| San Mamés Stadium (1913) | ||
| La Catedral | ||
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| Full name | Estadio San Mamés | |
| Owners | Athletic Bilbao | |
| Location | Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain | |
| Built | 20 January 1913 | |
| Renovated | 1952, 1982 | |
| Closed | 5 June 2013 | |
| Demolished | 6 June 2013 | |
| Capacity | 39,670 | |
| Field dimensions | 104 x 68 m | |
San Mamés Stadium (also known as La Catedral, "The Cathedral"), was a football stadium in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. The stadium was the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as Los Leones de San Mamés-Bilboko lehoiak (The Lions of San Mamés). They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian, according to legend, who was thrown to the lions by the Romans.
The club's new stadium, of the same name, was inaugurated on 16 September 2013.
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José Rico Peréz (Alicante) · Martínez Valero (Elche) · Camp Nou (Barcelona) · Sarrià (Barcelona) · San Mamés (Bilbao) · El Molinón (Gijón) · Riazor (La Coruña) · Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid) · Vicente Calderón (Madrid) · La Rosaleda (Malaga) · Carlos Tartiere (Oviedo) · La Romareda (Zaragoza) · Municipal de Heliópolis (Sevilla) · Pizjuán (Sevilla) · Luis Casanova (Valencia) · José Zorrilla (Villadolid) Balaídos (Vigo) |