Athletic Club (Basque: Athletic Kluba; Spanish: Athletic Club), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (Spanish: Athletic de Bilbao), [4 ] or simply Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao, Spain.
Prior to the 2011–12 season, Athletic's members held their latest presidential election, with incumbent Fernando García Macua [es] defeated by former player Josu Urrutia.
Since then, Bilbao has experienced an exponential growth in population thanks to industrialisation. After a peak of 433,115 inhabitants in 1982, the municipalities of the Txorierri valley were removed from Bilbao, with the corresponding loss…
The Athletic–Barcelona clásico refers to football matches between Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona, two clubs competing in Spanish football competitions.