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)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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 6th 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	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Iraizoz, GorkaGorka Iraizoz	34	EU	2007	150	0	2015	€ 4.6M	Originally from Youth system
2	FW		Toquero, GaizkaGaizka Toquero	31	EU	2008	103	20	2012	Free
3	LB		Koikili, Koikili	35	EU	2007	98	2	2012	Free
5	CB		Amorebieta, FernandoFernando Amorebieta	30	EU	2005	187	1	2013	Youth system	Second nationality: Spain
6	CB		San José, MikelMikel San José	26	EU	2010	64	5	2015	€ 2.5M	Originally from Youth system
7	MF		López, DavidDavid López	33	EU	2007	125	14	2013	€ 6M
8	DM		Iturraspe, AnderAnder Iturraspe	26	EU	2008	42	0	2012	Youth system
9	ST		Llorente, FernandoFernando Llorente	30	EU	2004	244	84	2013	Youth system
10	FW		de Marcos, ÓscarÓscar de Marcos	26	EU	2009	44	3	2013	€ 0.35M
11	LM		Gabilondo, IgorIgor Gabilondo	36	EU	2006	154	21	2012	Free
13	GK		Raúl, Raúl	27	EU	2010	1	0	2012	Youth system
14	RW		Susaeta, MarkelMarkel Susaeta	28	EU	2007	151	12	2013	Youth system
15	RB		Iraola, AndoniAndoni Iraola	33	EU	2003	334	34	2014	Youth system
18	DM		Gurpegui, CarlosCarlos Gurpegui	35	EU	2001	256	17	2014	Youth system
19	LW		Muniain, IkerIker Muniain	23	EU	2009	73	11	2015	Youth system
20	CB		Ocio, AitorAitor Ocio	39	EU	2007	119	2	2012	€ 3.5M
21	MF		Herrera, AnderAnder Herrera	26	EU	2011	0	0	2016	€ 7.5M
22	LB		Castillo, XabierXabier Castillo	29	EU	2009	45	0	2013	€ 1M	Originally from Youth system
23	CB		Ekiza, BorjaBorja Ekiza	27	EU	2010	21	0	2013	Youth system
24	CM		Martínez, JaviJavi Martínez	27	EU	2006	197	23	2016	€ 6M
26	AM		Martínez, IgorIgor Martínez	26	EU	2010	10	0	2013	€ 0.2M
28	FW		Ibai, Ibai	27	EU	2010	3	0		€ 0.2M (estimate)
29	DF		Aurtenetxe, JonJon Aurtenetxe	24	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

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
	RB		Zubiaurre, IbanIban Zubiaurre	28	EU	Albacete	Loan return	Summer	2014	N/A
	FW		Vélez, IonIon Vélez	26	EU	Numancia	Loan return	Summer	2012	N/A
	MF		Herrera, AnderAnder Herrera	21	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2016	Unknown	Marca.com
	MF		Pérez, IñigoIñigo Pérez	23	EU	Huesca	Loan return	Summer	2012	N/A

Total expenditure: €0 million

Out

N	P	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
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 de 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 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	13	13	12	50	49	+1	52	8	7	3	29	18	+11	5	6	9	21	31	−10

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Competitive matches

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	30	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

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: La Liga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Rayo Vallecano

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

Espanyol v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Real Betis

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

Málaga v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Villarreal

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

Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Osasuna

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

Valencia v Athletic Bilbao

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 Gomez

Athletic Bilbao v Atlético Madrid

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

Sporting Gijón v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona

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

Sevilla v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Granada

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

Mallorca v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Racing Santander

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

Athletic Bilbao v Zaragoza

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

Getafe v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Levante

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

Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

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

Rayo Vallecano v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Espanyol

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

Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Málaga

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

Villarreal v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad

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 Miguel Mateu Lahoz

Osasuna v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Valencia

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

Atlético Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Sporting Gijón

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

Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Sevilla

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

Granada v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Mallorca

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

Racing Santander v Athletic Bilbao

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

Zaragoza v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid

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

Athletic Bilbao v Getafe

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

Levante v Athletic Bilbao

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

Real Oviedo v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Real Oviedo

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

Albacete v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Albacete

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

Athletic Bilbao v Mallorca

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

Mallorca v Athletic Bilbao

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

Mirandés v Athletic Bilbao

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

Athletic Bilbao v Mirandés

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

Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona

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 Fernandez Borbalán

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Athletic Bilbao v Trabzonspor

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)

Trabzonspor v Athletic Bilbao

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

Slovan Bratislava v Athletic Bilbao

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)

Athletic Bilbao v Paris Saint-Germain

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)

Athletic Bilbao v Red Bull Salzburg

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)

Red Bull Salzburg v Athletic Bilbao

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)

Athletic Bilbao v Slovan Bratislava

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)

Paris Saint-Germain v Athletic Bilbao

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)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao

16 February 2011 First leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK	Glushakov  61' (pen.) Caicedo  71'	Report	Muniain  36'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 13,160 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (Romania)

Athletic Bilbao v Lokomotiv Moscow

23 February 2011 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 0 (a 2 – 2 agg.)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CET	Muniain  62'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

Round of 16

Manchester United v Athletic Bilbao

8 March 2011 First leg	Manchester United	2 – 3	Athletic Bilbao	Manchester, England
20:05 WET	Rooney  22', 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Llorente  44' De Marcos  72' Muniain  90'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,000[2] Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Athletic Bilbao v Manchester United

15 March 2011 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.)	Manchester United	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CET	Llorente  23' De Marcos  65'	Report	Rooney  80'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 40,000[3] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Quarter-finals

Schalke 04 v Athletic Bilbao

29 March 2012 First leg	Schalke 04	2 – 4	Athletic Bilbao	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05	Raúl  22', 60'	Report	Llorente  20', 73' De Marcos  81' Muniain  90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Athletic Bilbao v Schalke 04

5 April 2012 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 2 (6 – 4 agg.)	Schalke 04	Bilbao, Spain
21:05	Ibai  41' Susaeta  55'	Report	Huntelaar  29' Raúl  52'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Semi-finals

Sporting CP v Athletic Bilbao

19 April 2012 First leg	Sporting CP	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Izmailov  61' Pereira  67' Insúa  76' Capel  80'	Report	De Marcos  11' Iturraspe  29' Aurtenetxe  54' Llorente  86'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 37,700 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Athletic Bilbao v Sporting CP

26 April 2012 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Bilbao, Spain
21:05	Susaeta  17' Ibai  45+1',  76' Amorebieta  54' Llorente  88'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel  10',  44' Carriço  59' Xandão  90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Final

Atlético Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

9 May 2012 Final	Atlético Madrid	3 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Bucharest, Romania
21:45 EEST	Falcao  7', 34',  26' Diego  85'	Report	Herrera  22' Amorebieta  64' Pérez  75' Susaeta  90+1'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 52,347 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

See also

• 2011–12 La Liga
• 2011–12 Copa del Rey
• 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Notes and references

1. "Fenerbahce withdrawn from Europe because of match-fix probe". BBC. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011.
2. "Manchester United vs. Athletic Bilbao - 8 March 2012". Soccerway. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
3. http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/bano-united-gran-pagina-athletic/20120315dasdasftb_52/Tes

External links

• Official website (English) (Basque) (Spanish)