Athletic Club

Athletic Club Squad

Famously, Athletic Club only employ players who were born or raised in Euskadi (The Basque Country) or who have Basque ancestry. Their coaching staff, however, can be from anywhere. The current squad is as follows:

Manager

• Ernesto Valverde

Goalkeepers

• Unai Simón
• Julen Agirrezabala

Defenders

• Óscar De Marcos
• Iñigo Lekue
• Peru Nolaskoain
• Yeray Álvarez
• Yuri Berchiche
• Daniel Vivian
• Aitor Paredes
• Imanol García de Albéniz

Midfielders

• Dani García
• Iker Muniain
• Raúl García
• Oihan Sancet
• Mikel Vesga
• Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
• Ander Herrera
• Beñat Prados
• Unai Gómez

Forwards

• Asier Villalibre
• Iñaki Williams
• Álex Berenguer
• Nico Williams
• Gorka Guruzeta
• Malcom Adu Ares

Athletic Club Palmarès

The palmarès (honours list) of Athletic Club de Bilbao, showing all the major trophies that the football club has won during its prestigious history, and the years in which they won them.

Spanish Champions

Athletic Club has been ever-present in the top division (Primera División) of LaLiga since it began in 1929 and has won the Spanish league championship title on eight occasions:
1929–30* (30 points)
1930–31* (22 points)
1933–34 (24 points)
1935–36 (31 points)
1942–43* (36 points)
1955–56* (48 points)
1982–83 (50 points)
1983–84* (49 points)

Copa Del Rey Winners

Athletic Club has won the main Spanish knock-out cup competition, the ‘Copa del Rey’ on twenty-four occasions since it was first held in 1903:
1903 (3-2 v Real Madrid)
1904 (awarded)
1910 (1-0 v Vasconia to win final group)
1911 (3-1 v Español)
1914 (2-1 v España FC)
1915 (5-0 v Español)
1916 (4-0 v Real Madrid)
1921 (4-1 v Athletic Madrid)
1923 (1-0 v CD Europa)
1930* (3-2 v Real Madrid a.e.t.)
1931* (3-1 v Real Betis)
1932 (1-0 v Barcelona)
1933 (2-1 v Real Madrid)
1943* (1-0 v Real Madrid a.e.t.)
1944 (2-0 v Valencia)
1945 (3-2 v Valencia)
1950 (4-1 v Real Valladolid a.e.t.)
1955 (1-0 v Sevilla)
1956* (2-1 v Atlético de Madrid)
1958 (2-0 v Real Madrid)
1969 (1-0 v Elche)
1973 (2-0 v CD Castellón)
1984* (1-0 v Barcelona)

2024 (1-1 v Mallorca a.e.t., 4-2 pens.)

Supercopa de España

This is contested by the league champions and the cup winners. Since 2019-20, the runners-up from those two competitions have also been included. Athletic Club have won it on four occasions:
1950 (Copa Eva Duarte)
1984
2015
2020-21

Copa de la Coronación

This was a precursor to the Copa del Rey and was held as a one-off event in 1902 to mark the coronation of King Alfonso XIII:
1902 – Link to Wiki page

*Denotes years in which Athletic Club won the league and cup double.

You can view an even fuller Athletic Club palmarès, including all their minor trophy wins on this Wikipedia page.