2017–18 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao
2017–18 season
President	Josu Urrutia
Head coach	José Ángel Ziganda
Stadium	San Mamés
La Liga	16th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl García (10); All: Aritz Aduriz (20)
Highest home attendance	45,761 (vs Real Sociedad, 16 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance	14,294 (vs Formentera, 29 November 2017)

The 2017–18 season was the 119th in Athletic Club’s history and the 87th in the top tier.

Squad

The numbers were established according to the official website: , except Unai Núñez who wore number 12 in domestic matches from the beginning of 2018.

Player statistics

S	P	N	Name	League				Cup				Europe				Total
S	P	N	Name	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M
1	GK		Kepa Arrizabalaga	30	0	0	2700	1	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	2790
3	DF		Enric Saborit	16	3	0	1429	2	0	0	180	2	0	0	155	20	3	0	1764
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	16	0	0	1440	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1440
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	7	1	0	675	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	314	11	1	0	989
6	DF		Mikel San José	24	2	1	2156	1	0	0	90	7	4	0	649	32	6	1	2895
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	12	12	0	1115	1	0	0	90	7	1	0	571	20	13	0	1776
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe (vc)	20	10	0	1903	0	1	0	16	5	2	0	529	25	13	0	2448
9	FW		Kike Sola	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	62
10	FW		Iker Muniain (3rd c)	7	7	4	775	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	523	13	7	5	1298
11	FW		Iñaki Williams	31	7	7	2851	1	0	0	90	9	4	3	863	41	11	10	3804
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	8	0	0	720	1	0	0	90	14	0	0	1260	23	0	0	2070
14	MF		Markel Susaeta (c)	26	8	3	2268	1	0	0	90	8	5	0	772	35	13	3	3130
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	22	10	0	2104	2	0	0	180	10	2	0	911	34	12	0	3195
16	DF		Xabier Etxeita	5	0	1	377	2	0	0	180	12	0	1	1046	19	0	2	1603
17	MF		Mikel Rico	13	4	0	1170	0	0	0	0	5	3	0^[1]	389	18	7	0	1559
18	MF		Óscar de Marcos	20	1	1	1663	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	630	27	1	2	2293
19	FW		Sabin Merino	5	8	0	371	2	0	0	155	0	3	0	9	7	11	0	535
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	21	12	9	2149	0	1	0	25	13	1	11	1159	34	14	20	3333
21	MF		Mikel Vesga	11	1	1	807	2	0	0	164	5	2	0	460	18	3	1	1431
22	MF		Raúl García	30	4	10	2637	0	2	1	37	10	2	3	889	40	8	14	3563
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	18	0	0	1554	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	835	28	0	0	2389
28	MF		Iñigo Córdoba	18	12	1	1457	1	0	0	90	6	4	0	552	25	16	1	2099
29	DF		Óscar Gil	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90
30	DF		Unai Núñez	33	0	1	2942	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	225	34	1	1	3167
34	DF		Andoni López	1	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90
40	MF		Iñigo Muñoz	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16
Players left the club in winter transfer window
2	DF		Eneko Bóveda	6	0	0	523	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	134	7	1	0	657
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	19	0	0	1710	1	0	0	90	10	0	1	900	30	0	1	2700
23	MF		Ager Aketxe	0	3	0	34	2	0	0	155	1	6	0	74	3	9	0	263

Disciplinary record

Iñigo Martínez' and Iñaki Williams' yellow cards against Celta Vigo on matchday 30 were removed in April 2018.

S	P	N	Name	League			Cup			Europe			Total
S	P	N	Name
1	GK		Kepa Arrizabalaga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	DF		Enric Saborit	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Mikel San José	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	9	0	0
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
9	FW		Kike Sola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Iker Muniain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	FW		Iñaki Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Markel Susaeta	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
16	DF		Xabier Etxeita	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
17	MF		Mikel Rico	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF		Óscar de Marcos	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
19	FW		Sabin Merino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	1	0
21	MF		Mikel Vesga	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
22	MF		Raúl García	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0	0
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
28	MF		Iñigo Córdoba	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
29	DF		Óscar Gil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Unai Núñez	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12	1	0
34	DF		Andoni López	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		Iñigo Muñoz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players left the club in winter transfer window
2	DF		Eneko Bóveda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
23	MF		Ager Aketxe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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.	Position	Player
28	MF	Iñigo Córdoba
30	DF	Unai Núñez
34	DF	Andoni López
40	MF	Iñigo Muñoz

Transfer

In

Date	Name	Moving from	Fee
30 June 2017	Ager Aketxe	Cádiz	Loan return
	Óscar Gil	Oviedo
	Iago Herrerín	Leganés
	Kike Sola	Numancia
	Asier Villalibre	Numancia
	Mikel Vesga	Sporting Gijón
30 January 2018	Iñigo Martínez	Real Sociedad	€32M

Out

Date	Name	Moving to	Fee
14 June 2017	Gorka Iraizoz	Girona	Free
30 June 2017	Gorka Elustondo	Atlético Nacional
24 July 2017	Javier Eraso	Leganés
18 August 2017	Asier Villalibre	Valladolid	Loan
20 January 2018	Eneko Bóveda	Deportivo La Coruña	Free
30 January 2018	Aymeric Laporte	Manchester City	€65M
31 January 2018	Asier Villalibre	Lorca	Loan
16 February 2018	Ager Aketxe	Toronto	Free

Staff

Technical staff according to the official website:

Position	Name
Head coach	José Ángel Ziganda
Assistant coach	Bingen Arostegi
Technical coach	Alberto Iglesias
Physical coach	Iban Urkiza
Recuperative coach	Xabier Clemente
Goalkeeper coach	Imanol Etxeberria
Representative	Andoni Imaz
Doctors	Josean Lekue, Paco Angulo
Masseur	Juan Manuel Ipiña
Physiotherapists	Beñat Azula, Isusko Ortuzar, Imanol Martín, Álvaro Campa
Podiatrist	Sergio Bilbao
Material managers	Txetxu Gallego, Jon Eskalza, Iker López

Pre-season and friendlies

12 July 2017 Friendly	Basel	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lens, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Delgado 30' (pen.) Van Wolfswinkel 60' Pululu 89'	Report	Sabin 40' Sola 49'	Stadium: Christ-Roi Referee: Sascha Amhof

15 July 2017 Friendly	Sion	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lens, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Zverotić 38' (o.g.) García 52'	Stadium: Christ-Roi Referee: Lionel Tschudi

17 July 2017 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Municipal Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

21 July 2017 Friendly	Club Brugge	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Bruges, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	García 41', 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Referee: Nicolas Laforge

22 July 2017 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Valladolid	Sestao, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Córdoba 4'	Report	Arnaiz 35' Nacho 56'	Stadium: Las Llanas Referee: Xabier Gómez

29 July 2017 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Reus	Leioa, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	San José 35' Aketxe 52' (pen.) Williams 68'	Report		Stadium: Sarriena Referee: Jon González

5 August 2017 Friendly	Liverpool	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Firmino 20' (pen.) Woodburn 58' Solanke 79'	Report	Williams 29'	Stadium: Aviva Referee: Paul McLaughlin

12 August 2017 Euskal Herriko Futbol Txapelketa	Athletic Bilbao	2–2^[2]	Alavés	Barakaldo, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vesga 42' Aduriz 56'	Report	Ibai 52' Santos 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Lasesarre Referee: Daniel Palencia

11 October 2017 Friendly	Barakaldo	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Barakaldo, Spain
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arroyo 51' (pen.) Bilbao 90' (o.g.)	Report	Sabin 15' Beñat 29'	Stadium: Lasesarre Referee: Jon González

22 January 2018 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Rudeš	Lezama, Spain
11:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Lezama Referee: Ricardo de Burgos

23 May 2018 Friendly	Santutxu	0–4	Athletic Bilbao	Basauri, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sabin 11', 54', 77' Aduriz 45'	Stadium: Artunduaga Referee: Igor Guijarro

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	20 August 2017	20 May 2018	-	16th	7001380000000000000♠38	7001100000000000000♠10	7001130000000000000♠13	7001150000000000000♠15	7001410000000000000♠41	7001490000000000000♠49	−8	07001263200000000000♠26.32
Europa League	27 July 2017	15 March 2018	Third qualifying round	Round of 16	7001140000000000000♠14	7000700000000000000♠7	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	7001220000000000000♠22	7001160000000000000♠16	+6	07001500000000000000♠50.00
Copa del Rey	25 October 2017	29 November 2017	Round of 32	Round of 32	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	−1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Total					7001540000000000000♠54	7001170000000000000♠17	7001170000000000000♠17	7001200000000000000♠20	7001640000000000000♠64	7001670000000000000♠67	−3	07001314800000000000♠31.48

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Alavés	38	15	2	21	40	50	−10	47
15	Levante	38	11	13	14	44	58	−14	46
16	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43^{[lower-alpha 1]}
17	Leganés	38	12	7	19	34	51	−17	43^{[lower-alpha 1]}
18	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	38	6	11	21	38	76	−38	29	Relegation to the Segunda División

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[3]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43	6	8	5	19	16	+3	4	5	10	22	33	−11

Round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	12	10	4	6	10	11	13	11	11	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	12	8	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	14	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	16

Matches

20 August 2017 1	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Getafe	Bilbao
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Núñez 68'	Report	Bergara 18' Álvaro 41', 66' Suárez 59' Molinero 63'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,110 Referee: Mario Melero (Andalusia)

27 August 2017 2	Eibar	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Eibar
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kike 25' Jordán 49', 90+1'	Report	Aduriz 38' Bóveda 81'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,948 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

10 September 2017 3	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Girona	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beñat 21' Muniain 25' Aduriz 53' García 64' San José 68' Laporte 90'	Report	Alcalá 24' Granell 27' Bernardo 40' Aday 56' Douglas Luiz 80' Stuani 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,952 Referee: Daniel Trujillo (Canary Islands)

17 September 2017 4	Las Palmas	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Las Palmas
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Calleri 58' Tannane 63' Rémy 87'	Report	Laporte 60' Aduriz 64' Vesga 77'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,149 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

20 September 2017 5	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 90+2'	Report	Thomas 25' Filipe Luís 39' Correa 55' Carrasco 73'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,499 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

23 September 2017 6	Málaga	3–3	Athletic Bilbao	Málaga
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 3' Rolán 35', 84' Borja 49' Ricca 51' Kuzmanović 52', 52' Recio 53' Rosales 60' Baysse 81'	Report	Aduriz 4' (pen.) Williams 51', 70' Laporte 53' Aketxe 89'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 23,425 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

1 October 2017 7	Valencia	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gayà 18' Zaza 27' 84' Parejo 34' (pen.) 84' Rodrigo 66'	Report	Arrizabalaga 33' Núñez 50' Aduriz 59' García 63' 76' Vesga 80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 42,070 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

14 October 2017 8	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Sevilla	Bilbao
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 13' Córdoba 33' Núñez 37' Vesga 43' 85' Laporte 90+8'	Report	Lenglet 53' Correa 68' Vázquez 79' Pizarro 90+5' Muriel 90+8'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,197 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

22 October 2017 9	Leganés	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Leganés
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pérez 11' Eraso 45' Beauvue 54' Siovas 82'	Report	Vesga 31' San José 43' Iturraspe 64' Núñez 79'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,509 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

28 October 2017 10	Athletic Bilbao	0–2	Barcelona	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iturraspe 41'	Report	Messi 36' Busquets 47' Piqué 63' Paulinho 75' 90+2' Umtiti 81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,579 Referee: Juan Martínez (Valencia)

5 November 2017 11	Celta Vigo	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	S. Gómez 16' 41' Aspas 22', 26' M. Gómez 64'	Report	Vesga 12' García 38' Balenziaga 58' Aduriz 90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,876 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

19 November 2017 12	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iturraspe 19' Aduriz 77'	Report	Bonera 5' Trigueros 28' Costa 34' Ruiz 63'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,728 Referee: David Medié (Catalonia)

26 November 2017 13	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adrián 35' Mosquera 39' Cartabia 44' Expósito 68' Schär 76' Albentosa 87'	Report	Susaeta 16' Williams 60' Laporte 71'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Attendance: 20,879 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

2 December 2017 14	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Marcos 45' Etxeita 57'	Report	Ramos 11', 86' Casemiro 73' Carvajal 90+1' Ronaldo 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 44,992 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

10 December 2017 15	Levante	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Toño 4' Laporte 73' (o.g.) Campaña 79' Chema 79'	Report	Aduriz 5' (pen.) García 40' Rico 69' Vesga 76' Postigo 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,005 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

16 December 2017 16	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 56' Lekue 74' Rico 88'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 45,761 Referee: David Fernández (Andalusia)

22 December 2017 17	Real Betis	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amat 34' Joaquín 78'	Report	Núñez 15' Saborit 17' García 36' (pen.) Feddal 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 42,819 Referee: Juan Martínez (Valencia)

7 January 2018 18	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Alavés	Bilbao
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Etxeita 8' 79' Susaeta 53' Aduriz 64' (pen.)	Report	Pedraza 12' Aguirregabiria 24' Alexis 62' Munir 64'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,070 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

14 January 2018 19	Espanyol	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gerard 29' Hermoso 60' Martín 78'	Report	Williams 35' Iturraspe 68' Saborit 76' García 80' Sabin 88'	Stadium: RCDE Attendance: 19,827 Referee: Daniel Trujillo (Canary Islands)

19 January 2018 20	Getafe	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Getafe
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Molina 21' 67' Amath 29' Molinero 47' Ángel 74' Djené 79' Arambarri 90+2'	Report	Williams 13' Núñez 44' García 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,103 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

26 January 2018 21	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Eibar	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 50'	Report	Kike 73'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,440 Referee: Mario Melero (Andalusia)

4 February 2018 22	Girona	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Girona
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stuani 7' (pen.), 65' Maffeo 46'	Report	Núñez 58'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 9,362 Referee: José Munuera (Andalusia)

9 February 2018 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Las Palmas	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 12' Saborit 51' Arrizabalaga 52' García 77'	Report	Navarro 12' Calleri 41' Michel 59' Chichizola 79'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 33,839 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

18 February 2018 24	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Correa 17' Costa 36' 80' Filipe Luís 62' Gameiro 67'	Report	Beñat 40' Núñez 71'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 59,699 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

25 February 2018 25	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Málaga	Bilbao
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martínez 15' Susaeta 17' San José 44' Lekue 60' De Marcos 63'	Report	En-Nesyri 13' 65', 84' González 24'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,734 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

28 February 2018 26	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Valencia	Bilbao
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Córdoba 29' De Marcos 49'	Report	Zaza 20' Kondogbia 23' Murillo 69'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,382 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

3 March 2018 27	Sevilla	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muriel 27' Vázquez 32' Nolito 75' Correa 83'	Report	Saborit 64' San José 79' Martínez 83'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 25,185 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Navarre)

11 March 2018 28	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Leganés	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	García 10', 17' 68' Córdoba 28'	Report	El Zhar 12' Zaldúa 36' Brašanac 66' Siovas 72' Bustinza 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,896 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

18 March 2018 29	Barcelona	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 8' Umtiti 17' Messi 30' Dembélé 39'	Report	García 31' Lekue 40'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 82,312 Referee: Santiago Jaime (Aragon)

31 March 2018 30	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Williams 31' Martínez 44' Núñez 55' 90+2'	Report	M. Gómez 15' Méndez 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 33,881 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

9 April 2018 31	Villarreal	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonera 38' Bacca 45' 67' Álvaro 64', 89' Asenjo 87'	Report	Córdoba 4' Martínez 41' Núñez 45' Williams 51' Iturraspe 67' Arrizabalaga 74' De Marcos 81' Muniain 87'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,869 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

14 April 2018 32	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	Deportivo La Coruña	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 47' 61' Susaeta 72' Yeray 90+2'	Report	Adrián 6', 14' Valle 53' Rubén 79'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,976 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

18 April 2018 33	Real Madrid	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez 45' Ronaldo 87' Carvajal 90+2'	Report	Williams 14' 39' Iturraspe 61' De Marcos 84' San José 89'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 59,293 Referee: Juan Martínez (Valencia)

23 April 2018 34	Athletic Bilbao	1–3	Levante	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 8' 53' Iturraspe 41' Núñez 88'	Report	Bardhi 42', 44' 45' Lerma 55' Jason 89' Morales 90'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 24,749 Referee: José Munuera (Andalusia)

28 April 2018 35	Real Sociedad	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	San José 15' (o.g.), 54' (o.g.) Illarramendi 26' Oyarzabal 36' Llorente 59' Pardo 85' Willian José 86'	Report	García 13' 59' (pen.) De Marcos 24' Williams 81' Susaeta 84' Muniain 86' Martínez 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,878 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

5 May 2018 36	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Real Betis	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muniain 76' Aduriz 90+2'	Report	Bartra 28' García 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,491 Referee: Javier Alberola (Castile-La Mancha)

12 May 2018 37	Alavés	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maripán 32' Munir 35' 60' Guidetti 43' Ibai 77'	Report	Beñat 27' Saborit 34' Yeray 58' San José 73' Muniain 79' Martínez 90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 16,199 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

20 May 2018 38	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Da. López 9' J. López 81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 28,492 Referee: David Fernández (Andalusia)

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

25 October 2017 First leg	Formentera	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Sant Francesc Xavier
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Samuel 51' Liñán 60' Tejera 76' Gabri 81' Romero 90+1'	Report	Etxeita 56' García 63'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

29 November 2017 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Formentera	Bilbao
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gonzalez 90+2' Muñiz 90+6'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 14,294 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

27 July 2017 First leg	Dinamo București	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Bucharest, Romania
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nascimento 34' Romera 49' Rivaldinho 54' 55' Hanca 61' Nedelcearu 90+3'	Report	Laporte 21' Muniain 30'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 26,783 Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

3 August 2017 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Dinamo București	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 24', 29' Aduriz 86'	Report	Katsikas 36' Costache 63' Albín 88'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,845 Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

Play-off round

17 August 2017 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	Athens, Greece
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lod 29' Kourbelis 45' Cabezas 55'	Report	García 22' Etxeita 32' Aduriz 68', 74' (pen.) De Marcos 71' San José 88'	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

24 August 2017 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muniain 22' Lekue 76'	Report	Johansson 28' Luciano 34'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,747 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase
2	Östersund	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6
4	Hertha BSC	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

14 September 2017 1	Hertha BSC	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Berlin, Germany
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weiser 26' Ibišević 60'	Report	Vesga 43' San José 62'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 28,832 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

28 September 2017 2	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kharatin 26' Opanasenko 58' Hordiyenko 68' Andriyevskyi 81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,462 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

19 October 2017 3	Östersund	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Östersund, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mukiibi 6' Gero 52' 72' Sema 55' Edwards 64'	Report	Aduriz 14' Córdoba 24' Williams 89'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 7,870 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

2 November 2017 4	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Östersund	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lekue 16' Balenziaga 64' Núñez 67', 89' Aduriz 70' Susaeta 84'	Report	Mukiibi 81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,354 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

23 November 2017 5	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Hertha BSC	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 35' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Laporte 81' Williams 82' García 86'	Report	Leckie 26' Langkamp 34' Selke 36' 67'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,928 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

7 December 2017 6	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lviv, Ukraine
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lunyov 43' Andriyevskyi 50' Kabayev 82'	Report	Núñez 16' Aduriz 70' García 86'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 8,428 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Moscow, Russia
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kutepov 37' Zobnin 55' Luiz Adriano 60' 67'	Report	García 15' Aduriz 22', 39' Kutepov 45+1' (o.g.)^[4] Etxeita 56'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 43,145 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

22 February 2018 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Etxeita 57' San José 86' Aduriz 90+3'	Report	Bocchetti 31' Luiz Adriano 44' Yeshchenko 67' Glushakov 80' Melgarejo 85' Kombarov 90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,873 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Round of 16

8 March 2018 First leg	Marseille	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Marseille, France
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ocampos 1', 58' Payet 14' 45+4' Germain 38' Rami 45+1'	Report	Aduriz 45+3' (pen.) San José 56' Susaeta 60' Beñat 82'	Stadium: Vélodrome Attendance: 37,657 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

15 March 2018 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	Marseille	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 15', 76' Williams 61' 74'	Report	Payet 38' (pen.) Rami 48' Ocampos 52'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,580 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

References

↑ He is credited with a goal against Spartak Moskva on 15 February 2018 by some sources.
↑ The match was abandoned at 90th minute, when 3 officials decided to leave the field due to a quarrel among players of both teams.
↑ "Reglamento General - Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
↑ Some sources (Vestnik Kavkaza, Marca, Athletic Bilbao) credit this goal to Mikel Rico, whose goalbound shot was touched on the line by Kutepov (Footage).

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[table_hth_ATH0.32114212788695-3] 1 2 Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

[table_hth_ATH0.83386596563918-5] 1 2 Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

[1] He is credited with a goal against Spartak Moskva on 15 February 2018 by some sources.

[2] The match was abandoned at 90th minute, when 3 officials decided to leave the field due to a quarrel among players of both teams.

[4] "Reglamento General - Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[6] Some sources (Vestnik Kavkaza, Marca, Athletic Bilbao) credit this goal to Mikel Rico, whose goalbound shot was touched on the line by Kutepov (Footage).

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