2021–22 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao
2021–22 season
President	Aitor Elizegi
Head coach	Marcelino
Stadium	San Mamés
La Liga	11th
Copa del Rey	Pre-season
Supercopa de España	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Iñaki Williams (3); All: ; Iñaki Williams (3)
Highest home attendance	38,698 vs Villarreal
Lowest home attendance	9,394 vs Barcelona
Biggest win	Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Mallorca
Biggest defeat	Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Rayo Vallecano; Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Cádiz
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 123rd season in the history of Athletic Bilbao and the club's 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Athletic Bilbao will participate in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España.

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 September 2021[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Unai Simón
2	DF	ESP	Álex Petxa
3	DF	ESP	Unai Núñez
4	DF	ESP	Iñigo Martínez
5	DF	ESP	Yeray Álvarez
6	MF	ESP	Mikel Vesga
7	FW	ESP	Álex Berenguer
8	MF	ESP	Oihan Sancet
9	FW	ESP	Iñaki Williams
10	FW	ESP	Iker Muniain (captain)
11	FW	ESP	Jon Morcillo
12	DF	ESP	Daniel Vivian
13	GK	ESP	Jokin Ezkieta
14	MF	ESP	Dani García
15	DF	ESP	Iñigo Lekue


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ESP	Unai Vencedor
17	DF	ESP	Yuri Berchiche
18	MF	ESP	Óscar de Marcos (2nd captain)
19	MF	ESP	Oier Zarraga
20	FW	ESP	Asier Villalibre
21	DF	ESP	Ander Capa
22	FW	ESP	Raúl García (3rd captain)
23	DF	ESP	Peru Nolaskoain
24	DF	ESP	Mikel Balenziaga
26	GK	ESP	Julen Agirrezabala
30	FW	ESP	Nico Williams
31	DF	ESP	Aitor Paredes
32	MF	ESP	Beñat Prados
33	FW	ESP	Nico Serrano
34	FW	ESP	Juan Artola

Reserve team

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Imanol García de Albéniz (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Iñigo Córdoba (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Iñigo Vicente (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2021	Iñigo Córdoba	Alavés	Loan return		[2]
30 June 2021	Kenan Kodro	Valladolid	Loan return		[3]
30 June 2021	Daniel Vivian	Mirandés	Loan return		[4]
1 July 2021	Álex Petxarroman	Real Sociedad B	Transfer	Free	[5]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
1 July 2021	Imanol García de Albéniz	Mirandés	Loan		[6]
1 July 2021	Iñigo Vicente	Mirandés	Loan		[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly	St. Gallen	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	St. Gallen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Besio 19' Youan 36'	Report	Fazliji 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 6,261 Referee: David Huwiler

20 July 2021 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Winterthur, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	I. Williams 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Referee: Mirel Turkes

24 July 2021 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	St. Gallen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	R. García 50' (pen.) Vivian 57' Petxarroman 60' Vesga 75'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 3,527 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

31 July 2021 Friendly	Union Berlin	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Berlin, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haraguchi 74' Baumgartl 81'	Report	Berenguer 31'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Referee: Florian Lechner

7 August 2021 Friendly	Southampton	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Southampton, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Walcott 47'	Report	Vesga 34' Villalibre 43' Bednarek 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Referee: John Busby

8 August 2021 Friendly	Liverpool	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Liverpool, England
16:00 BST (UTC+1)	Jota 13'	Report	Berenguer 53'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mike Dean

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	16 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	17	4	9	4	13	12	+1	023.53
Copa del Rey	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Supercopa de España	13 January 2022		Semi-finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				17	4	9	4	13	12	+1	023.53

Last updated: 11 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Espanyol	17	6	5	6	19	18	+1	23
10	Osasuna	17	5	7	5	17	21	−4	22
11	Athletic Bilbao	17	4	9	4	13	12	+1	21
12	Mallorca	17	4	8	5	16	23	−7	20
13	Villarreal	16	4	7	5	18	17	+1	19

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: LaLiga Santander
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)[7]

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
17	4	9	4	13	12	+1	21	3	2	3	9	8	+1	1	7	1	4	4	0

Last updated: 11 December 2021.
Source: La Liga

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L
Position	10	11	9	5	5	9	10	7	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.[8][9]

16 August 2021 1	Elche	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Elche
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Verdú 6' Guti 78'	Report	De Marcos 20' D. García 63'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 9,145 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

21 August 2021 2	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Barcelona	Bilbao
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martínez 20', 50'	Report	García 28', 90+3' Depay 75' Alba 76'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 9,394 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

28 August 2021 3	Celta Vigo	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Méndez 52' Mallo 90+6'	Report	I. Williams 34' Simón 90+6'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 5,492 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

11 September 2021 4	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Mallorca	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D. García 60' Vivian 68' I. Williams 74'	Report	Baba 65' Sedlar 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 14,566 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

18 September 2021 5	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Kondogbia 36' Félix 78' 78' Savić 79' Cunha 90'	Report	D. García 30' N. Williams 82'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 38,798 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

21 September 2021 6	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Núñez 16' Ciss 33' (o.g.) Muniain 56' Martínez 90+4'	Report	Á. García 5' Catena 7' Guardiola 42' Maraš 83' Falcao 90+6'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 16,236 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

25 September 2021 7	Valencia	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 45+4' 82' Guillamón 47' Jason 90+2' Marcos André 90+5' Vallejo 90+8'	Report	D. García 49' Martínez 69' Berenguer 78'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 13,680 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

1 October 2021 8	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Alavés	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	R. García 9', 44', 73' Vencedor 38' Berenguer 40'	Report	Navarro 8' Pina 84'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 28,665 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

23 October 2021 10	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	R. García 14' Muniain 77' (pen.) Berenguer 82'	Report	Coquelin 32' Foyth 55' Moreno 76' Estupiñán 80'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,698 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

26 October 2021 11	Espanyol	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 33' (pen.), 90+3' Herrera 73'	Report	I. Williams 52' Berenguer 75' Yeray 90+3'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

31 October 2021 12	Real Sociedad	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Isak 58' (pen.), 71' Januzaj 74' Merino 78' Guevara 90+3'	Report	Martínez 56' 84' De Marcos 59' Muniain 90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 37,066 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

5 November 2021 13	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Cádiz	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yeray 27' Morcillo 69' N. Williams 90+2'	Report	Salvi 6' Haroyan 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,581 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

19 November 2021 14	Levante	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roger 6' Vezo 90+3'	Report	Yeray 16'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 15,230 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

26 November 2021 15	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	Granada	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	R. García 10' Zarraga 62' Maximiano 76' (o.g.) Martínez 90+9'	Report	Machís 25' Molina 34' Montoro 40' Sánchez 77'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,651 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

1 December 2021 9	Real Madrid	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benzema 40' Modrić 68' Casemiro 77'	Report	Zarraga 31' Lekue 43' I. Williams 77'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos
Note: The match originally scheduled for 17 October 2021, was postponed for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in South America due to postponed matches because of the COVID-19 pandemic and several players would not be able to return before the match.[10]

6 December 2021 16	Getafe	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Getafe
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djené 15' Mata 90+5'	Report	Morcillo 90+4'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,176 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

11 December 2021 17	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Sevilla	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lekue 52' D. García 62' Vencedor 65' Martínez 90+3'	Report	Delaney 38' Fernando 73' Rekik 88' Koundé 90'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,737 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

19 December 2021 18	Athletic Bilbao	v	Real Betis	Bilbao
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: San Mamés

Copa del Rey

Supercopa de España

13 January 2022 Semi-finals	Atlético Madrid	v	Athletic Bilbao	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 22 August 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Supercopa de España
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Unai Simón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Jokin Ezkieta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	ESP	Julen Agirrezabala	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ESP	Unai Núñez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Iñigo Martínez	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ESP	Yeray Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ESP	Iñigo Lekue	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ESP	Yuri Berchiche	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ESP	Óscar de Marcos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ESP	Ander Capa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ESP	Peru Nolaskoain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ESP	Mikel Balenziaga	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ESP	Dani Vivian	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ESP	Mikel Vesga	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ESP	Oihan Sancet	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	ESP	Unai López	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Dani García	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ESP	Unai Vencedor	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ESP	Oier Zarraga	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ESP	Raúl García	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Álex Berenguer	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ESP	Iñaki Williams	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ESP	Iker Muniain	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ESP	Jon Morcillo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ESP	Asier Villalibre	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ESP	Nico Williams	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ESP	Nico Serrano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 26 November 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	La Liga	Total
1	9	FW	Iñaki Williams	3	3
2	22	MF	Raúl García	3	3
3	4	DF	Iñigo Martínez	2	2
3	10	FW	Iker Muniain	3	2
5	12	DF	Daniel Vivian	1	1
Own goals				1	1
Totals				12	12

Notes

References

"Team 2020-21". Athletic Club. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
"Iñigo Córdoba ficha por el Deportivo Alavés" [Iñigo Córdoba signs for Deportivo Alavés]. deportivoalaves.com (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
Bailador, Ignacio (2021-01-28). "Oficial: Kenan Kodro ya es jugador del Real Valladolid" [Official: Kenan Kodro is already a Real Valladolid player]. AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
"El Mirandés no encontró el premio del gol" [Mirandés could not find the reward of the goal] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
"Petxarroman joins Athletic Club". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2021.
"Iñigo Vicente and Imanol loaned to CD Mirandés". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2021.
"Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"Calendario LaLiga: el sorteo de Primera División 2021/2022 será el miércoles 30 de junio a las 17.30 horas". El Correo. 28 June 2021.
"Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.
"LaLiga request postponement of Real Madrid vs Athletic and Granada vs Atletico". marca.com. 24 September 2021.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Team 2020-21". Athletic Club. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[Iñigo_Córdoba-2] "Iñigo Córdoba ficha por el Deportivo Alavés" [Iñigo Córdoba signs for Deportivo Alavés]. deportivoalaves.com (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[3] Bailador, Ignacio (2021-01-28). "Oficial: Kenan Kodro ya es jugador del Real Valladolid" [Official: Kenan Kodro is already a Real Valladolid player]. AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-28.

[4] "El Mirandés no encontró el premio del gol" [Mirandés could not find the reward of the goal] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[5] "Petxarroman joins Athletic Club". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2021.

[Iñigo_Vicente-6] "Iñigo Vicente and Imanol loaned to CD Mirandés". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2021.

[7] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[8] "Calendario LaLiga: el sorteo de Primera División 2021/2022 será el miércoles 30 de junio a las 17.30 horas". El Correo. 28 June 2021.

[9] "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

[10] "LaLiga request postponement of Real Madrid vs Athletic and Granada vs Atletico". marca.com. 24 September 2021.