Athletic Bilbao
European Cup quarter-finalists at their first attempt, past Porto and Honved.
Athletic Club, known as Athletic Bilbao, are a Spanish club from Bilbao nicknamed the Lions.
Quick Facts
- Club
- Athletic Club
- Nickname
- Lehoiak (The Lions); Zuri-Gorriak (The Red-and-Whites)
- Founded
- 18 July 1898
- Stadium
- Estadio San Mamés
- Capacity
- 53,289
- Chairman
- Jon Uriarte
- Manager
- Edin Terzić
- Season
- Athletic Bilbao2
Lore & Background
In their European Cup debut Athletic reached the quarter-finals after knocking out FC Porto and Ferenc Puskas's Honved. Luis Fernandez took them back to the Champions League by finishing second in La Liga in 1998, and under Ernesto Valverde they beat Napoli in the first full-capacity match at the new San Mames to reach the group stage, where they finished third.
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