Congratulations, that is your club

Welcome to Athletic Club. You are Los Leones now, if you want to be.

Nothing is binding here and nobody is checking. Plenty of people follow more than one club, and plenty change their mind in the first season. Everything below is what to know as you start.

La Liga · finished 12th last season

Athletic Club

Spain · Bilbao · San Mamés

The Basque club that only fields players with Basque ties, making it unique in world football, with a fierce local identity and a modern San Mamés.

League: La Liga
Position: 12th, 45 points
Founded: 1898
Stadium: San Mamés
Colours: Red / White / Black
Nickname: Los Leones

Last season

Athletic finished 12th in the La Liga with 45 points from 38 matches: 13 won, 6 drawn, 19 lost. That is mid-table: not chasing Europe, not in danger of relegation. That is the 2025-26 season; 2026-27 has only just kicked off.

See the full table Official site

When they next play

The first question most new supporters have. Kickoff times are shown as dates here; exact times shift for television.

Sat, Aug 22Home against Sevilla FC
Thu, Aug 27Away against Barça
Sun, Aug 30Away against Celta
Sun, Sep 6Home against Atleti
Sun, Sep 13Home against Elche

Fixture list retrieved 2026-08-04. Matches move.

What to know before you follow them

The signing policy is the whole point. Athletic will not buy global superstars the way Madrid or Barcelona do.

The colours and the crowd

Supporters are known as Los Leones.

Red
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White
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What people sing

Aupa Athletic / Alirón
Terrace songs that fill San Mamés when the team is rolling. Learning the chorus is the usual first step.

Who the rivals are

Real Sociedad
The Basque derby. Neighbours, shared culture, and the fixture that matters most in the region.
Real Madrid and Barcelona
Not local derbies so much as the clubs Athletic’s model refuses to copy.