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Club facts: Athletic

Athletic Club
Formed: 1898
Nickname: Los Leones (The Lions)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: (1977), (2012)

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 8 (1984)
Spanish Cup: 23 (1984)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise)
2016/17: round of 32
2015/16: quarter-finals
2014/15:
round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2013/14:
did not take part in UEFA club competition
2012/13:
group stage
2011/12:
runners-up
2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition
2009/10: round of 32
2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition
2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition

Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
6-0: Athletic v HJK Helsinki
23/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg

• Biggest away win
1-7: Standard Liège v Athletic
16/12/04, UEFA Cup group stage

• Heaviest home defeat
0-3:
Athletic v Werder Bremen
16/12/09, UEFA Europa League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat
5-1: Juventus v Athletic
26/10/88, UEFA Cup second round first leg
4-0: Anderlecht v Athletic
25/02/10, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg

UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
• Biggest home win
6-0: Athletic v HJK Helsinki (see above)

• Biggest away win
1-7: Standard Liège v Athletic (see above)

• Heaviest home defeat
0-3: Athletic v Werder Bremen (see above)

• Heaviest away defeat
5-1: Juventus v Athletic (see above)
4-0: Anderlecht v Athletic (see above)