Athletic Club

As an institution, Athletic Club and its supporters are characterised by their desire to defend a set of values which are becoming increasingly uncommon in football and 21st century sports. Our pride, fully reflected in the clubs policy concerning its youth academy, has become a uniting force which outweighs any differences found in our daily lives, making our philosophy different to any other and different to the way football is understood throughout the world. Athletic Club is located in Bilbao, a city in the Basque province of Biscay. The clubs sporting philosophy is governed by a code which states that Athletic Club may only field players who have come through the clubs own academy or the academies of the other clubs in The Basque Country, as well as players who were born in the following territories which constitute the Basque Country: Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Alava, Navarre, Labourd, Soule and Lower Navarre. Our mens team is one of the most successful in LaLiga history. Theyve won ...