The 1983–84 season was the 83rd season in

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

's history and their 53rd consecutive season in Primera Division, the top level of

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. Also, the club competed in the

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and the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

Summary

The season is best remembered by the club winning both

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and

. The league trophy was clinched after a closed race against

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and

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, the manager

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and the squad defeated arch rivals

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and thanks to the Goal difference reached the topspot of the table for the second consecutive year. Forward Manu Sarabia was the topscorer of the squad scoring 9 league goals.

Squad

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

League table

Position by round

Matches

European Cup

First round

Second round

Copa del Rey

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

References

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Athletic Bilbao seasons 1983-84 1983 in the Basque Country (autonomous community) 1984 in the Basque Country (autonomous community)