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Athletic Bilbao Football Club News
- Nickname:Rojiblancos, Los Leones
- Founded:1898
- Manager:Marcelo Bielsa
- Ground:San Mames
- Capacity:40,000
- Last Game: 29-Mar-2012 20:05
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Founded in 1898, Athletic Bilbao have quite the history behind them, with 8 La Liga titles, 23 Copa del Rey trophies, 1 Supercopa de Espana and 1 Copa Eva Duarte, the club has seen its fair share of glory. But they haven't seen any silverware since 1984.
The club was originally called Bilbao FC until 1941 when a decree issued by franco banned the use of non Spanish names and also got rid of the policy to only let Basque born players play in the team.
Players who have gone down in Athletic Bilbaos history include Jose Angel Iribarl, Telmo Zamora, Andono Iraola, Pablo Orbaiz, and Fernando Llorente Torres.
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