2011–12 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao
2011–12 season
President	Josu Urrutia
Manager	Marcelo Bielsa
Stadium	San Mamés Stadium
La Liga	10th
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Fernando Llorente (17); All: Fernando Llorente (29)

The 2011–12 season will be the 111th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 81st consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

Athletic Bilbao will compete for their ninth La Liga title and will participate in the UEFA Europa League, entering in the play-off round due to their sixth-place finish in the 2010–11 La Liga. They will also enter the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Gorka Iraizoz	37	EU	2007	150	0	2015	€ 4.6M	Originally from Youth system
2	FW	Gaizka Toquero	34	EU	2008	103	20	2012	Free
3	LB	Koikili	37	EU	2007	98	2	2012	Free
5	CB	Fernando Amorebieta	33	EU	2005	187	1	2013	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
6	CB	Mikel San José	29	EU	2010	64	5	2015	€ 2.5M	Originally from Youth system
7	MF	David López	36	EU	2007	125	14	2013	€ 6M
8	DM	Ander Iturraspe	29	EU	2008	42	0	2012	Youth system
9	ST	Fernando Llorente	33	EU	2004	244	84	2013	Youth system
10	FW	Óscar de Marcos	29	EU	2009	44	3	2013	€ 0.35M
11	LM	Igor Gabilondo	39	EU	2006	154	21	2012	Free
13	GK	Raúl	30	EU	2010	1	0	2012	Youth system
14	RW	Markel Susaeta	30	EU	2007	151	12	2013	Youth system
15	RB	Andoni Iraola	35	EU	2003	334	34	2014	Youth system
18	DM	Carlos Gurpegui	38	EU	2001	256	17	2014	Youth system
19	LW	Iker Muniain	25	EU	2009	73	11	2015	Youth system
20	CB	Aitor Ocio	41	EU	2007	119	2	2012	€ 3.5M
21	MF	Ander Herrera	29	EU	2011	0	0	2016	€ 7.5M
22	LB	Xabi Castillo	32	EU	2009	45	0	2013	€ 1M	Originally from Youth system
23	CB	Borja Ekiza	30	EU	2010	21	0	2013	Youth system
24	CM	Javi Martínez	30	EU	2006	197	23	2016	€ 6M
26	AM	Igor Martínez	29	EU	2010	10	0	2013	€ 0.2M
28	FW	Ibai	30	EU	2010	3	0		€ 0.2M (estimate)
29	DF	Jon Aurtenetxe	26	EU	2010	13	0	2014	Youth system

Last updated: 6 July 2011
Source: Athletic-Club.net, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
RB	Iban Zubiaurre	28	EU	Albacete	Loan return	Summer	2014	N/A
FW	Ion Vélez	26	EU	Numancia	Loan return	Summer	2012	N/A
MF	Ander Herrera	21	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2016	Unknown	Marca.com
MF	Iñigo Pérez	23	EU	Huesca	Loan return	Summer	2012	N/A

Total expenditure: €0 million

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source

Total income: €0 million

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Marcelo Bielsa
2nd coach	Luciano Martín
Physical coaches	Javier Reyes, Bernardo Requena, Xabier Clemente
Goalkeepers coach	Luis Llopis
Representative	Iñaki Morán
Medical services	Joxean Lekue, Paco Angulo
Physiotherapists	Juan Manuel Ipiña, Alfonso Ruiz, Álvaro Campa, Beñat Azula
Chiropractor	Kepa Galardi
Material managers	José Antonio Narváez, Txetxu Gallego

Source: Athletic-Club.net

La Liga

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	32	4	2	121	32	+89	100	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Barcelona	38	28	7	3	114	29	+85	91
3	Valencia	38	17	10	11	59	44	+15	61
4	Málaga	38	17	7	14	54	53	+1	58	2012–13 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5	Atlético Madrid	38	15	11	12	53	46	+7	56	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Group stage ¹
6	Levante	38	16	7	15	54	50	+4	55	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ²
7	Osasuna	38	13	15	10	44	61	−17	54
8	Mallorca	38	14	10	14	42	46	−4	52
9	Sevilla	38	13	11	14	48	47	+1	50
10	Athletic Bilbao	38	12	13	13	49	52	−3	49	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ²
11	Getafe	38	12	11	15	40	51	−11	47		GET: 8 pts RSO: 5 pts BET: 2 pts
12	Real Sociedad	38	12	11	15	46	52	−6	47
13	Betis	38	13	8	17	47	56	−9	47
14	Espanyol	38	12	10	16	46	56	−10	46
15	Rayo Vallecano	38	13	4	21	53	73	−20	43		RVA 0–0 ZAR ZAR 1–2 RVA
16	Zaragoza	38	12	7	19	36	61	−25	43		RVA 0–0 ZAR ZAR 1–2 RVA
17	Granada	38	12	6	20	35	56	−21	42
18	Villarreal (R)	38	9	14	15	39	53	−14	41	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Sporting Gijón (R)	38	10	7	21	42	69	−27	37
20	Racing Santander (R)	38	4	15	19	28	63	−35	27

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
¹Atlético Madrid won the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and thus secured the title holder spot in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
²Athletic Bilbao qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as runners-up of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey to Barcelona, who have qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Consequently, Levante entered the play-off round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by round

Round	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	1	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	31	32	33	34	35	36	20	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L
Position	8	14	16	18	19	16	11	11	8	9	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	5	7	6	6	9	5	5	5	7	8	9	11	11	11	8	7	6	7	8	9	10

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

21 August 2011 1	Real Madrid	v	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
18:00 CET				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

28 August 2011 2	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 1	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
16:00 CET	Iturraspe 56' Iturraspe 90+1'	Summary	Movilla 62' Arribas 73' Piti 74' Casado 77'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

11 September 2011 3	Espanyol	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET	López 7' García 25', 74', 53'	Summary	De Marcos 8' Llorente 62'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

18 September 2011 4	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 3	Real Betis	Bilbao
21:00 CET	De Marcos 38', 45' Gurpegui 51' Amorebieta 53', 90+5' Muniain 75' López 86' (pen.)	Summary	Beñat 7', 72' Nacho 13', 24' Iriney 41' Sevilla 45' (pen.) Mario 75', 75' Casto 78' Chica 86'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

21 September 2011 5	Málaga	1 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Málaga
19:00 CET	Cazorla 62', 76'	Summary	Iturraspe 61' Toquero 84' J. Martínez 88'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 20,976 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

24 September 2011 6	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 1	Villarreal	Bilbao
17:00 CET	Gabilondo 43' Eikiza 45', 81' Amorebieta 56' J. Martínez 60' Muniain 86'	Summary	Nilmar 53' Musacchio 58'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

2 October 2011 7	Real Sociedad	1 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
11:00 CET	I. Martínez 61' Illarramendi 68'	Summary	Llorente 34', 70' Amorebieta 49' Iraola 73' Gurpegui 75' Susaeta 84'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 25,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

17 October 2011 8	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1	Osasuna	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Iraola 27' Muniain 30' Gabilondo 38' J. Martínez 45+1', 90'	Summary	Nekounam 26', 90+1' (pen.) Lamah 63', 70'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

23 October 2011 9	Valencia	1 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
19:00 CET	Soldado 25', 89' Ruiz 31' Miguel 74'	Summary	J. Martínez 41' Iraola 45+2' Herrera 71' Muniain 72' Iturraspe 78' Aurtenetxe 89'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 27,532 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

27 October 2011 10	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 0	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
21:00 CET	J. Martínez 17' Aurtenetxe 37' Llorente 67' (71) Toquero 75' Ekiza 80'	Summary	Godín 32' Miranda 52' Sílvio 66' Assunção 81' Salvio 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

30 October 2011 11	Sporting Gijón	1 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Gijón
11:00 CET	Trejo 27' Bilić 71'	Summary	Iraola 12' Susaeta 24', 63' Iturraspe 90'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 21,000 Referee: José Luis González González

6 November 2011 12	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 2	Barcelona	Bilbao
19:00 CET	Herrera 20', 22' J. Martínez 48' Iturraspe 54' Amorebieta 69', 90' Piqué 80' (o.g.)	Summary	Fàbregas 24' Piqué 63' Messi 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,000 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

20 November 2011 13	Sevilla	1 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
17:00 CET	Navas 15' Navarro 27' Spahić 90'	Summary	Iraola 6' De Marcos 43', 71' San José 48'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

27 November 2011 14	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 1	Granada	Bilbao
18:45 CET	Muniain 45' Aurtenetxe 45'	Summary	López 32' Nyom 33' Yebda 41' Siqueira 44' Roberto 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

4 December 2011 15	Mallorca	1 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Palma
20:00 CET	Álvaro 3' Pina 30' Tissone 45+2' Ramis 56' Martí 68' Cáceres 71' Chico 79' Hemed 83'	Summary	Amorebieta 41', 45+3' Iturraspe 51' Pérez 72' Toquero 86' Raúl 90+2'	Stadium: Iberostar Attendance: 13,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

11 December 2011 16	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 1	Racing Santander	Bilbao
19:45 CET	Iturraspe 65' Aurtenetxe 80' Iraola 88'	Summary	Arana 8' Serrano 62' Munitis 68' Cisma 84' Á. González 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

17 December 2011 17	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 1	Zaragoza	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Susaeta 7' J. Martínez 21' Herrera 78' Toquero 87'	Summary	Ponzio 22' (pen.), 31' Lanzaro 24', 69' Tomás 37' Postiga 60' Juárez 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pedro Jesús Pérez Montero

8 January 2012 18	Getafe	0 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
16:00 CET	Güiza 28' Rafa 55' Míchel 58'	Summary	Aurtenetxe 69'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alfonso Alvarez Izquierdo

15 January 2012 19	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 0	Levante	Bilbao
18:00 CET	Amerebieta 11' Llorente 40' Aurtenetxe 46' Herrera 64' San José 90'	Summary	Torres 21' Juanfran 61', 89' Del Horno 68' Farinós 75' Ballesteros 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

22 January 2012 1	Real Madrid	4 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
21:30 CET	Marcelo 25' Ronaldo 29', 46' (pen.), 67' (pen.) Ramos 57' Arbeloa 74' Callejón 86'	Summary	Llorente 13' De Marcos 26', 66' Iturraspe 46'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

28 January 2012 21	Rayo Vallecano	2 – 3	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
18:00 CET	Michu 11' Casado 18' Arribas 27' Rayco 82'	Summary	Pérez 9' Llorente 17', 23', 68' Susaeta 25' Toquero 41' Ekiza 85'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,450 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

4 February 2012 22	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 3	Espanyol	Bilbao
18:00 CET	De Marcos 26' Muniain 28' López 44' Llorente 58' J. Martínez 65' 90' Iturraspe 85'	Summary	Romaric 33' Weiss 48', 58' Forlín 70' Albín 90', 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

11 February 2012 23	Real Betis	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
22:00 CET	Castro 9' Iriney 47' Molina 49' Beñat 60' Nélson 90+1', 72'	Summary	J. Martínez 23', 29', 64' Aurtenetxe 49'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,000 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

19 February 2012 24	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 0	Málaga	Bilbao
16:00 CET	Iraola 15' Herrera 21' Amorebieta 57' San José 60' Toquero 61' Muniain 65' De Marcos 86'	Summary	Weligton 83'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

26 February 2012 25	Villarreal	2 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
12:00 CET	Senna 11', 18' Nilmar 68'	Summary	Aurtenetxe 50' Llorente 62' Pérez 64' Toquero 66' Susaeta 66' Iturraspe 75'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

4 March 2012 26	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 0	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
16:00 CET	J. Martínez 22' Susaeta 25', 81', 73' Amorebieta 62' San José 66'	Summary	Zurutuza 34' Bergara 38' Vela 73' Cadamuro-Bentaïba 77' González 80' Estrada 84'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

11 March 2012 27	Osasuna	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Pamplona
21:30 CET				Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Alfonso Javier Álvarez Izquierdo

18 March 2012 28	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 3	Valencia	Bilbao
18:00 CET	Iraola 36', 66' Iturraspe 66' De Marcos 76' San José 84'	Summary	Barragán 28' Soldado 42', 57', 85' (pen.), 82' Alba 44' Topal 50' Rami 75' Parejo 80'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

21 March 2012 29	Atlético Madrid	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
20:00 CET	Gabi 38' Falcao 50', 72' Juanfran 64' Miranda 66' Suárez 82'	Summary	Herrera 40' San José 63' J. Martínez 70', 90+2'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

25 March 2012 30	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 1	Sporting Gijón	Bilbao
18:00 CET	De Marcos 77', 85' Aurtenetxe 90+4'	Summary	Eguren 17' Castro 34' Botía 35' Hernández 62' Lora 90'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

31 March 2012 31	Barcelona	2 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
22:00 CET	Iniesta 40' Messi 58' (pen.) Busquets 66'	Summary	Toquero 52' Iturraspe 56' J. Martínez 57'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,027 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

8 April 2012 32	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 0	Sevilla	Bilbao
18:00 CET	Llorente 47' Iraola 48' Amorebieta 81' Muniain 88' Aurtenetxe 89'	Summary	Kanouté 15' Medel 40' Escudé 41' Navas 84'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alfonso Alvarez Izquierdo

11 April 2012 33	Granada	2 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Granada
20:00 CET	Romero 2', 39' Nyom 63' Geijo 74' Gómez 87'	Summary	Iturraspe 48' Amorebieta 60' Llorente 81' Susaeta 87' De Marcos 90+2'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

15 April 2012 34	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 0	Mallorca	Bilbao
18:00 CET	Llorente 13' Herrera 50'	Summary	Cáceres 53' Cendrós 76' Pina 86' Tejera 88'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

22 April 2012 35	Racing Santander	0 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Santander
16:00 CET	Álvaro 55' Martínez 90'	Summary	Toquero 12' Aurtenetxe 61' Amorebieta 68'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pedro Jesús Pérez Montero

29 April 2012 36	Zaragoza	2 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Zaragoza
16:00 CET				Stadium: La Romareda

2 May 2012 20	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 3	Real Madrid	Bilbao
22:00 CEST (UTC+02)	J. Martínez 11', 72' San José 37' Toquero 45+1' Pérez 85'		Ramos 12' Higuaín 16' Özil 20', 78' Coentrão 36' Ronaldo 50' Arbeloa 64' Alonso 69'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,500 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

5 May 2012 37	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 0	Getafe	Bilbao
--:-- CEST (UTC+02)				Stadium: San Mamés

13 May 2012 38	Levante	3 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02)	Ghezzal 45', 45', 67' Farinós 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

8 December 2011 First leg	Real Oviedo	0 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Oviedo
22:00 CET	Diop 40' Nano 80'	Summary	De Marcos 11' Pérez 85'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José Luis González González

21 December 2011 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 0 (2 - 0 agg.)	Real Oviedo	Bilbao
22:00 CET	Amorebieta 56' San José 64' Herrera 74'	Summary	Juanma Marrero 36'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 18,000 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

Round of 16

3 January 2012 First leg	Albacete	0 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Albacete
20:00 CET	Castillo 18' Rocha 38' Candela 56'	Summary	Iturraspe 45'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

12 January 2012 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	4 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Albacete	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Susaeta 24' Iturraspe 42' Muniain 53' Herrera 65' Toquero 77' San José 86'	Summary	Castillo 49' Rocha 60' Candela 72'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Quarter-finals

18 January 2012 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 0	Mallorca	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Llorente 10', 35' Muniain 59', 77'	Summary	Cendrós 45' Tissone 48' Nunes 55' Pereira 58' João Victor 86'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,000 Referee: José Luis González González

25 January 2012 Second leg	Mallorca	0 – 1 (0 – 3 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Palma
20:00 CET	Ramis 90' Chico 90'	Summary	Amorebieta 41' Herrera 62' Toquero 67' Ramis 76' (o.g.) Iraizoz 82'	Stadium: Iberostar Attendance: 10,990 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Semi-finals

31 January 2012 First leg	Mirandés	1 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Miranda de Ebro
22:00 CET	García 45' Corral 67' Mújika 85' Lambarri 90+1'	Summary	Llorente 18', 27' Iturraspe 56' J. Martínez 61' López 77' Pérez 88'	Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 7,980 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

7 February 2012 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	6 – 2 (8 – 3 agg.)	Mirandés	Bilbao
22:00 CET	Muniain 11' Susaeta 14' Aurtenetxe 22' Amorebieta 60' Llorente 71', 75' Caneda 88' (o.g.)	Summary	Iribas 20' Blanco 57', 86'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Final

25 May 2012 Final	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 3	Barcelona	Madrid
21:30 CEST	Susaeta 40' Iraola 43'	Report	Pedro 3', 25' Messi 20' Xavi 66' Iniesta 71'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 54,850 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

18 August 2011 First Leg	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 0	Trabzonspor	Bilbao, Spain
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

25 August 2011 Second Leg	Trabzonspor	Cancelled	Athletic Bilbao	Istanbul, Turkey
20:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
Note: As a result of match-fixing allegations, Turkish club Fenerbahçe were removed from the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and were replaced with Trabzonspor on 24 August 2011. As a result, Trabzonspor's second leg against Athletic Bilbao was cancelled, and Athletic Bilbao qualified for the group stage.^[1]

Group stage

Group F
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Athletic Bilbao	6	4	1	1	11	8	+3	13
Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
Slovan Bratislava	6	0	1	5	4	11	−7	1

15 September 2011 1	Slovan Bratislava	1 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Bratislava, Slovakia
19:00 CET	Guédé 34'	Report	Susaeta 13' Muniain 40'	Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 6,328 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

29 September 2011 2	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET	Gabilondo 20' Susaeta 45+1'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 23,487 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

20 October 2011 3	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 2	Red Bull Salzburg	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET	Llorente 69' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report	Wallner 30' Leonardo 36'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 22,566 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

3 November 2011 4	Red Bull Salzburg	0 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CET		Report	Herrera 37'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10,350 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

1 December 2011 5	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 1	Slovan Bratislava	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET	De Marcos 15' Susaeta 75'	Report	Šebo 39'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 28,314 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

14 December 2011 6	Paris Saint-Germain	4 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Paris, France
19:00 CET	Pastore 21' Bodmer 41' Pérez 85' (o.g.) Hoarau 90' (pen.)	Report	Aurtenetxe 3' López 55'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,114 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)