1901–02 Athletic Bilbao season

1st season in existence of Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club/Club Bizcaya 1901–02 File:Club Bizcaya 1902.jpg Athletic Bilbao team in 1902. President Luis Márquez No manager Hippodrome of Lamiako No league Copa de la Coronación Champions Walter EvansWilliam Dyer(5 goals each) Athletic Club 8–1 New Foot-Ball Club Athletic Club 2–3 Athletic Bilbao 1902–03 _athletic2223h _athletic2223h _athletic2223h _redsides _athletic2223hl FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 000000 The 1901–02 season was Athletic Club's 1st season in existence. The club played some friendly matches against local clubs such as Bilbao FC. Athletic also played their first match outside of the Basque Country against Club Español (now RCD Espanyol) at the Copa de la Coronación in Madrid. Summary left|thumb|100px|Athletic Club first crest is adopted in 1902. 11 June: The club's Board was then elected, with Luis Márquez being appointed the first president of the club, Francisco Íñiguez as vice-president, José María Barquín as treasurer and Enrique Goiri as its secretary, while Juan Astorquia and Alfred Mills were named the team's captain and vice-captain respectively.https://www.cuadernosdefutbol.com/2021/06/el-club-atleta-de-los-astilleros-del-nervion-1889-1894-y-el-athletic-club-de-bilbao-1901/ El Club Atleta de los Astilleros del Nervión (1889-1894) y el Athletic Club de Bilbao (1901-) The Athletic Club of the Nervión Shipyards (1889-1894) and the Athletic Club of Bilbao (1901-) es www.cuadernosdefutbol.com CIHEFE 17 May 2021 3 June 2025 Since the figure of coach as we know it today did not exist at the time, it was Astorquia and Mills, as captain of the clubs, who was in charge of making up the line-ups and dictating the tactics to be followed. The most logical name for a new football club founded in Bilbao (Bilbao Football Club) was already "taken", so the name they chose was Athletic Club, using the English spelling. The name is an apparent homage to the Club Atleta of the Nervión Shipyards (1889–94). 5 September: The club is officially established after obtaining the permission of the Civil Government. In the infamous meeting held at Café García, 33 members signed the documents to make it official and register as a sports organization with the local council. In addition to the 7 original founders of 1898, Juan Astorquia, Alejandro Acha, Luis Márquez, Fernando and Pedro Iraolagoitia, Enrique Goiri and Eduardo Montejo; that group also included the likes of Alejandro de la Sota, Amado Arana, the Silva brothers (Ramón and Luis), Juan Astorquia's brother, Luis, Antonio Zubillaga, and Alfred Mills, who was the only foreign-born person among the 33 who signed the documents.http://www.athleticbilbao.info/2004/09/orgenes-del-athletic.html Orígenes del Athletic Origins of Athletic es 13 September 2004 20 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101258/http://www.athleticbilbao.info/2004/09/orgenes-del-athletic.html 24 December 2017 Early November: Since there were hardly any fields in Bilbao, the two sides agreed to share the Hippodrome of Lamiako, which they rented together.https://www.cuadernosdefutbol.com/2017/11/la-campa-de-lamiaco/ La campa de Lamiaco The Lamiako field es www.cuadernosdefutbol.com CIHEFE 17 October 2017 3 June 2025 Lamiako was thus the home to one of the first great rivalries in the history of Spanish football. 10 November: Athletic Club played its first-ever match against another club in a friendly against Bilbao FC at the Hippodrome of Lamiako. It ended in a 0–0 draw.https://www.aupaathletic.com/118-anos-de-la-primera-rivalidad/noticia/14959 118 años de la primera rivalidad 118 years since the first rivalry es www.aupaathletic.com 7 November 2019 20 November 2022 21 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002416/https://www.aupaathletic.com/118-anos-de-la-primera-rivalidad/noticia/14959 live https://www.athletic-club.eus/equipos/athletic-club/1901-02/partidos Athletic Club: Todos los partidos - Temp 1901-02 - Todas las competiciones Athletic Club: All the games - Season 1901-02 - All competitions es 24 January 2024 23 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123232345/https://www.athletic-club.eus/equipos/athletic-club/1901-02/partidos live 16 November: Athletic Club played its first-ever international match at Lamiako against English Mariners XI, which is the crew of either a British warship or a merchant ship, winning 2–1.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brit-ier-tours-prewwii.html#x British and Irish Clubs - Overseas Tours 1890-1939 - International Matches with British warships and merchant ships RSSSF 23 November 2023 10 January 2024 29 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221129101447/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brit-ier-tours-prewwii.html#x live 19 January 1902: Athletic Club secured its first-ever win after beating Bilbao FC 4–2 with goals from Juan Astorquia (2), Ramón Silva and Mario Arana.https://memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/athletic-club-contra-bilbao-football-club-1902/ Athletic Club contra Bilbao Football Club (1902) Athletic Club against Bilbao Football Club (1902) es memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com 7 March 2014 18 November 2022 16 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221016235626/https://memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/athletic-club-contra-bilbao-football-club-1902/ live It was also the first time that a paid match was held in Vizcaya, since this time they charged a ticket price of 30 cents of a peseta.Alfonso Carlos Everest S.A Athletic Club, 1898-1998: Crónica de una leyenda Athletic Club, 1898-1998: Chronicle of a legend 1998 84-241-9528-0 235 I and II 40463940 Early-March: The two rivals agreed to join the best players of each club to play two games against the Bordeaux-based side Burdigala. This temporary merge became known as Club Bizcaya. 9 March: Bizcaya played its first match on foreign territory, winning 2–0 in Buerdos, France with goals from Ramón Silva and Walter Evans.https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 Burdigala VS Athletic Club 3/9/1902 es www.athletic-club.eus 20 November 2022 18 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180007/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 live 31 March: Bizcaya played the return fixture at home, the very first visit by a foreign team to Bilbao, trashing the French side with a resounding 7–0 victory with a poker from William Dyer and a hat-trick from Juan Astorquia.https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3184 Athletic Club VS Burdigala 3/31/1902 es www.athletic-club.eus 18 November 2022 18 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221118215958/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3184 live Lamiako had its record attendance on that day, gathering a crowd of three thousand spectators, a tremendous amount at the time. 13 May: Athletic Club played its first competitive match in the Copa de la Coronación and also secured its first competitive victory with a 5–1 win over Club Español (now RCD Espanyol). Juan Astorquia scored the club's first competitive goal, William Dyer scored the club's first competitive penalty and Walter Evans scored the club's first competitive hat-trick.https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2352 Athletic Club VS RCD Espanyol 5/13/1902 www.athletic-club.eus 20 November 2022 18 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221118190009/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2352 live 14 May: Athletic Club trashes New Foot-Ball Club in the semi-finals of the Copa de la Coronación with a resounding 8–1 victory, with a poker from Bilbao FC's William Dyer, two goals from Walter Evans of Bilbao FC and a goal each from Astorquia and Raymond Cazeaux, both of Athletic.https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2353 Athletic Club VS New Football 5/14/1902 es www.athletic-club.eus 20 November 2022 5 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230205154954/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2353 live 15 May: Athletic Club wins its first-ever piece of silverware after a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona in the final, courtesy of Astorquia and Cazeaux. The trophy was presented by the mayor of Madrid and Bizcaya returned to Bilbao with it. Athletic still has that trophy in their trophy room at the San Mamés stadium.https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2354 Athletic Club VS FC Barcelona 5/15/1902 es www.athletic-club.eus 20 November 2022 18 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221118165745/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2354 live https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html Spain - Cup 1902 15 September 2000 20 November 2022 21 July 2022 RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002345/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html live https://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/copa02.htm Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1902 Linguasport 20 November 2022 1 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220901215908/https://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/copa02.htm usurped Squad ESP 1785 GK Alejandro Acha First club ESP 1785 GK Luis Arana Bilbao FC ESP 1785 DF Enrique Careaga Bilbao FC ESP 1785 DF Perico Larrañaga Athletic de Portugalete ESP 1785 DF Alfred Mills First club ESP 1785 MF Enrique Goiri First club ESP 1785 MF Ricardo Ugalde Bilbao FC ESP 1785 MF Gregorio Eguren First club ESP 1785 MF Luis Silva First club ESP 1785 DF Pedro Iraolagoitia First club ESP 1785 DF José Maria Arana First club ESP 1785 MF Amado Arana First club ESP 1785 FW Mario Arana First club ESP 1785 FW First club FRA FW Raymond Cazeaux First club ESP 1785 FW Eduardo Montejo First club ESP 1785 FW Antonio Zubillaga First club ESP 1785 FW José Maria Barquín First club ESP 1785 FW Ramón Silva First club ESP 1785 FW Alejandro de la Sota First club ENG FW Walter Evans Bilbao FC ENG FW William Dyer Bilbao FC ESP 1785 FW Juan Astorquia First club Source:https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/plantilla.html?temporada=123&club=Club+Vizcaya Squad of Club Vizcaya 1902 Copa de la Coronación www.bdfutbol.com 19 November 2022 24 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221024142103/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/plantilla.html?temporada=123&club=Club%20Vizcaya live Results Athletic Club 10 November 1901 Athletic Club 0 – 0 Report1Report2 Bilbao FC ?? Mills ?? Astorquia Ugalde C. Alzola, E. McLennan A. Mendiguren, C. Castellanos, S. Ledo M. Castelllanos, Guinea, Evans, Langford, Davies Hippodrome of Lamiako Leioa, Basque Country Luis Orbe D They could not score a goal, as the players got quite confused and could not make a career. 16 November 1901 Athletic Club 2 – 1 Report1Report2 English Mariners XI Hippodrome of Lamiako Bilbao, Basque Country W The club's first international match, vs the crew of either a British warship or a merchant ship 23 November 1901 Athletic Club 7 – 0 Report1Report2 English Mariners XI Hippodrome of Lamiako Bilbao, Basque Country W 1 December 1901 Athletic Club 1 – 1 Report1Report2 Bilbao FC Juan Astorquia A. Acha Mills, Larrañaga Iraolagoitia, Luis Silva, A. Arana Astorquia, M. Arana, Sota, R. Silva, Barquín Walter Evans L. Arana Careaga, Ugalde J. M. Arana, J. Ansoleaga, M. Ansoleaga Langford, Dyer, Butwell, Evans and Guinea Hippodrome of Lamiako Leioa, Basque Country D 7 December 1901 Athletic Club 0 – 0 Report1Report2 English Mariners XI Hippodrome of Lamiako Bilbao, Basque Country D 8 December 1901 Athletic Club II 1 – 0 Report1Report2 Bilbao FC II Montejo Alday R. Eguren, Montejo Azpeitia, R. Gutiérrez, L. Astorquia Ángel Pérez, F. Iraolagoitia, Ibáñez de Aldecoa, P. Iraolagoitia, R. Quintana Hippodrome of Lamiako Leioa, Basque Country W 15 December 1901 Athletic Club 0 – 1 Report Bilbao FC Acha Larrañaga, Mills L. Silva, Iraolagoitia, A. Arana Goiri, Sota, M. Arana, J. Eguren, R. Silva Dyer L. Arana Careaga, Martínez de las Rivas J. Arana, Cochran, Ugalde Langford, Dyer, Butwell, Walter Evans Hippodrome of Lamiako Leioa, Basque Country W 12 January 1902 Athletic Club XI 3 – 1 Report Combinado Jugadores Mario Arana Careaga A. Arana, J. M. Arana M. Arana, M. Castelllanos, Ansoleaga Chávarri, Renovales, F. Belausteguigoitia, Lasserre, Orbe ? Aulighin Bary, Mills Smith, Curtis, Seyh Lewich, Mackins, Dyer, Langford, Evans Hippodrome of Lamiako Leioa, Basque Country W 19 January 1902 Athletic Club 4 – 2 Report Bilbao FC Ramón Silva 1–0 Juan Astorquia 2–0 4–2 Mario Arana 3–1 Acha Larrañaga, Goiri J. Eguren, L. Silva, Barquín M. Arana, R. Silva, Astorquia, Sota William Dyer 2–1 Walter Evans 3–2 N. Ansoleaga J. Arana, Cochran Renovales, Langford, Mackins Levick, Dyer, Lee, Evans, Ansoleaga Hippodrome of Lamiako Leioa, Basque Country L The first time that a paid match was held in Biscay. Lee arrived late, so Bilbao FC played with one less player for some time. 16 February 1902 Athletic Club 1 – 1 Report1Report2 English Mariners XI Hippodrome of Lamiako Bilbao, Basque Country D 1 March 1902 Athletic Club 1 – 0 Report1Report2 English Mariners XI Hippodrome of Lamiako Bilbao, Basque Country W 9 March 1902 Athletic Club II 1 – 0 Report Bilbao FC II V. Azcué R. Quintana R. Ortiz, Ibarzabal Orue, V. Azcué, Meltzer Alday, Montejo, A. Gutiérrez, R. Eguren, R. Gutiérrez Mackins Renovales, Aureolaga C. Castellanos, E. McLennan, Chávarri Guinea, M. Orbe, L. Orbe, Newgin Hippodrome of Lamiako Leioa, Basque Country W Athletic played with one more player. Club Bizcaya 9 March 1902 ? Burdigala 0–2 Report Club Bizcaya Kuber Boyer, Balade Sudraud, Sarrailh, Paillre Cornali, Cahiol, Sergenton, Giraud, Cabanol Ramón Silva Walter Evans L. Arana Larrañaga, Ugalde A. Arana, Careaga, J. M. Arana Sota, R. Silva, Dyer, Astorquia, Evans Burdeos, France Denis W 31 March 1902 15:30 Club Bizcaya 7–0 Report Burdigala William Dyer Juan Astorquia L. Arana Mills, Larrañaga L. Silva, J. Eguren, A. Arana Evans, R. Silva, Dyer, Astorquia, Goiri Kuhn Ricard, Giraud Peyre, Paillere, Mendes Rabaud, Guillocheau, Dumas, Kraus, Sudraud Hippodrome of Lamiako, Biscay Raine W 13 May 1902 Club Bizcaya 5–1 1902 Copa de la Coronación quarter-finals Report1Report2 Club Español Juan Astorquia Walter Evans William Dyer - pen. L. Arana L. Silva, JM. Arana A. Arana, Ugalde, R. Silva Sota, Astorquia, Dyer, Cazeaux and Evans Ángel Ponz Mora Soler, Carril Aracil, G. Galliardo, A. Galliardo Ruiz, Ponz, Montells, Peña and Méndez Hipódromo, Madrid ENG Samuel Morris W 14 May 1902 Club Bizcaya 8–1 New Foot-Ball Club 1902 Copa de la Coronación Semi-finals Report1Report2 Walter Evans Raymond Cazeaux William Dyer Juan Astorquia L. Arana L. Silva, JM. Arana A. Arana, Ugalde, R. Silva Sota, Astorquia, Dyer, Cazeaux and Evans Montojo José López Amor Bisbal, Mira F. Hodans, F. Salazar, F. Valcárcel Valdeterrazo, Montojo, Vallarino, Piñano, Díaz Hipódromo, Madrid ENG Samuel Morris W 15 May 1902 Club Bizcaya 2–1 1902 Copa de la Coronación Final AthleticRSSSFbdfutbol FC Barcelona Juan Astorquia 10Raymond Cazeaux 20 L. Arana Careaga, Larrañaga L. Silva, A. Arana, Goiri Astorquia, Cazeaux, Dyer, R. Silva, and Evans John Parsons 75 S. Morris Puelles, Meyer M. Morris, Witty, Valdés Parsons, Gamper, Steinberg, Albéniz, and E. Morris Hipódromo, Madrid ESP 1874 Carlos Padrós W References Category:1901–02 in Spanish football 1901-02