It's incredible that a club with such a tiny scouting pool can always compete for Europa every single year, Such a unique club, and a fantastic video documenting it
+Wout Haak True. Until this summer, when we bought Raul Garcia (Navarre) for 9M€, the most expensive player Athletic have ever signed was Ander Herrera: we paid 7,5M€, he played in Athletic for 3 seassons, and we sold it to ManU for 36M€.
Love that end quote..."For me victory is watching 11 Basque players every Sunday maintaining the philosophy that's been there for over 100 years- that's our title "
@@alandunne2728 they don't care about your race though... although I feel they're only making it more difficult for themselves when it comes to competing.
Mathew Meehan nah liverpool fans are glory hunters. They wouldn’t talk since they last won a trophy but when they won the champions league the whole world started supporting them.
Luis Murillo I support Barcelona for around 17 years now! And i'm 23. Now stop with your bull shit. Also, Barcelona is "Més que un club", it means "More than a club". And it is! FC Barcelona is like a nationlal symbol of Catalonia
This is not something you can "consider", it's something you feel organically. It's something that would link to a club with traditions and a philosophy like Bilbao. Mage, big-spending super clubs attract bandwagon type fans. Not the kind of fans that would support a culturally-rich club like Bilbao, where winning is second to the tradition .. and where "wins" are garnered away from winning football matches as well. Special.
My favorite club in the Spanish Liga for the last 10 years. This is true football - defending your identity and keeping your traditions alive. And the best thing about their new stadium is that they collected all the money needed by donations from the fans and companies based in the Basque region. Respect from Levski Sofia!
Are you serious? They got 50 millions euros from de Basque Government and another 50 millions from the local councillor just for building a football stadium. It doesn´t seem to be any private donations, is it?
And, along with Barcelona and Real Madrid, Athletic de Bilbao has played ALL LA LIGA seasons, only with Vasco players. Ultra respect to this great team.
+Звезда до гроба Thanks a lot man. People tend to forget how this game was at the beginning, when football was a noble game where everybody supported their own neighborhood team and nobody could buy your loyalty for your club. It's really nice to find people all around the world that still have this values.
+Звезда до гроба thank you a lot!, you are a wise person, the people who do not believe in ethic and honor, is useless, you can not betray your ideals, but today the ideals are only money and victory, do not matters their way to achieve it, maquiavello style, which I hate it.
When I play as Bilbao in Manager mode in FIFA I follow the club rule. Only Basque players. I only sign scouted players from Spain if their name sounds Basque.
+Patrik Bytyqi Our policy is very simple: Only players born or formed within the historical Basque Country can play on Athletic Club. Why it gets so misunderstood? .
Athletic is a great club, the fact that they still follow their philosophy is amazing. And they are still almost every year, fighting for the top places in the league to reach European cups. Love everything they stand for, and that new stadium..... Easily the best stadium in La Liga right now. Awesome piece Copa90.
@@alandunne2728 you are racist for even thinking about it, to require be born in a place is not racist because people from any race can live or be born here in the Basque Country, like in every part of the world, dickhead
I think I've found my club in Spain. I usually don't care for Spanish football due to how uneven the league is, but I really like Athletic Bilbao and their story. You've won me over, and I think I will be supporting you from now on.
mooseloose yeah they're signing players from other countries however they're buying for absurd numbers. No player is worth 80 million pound. What athletic does is giving the chance to young basque kids who like football. That is why they only focus on the Basque Country
Soy de Perú y estoy en los 40s, ahora puedo expresarlo pero desde muy niño para mi era extraño sentir una conexión con esa camiseta y el nombre del club cuando veía los pocos partidos que aquí se transmitían cuando jugaban con los equipos de Madrid o Barcelona , Hasta que fui creciendo y fui consciente que tenía sangre Vasca por mi madre y entonces comprendí que esa conexión no era solo por lo bonito del uniforme y por la entrega al limite con la que jugaban. Es esa filosofía y tradicion que conservan con lo Vasco la esencia misma de la conexión emocional que tuve desde la primera vez que vi un juego suyo en mi niñez. Fútbol con mucha sustancia!
K bonito k alguien de tan lejos pueda sentir eso...buen de tan lejos y tan cerca...mutxas gracias x tus palabras amigo...nos vemos en San Mamés!!!aupa Athletic
About Laporte: He is not basque (well, he had a basque grandmother), but can play for Athletic Club Bilbao because he was scouted on a basque football team called Aviron Bayonais (on the french part of the Basque Country). Question solved.
They expand their borders if there aren't enough players in Basque Country using the most strange reasons to justify themselves. That's why people like Llorente (La Rioja) or Amorebieta (Venezuela) had been playing there.
@@basiledesma Amorebieta was born in Venezuela from basque parents due of his father's job in the country. They returned to the basque country when he was still a kid. On the other side, Llorente was born in Navarra and came to the academy of Athletic Club at the age of 10. Both are right into our policy. Born OR formed in basque football, understanding basque as the territory where basque language is spoken: the basque country itself plus Navarra plus the three provinces of the french basque country.
@@basiledesma Llorente was in the bilbao academy, that made him eligible to play. We don't bend the philosophy, we just made it open to local talent which means people born in Euskal Herria (including the French part), descendants of basques such as Amorebieta, and talent from near-by areas who love the team, believe in our values and are up to being trained in the academy, just like Llorente. That is not justifying, that is just how it is.
Thanks Copa for unveiling such stories to the public. It's great to know that there are still big clubs cultivating tradition and treating it as a source of pride in the world of sport that is experiencing gradual diminishing of any kind of values one could think of. Bravo Bilbao!
This is how every club should be, tiny clubs loyal to there village/towns, small/medium clubs to their region and big clubs to their nation/wider region. No more ridiculous transfer fees, players who don't have passion or a worth ethic. The potential for an incredible level of passionate and competitive football is there, and Bilbao are the proof that you don't have to lose a lot of quality for it.
@@alandunne2728 discriminatory? You don't know nothing about our history, philosophy and our point of view about our team and what is the reason for the pride our team. Go home bastard. We are anti fascist and anti racist. HNT Hools 4 ever 👊🏻❤👊🏻
I love this club, its so amazing how they form their team just with players from the basque country :o And their youth teams are really good too, Athletic Bilbao is the only club from the Primera Divsión which has a second team (Athletic Bilbao B) in the Segunda División! My spanish teacher in school asked us what our favorite club is in Spain, everyone said Real or Barca but for me it's Athletic Bilbao for years now :) I wish i could be in Bilbao once to see a match of Athletic in the beautiful San Mamés. maite dut Athletic Bilbao , idk if it is right on basque .. i hope so.. if not on spanish me encanta Athletic Bilbao :D Greetings from Hamburg,Germany to the basque people :)
AREG83 Eg you're excluding everyone else-- discrimination. Imagine if every club and corporation in the world did this? You'd all be screaming discrimination.
Leo R. Not is excluding, is pride for our traditions, philosophy and football academy, sorry for my english, but im a basque, not is my language, football can be more atractive and romantic with our philosophy, is pride for our team. If Real Madrid, Barça Atlético Madrid, Man. United, City, Chelsea, Juventus, Inter, Bayern, Borussia...play like Athletic, football can be more fantastic, in my opinion, win titles like Barça or Madrid, or other team, buying best players of the world, ...not is nothing extraordonary or meritorious.
Thanks Copa 90. I really enjoyed this documentary. It was special for me because my great great grandfather was from Biscay. He migrated to the new world and that's how our generation continued. He passed down an ikurina(the red,green and white flag). I love the club and its policies and even though it may be small, I appreciate the connection that I have with this region. #denokbatera 👊🏻☝️
+Angelo Azueta Mila esker (thank you very much) Angelo! Whenever you want you can come to visit your great grandfathers homeland, and yours too. #DenokBatera
+Angelo Azueta Your surname speaks volumes, Angelo :). And, don´t worry, despite of not letting themselves being sold as "fast-sportsnewstransfers-food", they are not, nor ever were considered a small Club. Still one of the giants.
Always my team of choice on FM. There is a dark side to why they are the only cantera side in the basque region and not Real Sociedad for example, but as a Southampton fan and the link with us, and the fact they do only sign local talent and are still in the top flight alongside Barça and Real after a century makes this club so deep in my heart. A beautiful club that really embodies the true meaning of the word "club".
Lewis Pavey your team actually made us play with red and white. A staff responsible of the team kit went to England to take the blue and white shirts, however the didn’t had any more so he went to Southampton and took red and white shirts from your team. So cheers for that
Amazing achievement for a club with such a limited pool to pick from and never relegated, never mind the silverware they've managed to lift in a league that has some of the World's biggest and richest clubs.Shows what pride and passion in your province can do. Respect to Athletic.
Blood bought Big Phil R it's not all that different from the other mid table and relegation fodder clubs in Spain. They just aren't as rigid as Bilbao.
+GBrinan its a well known fact that old school city fans were very loyal and passionate, respect to them its a shame their reputation has been tarnished since the oil money and a stadium which is too big. Coming from a life long utd fan here.
Such an Extraordinary club to watch and such a great youth system in place for the future, a club to watch out for producing some great talents like Aduriz and Herrera.
Special mention, when Le God, Matt Le Tissier, received the "One Club Man" award from Athletic Club. I am sure he felt at home receiving the award in San Mames with the fans showing they're respect to such a special player. I have always seen my favourite player, Julen Guerrero as a mirror of Matt, showing that passion and love to the club, not to mention the quality of both. Cheers!
El Athletic Club es mi equipo de La Liga española. Mi equipo, el Guadalajara (Las Chivas) juega con solo mexicanos, como el Athletic juega con solo vascos. Y así el Guadalajara ha ganado 12 Ligas. Jugar y ser exitoso con puro jugador local es un logo que nadie y nada nos quitara. Viva El Pais Vasco y Viva México!!
They have always been in the highest spanish league.With only players from their region!Thats incredible!!!And won a large amount of throphies!Wow. That is unique in the world.Never heard of something similar.My profound respect!! That worths more than any CL Title
I keep telling people. Dortmund, Athletic, Southampton, Sporting Portugal, they are still successful even though they don't win titles often. I have never been to the new San Mamés, but I went to the old one, it was the first time I felt chills entering a football stadium.
Southampton and Sporting (Dortmund not so much) have good football academies but so does Barcelona, Atalanta, West Ham, Ajax, Feyenoord, Olympique Lyon and Schalke 04. NONE of them has anything in common with what Athletic is and stands for.
My god i love this city amd this club.I am from Bosnia, a Croat and we can identifay with the Basques.I hope i will watch Atletic Club ones when i collect money to come there
I know about Athletic Bilbao since they hired Jupp Heynckes. They had this Player Julen Guerrero that I really liked. I live in a Region of Bavaria that is known as Upper, under and middle Frankonia. I always thaught that it would be great if the club 1 FC Nürnberg would share the same philosophy like Athletic Bilbao bc I always knew that the majority of the players they hire from all over don't really care and don't know about who we are. I know that concept would be loved bc it would be players that really represent our colors and us.
You certainly understand what Athletic Club stands for, it's all about caring and representation. Btw, we older fans still have a lot of respect and great memories of Heynckess' two stints here in Bilbao. He's always been admired here, even when he said once "It's like I'm driving a Volkswagen in Formula 1" to compare Athletic to the rest of La Liga clubs, lol
"I'll rather lose with athletic than win with barssa" i agre, my grandpa is galician, but if you ask him the best club in spains is Bilbao, they owe nobody nothing, they built their stadium with their own resources and they have such a unique feel to them that it's impossible not to feel simpathy for them. I love Atletico Madrid, but i will always have a soft spot for our forefathers athletic bilbao, united the atletic clubs are strong
I've always loved the way they bring their players through the ranks. Never spend much in the transfer markets, and more about producing local talent through their academies. When it comes to selling players, man are they strict with their prices? They definitely know how to run their club. Keep that identity, not many other clubs are like Bilbao. Great documentary, I've loved every piece you guys uploaded (Oviedo, Eibar, etc.). Mad respect to Copa90, and Athletic Bilbao.
Respeto, y respeto, eso nos lo hemos ganado. Risas y lágrimas ....y cantidades industriales de orgullo. Aupa ! Irabazi ala ez (bost axola) Beti bihotzean (nun dagoen bizia,,,jeje ) Muxuak!!!
So many fans (particularly glory seekers) think supporting a club is about trophies. It’s not, it’s about your city coming together to cheer 11 players who represent you in the best way possible. Arab, American, Chinese owners will never understand this. I hope Athletic never change and I hope more clubs adopt their approach in some form
It's so hard to know that Aduriz retired. Forever being hardcore fan of Athletic club de bilbao!!! Even i don't have basque's origin my heart is always for this club. ❤❤❤ from indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩 #aupaathletic
@@alandunne2728 Athletic. 8 leagues. 24 cups. 3 supercopas. Always in first division. 2 finals of cup Uefa. Real Sociedad also is a great club but it has 2 leagues, 2 copas and 1 supercopas. And has been in the second division for many years. There is no comparison.
At the old stadium the atmosphere was mad! I swear it! The "Herri Norte" ultras group makes the atmosphere great and if you add that almost the whole stadium is chanting and shouting every time you can see that San Mames is not a common stadium.
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It's incredible that a club with such a tiny scouting pool can always compete for Europa every single year, Such a unique club, and a fantastic video documenting it
Ayyyyyyy it's awaydays.
copa90 always does a good job reporting stuff like this :)
ayyyyyy! :)
Incredible how they are not spending big and still a good club
+Wout Haak True. Until this summer, when we bought Raul Garcia (Navarre) for 9M€, the most expensive player Athletic have ever signed was Ander Herrera: we paid 7,5M€, he played in Athletic for 3 seassons, and we sold it to ManU for 36M€.
Love that end quote..."For me victory is watching 11 Basque players every Sunday maintaining the philosophy that's been there for over 100 years- that's our title "
Neil Stacey that's called discrimination.
Alan Dunne that's called home grown development
Gendo FM ♥♥level british esclavitud black discrimination. Aupa Athletic 🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪❤❤❤
@@alandunne2728 Discrimination? You're a moron.
@@alandunne2728 they don't care about your race though... although I feel they're only making it more difficult for themselves when it comes to competing.
"I prefer to lose with Athletic than to win with Barcelona." - this is what EVERY fan should at least consider instead of being bandwagoners!
Mathew Meehan nah liverpool fans are glory hunters. They wouldn’t talk since they last won a trophy but when they won the champions league the whole world started supporting them.
my dads been supporting barcelona for over 35 years he’s 40, definitely not a gloryhunter, but there is a lot of plastic fans
Luis Murillo AHAHAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Luis Murillo
I support Barcelona for around 17 years now! And i'm 23. Now stop with your bull shit.
Also, Barcelona is "Més que un club", it means "More than a club". And it is! FC Barcelona is like a nationlal symbol of Catalonia
This is not something you can "consider", it's something you feel organically. It's something that would link to a club with traditions and a philosophy like Bilbao. Mage, big-spending super clubs attract bandwagon type fans. Not the kind of fans that would support a culturally-rich club like Bilbao, where winning is second to the tradition .. and where "wins" are garnered away from winning football matches as well. Special.
They've got a beautiful stadium
It's dirty like you teeth
+De Entity9 IMO it looks really nice
+supa koen I respect you for not arguing and fighting with him
+De Entity9 why
+De Entity9 what makes you be like this it is a harmless comment and you use insults to show dominance
My favorite club in the Spanish Liga for the last 10 years. This is true football - defending your identity and keeping your traditions alive. And the best thing about their new stadium is that they collected all the money needed by donations from the fans and companies based in the Basque region.
Respect from Levski Sofia!
+insomnia1914 Blagodariá/Eskerrik asko my friend from an Athletic club fan
Are you serious? They got 50 millions euros from de Basque Government and another 50 millions from the local councillor just for building a football stadium. It doesn´t seem to be any private donations, is it?
insomnia1914 I suppose discrimination can come from traditions.
insomnia1914 and it's not donations. A number of companies own that stadium, not the world's most racist football club.
@@alandunne2728 Thank you Alan. I knew foreigners are not fools. They are very "creative" with their lies.
And, along with Barcelona and Real Madrid, Athletic de Bilbao has played ALL LA LIGA seasons, only with Vasco players. Ultra respect to this great team.
And they have won these competition eight times! Aupa Athletic!
@@enzoac and many "Copa del Rey" also!!
Only with Vasco players... That is not true
@@redbuki yes it is. Don't say that Laporte is not Basque cause he is(that was probably what you would have said)
@@ander__h8446 how is laporte basque? does he not claim to be french ?
This is a story that should be heard in a louder, a more vocal way. Exquisite video. My love for football grows ever deeper.
Sajjan Raj Vaidya bro i love your songs and glad to see you following spanish football
For me, this is the greatest club in Spain, and the most amazing and most respectable club in the world.
AGAINST MODERN FOOTBALL!
Thanks
+Звезда до гроба Thanks a lot man. People tend to forget how this game was at the beginning, when football was a noble game where everybody supported their own neighborhood team and nobody could buy your loyalty for your club. It's really nice to find people all around the world that still have this values.
+Звезда до гроба thank you a lot!, you are a wise person, the people who do not believe in ethic and honor, is useless, you can not betray your ideals, but today the ideals are only money and victory, do not matters their way to achieve it, maquiavello style, which I hate it.
For me, this is the best club in the world.
chivas bro
What a club. I have relations to the region and have followed them for a few years and I now have a Bilbao shirt. What a club. What supporters!
Thanks. In Bilbao we always admire the fans, team and stadium of the Reds.
I'm a Celtic fan, the love of my life. But Athletic Bilbao hold a dear, special place in my heart. 🍀💚
Bilbao have always been the most fascinating Spanish team for me
Somebody who knows about football others are for Barca and Real
+Jonathan Jabbour for me its always been Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla FC
+Mark Mateo why Sevilla?
Jonathan Jabbour
Absolutely yes !
Álvaro Feijoo cojones que si son parte de España
Put that stadium in fifa along with the club tradition
Hell yeah
When I play as Bilbao in Manager mode in FIFA I follow the club rule. Only Basque players. I only sign scouted players from Spain if their name sounds Basque.
+Derek Flores jesus that must make it so hard
+Derek Flores yeahh me too, got any suggestion ? hahah
+Patrik Bytyqi Our policy is very simple: Only players born or formed within the historical Basque Country can play on Athletic Club. Why it gets so misunderstood?
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Athletic Club de Bilbao fan from Serbia since 1995. #AupaAthletic ❤️
Athletic is a great club, the fact that they still follow their philosophy is amazing. And they are still almost every year, fighting for the top places in the league to reach European cups. Love everything they stand for, and that new stadium..... Easily the best stadium in La Liga right now. Awesome piece Copa90.
Kroos Kontrol so you love racism and discrimination.
@@alandunne2728 you are racist for even thinking about it, to require be born in a place is not racist because people from any race can live or be born here in the Basque Country, like in every part of the world, dickhead
I think I've found my club in Spain. I usually don't care for Spanish football due to how uneven the league is, but I really like Athletic Bilbao and their story. You've won me over, and I think I will be supporting you from now on.
I feel the same way, I'm an Arsenal supporter but Bilbao is now my Spanish team
Like me i found my favourite club in england also i didnt care about english football (Liverpool)
@@JXAMKAB
We are Basque, not Spanish bro. :)
Thank you man, but we are basques, you are wellcome in San Mames👋👌
@@esklhrria you are spanish. Tell them things about Sabino arana if yo dare
The most beautiful club in the world! AUPA ATHLETIC!!!
Aupa Athletic!!!
Thank you.
el athletic es mi amor
mooseloose yeah they're signing players from other countries however they're buying for absurd numbers. No player is worth 80 million pound. What athletic does is giving the chance to young basque kids who like football. That is why they only focus on the Basque Country
mooseloose no because you have to have basque descent. Players like Higuain, Griezmann can play for Athletic aswell as they have basque ancestry
Soy de Perú y estoy en los 40s, ahora puedo expresarlo pero desde muy niño para mi era extraño sentir una conexión con esa camiseta y el nombre del club cuando veía los pocos partidos que aquí se transmitían cuando jugaban con los equipos de Madrid o Barcelona , Hasta que fui creciendo y fui consciente que tenía sangre Vasca por mi madre y entonces comprendí que esa conexión no era solo por lo bonito del uniforme y por la entrega al limite con la que jugaban. Es esa filosofía y tradicion que conservan con lo Vasco la esencia misma de la conexión emocional que tuve desde la primera vez que vi un juego suyo en mi niñez. Fútbol con mucha sustancia!
That´s beautiful :))
es de sangre ! En mi caso soy portugués y creo que no tengo ninguna conexión de sangre al país vasco, pero me enamoré del club y de la región.
K bonito k alguien de tan lejos pueda sentir eso...buen de tan lejos y tan cerca...mutxas gracias x tus palabras amigo...nos vemos en San Mamés!!!aupa Athletic
About Laporte: He is not basque (well, he had a basque grandmother), but can play for Athletic Club Bilbao because he was scouted on a basque football team called Aviron Bayonais (on the french part of the Basque Country). Question solved.
They expand their borders if there aren't enough players in Basque Country using the most strange reasons to justify themselves. That's why people like Llorente (La Rioja) or Amorebieta (Venezuela) had been playing there.
@@basiledesma Amorebieta was son of basques...
@@basiledesma Amorebieta was born in Venezuela from basque parents due of his father's job in the country. They returned to the basque country when he was still a kid.
On the other side, Llorente was born in Navarra and came to the academy of Athletic Club at the age of 10. Both are right into our policy. Born OR formed in basque football, understanding basque as the territory where basque language is spoken: the basque country itself plus Navarra plus the three provinces of the french basque country.
@@basiledesma Llorente was in the bilbao academy, that made him eligible to play. We don't bend the philosophy, we just made it open to local talent which means people born in Euskal Herria (including the French part), descendants of basques such as Amorebieta, and talent from near-by areas who love the team, believe in our values and are up to being trained in the academy, just like Llorente. That is not justifying, that is just how it is.
Athletic Club Bilbao is the only reason why football remains a romantic game.
really? i'm pretty sure that international football keeps the sport romantic
International football? Romantic? Really?
PP Hyjynx F*ck international football
Yeah cos racism and discrimination are so romantic.
@@alandunne2728 You are a clown. I don't care if this comment was 5 years ago.
Even as a Barcelona supporter (born in Badalona) Athletic Bilbao is just wonderful. I got a lot of respect for them.
Favorite club ever. Got to see them when they played in Boise last year. Amazing experience. Aupa!
I visited Bilbao to see the Guggenheim,and I can seriously say that I think their stadium was a better piece of architecture than the Guggenheim.
Finally Bilbao been waiting really long 4 this
No one cares
Same
+De Entity9 no one?? , i care
Aupa Athletic, mis respetos desde A Coruña (Galiza)
Loved their old stadium, such a historic stadium they had, bit like Highbury
No their stadium had an atmosphere...
343ethan343 So did Highbury....
+Mahir Hussain true coyg
+343ethan343 Highbury had one of the best, most intimidating atmospheres of any stadium in the world.
+Mahir Hussain haha no it didn't I bet you never even went it was known as being a library
thanks for the support from Bilbao guys love.
Respect from Glasgow Celtic brothers in arms
I am supporter of Athletic and proud !!gaur eta beti,Atletiiii !!!
I'm increibly proud of my team!! Aupa Athletic!!!!
Thanks Copa for unveiling such stories to the public. It's great to know that there are still big clubs cultivating tradition and treating it as a source of pride in the world of sport that is experiencing gradual diminishing of any kind of values one could think of. Bravo Bilbao!
Respect from Blackburn Rovers. It was a nice surprise to see my club mentioned in the video.
Haha
respect for bilbao from western sydney!
``El sentimiento que el jugador tiene hacia el equipo es muchisimo mayor que en otro equipos´´ Aritz Aduriz.
Totalmente de acuerdo, todos los equipos deberian tirar de cantera propia.
I love this club for what it represents. Goddamn i cried along with the players in 2012 UEFA final after the game.Big respect from CSKA Sofia fan!
This is how every club should be, tiny clubs loyal to there village/towns, small/medium clubs to their region and big clubs to their nation/wider region. No more ridiculous transfer fees, players who don't have passion or a worth ethic. The potential for an incredible level of passionate and competitive football is there, and Bilbao are the proof that you don't have to lose a lot of quality for it.
Athletic is not tiny thou
+Juny Junaid I know, I'd class then as a big club in the grand scheme of things- hence sign players from their wider region ie Basque area
+Christopher Piras Athletic has 8 La Liga titles, 24 Spanish Cup Titles, and 2 Spanish Supercup...Tiny?
+Christopher Piras and it's with Barça and Madrid the only club that has never been relegated
+Ibai Carral Camiruaga he never called them tiny,
Most likable club in spain.
Jack Clark *in the world
If you ignore their blatant discriminatory practices.
Alan Dunne what discriminate?
@@alandunne2728 discriminatory? You don't know nothing about our history, philosophy and our point of view about our team and what is the reason for the pride our team. Go home bastard. We are anti fascist and anti racist. HNT Hools 4 ever 👊🏻❤👊🏻
@@areg83eg6 ❤️❤️❤️❤️✊
I love this club, its so amazing how they form their team just with players from the basque country :o And their youth teams are really good too, Athletic Bilbao is the only club from the Primera Divsión which has a second team (Athletic Bilbao B) in the Segunda División! My spanish teacher in school asked us what our favorite club is in Spain, everyone said Real or Barca but for me it's Athletic Bilbao for years now :) I wish i could be in Bilbao once to see a match of Athletic in the beautiful San Mamés.
maite dut Athletic Bilbao , idk if it is right on basque .. i hope so.. if not on spanish me encanta Athletic Bilbao :D
Greetings from Hamburg,Germany to the basque people :)
+Otis S. Danke schön. Come and you will be welcome!
it's "maite zaitut", not "maite dut" You will be welcome in Bilbao...
Athletic Bilbao is such a respectable team.
SwegeVeikko racism is not respectable.
Absolutely, so you better stop it now, +Alan Dunne
Alan Dunne we are antifascist and antiracism, dumbass, we have a black player, Iñaki Williams, born in Bilbao and we have pride for him
AREG83 Eg you're excluding everyone else-- discrimination. Imagine if every club and corporation in the world did this? You'd all be screaming discrimination.
Leo R. Not is excluding, is pride for our traditions, philosophy and football academy, sorry for my english, but im a basque, not is my language, football can be more atractive and romantic with our philosophy, is pride for our team. If Real Madrid, Barça Atlético Madrid, Man. United, City, Chelsea, Juventus, Inter, Bayern, Borussia...play like Athletic, football can be more fantastic, in my opinion, win titles like Barça or Madrid, or other team, buying best players of the world, ...not is nothing extraordonary or meritorious.
So happy you guys did a video of this honorable club. I love the Basque's.
Brian Montes discrimination is not honorable
Absolutely, so stop it now, +Alan Dunne
@@alandunne2728 what do u mean??
Thanks Copa 90. I really enjoyed this documentary. It was special for me because my great great grandfather was from Biscay. He migrated to the new world and that's how our generation continued. He passed down an ikurina(the red,green and white flag). I love the club and its policies and even though it may be small, I appreciate the connection that I have with this region. #denokbatera 👊🏻☝️
+Angelo Azueta Mila esker (thank you very much) Angelo! Whenever you want you can come to visit your great grandfathers homeland, and yours too. #DenokBatera
+Angelo Azueta Your surname speaks volumes, Angelo :). And, don´t worry, despite of not letting themselves being sold as "fast-sportsnewstransfers-food", they are not, nor ever were considered a small Club. Still one of the giants.
Yes, Sabino Arana copied the Union Jack, when he invented the ikurriña, that is why colors are different.
Greetings from a 4th generation basque born in Mexico who's been supporting Athletic Club for the last 10 years! Orain eta beti, Aupa Athletic!
Celtic supporter, Respect.
I'm an Athletic fan and i can tell you first hand that San Mames is the most amazing experience in football you can ever have
Always my team of choice on FM. There is a dark side to why they are the only cantera side in the basque region and not Real Sociedad for example, but as a Southampton fan and the link with us, and the fact they do only sign local talent and are still in the top flight alongside Barça and Real after a century makes this club so deep in my heart. A beautiful club that really embodies the true meaning of the word "club".
Respect Athletic from Brazil :)
Dear Brazilian brother, aupa Athletic!
Do you know the name of the Athletic's former goalie who was born at Sao Paulo? (trivia).
@fan8281 "Vomiting", né? Investiga por tu cuenta.
Just found out my ancestors are from the Basque region. This video helps me appreciate even more what this club has done for the area. Love this!
Support and respect from a Southampton supporter, RED AND WHITE STRIPES UNITED!!!
Lewis Pavey your team actually made us play with red and white. A staff responsible of the team kit went to England to take the blue and white shirts, however the didn’t had any more so he went to Southampton and took red and white shirts from your team. So cheers for that
I absolutely love Athletic Bilbao! And it's an amazing city as well, hope I can return there! :)
Aupa athletic!
wicked! loved this, really interesting story that you don't see enough in the modern game
Tim Coleman you don't see enough racism in the modern game?
Alan Dunne Just from the likes of you.
Im from Argentina and I love Athletilc and Boca. So go Athletic and go Boca!!!
The same. Aguante Boca, vieja. Y aupa Athletic.
The sentance "more than a club" match more to Athletic than to Barcelona. Athletic is an unique club.
AUPA ATHLETIC !! Greetings from Germany but I'm turkisch and i love this Club. It's my favourite Club.
Amazing achievement for a club with such a limited pool to pick from and never relegated, never mind the silverware they've managed to lift in a league that has some of the World's biggest and richest clubs.Shows what pride and passion in your province can do. Respect to Athletic.
Blood bought Big Phil R it's not all that different from the other mid table and relegation fodder clubs in Spain. They just aren't as rigid as Bilbao.
Respect. Bilbao you are special. Never change!
They got more fans on the stands than Man City
+xLetniChamskiPodryWx its about the same 2000 aprox difference but city have a bigger stadium
+GBrinan they got 30,000 on average in the 3rd division. If that's you're idea of an "awful fan base" you know nothing about football
😂😂😂
+GBrinan Don't chat shit, there's a good atmosphere there.
+GBrinan its a well known fact that old school city fans were very loyal and passionate, respect to them its a shame their reputation has been tarnished since the oil money and a stadium which is too big. Coming from a life long utd fan here.
Such an Extraordinary club to watch and such a great youth system in place for the future, a club to watch out for producing some great talents like Aduriz and Herrera.
Fuck off
It's funny though, Herrera came from Zaragoza's academy not Athletic's.
Inaki Williams is the next big name in basque football as well
Javi Martinez and Arteta are also fom the basque area
+berbafan67 arteta went through la masia tho didn't he?
Aúpa athletic de Bilbao. Humilde y poderoso equipo...Saludos de un bético .
Probably the best looking stadium built in the last 10 years!
occiBK31 and they don't own it. A number of private companies do.
It got the Best Sport Building in the World award (among others)...It is idd stunning imo.
But why is everybody speaking spanish?
@@yannick245 why not?
I was born in Bilbao and support athletic since I was born its awesome that copa 90 did this video
Con cantera y aficion, no hace falta importacion. Aupa Athletic!
Athletic Bilbabo and Southampton have amazing academies, I didn't know they had a shirt connection apart from the colors.
Fun story, indeed; and somehow related to Sunderland workers too!
Special mention, when Le God, Matt Le Tissier, received the "One Club Man" award from Athletic Club. I am sure he felt at home receiving the award in San Mames with the fans showing they're respect to such a special player. I have always seen my favourite player, Julen Guerrero as a mirror of Matt, showing that passion and love to the club, not to mention the quality of both. Cheers!
Wow, mis respetos, desde México
CHOP gracias desde Bilbao. De verdad.
Gracias. En México tenéis al Chivas. Una filosofía parecida. Y rojiblanco tb.
El Athletic Club es mi equipo de La Liga española. Mi equipo, el Guadalajara (Las Chivas) juega con solo mexicanos, como el Athletic juega con solo vascos. Y así el Guadalajara ha ganado 12 Ligas. Jugar y ser exitoso con puro jugador local es un logo que nadie y nada nos quitara. Viva El Pais Vasco y Viva México!!
No llega a ser del todo igual, porque el Athletic juega con Vascos solo , no Vascos y Españoles
@@alainsanz9288 Bueno pero es similar
si, la diferencia es que en mexico son 128 millones de personas y el pais vasco tiene 2 millones.
They have always been in the highest spanish league.With only players from their region!Thats incredible!!!And won a large amount of throphies!Wow.
That is unique in the world.Never heard of something similar.My profound respect!!
That worths more than any CL Title
Best team in the world!!! Aupa Athletic! Zu zara nagusia!!!
"Athletic Club Bilbao invest resources bringing young talents".....What a smart comment. I'm totally agree
GORA EUSKAL HERRIA! con admiracion desde Chile
El Athletic de Bilbao uno de los clubes míticos del fútbol español. Una escuadra de mucha tradición y señorío.
I just became a fan of this club. Amazing 🤯
I keep telling people. Dortmund, Athletic, Southampton, Sporting Portugal, they are still successful even though they don't win titles often.
I have never been to the new San Mamés, but I went to the old one, it was the first time I felt chills entering a football stadium.
I know that feeling too. Lucky us
Southampton and Sporting (Dortmund not so much) have good football academies but so does Barcelona, Atalanta, West Ham, Ajax, Feyenoord, Olympique Lyon and Schalke 04. NONE of them has anything in common with what Athletic is and stands for.
one of my favorite teams, the unique transfer policy made them interesting to play with in FM
My god i love this city amd this club.I am from Bosnia, a Croat and we can identifay with the Basques.I hope i will watch Atletic Club ones when i collect money to come there
I know about Athletic Bilbao since they hired Jupp Heynckes. They had this Player Julen Guerrero that I really liked. I live in a Region of Bavaria that is known as Upper, under and middle Frankonia. I always thaught that it would be great if the club 1 FC Nürnberg would share the same philosophy like Athletic Bilbao bc I always knew that the majority of the players they hire from all over don't really care and don't know about who we are.
I know that concept would be loved bc it would be players that really represent our colors and us.
You certainly understand what Athletic Club stands for, it's all about caring and representation.
Btw, we older fans still have a lot of respect and great memories of Heynckess' two stints here in Bilbao. He's always been admired here, even when he said once "It's like I'm driving a Volkswagen in Formula 1" to compare Athletic to the rest of La Liga clubs, lol
"I'll rather lose with athletic than win with barssa" i agre, my grandpa is galician, but if you ask him the best club in spains is Bilbao, they owe nobody nothing, they built their stadium with their own resources and they have such a unique feel to them that it's impossible not to feel simpathy for them. I love Atletico Madrid, but i will always have a soft spot for our forefathers athletic bilbao, united the atletic clubs are strong
Caver Ramos Atletico de Madrid was born as a second team of Ath. Club, hence they're name, "Atletico".
I've always loved the way they bring their players through the ranks. Never spend much in the transfer markets, and more about producing local talent through their academies. When it comes to selling players, man are they strict with their prices? They definitely know how to run their club. Keep that identity, not many other clubs are like Bilbao. Great documentary, I've loved every piece you guys uploaded (Oviedo, Eibar, etc.).
Mad respect to Copa90, and Athletic Bilbao.
Tim Choe they steal the best players from the other Basque clubs. Open your eyes.
Alan Dunne ... bakarrik falta jatzu Gora Erreala esatea.....
@@alandunne2728 robar?
I've been waiting for them to do something on Bilbao for a long time.
As an Athletic fan who is half Basque its amazing to see people find out about our club
Es que el Athletic Club es un equipo reconocido mundialmente y un grande de España.
Gora Athletic 💕... forever
Respeto, y respeto, eso nos lo hemos ganado.
Risas y lágrimas ....y cantidades industriales de
orgullo.
Aupa !
Irabazi ala ez (bost axola)
Beti bihotzean (nun dagoen bizia,,,jeje )
Muxuak!!!
So many fans (particularly glory seekers) think supporting a club is about trophies. It’s not, it’s about your city coming together to cheer 11 players who represent you in the best way possible. Arab, American, Chinese owners will never understand this. I hope Athletic never change and I hope more clubs adopt their approach in some form
It's so hard to know that Aduriz retired.
Forever being hardcore fan of Athletic club de bilbao!!! Even i don't have basque's origin my heart is always for this club.
❤❤❤ from indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
#aupaathletic
Best club in the world. Aupa Athletic
Laurence Wood not even best club in Basque region
@@alandunne2728 Athletic. 8 leagues. 24 cups. 3 supercopas. Always in first division. 2 finals of cup Uefa.
Real Sociedad also is a great club but it has 2 leagues, 2 copas and 1 supercopas. And has been in the second division for many years. There is no comparison.
Someday I will go to San Mames.... Aupa Athletic from Venezuela!
Cheers from a Gremio supporter.
A unique club. A true football club.
Aupa Athletic!!!
Used to love playing for them in Fifa 14 career mode
Here after Aduriz announced his retirement.
Even though you tourtured us at times, you will be missed.
they are opposite to all plastic clubs like rb leipzig
i admire Athletic and basques a lot
Gora beti euskal herria ! ❤️
What a wonderfull honest, loyal and strong people this basques! KEEP YOUR FIGHT ON. A REAL FOOTBAL CLUB.
Inaki Williams is a top, top player
Mustafa Saleem if he was good, he wouldn't be in that dump
amazing club with this sort of policy & also successful as well...a club to admire🙏
Been waiting ages for this!
Onore a voi!! Saluti dall'Italia!!
Really close connection with my team Southampton. People over here have a lot of respect for Bilbao.
I suppose you know the origin of our tshirt, isn't? Really is yours.. ☺
Watching 11 basque boys competing...this is our title,wow. Best club in the world !
These r the kind of teams I have ultimate respect for as a juve fan
Amazing club. I have so much respect for them. I wish more clubs did something like this.
Greetings & respect from Wales ⚒🍺⚽
Even if I don't support them, I can't help but respect Athletic Club for the loyalty to their society and citizens
At the old stadium the atmosphere was mad!
I swear it!
The "Herri Norte" ultras group makes the atmosphere great and if you add that almost the whole stadium is chanting and shouting every time you can see that San Mames is not a common stadium.
I am basque and I am very happy they finally did a video on this. Only wish more people here in the states would know about them