2013–14 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2013–14 season is Athletic Bilbao's 115th in existence and the club's 83rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Athletic Club
2013–14 season
PresidentJosu Urrutia
Head coachErnesto Valverde
StadiumSan Mamés
La Liga4th
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Aritz Aduriz (16)
All:
Aritz Aduriz (18)

Athletic Bilbao will compete for their ninth La Liga title and will also enter the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32 for their 25th title.

Players

Squad information
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Gorka Iraizoz39EU 2007 282 0 2015 €4M From Youth system
2 FW Gaizka Toquero36EU 2009 198 25 2016 Undisclosed
3 MF Iñigo Pérez32EU 2009 58 2 2015 Youth system
4 DF Aymeric Laporte26EU 2012 49 2 2018 Youth system
5 MF Erik Morán29EU 2012 14 0 2016 Youth system
6 DF Mikel San José31EU 2009 166 18 2015 €2.74M From Youth system
7 MF Beñat33EU 2013 24 1 2018 €8M From Youth system
8 MF Ander Iturraspe31EU 2008 174 1 2017 Youth system
9 FW Kike Sola34EU 2013 9 1 2018 €4M From Youth system
10 MF Óscar de Marcos31EU 2009 180 23 2016 €0.3M
11 DF Ibai30EU 2010 102 15 2017 Free From Youth system
12 DF Unai Albizua31EU 2013 2 0 2015 Youth system
13 GK Iago Herrerín32EU 2012 11 0 2016 Free From Youth system
14 MF Markel Susaeta32EU 2007 297 43 2017 Youth system
15 DF Andoni Iraola (vice captain)38EU 2003 471 36 2015 Youth system
16 DF Xabier Etxeita32EU 2013 22 1 2016 Free From Youth system
17 MF Mikel Rico35EU 2013 35 7 2016 €2.8M From Youth system
18 MF Carlos Gurpegui (captain)39EU 2002 331 20 2015 Youth system
19 FW Iker Muniain27EU 2009 208 29 2015 Youth system
20 FW Aritz Aduriz39EU 2012 170 56 2015 €2M From Youth system
21 MF Ander Herrera31EU 2011 122 8 2016 €7M
22 DF Enric Saborit28EU 2013 5 0 2016 Youth system
23 DF Borja Ekiza32EU 2011 82 0 2015 Youth system
24 DF Mikel Balenziaga32EU 2013 58 0 2016 €0.3M
28 FW Guillermo Fernández27EU 2013 7 1 2014 Youth system

From the youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF  ESP Erik Morán
12 DF  ESP Unai Albizua
22 DF  ESP Enric Saborit
28 FW  ESP Guillermo Fernández

Transfers in
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
7 MF Beñat 33EU Betis Transfer Summer 2016 €8M
24 DF Mikel Balenziaga 32EU Valladolid Transfer Summer 2016 €0.3M
13 DF Iago Herrerín 32EU Numancia Loan return Summer 2014 Loan return
16 DF Xabi Etxeita 32EU Elche End of contract Summer 2016 Free
9 FW Kike Sola 34EU Osasuna Transfer Summer 2018 €4M
17 MF Mikel Rico 35EU Granada Transfer Summer 2016 €2.8M
3 MF Iñigo Pérez 32EU Mallorca Loan return Winter 2015 Loan return

Total spending: €15,100,000

Transfers out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
9 FW Fernando Llorente 35EU Juventus End of contract Summer Free
5 DF Fernando Amorebieta 35EU Fulham End of contract Summer Free
– DF Iban Zubiaurre 37EU Racing Santander Mutual termination Summer Free
16 FW Isma López 30EU Sporting Gijón Mutual termination Summer Free
26 FW Igor Martínez 31EU Mirandés End of contract Summer Free
13 GK Raúl Fernández 32EU Numancia On loan Summer Loan
22 DF Xabi Castillo 34EU Las Palmas End of contract Summer Free
40 MF Álvaro Peña 28EU Lugo End of contract Summer Free
27 MF Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta 27EU Mirandés On loan Summer Loan
28 DF Jonás Ramalho 27EU Girona On loan Summer Loan
17 MF Iñigo Pérez 32EU Mallorca On loan Summer Loan
3 DF Jon Aurtenetxe 28EU Celta Vigo On loan Summer Loan

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Total income: €0

Expenditure: €15,100,000

Club

Current technical staff
PositionName
First team manager Ernesto Valverde
Assistant coach Jon Aspiazu
Physical fitness coaches José Antonio Pozanco, Xabier Clemente
Goalkeeping coach Aitor Iru

Statistics

Squad statistics

The numbers and stats are established according to the official website: www.athletic-club.net

As of 14 April 2014
No. Pos. Nat. Name League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKGorka Iraizoz 33000330
2FWGaizka Toquero 5 (15)0106 (15)041
3MFIñigo Pérez 000000
4DFAymeric Laporte 33 (2)23036 (2)261
5MFErik Morán 4 (10)01 (1)05 (11)041
6DFMikel San José 19 (6)55024 (6)581
7MFBeñat 12 (11)11 (3)013 (14)14
8MFAnder Iturraspe 31 (2)05036 (2)09
9FWKike Sola 2 (3)12 (2)04 (5)1
10MFÓscar de Marcos 19 (16)52 (2)021 (18)53
11FWIbai 6 (12)84 (2)010 (14)8
12DFUnai Albizua 0 (4)0000 (4)0
13GKIago Herrerín 5 (1)06011 (1)01
14MFMarkel Susaeta 34 (4)64 (1)138 (5)71
15DFAndoni Iraola 28 (6)16034 (6)15
16DFXabier Etxeita 2 (1)0002 (1)0
17MFMikel Rico 31 (3)56237 (3)710
18MFCarlos Gurpegui (c) 2724 (1)031 (1)29
19FWIker Muniain 33 (3)73 (1)236 (4)98
20FWAritz Aduriz 26 (5)163 (2)229 (7)18911
21MFAnder Herrera 31 (2)54 (2)035 (4)57
22DFEnric Saborit 2 (3)0002 (3)01
23DFBorja Ekiza 100 (1)01 (1)0
24DFMikel Balenziaga 310603705
28FWGuillermo Fernández 4 (5)1004 (5)1

Competitions

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

13 July 2013 FriendlyBermeo1 – 6Athletic BilbaoBermeo, Spain
19:00 CEST De Marcos  9', 12'
Aduriz  40'
Toquero  84'
Sola  85'
Beñat  90'		 Stadium: Municipal Itsas Gane
20 July 2013 FriendlyEintracht Braunschweig0 – 4Athletic BilbaoKufstein, Austria
19:45 CEST Summary Susaeta  19'
Ruiz de Galarreta  27'
Aduriz  47'
De Marcos  75'		 Stadium: Kufstein Arena
23 July 2013 Friendly1899 Hoffenheim0 – 0Athletic BilbaoLeogang, Austria
Firmino  82'
Beck  82'		 Summary Herrera  72' Stadium: Sportplatz Leogang
Referee: Christopher Jäger
27 July 2013 FriendlySC Freiburg0 – 0Athletic BilbaoFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany
18:30 CEST Guédé  19' Summary Balenziaga  46'
Susaeta  76'		 Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Referee: Martin Petersen
31 July 2013 FriendlyAthletic Bilbao1 – 4Real ZaragozaSestao, Spain
19:00 CEST Toquero  61' Summary Cidoncha  25'
García  32'
Barkero  35', 60'		 Stadium: Las Llanas
Referee: González Esteban
3 August 2013 FriendlyNice0 – 0Athletic BilbaoSaint-Jean-de-Luz, France
18:00 CEST Summary Susaeta  60'
Gurpegui  77'		 Stadium: Pavillon Bleu
Referee: Said Ennjimi
7 August 2013 FriendlyNumancia0 – 2Athletic BilbaoSoria, Spain
20:30 CEST Juanma  64' Summary Sola  58'
Ibai  63'		 Stadium: Los Pajaritos
Referee: Valdés Aller
10 August 2013 FriendlyCardiff City2 – 1Athletic BilbaoCardiff, Wales
15:00 BST Whittingham  45'
Campbell  52'		 Summary Iraola  55' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Referee: Mark Whitby

La Liga

League table
Main article: 2013–14 La Liga
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Barcelona 38 27 6 5 100 33 +67 87[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Real Madrid 38 27 6 5 104 38 +66 87[lower-alpha 1]
4 Athletic Bilbao 38 20 10 8 66 39 +27 70 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Sevilla 38 18 9 11 69 52 +17 63 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
6 Villarreal 38 17 8 13 60 44 +16 59[lower-alpha 3] Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 4]
Source: La Liga, ESPN
Rules for classification: [2] 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points;
Notes:
  1. FCB 2–1 RMA; RMA 3–4 FCB
  2. Sevilla automatically qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage as the defending champions, the berth through their league position was vacated.
  3. VIL 5–1 RSO; RSO 1–2 VIL
  4. Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams will qualify for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.[1]

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLWLWLDWWDLWWWDWLWWWDDLWWDDWDLWWLWWDD
Position63556556655555444444444444444444444444
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.   Win   Draw   Loss

17 August 2013 1Real Valladolid1 – 2Athletic BilbaoValladolid
21:00 Ebert  31' Report Susaeta  28'
Muniain  50'		 Stadium: José Zorrilla
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)
23 August 2013 2Athletic Bilbao2 – 0OsasunaSan Sebastián
22:00 Arribas  30' (o.g.)
De Marcos  81'		 Report Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)
1 September 2013 3Real Madrid3 – 1Athletic BilbaoMadrid
12:00 Isco  26', 72'
Khedira  29'
Ronaldo  45+1'		 Report Gurpegui  21'
Beñat  67'
Ibai  79'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 72,231
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Aragon)
16 September 2013 4Athletic Bilbao3 – 2Celta VigoBilbao
22:00 San José  17'
Iraola  61'
Beñat  68'		 Report Charles  11'
Mina  79'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)
23 September 2013 5Espanyol3 – 2Athletic BilbaoCornellà de Llobregat
22:00 Sánchez  24', 49'
García  66'		 Report Ibai  92' Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian Community)
26 September 2013 6Athletic Bilbao2 – 1Real BetisBilbao
20:00 De Marcos  72'
San José  81'		 Report Molina  11' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
30 September 2013 7Granada2 – 0Athletic BilbaoGranada
22:00 El-Arabi  51' (pen.), 60' Report Stadium: Los Cármenes
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)
6 October 2013 8Athletic Bilbao1 – 1ValenciaBilbao
21:00 Rico  52' Report Banega  42' (pen.) Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 35,700
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
21 October 2013 9Athletic Bilbao2 – 0VillarrealBilbao
22:00 Rico  32'
Aduriz  35'		 Report Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
28 October 2013 10Getafe0 – 1Athletic BilbaoGetafe
22:00 Report Laporte  8' Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Attendance: 6,543
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)
31 October 2013 11Athletic Bilbao2 – 2ElcheBilbao
22:00 Susaeta  49'
Aduriz  69'		 Report Lombán  9'
Aarón  47'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
3 November 2013 12Atlético Madrid2 – 0Athletic BilbaoMadrid
17:00 Villa  32'
Costa  40'		 Report Morán  63'  79' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
9 November 2013 13Athletic Bilbao2 – 1LevanteBilbao
20:00 Laporte  42'
Beñat  43'
De Marcos  68'
Rico  72'
Aduriz  84',  90+2'		 Report López  11'
Barral  32',  63'
Ivanschitz  60'
Rodas  80'
Diop  81'
Nong  90+6'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
25 November 2013 14Málaga1 – 2Athletic BilbaoMálaga
22:00 Samu  30'
Juanmi  38'
Weligton  41'
Angeleri  56'
Eliseu  71'
Portillo  76'  83'		 Report San José  45',  69'
Muniain  86'		 Stadium: La Rosaleda
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
1 December 2013 15Athletic Bilbao1 – 0BarcelonaBilbao
21:00 Rico  19'
Iturraspe  56'
Toquero  69'
Muniain  70'		 Report Neymar  53'
Busquets  57'
Mascherano  72'
Adriano  78'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian Community)
15 December 2013 16Sevilla1 – 1Athletic BilbaoSeville
19:00 Moreno  4'
Figueiras  34'
Bacca  45'
Vitolo  55'
Mbia  85'		 Report Susaeta  6'
Gurpegui  38'
Iturraspe  90'		 Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
22 December 2013 17Athletic Bilbao2 – 1Rayo VallecanoBilbao
19:00 San José  32'
Rico  75'		 Report Bueno  61' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias (Navarre)
5 January 2014 18Real Sociedad2 – 0Athletic BilbaoSan Sebastián
20:00 Griezmann  43'
Pardo  90+3'		 Report Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
12 January 2014 19Athletic Bilbao6 – 1AlmeríaBilbao
16:00 Rico  6',  83'
Herrera  10'
Laporte  30'
San José  33'
Aduriz  52'
Ibai  67', 85' (pen.)		 Report Torsiglieri  36'
Barbosa  75'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)
19 January 2014 20Athletic Bilbao4 – 2Real ValladolidBilbao
22:00 Ibai  65', 82'
De Marcos  75'
Herrera  86'		 Report Óscar  15'
Rama  90+1'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)
26 January 2014 21Osasuna1 – 5Athletic BilbaoPamplona
17:00 Armenteros  10' Report Susaeta  3'
Aduriz  16', 62'
Ibai  84'
Sola  88'		 Stadium: El Sadar
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)
2 February 2014 22Athletic Bilbao1 – 1Real MadridBilbao
21:00 Ibai  74'
Iturraspe  75'		 Report Jesé  65'
Ronaldo  75'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)
10 February 2014 23Celta Vigo0 – 0Athletic BilbaoVigo
22:00 Report Stadium: Balaídos
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
16 February 2014 24Athletic Bilbao1 – 2EspanyolBilbao
19:00 Gurpegui  56'
Aduriz  31'  87'		 Report García  6'
Colotto  65'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
23 February 2014 25Real Betis0 – 2Athletic BilbaoSeville
17:00 Castro  32'
Perquis  34'  41'
Reyes  34'  58'
Sevilla  55'		 Report Muniain  34' (pen.),  78'
Guillermo  80'		 Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)
28 February 2014 26Athletic Bilbao4 – 0GranadaBilbao
20:30 Aduriz  7', 18', 74' (pen.)
Gurpegui  80'		 Report Fatau  2'
Brahimi  47'
Mainz  73'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)
9 March 2014 27Valencia1 – 1Athletic BilbaoValencia
21:00 Alcácer  23' Report Aduriz  52' (pen.) Stadium: Mestalla
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
17 March 2014 28Villarreal1 – 1Athletic BilbaoVillarreal
22:00 Pina  46'
Gabriel  39'  65'		 Report Aduriz  83' Stadium: El Madrigal
Referee: José González González (Castile and León)
22 March 2014 29Athletic Bilbao1 – 0GetafeBilbao
22:00 Susaeta  40' Report Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
25 March 2014 30Elche0 – 0Athletic BilbaoElche
22:00 Report Stadium: Martínez Valero
Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias (Navarre)
29 March 2014 31Athletic Bilbao1 – 2Atlético MadridBilbao
20:00 Muniain  6'
Laporte  71'  85'		 Report Costa  22'
Koke  55'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
7 April 2014 32Levante1 – 2Athletic BilbaoValencia
22:00 García  61'
San José  66' (o.g.)
Víctor  72'
Barral  88'		 Aduriz  15', 45'
Morán  87'		 Stadium: Ciutat de València
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)
14 April 2014 33Athletic Bilbao3 – 0MálagaBilbao
22:00 Aduriz  4', 46'
Herrera  62'		 Report Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: José González González (Castile and León)
20 April 2014 34Barcelona2 – 1Athletic BilbaoBarcelona
21:00 Pedro  72'
Messi  74'		 Report Aduriz  50' Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian Community)
27 April 2014 35Athletic Bilbao3 – 1SevillaBilbao
19:00 Susaeta  4'
Muniain  53'
Herrera  72'		 Report Gameiro  79' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)
2 May 2014 36Rayo Vallecano0 – 3Athletic BilbaoMadrid
21:00 Larrivey  45+4' Report San José  20'
De Marcos  30'
Herrera  74'		 Stadium: Campo de Vallecas
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
11 May 2014 37Athletic Bilbao1 – 1Real SociedadBilbao
17:00 Muniain  49' Report Agirretxe  79' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
18 May 2014 38Almería0 – 0Athletic BilbaoAlmería
18:00 Report Stadium: Juegos del Mediterráneo
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

Copa del Rey
Main article: 2013–14 Copa del Rey

Round of 32
7 December 2013 First legCelta Vigo1 – 0Athletic BilbaoVigo
20:00 Mina  72' Stadium: Balaídos
Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
18 December 2013 Second legAthletic Bilbao4 – 0Celta VigoBilbao
21:30 Muniain  20', 79'
Susaeta  43'
Aduriz  85'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

Round of 16
8 January 2014 First legReal Betis1 – 0Athletic BilbaoSeville
20:00 Castro  42' Report Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)
15 January 2014 Second legAthletic Bilbao2 – 0Real BetisBilbao
19:30 Rico  23', 67' Report Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)

Quarter-finals
23 January 2014 First legAtlético Madrid1 – 0Athletic BilbaoMadrid
21:00 Godín  40' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)
29 January 2014 Second legAthletic Bilbao1 – 2Atlético MadridBilbao
20:00 Aduriz  42' Report García  55'
Costa  86'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)
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References
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14, article 2.04" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. "Reglamento General RFEF – Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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