The Basque team has not won the Copa del Rey since they defeated Maradona’s Barça in 1984
Athletic Club de Bilbao has a fetish competition: the Copa del Rey. Behind Barcelona, yes the second club to have won this tournament the most: it has lifted the trophy to 23 possibilities. However, many years have passed since Ernesto Valverde’s team won this championship, and it is that they have not celebrated the title since 1984.
and they did no more and no less than against Diego Armando Maradona’s Barcelona, with a 1-0 result due to a goal from Endika. A result for the history of the club. That same year they also achieved the double as they also won LaLiga.
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Athletic won the Copa del Rey in recent years 1903, 1904, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958 and 19739, and accumulating almost 38 years of drought in which Barcelona managed to surpass him as the king of the league with 31 titles.
To these 23 titles, Athletic adds 16 times they played in the finals and ended up being runners-up, in fact they were in the finals of 2009, 2012, 2015, 2020 and 2021.
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