Lezama Facilities
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| Location |
Lezama Basque Country |
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| Owner | Athletic Bilbao |
| Type | Sports facility |
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| Built | 1971 |
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The Lezama Facilities (Basque: Lezamako Kirol-instalakuntzak, Spanish: Instalaciones de Lezama), is the training ground and academy of the Primera Division club Athletic Bilbao. Located in the Lezama village around 10 km east of Bilbao, it was opened in 1971.
Lezama hosts Athletic's first team for training and the league matches of Athletic EFT (women's team), as well as ten base youth teams: Bilbao Athletic (reserve team, currently playing at the Segunda División B level), women's B team, two junior teams (19-17 years old), two cadets (with ages between 16 and 15), two youngster teams (14 and 13) and three children's teams (the youngest, 12 and 11 years of age) which make up the club's football academy.
Currently, the total area of the facilities is 14,760 m².
The iconic arch over the main stand of Athletic's San Mamés Stadium (which originally supported its roof) was preserved in the ground's demolition in 2013 and moved in several pieces to Lezama, where it was installed at the side of the pitch used by the reserves and women's team.
Coordinates: 43°16′42″N 02°50′19″W / 43.27833°N 2.83861°W
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