Athletic Bilbao is a Spanish football club of Bilbao city, founded in 1898. It has played its entire history in La Liga since its creation in 1929, without being relegated, and is the third most successful club in Spain with 37 official honours.
This article contains historical and current statistics and records pertaining to the club.
Honours
Awards
- Amberes Trophy (2): 1953, 1959
- Martini&Rossi Trophy (1): 1956
- Pichichi Trophy (12): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1975.
- Zamora Trophy (7): 1930, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1947, 1970, 2024.
Club records
- One of the three clubs that have never been relegated from La Liga, along with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
- Five-time La Liga and Copa del Rey winner in the same season.
- First team to be permanently awarded the original Liga trophy.
- Won La Liga unbeaten (1929âÂÂ30 season, joint record).
- Record for biggest Liga win, Athletic Bilbao 12âÂÂ1 Barcelona (1930âÂÂ31 season).
- Record for most goals scored in a league match (includes both sides), 14 with Athletic Bilbao 9âÂÂ5 Racing Santander (1932âÂÂ33 season).
- Record for most goals scored in a league match as visitors, Osasuna 1âÂÂ8 Athletic Bilbao (1958âÂÂ59 season, joint record).
- Record for a draw with the most goals in a league match, Atlético 6âÂÂ6 Athletic Bilbao (1949âÂÂ50 season).
- All-time La Liga top goalscorers (as a fraction) in a season (home); with 5.44 goals per match (1930âÂÂ31 season).
- All-time La Liga goalscorer (as a fraction) in a season (away); with 3.11 goals per match (1931âÂÂ32 season).
- All-time La Liga goalscorer (as a fraction) in a season; with 4.06 goals per match (1930âÂÂ31 season).
- Biggest away victories (in percentages) in a season with 8 out of 9, 89% (1932âÂÂ33 season).
- Biggest number of away points (percentage) in a season with 16 out of 18, 89% (1932âÂÂ33 season).
- Of the current Primera División teams, heaviest defeats inflicted at home ground against Barcelona, Real Betis, Espanyol and Celta Vigo (also Sporting Gijón, Zaragoza, Tenerife, Salamanca, Mérida and Lleida).
- Of the current Primera División teams, heaviest La Liga defeats inflicted away against Barcelona (0âÂÂ6), Real Madrid (0âÂÂ6), Espanyol (1âÂÂ5) and Osasuna (1âÂÂ8).
- Most goals scored in a Copa del Rey competition: 12 against Celta Vigo.
Players
Games only include professional matches. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics for current players are updated continuously throughout the year. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.
Most appearances
Top goalscorers
Players global records
- Telmo Zarra is the all-time goalscorer in the history of Copa del Rey, 81 goals.
- Telmo Zarra is the player with the highest number of goals in a Copa del Rey final, 4.
- Telmo Zarra is the Spanish player with most goals scored in the history of La Liga, 251 goals.
- Telmo Zarra is the Spanish player with most Pichichi Trophys, 6.
- Telmo Zarra is the Spanish player with the highest number of hat-tricks in a league season, 23.
- AgustÃÂn GaÃÂnza is the top goalscorer in a Copa del Rey match, eight goals (Athletic Bilbao 12âÂÂ1 Celta Vigo, 1946âÂÂ47 season).
- Bata is the biggest goalscorer in a single match of La Liga: seven goals (Athletic Bilbao 12âÂÂ1 Barcelona, 1930âÂÂ31 season, joint record).
- AgustÃÂn GaÃÂnza is the player with most Copa del Rey final wins, 7.
- AgustÃÂn GaÃÂnza and José MarÃÂa Belauste are players with most Copa del Rey finals (disputed), both have 9 confirmed wins.
- AgustÃÂn GaÃÂnza is the player with most Copa del Rey matches, 99.
Individual honours
Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is an award given by the Spanish newspaper Marca to the top scorer of the league season.
Golden Pichichi Trophy
The Golden Pichichi Trophy is a special award given by the newspaper Marca in 2003 as a tribute to the living players with the most Pichichi Trophies in La Liga history. Only Telmo Zarra and Quini have this award.
Zamora Trophy
The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is an award established by Spanish newspaper Marca in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio. The list also includes retrospective winners under the same rules before the trophy was introduced.
Zarra Trophy
The Zarra Trophy is an award established by Spanish newspaper Marca in 2006. The award goes to the top scorer of Spanish nationality (born or acquired).
Transfers
Record transfer fees paid
Record transfer fees received
Trajectory
League career
Data obtained from the official club website.
Biggest wins
La Liga
Copa del Rey
Europe
Footnotes
A. The "Europe" column constitutes goals and appearances in the UEFA Competitions.
B. The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances in the Supercopa de España and the Copa de la Liga.
References
Specific
General
External links
From official website: