84 years since the fourth League was won
84 years since the fourth League was won
In 1936, April 19, Athletic Club won its fourth League title after beating CA Osasuna in the last match
Today, 84 years ago, April 19, Athletic Club beat CA Osasuna at San Mamés by 2 goals to 0 in the 22nd and last game in the League 1935/36.
The goals scored by Elices in the first half and Bata in the second half served to add the last two points and win the League ahead of Real Madrid CF and Real Oviedo, second and third, respectively.
Athletic was the only team in the competition to get all the points at home, winning in the eleven games played at San Mamés.
Our striker Agustín Sauto Arana, known as ‘Bata’, scored 21 goals in 20 matches, and went on to lead the classification of historical scorers in a League that would not be retaken until the 1939/40 season, after the Civil War.
Players from left to right: Blasco, Muguerza, Zubieta, William Garbutt (trainer), Roberto Echevarria, Oceja, Gerardo Bilbao and Elices. Seated: Garate, Gorostiza, Bata and Zabala.
Photo: AC Museoa