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The Athletic–Barcelona clásico refers to football matches between Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona, two clubs competing in Spanish football competitions. The two clubs are among the oldest in the country, and have participated in every season of the national championship, La Liga .
Under his presidency, Athletic and their city rivals Bilbao Football Club reached an agreement to combine the best players of both sides to form a team known as Club Bizcaya, which was created to compete in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación (forerunner of the Copa del Rey which officially began a year later) held in Madrid; Bizcaya returned to ...
On 8 February 2015 at Athletic Bilbao's San Mamés Stadium, Barcelona won 5–2. Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez gave them a 2–0 half-time lead. Four goals came between the 59th and 66th minutes: Mikel Rico scored for Athletic, his teammate Óscar de Marcos scored an own goal, Neymar achieved a fourth for Barcelona and Aritz Aduriz a second for ...
Agustín Gaínza is the top goalscorer in a Copa del Rey match, eight goals (Athletic Bilbao 12–1 Celta Vigo, 1946–47 season). Bata is the biggest goalscorer in a single match of La Liga: seven goals (Athletic Bilbao 12–1 Barcelona, 1930–31 season, joint record). Agustín Gaínza is the player with most Copa del Rey final wins, 7.
The 1984 Copa del Rey final was the 82nd final of the Copa del Rey.The final was played at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, on 5 May 1984, being won by Athletic Bilbao, who beat Barcelona 1–0.
Atlético Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla form a group of clubs who have caught up with Athletic Bilbao in terms of performance and cup wins [7] [8] and have similar levels of support, with attendances of 40,000 or better on average [9] [10] but are still far behind Barcelona and Real Madrid in both respects.
The 2012 Copa del Rey final was the 110th final since the tournament's establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The match was contested by Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona on 25 May 2012 at the Vicente Calderón in Madrid.
The pre-match playing of Spain's national anthem prompted widespread booing from Catalan nationalist fans of FC Barcelona and Basque nationalist fans of Athletic Bilbao. Televisión Española (TVE) cut away from its coverage as soon as this started and consequently did not show the playing of the anthem live, instead showing it at half time ...