2012–13 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao

2012–13 season

President

Josu Urrutia

Manager

Marcelo Bielsa

Stadium

San Mamés

La Liga

12th

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

UEFA Europa League

Group stage (3rd)

Top goalscorer

League:
Aritz Aduriz (14)
All:
Aritz Aduriz (18)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2012–13 Athletic Bilbao season is the 82nd consecutive season in the top flight and 112th season overall. Athletic are looking to continue their ascendency from last season where they made the final in two different competitions.

Athletic Bilbao will compete for their ninth La Liga title and will participate in the UEFA Europa League, entering in the third qualifying round due to their defeat to Barcelona in the 2012 Copa del Rey Final, whom had already qualified for European competition. They will also enter the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32.

Squad

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

As of 1 June 2013

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	35	0	0	0	7	0	42	0	4
2	FW		Gaizka Toquero	1 (15)	0	1	0	5	2	7 (15)	2	1
3	DF		Jon Aurtenetxe	24 (3)	1	2	0	2	0	28 (3)	1	3
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	14 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	16 (1)	0	6	1	1
5	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	10 (1)	0	2	0	4	0	16 (1)	0	7	1
6	DF		Mikel San José	23 (11)	5	2	0	4	1	29 (11)	6	9
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	27 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	9	0	37 (4)	0	15	1
9	FW		Fernando Llorente	4 (22)	4	2	0	2 (6)	1	8 (28)	5	2
10	MF		Óscar de Marcos	36	6	1 (1)	0	8	1	45 (1)	7	15
11	FW		Ibai Gómez	17 (18)	4	2	0	4 (5)	1	23 (23)	5	2
13	GK		Raúl Fernández	3	0	2	0	3	0	8	0
14	MF		Markel Susaeta	36	7	1 (1)	0	8	4	44 (1)	12	10	1
15	DF		Andoni Iraola	34 (1)	0	1	0	7	1	42 (1)	1	5
16	FW		Isma López	6 (2)	0	—	—	6 (2)	2	12 (4)	2
17	MF		Iñigo Pérez	5	0	—	—	3 (1)	1	8 (1)	1	3
18	MF		Carlos Gurpegi (c)	24 (3)	1	—	—	7	0	31 (3)	1	14
19	FW		Iker Muniain	27 (6)	1	1 (1)	0	6 (2)	1	34 (9)	2	11		1
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	33 (3)	14	0 (2)	1	5 (1)	3	38 (6)	18	12	1
21	MF		Ander Herrera	29	1	2	0	3 (1)	1	34 (1)	2	12	1	1
22	DF		Xabi Castillo	3 (4)	0	0	0	5	0	8 (4)	0	1
23	DF		Borja Ekiza	23 (1)	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	26 (2)	0	3
26	MF		Igor Martínez	0 (3)	0	—	—	2 (1)	1	2 (4)	1	1
27	MF		Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta	0 (3)	0	—	—	1 (4)	0	1 (7)	0
28	DF		Jonás Ramalho	4 (2)	0	1	0	3 (1)	0	8 (3)	0
33	MF		Iker Undabarrena	—	—	—	—	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
39	MF		Erik Morán	0 (1)	0	—	—	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0
40	MF		Álvaro Peña	—	—	—	—	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1
41	MF		Jonxa Vidal	—	—	—	—	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0

Competitions

Friendlies

Kickoff times are in CET.

Win Draw Loss

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Friendly	13 July 2012 - 20:00	Lyon	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble	2–1	Aduriz 78' (pen.), 88'	Wilfried Bien (France)
Friendly	17 July 2012 – 21:45	Raja Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca	1–3	Toquero 47'	Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)
Friendly	21 July 2012 – 14:00	PSV Eindhoven	Stadion Miejski, Wrocław	0–1		Sebastian Tarnowski (Poland)
Friendly	22 July 2012 – 14:00	Śląsk Wrocław	Stadion Miejski, Wrocław	1–0	Susaeta 43'	Marek Opalinski (Poland)
Friendly	27 July 2012 – 19:00	Lille	Stade André Darrigade, Dax	1–3	Ibai 67'	Romain Delpech (France)
Friendly	11 August 2012 – 19:00	Sestao River	Las Llanas, Sestao	1–2	Ibai 20'	Bikandi Garrido (Basque Country)
Friendly	15 August 2012 - 19:00	Barakaldo	Nuevo Lasesarre, Barakaldo	2–1	Ibai 22', Aduriz 82'	González Esteban (Basque Country)
Friendly	21 August 2012 – 19:00	Amorebieta	Urritxe, Amorebieta	1–3	Sabin 76'	De Burgos Bengoetxea (Basque Country)
Friendly	7 September 2012 - 20:00	Real Valladolid	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid	2–2 (3–1 pen.)	Ibai 35', Toquero 88'	González González (Castile and León)
Friendly	7 May 2013 – 19:00	Portugalete	La Florida, Portugalete	3–1	Llorente 3', 76', Ibai 23'	González Esteban (Basque Country)
Friendly	22 May 2013 – 19:00	Somorrostro	El Malecon, Muskiz	5–1	Ibai 11', 17', Sabin 15', Aurtenetxe 84', Unai López 87'	Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

La Liga

League table

Main article: 2012–13 La Liga


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Levante	38	12	10	16	40	57	−17	46
12	Athletic Bilbao	38	12	9	17	44	65	−21	45
13	Espanyol	38	11	11	16	43	52	−9	44

Updated to games played on 1 June 2013.
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
(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.

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
1	19 August 2012 – 19:00	Real Betis	San Mamés, Bilbao	3–5	De Marcos 47', San José 67', 76'	J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
2	27 August 2012 – 22:00	Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	0–4		F. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
3	2 September 2012 – 16:00	Real Valladolid	San Mamés, Bilbao	2–0	Aduriz 69', Susaeta 75'	Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
4	16 September 2012 – 12:00	Espanyol	Cornellà-El Prat, Cornellà de Llobregat	3–3	Aduriz 56', 83', Llorente 71'	Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
5	23 September 2012 – 19:50	Málaga	San Mamés, Bilbao	0–0		Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)
6	29 September 2012 – 20:00	Real Sociedad	Anoeta, San Sebastián	0–2		Clos Gómez (Aragon)
7	7 October 2012 – 18:00	Osasuna	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–0	Aduriz 12'	González González (Castile and León)
8	21 October 2012 – 20:00	Valencia	Mestalla, Valencia	2–3	Aduriz 19', 30'	Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
9	28 October 2012 – 17:50	Getafe	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–2	San José 90+3'	Gil Manzano (Canary Islands)
10	4 November 2012 – 19:45	Granada	Los Cármenes, Granada	2–1	Aduriz 13' (pen.), 27'	Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)
11	11 November 2012 – 16:00	Sevilla	San Mamés, Bilbao	2–1	De Marcos 26', Susaeta 45'	Hernández Hernández (Canary Islands)
12	17 November 2012 – 22:00	Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	1–5	Ibai 42'	J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
13	25 November 2012 – 17:00	Deportivo La Coruña	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–1	De Marcos 24'	Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)
14	2 December 2012 – 20:00	Barcelona	Camp Nou, Barcelona	1–5	Ibai 65'	Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)
15	9 December 2012 – 17:00	Celta Vigo	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–0	Aduriz 33'	F. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
16	16 December 2012 – 18:00	Mallorca	Iberostar, Palma	1–0	Aduriz 11'	Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
17	22 December 2012 – 22:00	Zaragoza	San Mamés, Bilbao	0–2		Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)
18	5 January 2013 – 16:00	Levante	Ciutat de València, Valencia	1–3	Aduriz 6'	Paradas Romero (Andalusia)
19	11 January 2013 – 21:30	Rayo Vallecano	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–2	San José 76'	Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
20	21 January 2013 – 21:30	Real Betis	Benito Villamarín, Sevilla	1–1	Aduriz 41'	Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)
21	27 January 2013 – 21:00	Atlético Madrid	San Mamés, Bilbao	3–0	San José 50', Susaeta 77', De Marcos 84'	Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)
22	1 February 2013 – 21:30	Real Valladolid	Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid	2–2	De Marcos 22', Susaeta 50'	Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)
23	10 February 2013 – 19:00	Espanyol	San Mamés, Bilbao	0–4		Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)
24	16 February 2013 – 18:00	Málaga	La Rosaleda, Málaga	0–1		González González (Castile and León)
25	22 February 2013 – 21:30	Real Sociedad	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–3	Ibai 30'	Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)
26	2 March 2013 – 20:00	Osasuna	El Sadar, Pamplona	1–0	Susaeta 63'	F. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
27	10 March 2013 – 12:00	Valencia	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–0	Muniain 79'	J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
28	16 March 2013 – 18:00	Getafe	Alfonso Pérez, Getafe	0–1		Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
29	1 April 2013 – 20:00	Granada	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–0	Aduriz 66'	Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
30	8 April 2013 – 22:00	Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla	1–2	Gurpegi 55'	Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Community)
31	14 April 2013 – 21:00	Real Madrid	San Mamés, Bilbao	0–3		F. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
32	21 April 2013 – 17:00	Deportivo La Coruña	Riazor, A Coruña	1–1	Llorente 44'	Pérez Montero (Andalusia)
33	27 April 2013 – 18:00	Barcelona	San Mamés, Bilbao	2–2	Susaeta 26', Ander Herrera 90'	Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)
34	3 May 2013 – 21:00	Celta Vigo	Balaídos, Vigo	1–1	De Marcos 43'	Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)
35	11 May 2013 – 16:00	Mallorca	San Mamés, Bilbao	2–1	Aduriz 7', Llorente 78'	Hernández Hernández (Canary Islands)
36	19 May 2013 – 19:00	Zaragoza	La Romareda, Zaragoza	2–1	Llorente 80', Ibai 92'	Del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)
37	26 May 2013 – 20:00	Levante	San Mamés, Bilbao	0–1		J. A. Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)
38	1 June 2013 – 21:00	Rayo Vallecano	Campo de Vallecas, Vallecas	2–2	Susaeta 30', Aurtenetxe 48'	Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2012–13 Copa del Rey

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Round of 32 (1st leg)	1 November 2012 – 12:00	Eibar	Ipurua, Eibar	0–0		Paradas Romero (Andalusia)
Round of 32 (2nd leg)	12 December 2012 – 20:00	Eibar	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Aduriz 88'	Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in CET.

Qualifying round

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Third qualifying round (1st leg)	2 August 2012 – 21:00	Slaven Belupo	San Mamés, Bilbao	3–1	Isma López 16', 68', Susaeta 20'	Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine)
Third qualifying round (2nd leg)	9 August 2012 – 18:45	Slaven Belupo	Gradski stadion, Koprivnica	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Muniain 47'	Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Play-off round (1st Leg)	23 August 2012 – 21:00	HJK Helsinki	San Mamés, Bilbao	6–0	Aduriz 25', 51', Susaeta 31', 57', Iñigo Pérez 42', Iraola 85'	Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)
Play-off round (2nd Leg)	30 August 2012 – 19:00	HJK Helsinki	Sonera Stadium, Helsinki	3–3 (9–3 agg.)	San José 67', Toquero 77', Igor Martínez 88'	Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Group stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group I

Key to colour in group table
Teams advance to Round of 32

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	6	5	1	0	14	8	+6	16
Sparta Prague	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9
Athletic Bilbao	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Kickoff times are in CET.

Round	Date/Time	Opponents	Location	Score	Scorers	Referee
Matchday 1	20 September 2012 – 21:05	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	San Mamés, Bilbao	1–1	Susaeta 40'	Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
Matchday 2	4 October 2012 – 19:00	Sparta Prague	Generali Arena, Prague	1–3	De Marcos 73'	Manuel De Sousa (Portugal)
Matchday 3	25 October 2012 – 19:00	Lyon	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	1–2	Ibai 79'	Andre Marriner (England)
Matchday 4	8 November 2012 – 21:05	Lyon	San Mamés, Bilbao	2–3	Ander Herrera 48', Aduriz 55' (pen.)	Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Matchday 5	29 November 2012 – 19:00	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa	2–0	Llorente 34', Toquero 76'	Rene Eisner (Austria)
Matchday 6	6 December 2012 – 21:05	Sparta Prague	San Mamés, Bilbao	0–0		Sébastien Delferiere (France)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Spanish football transfers summer 2012 and List of Spanish football transfers winter 2012–13

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Transfer Fee
1 July 2012	FW	Aritz Aduriz	Valencia CF	€2.5M
1 July 2012	MF	Ismael López	CD Lugo	Free
1 July 2012	GK	Iago Herrerín	Atlético Madrid B	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Transfer Fee
2 July 2012	FW	Iñigo Díaz de Cerio	CD Mirandés	Free
6 July 2012	DF	Koikili	CD Mirandés	Free
10 July 2012	MF	Igor Gabilondo	AEK Larnaca	Free
25 July 2012	MF	Pablo Orbaiz	Rubin Kazan	Free
29 August 2012	MF	Javi Martínez	Bayern Munich	€40M
31 August 2012	MF	Galder Cerrajería	Real Oviedo	Free
31 August 2012	MF	David López	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free
31 August 2012	DF	Ustaritz		Released
29 January 2013	GK	Aitor Fernández	Villarreal B	Free

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2012	30 June 2013	GK	Iago Herrerín	CD Numancia
17 July 2012	30 June 2013	DF	Iban Zubiaurre	UD Salamanca
28 August 2012	30 June 2013	FW	Mikel Orbegozo	Sestao River

References

2012–13 in Spanish football

« 2011–12

2013–14 »

Domestic leagues	La Liga Segunda División (Play-Off 2ª) 2ª División B (Play-Off 2ªB) 3ª División (Play-Off 3ª)

Domestic cups	Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Copa Federación de España

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Super Cup

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Vicente del Bosque

Women's football	Primera División Segunda División Copa de la Reina Champions League

Club seasons

La Liga

Segunda División

Alcorcón
Almería
Barcelona B
Córdoba
Elche
Girona
Guadalajara
Hércules
Huesca
Las Palmas
Lugo
Mirandés
Murcia
Numancia
Ponferradina
Racing Santander
Real Madrid Castilla
Recreativo
Sabadell
Sporting Gijón
Villarreal
Xerez

Segunda División B

Group 1	Alcalá Atlético Madrid B Avilés Caudal Mieres Coruxo Fuenlabrada Getafe B Guijuelo Leganés Marino de Arona Marino de Luanco Ourense Rayo Vallecano B Real Madrid C Real Oviedo Salamanca S.S. Reyes Sporting de Gijón B Tenerife Zamora

Group 2	Alavés Amorebieta Barakaldo Bilbao Athletic Eibar Gimnástica Torrelavega Izarra Lleida Esportiu SD Logroñés UD Logroñés Noja Osasuna B Peña Sport Racing Santander B Real Sociedad B Real Unión Sestao River Teruel Tudelano Zaragoza B

Group 3	Alcoyano Atlético Baleares Badalona Binissalem Constància Espanyol B Gimnàstic Tarragona Huracán Valencia L'Hospitalet Levante B Llagostera Mallorca B Olímpic de Xàtiva Ontinyent Prat Reus Deportiu Sant Andreu Valencia Mestalla Villarreal B Yeclano

Group 4	Albacete Almería B Arroyo Atlético Sanluqueño Betis B Cacereño Cádiz Cartagena Écija Jaén La Roda Linense Loja Lucena Melilla San Fernando San Roque Sevilla Atlético UCAM Murcia Villanovense