Athletic Club Femenino

Athletic Femenino
Full name	Athletic Club Femenino
Nickname(s)	Las Leonas; (The Lionesses); Neskak; (Girls); Rojiblancas; (Red-Whites)
Founded	2002
Ground	Instalaciones de Lezama,; Biscay, Spain
Capacity	1,500
President	Josu Urrutia
Manager	Joseba Agirre
League	Primera División
2017–18	Primera División, 3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Athletic Club Femenino is the women's football (soccer) section of Athletic Bilbao, competing in the Spanish First Division. Athletic is one of the most successful women's teams in Spain, with five championships. Just as with the men's team, their official policy is to sign players native to or trained in football in the greater Basque Country. The teams play at the club's facilities in Lezama on the outskirts of Bilbao.

History

The team was founded in 2000 as Leioa EFT after CD Sondika disbanded its women's team, which had played in the defunct División de Honor in the 1990s. After Leoia gained promotion to the new Superliga Femenina in just two years, it was absorbed by Athletic Bilbao. At that time a reserve team, Athletic B, was also introduced – they currently compete in Group 2 of the Segunda División, the regionalised second tier.^[1]

In their debut season Athletic won the championship, and successfully defended the title in the next two seasons, becoming the first team to be awarded the trophy to keep permanently.^[2] After a disappointing 2006 season, Athletic won its fourth title in 2007. As a result of their title wins they made four appearances in the UEFA Women's Cup, being knocked out in the group stages by 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2004, Djurgårdens IF in 2005, SV Saestum in 2006 and ASDCF Bardolino in 2008.

Athletic finished third in the next four championships between 2008 and 2011. In 2012 they were runners-up, and reached the Copa de la Reina final for the first time, losing to RCD Espanyol after extra time.^[3] On 5 January 2013 the team celebrated its tenth anniversary, beating Arsenal LFC in a friendly match. They were cup runners-up again in 2014, this time losing on penalties to FC Barcelona, having finished second behind the same club in the league.

On 5 June 2016, Athletic won its fifth league title, nine years after its last success.^[4] They competed in the UEFA Women's Champions League the following season, where they were eliminated by Danish champions Fortuna Hjorring in the Round of 32.

In June 2017, the club announced they would introduce a second reserve team for the coming season, made up of girls aged 13 to 15.^[5]

Season to season

Season	Division	Place	Copa de la Reina^[6]
2002–03	1ª	1st	Quarterfinals
2003–04	1ª	1st	Semifinals
2004–05	1ª	1st	Quarterfinals
2005–06	1ª	5th	Quarterfinals
2006–07	1ª	1st	Quarterfinals
2007–08	1ª	3rd	Quarterfinals
2008–09	1ª	3rd	Quarterfinals
2009–10	1ª	3rd	Quarterfinals
2010–11	1ª	3rd	Quarterfinals
2011–12	1ª	2nd	Runner-up
2012–13	1ª	2nd	Quarterfinals
2013–14	1ª	2nd	Runner-up
2014–15	1ª	3rd	Quarterfinals
2015–16	1ª	1st	Quarterfinals
2016–17	1ª	5th	Quarterfinals
2017–18	1ª	3rd	Semifinals

Honours

Titles

Athletic players celebrating the team's fourth championship on 6 May 2007 at San Mamés.

Official competitions

Spanish League (5)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016
Euskal Herria Cup (7)
- 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Invitational competitions

Sport Mundi Tournament (4)
- 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012
COTIF
- 2015
Teresa Herrera Trophy
- 2017

UEFA competition record

Main article: Spanish women's football clubs in international competitions

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Scorers
2003–04 0 0	Women's Cup 0 0	Group stage 0 0	2–0 5–2 1–8	Neulengbach 1º Dezembro Frankfurt	Castrillo, Fernández Iturregi 2, Angulo, Ferreira, Ibarra Juaristi
2004–05 0 0	Women's Cup 0 0	Qualifying stage 0 0	10–3 1–1 5–0	Newtownabbey Strikers Maccabi Holon Clujana	Sánchez 2, Fernández, Ferreira, Iturregi, Onaindia, Orueta, Vázquez, Zabala + 1 o.g. Juaristi Fernández 2, Vázquez 2, Orueta
		Group stage 0 0	2–2 2–3 5–1	Arsenal Djurgården/Älvsjö Aegina	Iturregi, Vázquez Ferreira, Olabarrieta Vázquez, Fernández, Ibarra, Murua
2005–06 0 0	Women's Cup 0 0	Qualifying stage 0 0	6–2 3–0 1–1	Glasgow City Rapide Wezemaal Saestum	Vázquez 3, Fernández, Gurrutxaga, Juaristi Fernández, Juaristi, Orueta Fernández
2007–08 0 0	Women's Cup 0 0	Qualifying stage 0 0	4–0 16–0 0–1	Krka Novo Mesto Birkirkara Bardolino	Díez, Ferreira, Murua, Vázquez Vázquez 7, Juaristi 3, Olabarrieta 2, Díez, Iturregi, Murua, Sánchez 0
2016–17 0 0	Women's Champions League 0 0	Round of 32 0 0	2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Hjørring	Corres, Oroz Vázquez 0

Players

As of 15 February 2018.^[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ainhoa Tirapu
2	DF	Andrea Sierra
3	DF	Ainhoa Vicente Moraza
4	DF	Garazi Murua
5	MF	Ainhoa Álvarez
6	MF	Alazne Gómez
7	FW	Nekane Díez
9	FW	Yulema Corres
10	MF	Maite Oroz
11	MF	Jone Ibáñez
13	GK	Andere Legina
14	MF	Eunate Arraiza
15	MF	María Díaz

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Damaris Egurrola
17	FW	Lucía García
18	MF	Marta Perea
19	FW	Erika Vázquez
20	FW	Leia Zárate
21	DF	Vanesa Gimbert
22	DF	Ane Bergara
24	FW	Ane Azkona
26	DF	María Blanco
32	FW	Leyre Monente
	DF	Marta Unzué (on loan from Barcelona)
	MF	Oihane Hernández

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Athletic Bilbao (women) players.

References

↑ "Athletic Club B – players 2016–17". official website. Athletic Bilbao. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
↑ A historic triple. El Mundo Deportivo, 18 April 2005
↑ Mari Paz dresses as a queen to give Espanyol its sixth Cup. Marca, 10 June 2012
↑ "El Athletic se proclama campeón de la Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). LaLiga. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
↑ "Third ladies' team for Athletic". official website. Athletic Bilbao. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
↑ "Ladies - Cup 2016-17 (other seasons can be selected)". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
↑ "Athletic Club Ladies". Athletic Club. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

External links

UEFA profile

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[1] "Athletic Club B – players 2016–17". official website. Athletic Bilbao. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[2] A historic triple. El Mundo Deportivo, 18 April 2005

[3] Mari Paz dresses as a queen to give Espanyol its sixth Cup. Marca, 10 June 2012

[4] "El Athletic se proclama campeón de la Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). LaLiga. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[5] "Third ladies' team for Athletic". official website. Athletic Bilbao. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[6] "Ladies - Cup 2016-17 (other seasons can be selected)". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[7] "Athletic Club Ladies". Athletic Club. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

Athletic Bilbao
History Players Managers Statistics Seasons: men / women Europe
Other teams	Bilbao Athletic Athletic Femenino (women) Femenino B (women) Athletic cantera (youth)
Home stadium	Lamiako (1901–1910) Jolaseta (1910–1913) San Mamés (1913–2013) San Mamés (2013–)
Training ground	Lezama Facilities
Affiliated Clubs	CD Basconia
Related articles	Bizcaya Athletic Bilbao signing policy One Club Man Award
Rivalries	Basque football derbies Basque derby (Real Sociedad) El Viejo Clásico (Real Madrid) Barcelona rivalry
Men's seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Women's seasons	2016–17