, second only to Barcelona. Athletic is known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting players from other Basque clubs. Athletic's official policy is to sign players native to or trained in football in the greater Basque Country.

Athletic Bilbao contest the Basque derby rivalry with Real Sociedad. Real Madrid are also considered club rivals due to political and sporting rivalry. The team plays its home matches at the San Mamés Stadium. Its home colours are red and white-striped shirts with black shorts. The club also has a women's team, which has won 4 championships in the Spanish Superliga.

Players

Current squad

As of 10 September 2025

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Unai Simón 2 DF Andoni Gorosabel 3 DF Dani Vivian 4 DF Aitor Paredes 5 DF Yeray Álvarez (3rd captain) 6 MF Mikel Vesga 7 FW Álex Berenguer 8 MF Oihan Sancet 9 FW Iñaki Williams (captain) 10 FW Nico Williams 11 FW Gorka Guruzeta 12 DF Jesús Areso 14 DF Aymeric Laporte 15 DF Iñigo Lekue (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta 17 DF Yuri Berchiche (4th captain) 18 MF Mikel Jauregizar 19 DF Adama Boiro 20 MF Unai Gómez 21 FW Maroan Sannadi 22 FW Nico Serrano 23 FW Robert Navarro 24 MF Beñat Prados 25 FW Urko Izeta 27 GK Álex Padilla 29 DF Unai Egiluz 30 MF Alejandro Rego

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player GK Julen Agirrezabala (at Valencia until 30 June 2026) GK Oier Gastesi (at Arenas Getxo until 30 June 2026) DF Hugo Rincón (at Girona until 30 June 2026) MF Beñat Gerenabarrena (at Castellón until 30 June 2026) MF Peio Canales (at Racing Santander until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player MF Unai Vencedor (at Levante until 30 June 2026) FW Aingeru Olabarrieta (at Andorra until 30 June 2026) FW Álvaro Djaló (at Al-Gharafa until 30 June 2026) FW Ekain Azkune (at SV Ried until 30 June 2026) FW Iker Varela (at Mirandés until 30 June 2026)

Reserve team

Main article: Bilbao Athletic

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 GK Mikel Santos 34 DF Jon de Luis

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 DF Ander Izagirre

Club alumni

Former players

Main article: Athletic Bilbao players

Managers

Main article: Athletic Bilbao managers

Club honours

Domestic

• 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 (14): 1905, 1906, 1913, 1920, 1942, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1976–77, 1984–85, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15
• Supercopa de España
  • Winners (3): 1984, 2015, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (2): 1983, 2009
• Copa Eva Duarte (Predecessor to the Supercopa de España)
  • Winners (1): 1950
  • Runners-up (1): 1945
• Copa de la Coronación
  • Winners (1): 1902

International

• UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
  • Runners-up (2): 1976–77, 2011–12
• Latin Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1956

Regional

• Northern Championship / Biscay Championship
  • Winners (15): 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1939–40
  • Runners-up (4): 1916–17, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1929–30
• Copa Vasca
  • Winners (1): 1935

External links

• Official website (Spanish) (English)
• Athletic Bilbao at La Liga (English) (Spanish)
• Athletic Bilbao at UEFA (English) (Spanish)

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