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Athletic Club de Bilbao "B" is the reserve team of Athletic Bilbao, club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Bilbao Athletic will play in the Segunda División in the 2015-16 season, following promotion from the third tier in the previous campaign. Founded in 1964, the team holds home matches at the ''San Mamés'', with a 54,500-seat capacity. Reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserves cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, Bilbao Athletic are ineligible for promotion to La Liga. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. In addition, only under-23 players, or under-25 with a professional contract, can switch between senior and reserve teams. ==History== The ''Bilbao Athletic'' name was first used in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, when both La Liga and the Copa del Rey were suspended; several of top Athletic players subsequently joined the ''Euskadi XI''. This team was put together at the suggestion of José Antonio Aguirre, the president of the Basque Country, himself a former Athletic Bilbao footballer. The team went on tour to raise funds for the Basque cause, and also played in Europe and Mexico. However, the ''Campeonato de Vicaya'' continued to be played. With their best players on tour with the Basque national team, Athletic Bilbao could only field weakened sides and, as a result, chose to enter under the name ''Bilbao Athletic''. Despite this, they still won the championship; the club's name was derived from the two clubs that merged in 1903 to become Athletic Bilbao – ''Bilbao Football Club'' and ''Athletic Club''. The name was revived in 1964, when Athletic Bilbao decided to establish a reserve team with Agustín Gaínza as coach. The new ''Bilbao Athletic'' initially played in local regional leagues before winning promotion to Tercera División in 1966, under Rafa Iriondo; in 1969 they first reached Segunda División. In 1983–84, with José Ángel Iribar as coach, and an emerging Julio Salinas as striker, the reserves finished in second place, only trailing Castilla CF; both teams were ineligible for promotion, and Salinas won the ''Pichichi''. Bilbao Athletic dropped back down to the third level in 1996, but the main squad continued to be nurtured with several players which had spells with the reserves. After 19 seasons in the Segunda División B, Bilbao Athletic returned to the second tier after defeating Cádiz CF, 3–1 on aggregate, in the promotion playoffs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Athletic Bilbao B」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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