Athletic Club got their La Liga season off to a fine start with a thrilling 3-2 win against Sevilla at the San Mamés Barria. Los Leones put their miserable pre-season form firmly behind them in front of 49,134 raucous home fans despite a strong fight-back from the visitors in the second half. Nico Williams, who […]
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Arsenal defeat concludes poor pre-season for Athletic
A 3-0 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium rounded off a disappointing series of pre-season friendlies for Athletic Club. They were well beaten by an Arsenal side who took the lead through new signing Viktor Gyökeres in the 35th minute. The Swede rose highest in the box to score with a powerful header from […]
Ander Herrera – Player Profile
Full Name: Ander Herrera AgüeraDate of Birth: 11/08/1989Place of Birth: BilbaoNationality: ESPPosition: Central MidfielderClubs: Real Zaragoza, Athletic Club, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Athletic Club, Boca Juniors Ander Herrera is a Basque central midfielder who spent the bulk of his career playing for Athletic Club in Spain and Manchester United in England. He began his career with Real Zaragoza and […]
MUACOL players at AFCON 2023
Five MUACOL players were called up to their respective national team squads for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, which somewhat confusingly took place in January 2024, in the Ivory Coast. There wasn’t a huge amount to celebrate for any of them as they all experienced somewhat disappointing campaigns. You can read a summary of […]
Mid-Season Report: Athletic Club
Athletic Club Men’s Team: It has been a very positive first half of the 2023-24 season for the Athletic Club men’s team. They have performed above expectations, playing some exciting attacking football, and are in contention for Champions League qualification. They overcame an opening day defeat at home to Real Madrid to climb up to […]
Bilbao and Lyon top big five leagues for home-grown players
The Football Observatory at the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) has published a world ranking of football clubs showing which have fielded the most home-grown players in domestic league matches so far this season. The results make for very interesting reading from the perspective of this website because Athletic Club and Olympique Lyonnais are […]
Athletic Club 3-0 Cádiz
Ernesto Valverde’s Athletic picked up their third win of the season to move up to a provisional third place in the table with a crushing 3-0 victory over Cádiz in front of 42,881 fans at the San Mamés. The home side had much the better of the first half and rattled the crossbar twice before […]
Bilbao Athletic rout Barbastro to kickstart season
Bilbao Athletic, the ‘B’ team of Athletic Club, thrashed Barbastro 4-0 at Lezama to pick up their first win of the season in Group II of the Segunda Federación, the fourth tier of the Spanish football pyramid. A pair of first half strikes from Iker Varela, either side of a fine direct free-kick from Urko […]
Matchday 5: Athletic face Cadiz
Athletic Club face Cádiz CF at San Mamés in a 13:00 kick off on Saturday the 17th of September for matchday five of the 2023-24 La Liga season. The two clubs are currently locked together on seven points in the La Liga table, in fifth and sixth places respectively, having experienced similar starts to the […]
Solid start for Athletic
Athletic Club have made a solid start to their 2023-24 La Liga campaign, winning two, drawing one and losing one match prior to the first international break of the season. The seven points that they have garnered thus far leave them in joint fourth place in the nascent league table. Their solitary defeat came in […]