2018–19 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao
2018–19 season
President	Josu Urrutia
Head coach	Eduardo Berizzo
Stadium	San Mamés
La Liga	17th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Iker Muniain (3); All: Iker Muniain (3)
Highest home attendance	46,860 (vs Real Sociedad, 5 October 2018)
Lowest home attendance	36,900 (vs Huesca, 27 August 2018)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018–19 season is the 120th in Athletic Club’s history and the 88th in the top-tier.^[1]^[2]

Squad

The numbers are established according to the official website.^[3]

As of 6 October 2018.

Player statistics

S	P	N	Name	League				Cup				Total
S	P	N	Name	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M
1	GK		Álex Remiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Cristian Ganea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Unai Núñez	1	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	5	0	0	383	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	383
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	6	0	0	540	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	540
6	DF		Mikel San José	0	4	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	60
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	5	0	0	395	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	395
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe (vc)	1	1	0	86	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	86
9	FW		Iñaki Williams	7	0	1	597	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	597
10	FW		Iker Muniain (3rd c)	5	1	3	421	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	421
11	MF		Iñigo Córdoba	1	2	0	111	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	111
12	DF		Yuri Berchiche	7	0	1	630	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	630
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Markel Susaeta (c)	6	0	1	489	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	489
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Dani García	6	0	0	540	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	540
17	MF		Mikel Rico	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9
18	MF		Óscar de Marcos	7	0	1	565	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	565
19	FW		Sabin Merino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	1	2	0	103	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	103
21	MF		Ander Capa	1	5	0	217	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	217
22	MF		Raúl García	6	1	1	478	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	478
23	MF		Unai López	1	1	0	99	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	99
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	2	0	0	180	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	180
25	GK		Unai Simón	7	0	0	630	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	630
30	FW		Gorka Guruzeta	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15
31	MF		Peru Nolaskoain	2	1	1	247	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	247

Disciplinary record

S	P	N	Name	League			Cup			Total
S	P	N	Name
1	GK		Álex Remiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Cristian Ganea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Unai Núñez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	DF		Mikel San José	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Iñaki Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW		Iker Muniain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Iñigo Córdoba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Yuri Berchiche	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Markel Susaeta	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Dani García	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	MF		Mikel Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Óscar de Marcos	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	FW		Sabin Merino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Ander Capa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF		Raúl García	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF		Unai López	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Unai Simón	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
30	FW		Gorka Guruzeta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Peru Nolaskoain	1	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
25	GK	Unai Simón
30	FW	Gorka Guruzeta
31	MF	Peru Nolaskoain

Transfer

In

Date	Name	Moving from	Fee	Source
30 June 2018	Unai López	Rayo Vallecano	Loan return	Athletic
30 June 2018	Álex Remiro	Huesca	Loan return	Athletic
1 July 2018	Ander Capa	Eibar	€3M	Athletic
	Cristian Ganea	Viitorul Constanța	€1M	Athletic
	Dani García	Eibar	Free	Athletic
2 July 2018	Yuri Berchiche	Paris Saint-Germain	€19M	Athletic

Total spending: €23M

Out

Date	Name	Moving to	Fee	Source
28 June 2018	Enric Saborit	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Free	Maccabi
30 June 2018	Kike Sola	Retired		Marca
4 July 2018	Mikel Vesga	Leganés	Loan	Leganés
23 July 2018	Xabier Etxeita	Huesca	Loan	Huesca
2 August 2018	Óscar Gil	Racing Santander	Free	Racing
8 August 2018	Kepa Arrizabalaga	Chelsea	€80M	Chelsea
18 August 2018	Andoni López	Almería	Loan	Almería

Total income: €80M

Net: €57M

Staff

Current technical staff according to the official website:

Position	Name
First team manager	Eduardo Berizzo
Assistant coach	Ernesto Marcucci, Roberto Bonano, Mariano Uglessich
Technical coaches	Alberto Iglesias
Physical coaches	Pablo Fernández
Goalkeeper coach	Carlos Kisluk
Representative	Andoni Imaz
Head of medical service	Josean Lekue
Doctor	Paco Angulo
Nurses	Juanma Ipiña, Álvaro Campa
Physiotherapists	Beñat Azula, Isusko Ortuzar
Sport therapist	Xabier Clemente
Materials managers	Jon Eskalza, Iker López

Pre-season and friendlies

19 July 2018 Friendly	Amorebieta	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	U. López 11' Nolaskoain 77' Sancet 79'	Stadium: Urritxe Referee: Eduardo Prieto

22 July 2018 Friendly	Barakaldo	0–5	Athletic Bilbao	Barakaldo, Spain
11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Yeray 20' Williams 21' Guruzeta 25' Aduriz 29' Muniain 31'	Stadium: Lasesarre Referee: Alberto Undiano

25 July 2018 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	De Lutte, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Becker 30' Falkenburg 49' El Khayati 51'	Report	Aduriz 17' Sabin 78'	Stadium: Sportpark De Stockakker Referee: Smeenge Petrick

28 July 2018 Friendly	Fulham	3–1^[4]	Athletic Bilbao	Duisburg, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kebano 35' Kamara 42' Yeray 45' (o.g.)	Report	Aduriz 5'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Referee: Thorben Siewer

28 July 2018 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	1–1^[4]	Athletic Bilbao	Duisburg, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Souza 15'	Report	Rico 8'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Referee: Thorben Siewer

4 Agust 2018 Euskal Herriko Futbol Txapelketa	Real Sociedad	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Irun, Spain
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Williams 47'	Stadium: Gal Referee: Aitor Gorostegui

5 August 2018 Friendly	Fiorentina	0–0^[4] (3–5 p)	Athletic Bilbao	Mainz, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Referee: Patrick Alt
		Penalties
	Eysseric Gerson Sottil Graiciar		Beñat Balenziaga Iturraspe San José Sabin

5 August 2018 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–0^[4] (5–3 p)	Athletic Bilbao	Mainz, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Referee: Tim Gerach
		Penalties
	Mateta Baku Quaison Gbamin Brosinski		Beñat Williams Iturraspe Ganea

11 August 2018 Friendly	Hannover 96	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Hanover, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Füllkrug 23' Asano 27'	Report		Stadium: HDI Arena Referee: Smeenge Petrick

12 August 2018 Friendly	Augsburg	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Augsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	López 72'	Stadium: WWK Arena Referee: Benjamin Cortus

6 September 2018 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Valladolid	Lezama, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Williams 41' San José 61' López 69'	Report	Keko 35'	Stadium: Lezama Referee: Jon González

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 2018	19 May 2019	-		7000700000000000000♠7	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000900000000000000♠9	7001130000000000000♠13	−4	07001142900000000000♠14.29
Copa del Rey			Round of 32		5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Total					7000700000000000000♠7	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000900000000000000♠9	7001130000000000000♠13	−4	07001142900000000000♠14.29

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Girona	8	2	3	3	10	13	−3	9
16	Villarreal	8	2	2	4	6	7	−1	8
17	Athletic Bilbao	7	1	4	2	9	13	−4	7
18	Leganés	8	2	1	5	7	12	−5	7	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Rayo Vallecano	7	1	2	4	7	15	−8	5	Relegation to the Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. 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)^[5]

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
7	1	4	2	9	13	−4	7	1	2	2	6	10	−4	0	2	0	3	3	0

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: LaLiga

Result 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	P	D	D	L	D	L
Position	5	5	6	8	12	15	15	17

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: LaLiga

Matches

20 August 2018 1	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Leganés	Bilbao
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yeray 17' Nolaskoain 27' Berchiche 53' R. García 78' Muniain 90+3' 90+4'	Report	Silva 33' 81' García 41' Carrillo 55' Gumbau 76' Santos 88'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,575 Referee: Adrián Cordero (Cantabria)

27 August 2018 2	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	Huesca	Bilbao
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	D. García 42' Susaeta 47' Berchiche 63' Iturraspe 73'	Report	Miramón 71' Pulido 72' Ávila 87' Musto 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,900 Referee: Javier Alberola (Castile-La Mancha)

TBD 3	Rayo Vallecano	Postponed	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
				Stadium: Vallecas
Note: This match was originally scheduled to take place on 1 September, but later postponed because of Vallecas' safety concerns.^[6]

15 September 2018 4	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Real Madrid	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muniain 32' Yeray 45' D. García 60' Capa 68' Berchiche 72' Beñat 78' Simón 90+2'	Report	Isco 63' Carvajal 85' Vázquez 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 46,551 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

23 September 2018 5	Real Betis	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bartra 51' Canales 53' 68' Sidnei 70'	Report	Williams 7' R. García 18' Susaeta 38', 45' Yeray 40' Beñat 45' Berchiche 50' Martínez 87' Simón 90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 50,426 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

26 September 2018 6	Athletic Bilbao	0–3	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Marcos 73'	Report	Fornals 65' Ruiz 76' Funes Mori 80' Toko Ekambi 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,869 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

29 September 2018 7	Barcelona	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rakitić 78' Munir 84' Busquets 89' Messi 90+4'	Report	De Marcos 41' Yeray 48' Nolaskoain 90' D. García 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 78,015 Referee: Santiago Jaime (Aragon)

5 October 2018 8	Athletic Bilbao	1–3	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Marcos 19' Susaeta 26' Martínez 29' Williams 31' Muniain 32' D. García 39' R. García 67'	Report	Oyarzabal 30' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Zubeldia 38' Sangalli 47' Moyá 57' Zurutuza 70' Illarramendi 83' Bautista 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 46,860 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

21 October 2018 9	Eibar	v	Athletic Bilbao	Eibar
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Ipurua

27 October 2018 10	Athletic Bilbao	v	Valencia	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

5 November 2018 11	Espanyol	v	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: RCDE

11 November 2018 12	Atlético Madrid	v	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano

25 November 2018 13	Athletic Bilbao	v	Getafe	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

2 December 2018 14	Levante	v	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Ciutat de València

9 December 2018 15	Athletic Bilbao	v	Girona	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

16 December 2018 16	Alavés	v	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mendizorrotza

22 December 2018 17	Athletic Bilbao	v	Valladolid	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

6 January 2019 18	Celta Vigo	v	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos

13 January 2019 19	Athletic Bilbao	v	Sevilla	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

20 January 2019 20	Villarreal	v	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: La Cerámica

27 January 2019 21	Athletic Bilbao	v	Real Betis	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

3 February 2019 22	Real Sociedad	v	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Anoeta

10 February 2019 23	Athletic Bilbao	v	Barcelona	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

17 February 2019 24	Huesca	v	Athletic Bilbao	Huesca
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: El Alcoraz

24 February 2019 25	Athletic Bilbao	v	Eibar	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

3 March 2019 26	Valencia	v	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

10 March 2019 27	Athletic Bilbao	v	Espanyol	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

17 March 2019 28	Athletic Bilbao	v	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

31 March 2019 29	Girona	v	Athletic Bilbao	Girona
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Montilivi

3 April 2019 30	Athletic Bilbao	v	Levante	Bilbao
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

7 April 2019 31	Getafe	v	Athletic Bilbao	Getafe
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

14 April 2019 32	Athletic Bilbao	v	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

21 April 2019 33	Real Madrid	v	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

24 April 2019 34	Leganés	v	Athletic Bilbao	Leganés
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Butarque

28 April 2019 35	Athletic Bilbao	v	Alavés	Bilbao
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

5 May 2019 36	Valladolid	v	Athletic Bilbao	Valladolid
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: José Zorrilla

12 May 2019 37	Athletic Bilbao	v	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Mamés

19 May 2019 38	Sevilla	v	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

References

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