Athletic Bilbao B
Bilbao Athletic, officially named Athletic Club "B", is the reserve team of Athletic Bilbao, a football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. The team will play in the Segunda División B in the 2018–19 season. Founded in 1964, the team holds home matches at the small stadium attached to the club's training facility at Lezama, or occasionally at San Mamés Stadium, with its 53,500-seat capacity, for important fixtures.
Athletic Bilbao in European football
From 1941 until 1975, the club was known as "Atlético de Bilbao" following a decree from the ruling regime of the period that foreign words should not be used – the "Athletic" name, adopted at the turn of the 20th century, reflected English connections to football in the area. Therefore, any references to "Atlético Bilbao" in matches during the period correctly reflect the official title at the time.