Athletic Bilbao B

Bilbao Athletic

Full name

Athletic Club

Nickname(s)

Los Leones / Lehoiak
(The Lions)
Los Cachorros / Katxorroak
(The Puppies)

Founded

1964

Ground

San Mamés

Capacity

54,500

Chairman

Manager

League

Segunda División, 22nd (relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Bilbao Athletic, officially named Athletic Club "B" is the reserve team of Athletic Bilbao, club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. The team will play in the Segunda División B in the 2016-17 season, following relegation from the second tier in the previous campaign. Founded in 1964, the team holds home matches at the San Mamés, with a 54,500-seat capacity, or at the small stadium attached to the club's training facility at Lezama.

Reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserves cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, Bilbao Athletic are ineligible for promotion to La Liga. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. In addition, only under-23 players, or under-25 with a professional contract, can switch between senior and reserve teams. In recent years most of Bilbao Athletic's players have been graduates from the club's youth setup (cantera) via the farm team, Basconia.

History

The Bilbao Athletic name was first used in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, when both La Liga and the Copa del Rey were suspended; several of top Athletic players subsequently joined the Euskadi XI. This team was put together at the suggestion of José Antonio Aguirre, the president of the Basque Country, himself a former Athletic Bilbao footballer.

The team went on tour to raise funds for the Basque cause, and also played in Europe and Mexico. However, the Campeonato de Vicaya continued to be played. With their best players on tour with the Basque national team, Athletic Bilbao could only field weakened sides and, as a result, chose to enter under the name Bilbao Athletic. Despite this, they still won the championship; the club's name was derived from the two clubs that merged in 1903 to become Athletic Bilbao – Bilbao Football Club and Athletic Club.

The name was revived in 1964, when Athletic Bilbao decided to establish a reserve team with Agustín Gaínza as coach. The new Bilbao Athletic initially played in local regional leagues before winning promotion to Tercera División in 1966, under Rafa Iriondo; in 1969 they first reached Segunda División.

In 1983–84, with José Ángel Iribar as coach, and an emerging Julio Salinas as striker, the reserves finished in second place, only trailing Castilla CF; both teams were ineligible for promotion, and Salinas won the Pichichi.

Bilbao Athletic dropped back down to the third level in 1996, but the main squad continued to be nurtured with several players which had spells with the reserves.

After 19 seasons in the Segunda División B, Bilbao Athletic returned to the second tier after defeating Cádiz CF, 3–1 on aggregate, in the promotion playoffs. However in their campaign in the Segunda they were reliant on the same group, a core squad of 20-year-olds who had never played at such a high level before, and despite battling performances in most of their games, a pattern of narrow defeats led to the team finishing bottom and being relegated back down at the first attempt. Somewhat ironically, the promoted teams that season were CD Leganés whose squad included 3 players on loan from Athletic who would have been eligible to play for Bilbao Athletic that season, as well as the parent club's local rivals Alavés and Osasuna.

Bilbao Athletic played home games at San Mamés in 2015-16 but attracted crowds of only a few thousand for most games in the 53,000 seat stadium

Background

As farm team:
- Club Atlético de Bilbao Amateur (1964–66)
- Bilbao Atlético Club (1966–72)
- Bilbao Athletic Club (1972–91)
As reserve team:
- Athletic Club B (1991–)

Season to season

As farm team

Season	Division	Place
1964/65	Regional	—
1965/66	Regional	—
1966/67	3ª	1st
1967/68	3ª	3rd
1968/69	3ª	1st
1969/70	2ª	13th
1970/71	3ª	5th
1971/72	3ª	9th
1972/73	3ª	5th
1973/74	3ª	13th
1974/75	3ª	8th
1975/76	3ª	4th
1976/77	3ª	4th
1977/78	2ªB	5th

Season	Division	Place
1978/79	2ªB	7th
1979/80	2ªB	12th
1980/81	2ªB	3rd
1981/82	2ªB	10th
1982/83	2ªB	1st
1983/84	2ª	2nd
1984/85	2ª	15th
1985/86	2ª	7th
1986/87	2ª	6th
1987/88	2ª	17th
1988/89	2ªB	1st
1989/90	2ª	3rd
1990/91	2ª	13th

As reserve team

Season	Division	Place
1991/92	2ª	13th
1992/93	2ª	15th
1993/94	2ª	14th
1994/95	2ª	16th
1995/96	2ª	18th
1996/97	2ªB	12th
1997/98	2ªB	2nd
1998/99	2ªB	6th
1999/00	2ªB	8th
2000/01	2ªB	6th
2001/02	2ªB	6th
2002/03	2ªB	4th
2002/03	2ªB	11th

Season	Division	Place
2004/05	2ªB	9th
2005/06	2ªB	6th
2006/07	2ªB	15th
2007/08	2ªB	15th
2008/09	2ªB	11th
2009/10	2ªB	15th
2010/11	2ªB	12th
2011/12	2ªB	8th
2012/13	2ªB	3rd
2013/14	2ªB	5th
2014/15	2ªB	2nd
2015/16	2ª	22nd
2016/17	2ªB

14 seasons in Segunda División
26 seasons in Segunda División B
10 seasons in Tercera División
2 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

As of 28 September 2016^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Unai Etxebarria
		GK	Unai Simón
		DF	Jon Aguirrezabala
		DF	Andoni López
		DF	Unai Núñez
		DF	Odei Onaindia
		DF	Jon Sillero
		DF	Unai Bilbao
		MF	Martín Bengoa
		MF	Iñigo Córdoba
		MF	Gorka Pérez
		MF	Gorka Iturraspe
		MF	Peru Nolaskoain

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Lander Olaetxea
		MF	Aitor Seguín
		MF	Tarsi Aguado
		MF	Iker Undabarrena
		MF	Urtzi Urcelay
		FW	Izaro Abella
		FW	Gorka Guruzeta
		FW	Iker Hernández
		FW	Iñigo Vicente
		FW	Jurgi Oteo
		FW	Oli
		FW	Asier Villalibre

Honours

Biscay Championships: 1938–39
Segunda División B: 1982–83, 1988–89
Tercera División: 1966–67, 1968–69

Stadium

Main article: Lezama Facilities

For playing big matches, they use San Mamés, the first team stadium.

Bilbao Athletic in training

Selected managers

Famous players

Note: this list contains players who have appeared in at least 100 league games for the first team or have reached international status.

References

↑ BILBAO ATHLETIC 2016-17; Athletic's official website

External links

Team history at Athletic Bilbao's official website
Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
La Cantera De Lezama Unofficial website focusing on Athletic’s cantera teams] (Spanish)

Athletic Bilbao

Players Managers Statistics Seasons

Other teams	Bilbao Athletic Athletic (women) Athletic Juvenil (youth)

Home stadium	Lamiako (1901–1910) Jolaseta (1910–1913) San Mamés (1913–2013) San Mamés (2013–)

Training ground	Lezama Facilities

Affiliated Clubs	CD Basconia

Related articles	Bizcaya Athletic Bilbao signing policy

Rivalries	Basque derby

Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Segunda División B – Group 2

2016–17 clubs

Albacete Amorebieta Arenas Barakaldo Bilbao Athletic Fuenlabrada Gernika Leioa Mensajero Navalcarnero Rayo Majadahonda R. M. Castilla Real Sociedad B Real Unión San Sebastián de los Reyes Sestao Socuéllamos Toledo UD Logroñés Zamudio

Segunda División

2016–17 clubs	Alcorcón Almería Cádiz Córdoba Elche Getafe Gimnàstic Girona Huesca Levante Lugo Mallorca Mirandés Numancia Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Reus Sevilla Atlético Tenerife UCAM Murcia Valladolid Zaragoza

Former teams	Abarán Alavés Albacete Alcoyano Algeciras Alicante CA Almería AD Almería Alzira Arenas Getxo Arosa Atlético Atlético B Atlético Baleares Atlético Ceuta Atlético Tetuán Atlético Marbella Avilés Badajoz Badalona Barakaldo Barcelona B Basconia Betis Bilbao Athletic Burgos (1936) Burgos (1994) Burjassot Cacereño Cartagena FC FC Cartagena Castellón Caudal Celta AgD Ceuta SD Ceuta (Ceuta SC) Compostela Condal Constància Cultural Leonesa Deportivo Écija Eibar EHA Tánger Elche B Eldense Ensidesa Erandio Escoriaza España Espanyol Europa Extremadura Ferroviaria Figueres Getafe Deportivo Granada Granada 74 (C. Murcia) Granollers Gimnástica Lucense Gimnástica Torrelavega Gimnástico Guadalajara Hércules UD Huesca Iberia Imperio Madrid Indautxu Jaén Jerez Industrial Júpiter Juvenil Langreo Las Palmas Leganés Levante FC Linares Linense Llagostera Lleida Logroño Logroñés Lorca (1969) Lorca (2002) CD Málaga Málaga Málaga B Mallorca B UD Melilla (1943) Melilla CF Mérida Mollerussa Moscardó Murcia Nacional Madrid Ontinyent Orihuela Deportiva Osasuna Ourense Palamós Palencia Poli Ejido Ponferradina Pontevedra Puente Genil Puertollano Racing Santander Racing Ferrol Racing Madrid RD Oriamendi Real Burgos Real Córdoba Real Madrid Castilla Real Sociedad Real Unión Recreativo Sabadell Salamanca San Fernando Sant Andreu Sestao SC Sevilla Sporting Gijón Terrassa Toledo Universidad Las Palmas Unión Vigo Valencia Valencia Mestalla Vecindario Villarreal Villarreal B Villarrobledo Xerez Zaragoza B

Competition	Clubs Champions & Promotions Play-offs Players (foreign) Managers (Winners) Stadia Broadcasters Referees

Statistics and awards	Records All-time table Top Scorer (Pichichi) Spanish Top Scorer (Zarra) Best Goalkeeper (Zamora) Best Manager (Miguel Muñoz) Best referee (Guruceta) Player of the Month Manager of the Month

Finances	Richest clubs: Deloitte list Forbes' list Team owners Average attendances

Associated competitions	Copa del Rey Promotion to La Liga; Relegation to Segunda División B

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