The Lezama Facilities, are the training ground and academy of the Primera Division club Athletic Bilbao. Located in the village of Lezama, around 10–15 kilometers east of Bilbao, the facilities were opened in 1971 and currently cover 13 hectares. Athletic's academy is often referred to metonymically as Lezama.
An aerial view of the complex, 2019
The Athletic men's senior team training at Lezama
The San Mamés arch at Lezama Field 2 in 2016; the club later installed spectator seating underneath the arch
Athletic Club, commonly known as just Athletic domestically and often as Athletic Bilbao abroad, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain. They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés, which was named after Saint Mammes, an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. Mammes pacified the lions and was later made a saint. The team plays its home matches at the San Mamés Stadium. Its home colours are red and white-striped shirts with black shorts.
Athletic Club with the first Copa del Rey, in 1903, with Juan de Astorquia in the center
In the 1930s, Athletic Bilbao won four leagues and four cups in just six years. In the image, the 1930–31 La Liga winning team.
Dani, coach Koldo Aguirre and Iribar in 1978.
Coach Javier Clemente.
