Athletic Club, also commonly known as Athletic Bilbao, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country. They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés. Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. Mammes pacified the lions and was later made a saint.Athletic have won La Liga on eight occasions, fourth most in the history of the league. In the table of Copa del Rey titles, Athletic is second only to Barcelona, having won it 23 times. Read More
Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman defended Lionel Messi, who received a red card during the Supercopa de Espana final against Athletic Club, saying that it was a "normal" reaction from the Argentine as the opponents fouled him many times. ...
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has said that striker James Rodriguez wanted to be left out of La Liga fixture against Athletic Club on Sunday. ...
Star striker Messi scored a late goal to give FC Barcelona a 1-0 win to Atletico Madrid to keep them at the top of the Liga Santander table ahead of Real Madrid. ...