2014–15 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao

2014–15 season

President

Josu Urrutia

Head coach

Stadium

7th

UEFA Champions League

Group stage (3rd)

UEFA Europa League

Round of 32

Highest home attendance

49,017 vs Napoli (27 August 2014)

Lowest home attendance

18,000 vs Alcoyano (18 December 2014)
& vs Málaga (29 January 2015)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2014–15 season is the 116th season in Athletic Club de Bilbao’s history and the 84th in the top-tier. The campaign is notable for Athletic competing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1998–99.

Squad

As 2014..^[1]^[2]

Squad and statistics

The numbers and stats are established according to the official website:

As of 7 August 2015

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Gorka Iraizoz	34	0	0(1)	0	8	0	42(1)	0	3
2	FW		Gaizka Toquero	0(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(5)	0
3	DF		Jon Aurtenetxe	3(1)	0	2	0	1	0	6(1)	0	1
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	33	0	6(1)	0	9	0	48(1)	0	15	1
5	MF		Erik Morán	1(1)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	2(2)	0
6	DF		Mikel San José	23(5)	5	6	1	7(2)	2	36(7)	8	13	1
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	20(8)	2	5(2)	0	8(1)	0	33(11)	2	6
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	20(5)	2	3(3)	0	7	0	30(8)	2	6
9	FW		Kike Sola	1(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2(4)	0
10	MF		Óscar de Marcos	32(3)	1	7	0	9(1)	1	48(4)	2	9
11	FW		Ibai Gómez	9(12)	1	4(3)	0	4(2)	1	17(17)	2	2
12	DF		Unai Bustinza	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2(2)	0	2	1
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	4	0	9	0	2	0	15	0	1
14	MF		Markel Susaeta	20(11)	1	5(3)	1	6(3)	1	31(17)	3	3
15	DF		Andoni Iraola (vc)	16(6)	1	6(1)	0	3(2)	1	25(9)	2	6
16	DF		Xabier Etxeita	22(2)	2	6	1	4	0	32(2)	3	7		1
17	MF		Mikel Rico	32(4)	3	6(2)	0	10	0	48(6)	3	5
18	MF		Carlos Gurpegui (c)	15(8)	1	5(1)	0	5(3)	1	25(12)	2	9
19	FW		Iker Muniain	25	1	6(1)	0	7(2)	1	38(3)	2	8
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	30(1)	18	5(4)	5	6(2)	3	41(7)	26	14
21	FW		Borja Viguera	10(10)	1	2(2)	2	2(2)	0	14(14)	3
22	FW		Guillermo Fernández	5(9)	0	1	0	3(1)	1	9(10)	1	2
23	MF		Ager Aketxe	3(5)	1	1(2)	0	0(1)	0	4(8)	1	1
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	33	0	7	0	8	0	48	0	10
29	MF		Unai López	15(4)	0	1	0	0(4)	0	16(8)	0	1
30	FW		Iñaki Williams	15(4)	1	4	0	1(1)	1	20(5)	2	2

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
12	DF	Unai Bustinza
22	FW	Guillermo Fernández
23	MF	Ager Aketxe
29	MF	Unai López
30	FW	Iñaki Williams

Transfers in

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
21	MF	Borja Viguera	29	EU	Alavés !Alavés	Transfer	Summer	2017	€1M
3	DF	Jon Aurtenetxe	24	EU	Celta Vigo	Loan return	Summer	2017	Loan return
–	GK	Raúl Fernández	28	EU	Numancia !Numancia	Loan return	Summer		Loan return
–	MF	Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta	23	EU	Mirandés !Mirandés	Loan return	Summer	2016	Loan return

Total spending: €1 Million

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
21	MF	Ander Herrera	27	EU	Manchester United !Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	€36M
–	GK	Raúl Fernández	28	EU	Racing Santander !Racing Santander	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
3	MF	Iñigo Pérez	28	EU	Numancia !Numancia	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
–	MF	Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta	23	EU	Zaragoza !Zaragoza	On loan	Summer	Loan
12	DF	Unai Albizua	27	EU	Tenerife !Tenerife	On loan	Summer	Loan
22	DF	Enric Saborit	24	EU	Mallorca !Mallorca	On loan	Summer	Loan
–	MF	Iker Guarrotxena	23	EU	Tenerife !Tenerife	On loan	Summer	Loan
23	DF	Borja Ekiza	28	EU	Eibar !Eibar	Mutual termination	Summer	Free

Total revenue: €36 Million

Pre-season and friendlies

12 July 2014 Friendly	Getxo XI	0–4	Athletic Bilbao	Getxo, Spain
19:00		Summary	Sola 25', 44' Laporte 56' Viguera 88'	Stadium: Fadura Referee: González Esteban

19 July 2014 Friendly	Al-Hilal	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Worgl, Austria
19:00		Summary	Beñat 3' Aduriz 73', 75'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Referee: Georg Hofer

23 July 2014 Friendly	Paderborn 07	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Worgl, Austria
16:30	Koç 65'	Summary	Ibai 28' Viguera 78'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Referee: Walter Altmann

27 July 2014 Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Fügen, Austria
16:00	Prödl 29' Bartels 49'	Summary	Aduriz 20' Susaeta 42'	Stadium: Sportplatz Referee: Andreas Heiss

31 July 2014 Friendly	Benfica	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Fribourg, Switzerland
19:30		Summary	Aduriz 39' Beñat 71'	Stadium: BCF Arena Referee: Stephan Klossner

2 August 2014 Friendly	Toulouse	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Bayonne, France
19:00	Sylla 37' Regattin 65'	Summary		Stadium: Stade Didier-Deschamps Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

6 August 2014 Friendly	Osasuna	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Pamplona, Spain
20:00	Flaño 17' De las Cuevas 21' Lotiès 33'	Summary	Ibai 85'	Stadium: El Sadar Stadium Referee: Ocón Arraiz

9 August 2014 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Hrgota 59'	Summary	Aduriz 14', 18', 24'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Sascha Stegemann

13 August 2014 Friendly	Olympiacos	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Athens, Greece
20:30		Summary		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Andreas Pappas

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	23 August 2014	May 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	2 December 2014
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round	19 August 2014	10 December 2014
UEFA Europa League	—	19 February 2015	26 February 2015

Last updated: March 2015
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2014–15 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Sevilla	38	23	7	8	71	45	+26	76	Qualification to UEFA Champions League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Villarreal	38	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60	Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	10	13	42	41	+1	55	Qualification to UEFA Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Celta Vigo	38	13	12	13	47	44	+3	51
9	Málaga	38	14	8	16	42	48	−6	50

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match^[3]
Notes:

↑ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
1 2 Since the winners of the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League group stage) is passed to the sixth-placed team, Villarreal, and the spot for the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the seventh-placed team, Athletic Bilbao.

Results 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W
Position	15	7	12	15	18	16	19	17	15	11	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	11	13	13	12	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	7	7

Matches

23 August 2014 1	Málaga	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Málaga
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luis Alberto 35' Camacho 67' Duda 88' Samu 88' Antunes 90+2' Horta 90+4'	Report	Iraizoz 35' Gurpegui 39' Laporte 69'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)

30 August 2014 2	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Levante	Bilbao
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 32' Iturraspe 51' Balenziaga 66' Muniain 76'	Report	Simão 23' Barral 37' López 50' Vyntra 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 48,300 Referee: Pérez Montero (Andalusia)

13 September 2014 3	Barcelona	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Busquets 61' Neymar 78', 83'	Report	Aduriz 29'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,181 Referee: Fernández Borbalán (Andalusia)

20 September 2014 4	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Granada	Bilbao
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iraola 38' Aduriz 86'	Report	Córdoba 39' Nyom 48' Rochina 55' Foulquier 62' Yuste 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 33,000 Referee: J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

24 September 2014 5	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Quini 18' Baptistão 39', 89' Trashorras 82'	Report	Aduriz 20' Gurpegui 79' De Marcos 84'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 11,040 Referee: Mario Melero López (Andalusia)

27 September 2014 6	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Eibar	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 4' Iraola 41' Balenziaga 56' Rico 79' Muniain 90+2'	Report	Bóveda 21' Errasti 25' Arruabarrena 38' Capa 53' Navas 53' Ángel 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Madrid)

5 October 2014 7	Real Madrid	5–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronaldo 2', 55', 88' Ramos 28' Benzema 41', 69'		De Marcos 25' Balenziaga 34'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

18 October 2014 8	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 6' (pen.) Muniain 56' Iraola 62' Iturraspe 88'		Planas 65' Nolito 73' Charles 78'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,600

25 October 2014 9	Almería	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Almería
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thomas 13' Verza 71'		Iraola 54' Etxeita 56'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos

2 November 2014 10	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Sevilla	Bilbao
12:00	Aduriz 1', 13' Iturraspe 23' Etxeita 43'		Pareja 12' Mbia 34' Bacca 57'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,000

9 November 2014 11	Valencia	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
19:00			Balenziaga 71' Iturraspe 77'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 39,600

21 November 2014 12	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
20:45	Aduriz 29' Viguera 44' Iturraspe 78'	Summary	Vázquez 52' Caicedo 61' López 62' García 75' Sevilla 75' Sánchez 84'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Mario Melero

29 November 2014 13	Getafe	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Getafe
16:00	Michel 11' Diawara 15' Sarabia 20' Naldo 57' Velázquez 82' Escudero 88' Arroyo 89' Lafita 90+1'	Summary	Muniain 18' San José 36', 80' Rico 40' Balenziaga 51' Laporte 70' Beñat 90'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

6 December 2014 14	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Córdoba	Bilbao
18:00 CET	Iturraspe 52' Laporte 82' Iraizoz 84' Muniain 90+4'	Summary	Ghilas 23' Luso 75' Campabadal 81' García 84' Pinillos 88' López Silva 90+1' Juan Carlos 90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,500 Referee: Santiago Jaime

14 December 2014 15	Real Sociedad	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
21:00 CET	Vela 3'	Report	San José 13' Laporte 26', 80' De Marcos 61' Iturraspe 85' Ibai 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Stadium Attendance: 26,651 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

21 December 2014 16	Athletic Bilbao	1–4	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
21:00 CET	Rico 17' Aduriz 25' San José 52' Muniain 68'	Report	Griezmann 28', 46', 73', 81' García 53' (pen.) Giménez 74' Turan 75' Gabi 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Alejandro Hernández

3 January 2015 17	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña
22:00 CET	Cavaleiro 24' Domínguez 85'	Report	López 63'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

11 January 2015 18	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Elche	Bilbao
17:00 CET	Balenziaga 17' San José 73' Aduriz 80'	Report	Rodríguez 17' 72' Lombán 44' Fajr 53' Aarón 55' Suárez 64' Cisma 80' Adrián 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

17 January 2015 19	Villarreal	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
20:00 CET	Cheryshev 42', 77' Bruno 56', 83' (pen.)	Report	Etxeita 54' San José 76'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernandez

25 January 2015 20	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Málaga	Bilbao
17:00 CET	San José 70'	Report	Camacho 9' Guerra 78'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

1 February 2015 21	Levante	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
11:00	Simão 23' Barral 62'	Report	Iraola 5' Aduriz 48', 90', 87' De Marcos 62' Iturraspe 73' Susaeta 83'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,359 Referee: Alejandro Hernández

8 February 2015 22	Athletic Bilbao	2–5	Barcelona	Bilbao
20:00	Balenziaga 40' Rico 59' Aduriz 66' López 69' Etxeita 75' Gurpegui 90+1'	Report	Messi 15' Suárez 26' Alves 45' De Marcos 62' (o.g.) Neymar 64' Pedro 86'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,800 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

14 February 2015 23	Granada	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Granada
19:00	Bangoura 25' Insúa 68' Rico 70' Piti 84' Córdoba 90'	Report	Muniain 28' Gurpegui 41' Aketxe 75' Laporte 89'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,879 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

22 February 2015 24	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
16:00	San José 20' Aduriz 78', 86' Rico 83'	Report	Nacho 23' Fatau 59'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,600 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 March 2015 25	Eibar	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Eibar
16:00	Navas 28' Lillo 31' García 60'	Report	Gurpegui 36' San José 54' Muniain 60'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,226 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

7 March 2015 26	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
17:00	Aduriz 26', 30' Etxeita 38' Gurpegui 78'	Report	Kroos 30' Illaramendi 40' Isco 74' Marcelo 86'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 51,000

14 March 2015 27	Celta Vigo	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
22:00	Fernández 16' Krohn-Dehli 20' Orellana 23' Larrivey 64'	Report	Beñat 15' Aduriz 17' (pen.) San José 32', 27', 85' De Marcos 43'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: 17,000

21 March 2015 28	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	Almería	Bilbao
22:00	Etxeita 9' Ibai 19' Rico 26' Laporte 85'	Summary	Dubarbier 13' Balenziaga 47' (o.g.) Vélez 48' Soriano 80' Hemed 90' Partey 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Eduardo Prieto

4 April 2015 29	Sevilla	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
16:00	Vidal 3' Bacca 21' Pareja 60' Vitolo 67' Banega 71'	Summary	Laporte 34' Fernández 69' Beñat 74'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 27,752 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

9 April 2015 30	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Valencia	Bilbao
20:00	Balenziaga 10' Aduriz 32', 90' Gurpegui 80' Beñat 80' Iraizoz 83'	Summary	Gomes 36' De Paul 61' Otamendi 82' Alves 83' Barragán 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,666 Referee: Fernando Teixeira

12 April 2015 31	Espanyol	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
17:00	Stuani 33' García 40' Álvarez 88'	Summary	Laporte 38' De Marcos 86'	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,143 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

18 April 2015 32	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Getafe	Bilbao
22:00	Etxeita 27' Aduriz 45' (pen.), 46' Beñat 52' Ibai 79' Susaeta 87'	Report	Castro 22' Alexis 32' Velázquez 44' Pedro León 88' Lago 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

24 April 2015 33	Córdoba	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Córdoba, Andalusia
20:45	Andone 58' Vico 81'	Report	Williams 3' Etxeita 47' Deivid 56' (o.g.) San José 85'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 16,000 Referee: José Teixeira

28 April 2015 34	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
22:00	Balenziaga 12' Aduriz 52' (pen.) Laporte 79'	Report	González 50' De la Bella 51', 60' Pardo 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,322 Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera

2 May 2015 35	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
18:00	Torres 41' Godín 86'	Report	San José 71' Bustinza 76' Laporte 81'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 53,500 Referee: Santiago Jaime

9 May 2015 36	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Bilbao
22:00 CET	Aduriz 14', 40' Laporte 48' De Marcos 66' San José 85'	Report	Postiga 78' Lucas 84' Borges 90' Lopo 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,670 Referee: Jesús Gil

17 May 2015 37	Elche	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	Elche
19:00 CET	Jonathas 32', 45', 62' Cisma 88'		Aduriz 55' Aketxe 80' San José 87' Gurpegui 89' Williams 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: José Hernández Hernández

23 May 2015 38	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
18:30 CET	Aduriz 24' (pen.), 60' Iraola 27' Beñat 35'		Jokić 23'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Prieto Iglesias

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2014–15 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

2 December 2014 First leg	Alcoyano	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Alcoy
20:00 CET	Francis 32'	Summary	Laporte 32' Beñat 78' Viguera 90+1' Susaeta 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio El Collao Attendance: 3,517 Referee: Eduardo Prieto

18 December 2014 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Alcoyano	Bilbao
22:00 CET	Viguera 39' De Marcos 61' Aduriz 88' San José 89'	Summary	Mario Fuentes Bargueño 41'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Round of 16

6 January 2015 First leg	Celta Vigo	2–4	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
17:00 CET	López 11' Costas 36', 71' Charles 54', 82' Cabral 86'	Report	San José 5', 77' Aduriz 15', 87' (pen.) Rico 33' Etxeita 39' Muniain 66'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 14,929 Referee: Pedro Jesús Pérez Montero

14 January 2015 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	0–2 ((a)4-4 agg.)	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Beñat 38' Rico 60' Gurpegui 80'	Report	Samu 21' Etxeita 48' (o.g.) Orellana 61' (pen.) Hernández 72' Charles 75'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Quarter-finals

21 January 2015 First leg	Málaga	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Málaga
21:00 CET	Recio 62' Weligton 81'	Report	Laporte 55'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

29 January 2015 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Málaga	Bilbao
21:00 CET	Aduriz 48' De Marcos 57' Etxeita 74' Laporte 90'	Report	Antunes 36' Amrabat 38' Recio 61' Samu 88' Camacho 90' Duda 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Semi-finals

11 February 2015 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
21:00	Aduriz 11' Gurpegui 41' Aurtenetxe 77' Herrerín 85'	Report	Sánchez 35' Montañés 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

4 March 2015 Second leg	Espanyol	0–2 (1-3 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
22:00	Cañas 9' Moreno 38' Stuani 45' Arbilla 67' Álvaro 87'	Report	De Marcos 8' Aduriz 13' Etxeita 42'	Stadium: Power8 Stadium Attendance: 34,831 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Final

Main article: 2015 Copa del Rey Final

30 May 2015 Final	Barcelona	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona, Spain
20:30	Messi 20', 74' Neymar 37'		Williams 79'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 97,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

19 August 2014 First leg	Napoli	1-1	Athletic Bilbao	Naples, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jorginho 10' Higuaín 68'	Report	Muniain 41' Gurpegui 72' Balenziaga 75'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 49,872 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

27 August 2014 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3-1	Napoli	Bilbao, Spain
	Susaeta 30' Aduriz 61', 69' Ibai 74'	Report	Ghoulam 39' Higuaín 43' Hamšík 47'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 49,017 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	SHA	ATH	BAT
1	Porto	6	4	2	0	16	4	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–1	6–0
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	3	1	15	4	+11	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	0–1	5–0
3	Athletic Bilbao	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	0	5	2	24	−22	3		0–3	0–7	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2014 1	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 48,351 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

30 September 2014 2	BATE Borisov	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Barysaw, Belarus
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palyakow 19' Karnitsky 41'	Report	Aduriz 45'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 11,886 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

21 October 2014 3	Porto	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Porto, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Herrera 45' Quaresma 75'	Report	Fernández 58'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

5 November 2014 4	Athletic Bilbao	0–2	Porto	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Martínez 55' Brahimi 74'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 47,243 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

25 November 2014 5	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kucher 58' Luiz Adriano 74' Srna 85' Stepaneko 89'	Report	Iturraspe 50' Gurpegui 63' Viguera 66' San José 68' López 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 33,489 Referee: Clattenburg

10 December 2014 6	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	BATE Borisov	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iraola 23' San José 47' Susaeta 88' Rico 90+3'	Report	Yablonskiy 22'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,852 Referee: Daniele Orsato

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Round of 32

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

19 February 2015 First Leg	Torino	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Turin, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	López 18', 42' Benassi 71' Farnerud 90' Darmian 90+4'	Report	Williams 9' Gurpegui 73' Beñat 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 25,725 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

26 February 2015 Second Leg	Athletic Bilbao	2–3 (4–5 agg.)	Torino	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Etxeita 28' Iraola 44' Rico 45+2' De Marcos 61' Aduriz 70'	Report	Quagliarella 16' (pen.) López 39', 45+2' Gazzi 48' Darmian 53', 68' Martínez 77'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 44,180 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

References

↑ "Athletic Bilbao". LFP. 2014.
↑ Soccerway - Athletic Bilbao
↑ "Reglamento General" [General Regulations] (PDF). www.lnfs.es (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Athletic Bilbao

Players Managers Statistics Seasons

Other teams	Bilbao Athletic Athletic (women) Athletic Juvenil (youth)

Home stadium	Lamiako (1901–1910) Jolaseta (1910–1913) San Mamés (1913–2013) San Mamés (2013–)

Training ground	Lezama Facilities

Affiliated Clubs	CD Basconia

Related articles	Bizcaya Athletic Bilbao signing policy

Rivalries	Basque derby

Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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