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Athletic Bilbao, a professional football club based in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, has competed in international tournaments as representatives of La Liga since 1956. The club's first entry into an official competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) was the European Cup in 1956–57 (its second edition) as ...
Athletic Club ( Basque: Bilboko Athletic Kluba; Spanish: Athletic Club de Bilbao ), commonly known as just Athletic domestically and often as Athletic Bilbao abroad, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain.
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Apr 2, 2021 · Athletic Bilbao: Basque club facing two Copa del Rey finals in two weeks - BBC Sport. 2 April 2021. Getty Images. Inaki Williams scored the winner as Athletic Bilbao beat Barcelona 3-2 in...
Apr 15, 2021 · Ben Wray, Bella Caledonia’s European Feature Writer, examines the Bilbao club’s unique policy of only having Basque players in their team, and asks whether this tradition is a help or a hindrance in the globalised big business world which is modern football?
Nov 15, 2019 · For more than a century, only those born or raised in the Basque Country, made up of four provinces in north-east Spain and three in south-west France, are eligible to play for Athletic. It is...
Before Spanish football incorporates foreign players, the club reinforces its commitment to youth. Athletic Under-18s (1960) and Bilbao Athletic (1964) are created. In addition, Lezama, the first purpose-built football academy in the country, is designed (1969).
