2018–19 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao
2018–19 season
President	Josu Urrutia; (until 26 December); Aitor Elizegi; (from 27 December)
Head coach	Eduardo Berizzo; (until 4 December); Gaizka Garitano; (from 5 December)
Stadium	San Mamés
La Liga	8th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Iñaki Williams (12); All: ; Iñaki Williams (14)
Highest home attendance	47,629 (vs Barcelona, 10 February 2019)
Lowest home attendance	25,360 (vs Huesca, 28 November 2018)

The 2018–19 Athletic Bilbao season was the 120th in the club's history and the 88th in the top tier of Spanish football.^[2]^[3]

Squad

According to the official website.^[4]

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
2	FW		Kenan Kodro	0	11	1	151	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	151
3	DF		Unai Núñez	11	1	0	1063	2	0	0	180	13	1	0	1243
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	33	0	0	2903	2	0	0	180	35	0	0	3083
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	30	0	0	2614	2	0	0	180	32	0	0	2794
6	MF		Mikel San José	16	17	0	1716	3	1	1	276	19	18	1	1992
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	25	2	1	2045	2	0	1	148	27	2	2	2193
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe (vc)	1	2	0	97	2	0	0	163	3	2	0	260
9	FW		Iñaki Williams	36	2	12^[1]	3036	1	2	2	141	37	4	14^[1]	3177
10	MF		Iker Muniain (3rd c)	27	7	7	2385	1	2	0	149	28	9	7	2534
11	FW		Iñigo Córdoba	15	8	0	1322	2	1	0	165	17	9	0	1487
12	DF		Yuri Berchiche	35	0	2	3120	2	0	0	180	37	0	2	3300
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	31	0	0	2790	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	2790
14	FW		Markel Susaeta (c)	15	7	1	1380	3	0	0	249	18	7	1	1629
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	2	2	0	210	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	210
16	MF		Dani García	29	0	0	2482	1	2	0	141	30	2	0	2623
17	MF		Mikel Rico	3	1	0	243	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	243
18	DF		Óscar de Marcos	27	2	1	2426	2	2	0	223	29	4	1	2649
19	FW		Ibai Gómez	6	8	0	577	1	0	0	90	7	8	0	667
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	10	10	2	941	3	0	4	178	13	10	6	1119
21	DF		Ander Capa	16	8	0	1637	2	1	0	160	18	9	0	1797
22	MF		Raúl García	27	6	9	2379	1	0	0	90	28	6	9	2469
23	MF		Unai López	3	4	0	325	1	0	0	65	4	4	0	390
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	6	5	0	520	2	0	0	180	8	5	0	700
25	GK		Unai Simón	7	0	0	630	4	0	0	360	11	0	0	990
30	FW		Gorka Guruzeta	0	6	0	45	3	0	1	259	3	6	1	304
31	MF		Peru Nolaskoain	4	4	2	465	2	0	0	180	6	4	2	645
Player on loan in winter transfer window
2	MF		Cristian Ganea	1	0	0	50	0	1	0	17	1	1	0	67

Disciplinary record

S	P	N	Name	League			Cup			Total
S	P	N	Name
2	FW		Kenan Kodro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Unai Núñez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
6	MF		Mikel San José	7	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Iñaki Williams	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	MF		Iker Muniain	6	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
11	FW		Iñigo Córdoba	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	DF		Yuri Berchiche	9	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	1
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	FW		Markel Susaeta	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	MF		Dani García	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
17	MF		Mikel Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Óscar de Marcos	6	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	1
19	FW		Ibai Gómez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	DF		Ander Capa	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
22	MF		Raúl García	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
23	MF		Unai López	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
Player on loan in winter transfer window
2	MF		Cristian Ganea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

From the youth system

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	ESP	Unai Simón
30	FW	ESP	Gorka Guruzeta
31	MF	ESP	Peru Nolaskoain

Transfer

In

Date	Name	Moving from	Fee	Source
30 June 2018	Unai López	Rayo Vallecano	Loan return	[3]
1 July 2018	Ander Capa	Eibar	€3M	[4]
	Cristian Ganea	Viitorul Constanța	Undisclosed	[5]
	Dani García	Eibar	Free	[6]
2 July 2018	Yuri Berchiche	Paris Saint-Germain	€19M	[7]
10 January 2019	Ibai Gómez	Alavés	Undisclosed	[8]
31 January 2019	Kenan Kodro	Copenhagen	Undisclosed	[9]

Out

Date	Name	Moving to	Fee	Source
28 June 2018	Enric Saborit	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Free	[10]
30 June 2018	Kike Sola	Retired		[11]
4 July 2018	Mikel Vesga	Leganés	Loan	[12]
23 July 2018	Xabier Etxeita	Huesca	Loan	[13]
2 August 2018	Óscar Gil	Racing Santander	Free	[14]
8 August 2018	Kepa Arrizabalaga	Chelsea	£71.6M	[15]
18 August 2018	Andoni López	Almería	Loan	[16]
31 August 2018	Sabin Merino	Leganés		[17]
9 January 2019	Cristian Ganea	Numancia		[18]

Staff

According to the official website:[19]

Position	Until 4 December 2018	Since 5 December 2018
Head coach	Eduardo Berizzo	Gaizka Garitano
Assistant coach(es)	Ernesto Marcucci, Roberto Bonano, Mariano Uglessich	Patxi Ferreira
Physical coach	Pablo Fernández	Juan Ángel Iribarren
Goalkeeper coach	Carlos Kisluk	Aitor Iru

Position	Name
Technical coach	Alberto Iglesias
Representative	Andoni Imaz
Head of medical service	Josean Lekue
Doctor	Paco Angulo
Nurses	Juanma Ipiña, Álvaro Campa
Physiotherapists	Beñat Azula, Isusko Ortuzar
Regenerative 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^[5]	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^[5]	Athletic Bilbao	Duisburg, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Souza 15'	Report	Rico 8'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Referee: Thorben Siewer

4 August 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^[5] (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^[5] (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

11 October 2018 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Venezuela U-20	Lezama, Spain
11:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guruzeta 1' López 12' García 37' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lezama Referee: Ekaitz García

14 November 2018 Teresa Herrera Trophy	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2 (1–4 p)	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santos 17' Saúl 86'	Report	Córdoba 10' Aduriz 50'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Referee: David Pérez
	Penalties
	Mosquera Bóveda Montiel		Aduriz Williams San José Iturraspe

21 March 2019 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	3–3	Eibar	Lezama, Spain
11:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nolaskoain 38' Guruzeta 47' De Marcos 63'	Report	Milla 6' Kike 22' Cardona 51'	Stadium: Lezama Referee: Ekaitz García

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	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	8th	38	13	14	11	41	45	−4	034.21
Copa del Rey	28 November 2018	16 January 2019	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	075.00
Total					42	16	14	12	51	48	+3	038.10

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Sevilla	38	17	8	13	62	47	+15	59^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
7	Espanyol	38	14	11	13	48	50	−2	53^[c]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	14	11	41	45	−4	53^[c]
9	Real Sociedad	38	13	11	14	45	46	−1	50^[d]
10	Real Betis	38	14	8	16	44	52	−8	50^[d]

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)^[6]
Notes:

^ Getafe finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Sevilla 0–2 Getafe, Getafe 3–0 Sevilla.
^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey, Valencia, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
^ ^a ^b Espanyol finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head points: Espanyol 1–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Espanyol.
^ ^a ^b Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Betis and Alavés on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad 6, Real Betis 5, Alavés 5. Real Betis finished ahead of Alavés on goal difference: Real Betis –8, Alavés –11.

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	14	11	41	45	−4	53	9	8	2	26	19	+7	4	6	9	15	26	−11

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	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L
Position	5	5	6	8	12	15	15	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	15	14	11	12	13	11	10	12	12	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

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)

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: Xavier 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: 75,851 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	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Eibar
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Charles 17' (pen.) Orellana 23' Enrich 75'	Report	Williams 21' López 28' De Marcos 65' R. García 87'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 6,519 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

24 October 2018^[7] 3	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pozo 23' Imbula 59'	Report	R. García 53' Muniain 66'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 11,850 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Madrid)

27 October 2018 10	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Valencia	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Capa 20' Berchiche 77'	Report	Vezo 16' Soler 35' Batshuayi 38' Wass 74' Gayà 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,471 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Navarre)

5 November 2018 11	Espanyol	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias 41' Granero 66'	Report	San José 20' D. García 48' Núñez 76'	Stadium: RCDE Attendance: 14,209 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

10 November 2018 12	Atlético Madrid	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Costa 38' Thomas 61' Kalinić 66' Adán 66' Vitolo 66' Rodri 80' Godín 90+1'	Report	Williams 36', 64' Beñat 49' San José 82' De Marcos 86' Martínez 90+4' Berchiche 90+5' 90+5'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 59,029 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

25 November 2018 13	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Getafe	Bilbao
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 25' Nolaskoain 67' 73' Martínez 80' Aduriz 90+4' De Marcos 90+4'	Report	Arambarri 27' Amath 29' Cabrera 32' Mata 77' 90+5'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,121 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

3 December 2018 14	Levante	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Campaña 24' 59' Roger 41' 69' Chema 45' Rochina 60'	Report	Núñez 40' Aduriz 40' Martínez 65' Nolaskoain 73' Susaeta 84' Muniain 90+4'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 19,928 Referee: Santiago Jaime (Aragon)

10 December 2018 15	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Girona	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Beñat 55' Núñez 78' Capa 81' Aduriz 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Juanpe 83'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,060 Referee: Eduardo Prieto (Navarre)

17 December 2018 16	Alavés	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duarte 58' Borja 87'	Report	D. García 14' Martínez 48'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 19,349 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

22 December 2018 17	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Valladolid	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	D. García 24' Aduriz 45' (pen.) Yeray 61' R. García 78'	Report	Míchel 32' Keko 44' Plano 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,880 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

7 January 2019 18	Celta Vigo	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yokuşlu 25' Beltrán 45' Mallo 67'	Report	Williams 15' 54' Muniain 19' 90+2' Córdoba 40' D. García 58' Aduriz 85'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 13,266 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencia)

13 January 2019 19	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Sevilla	Bilbao
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams 23', 84' García 64' Muniain 76' Herrerín 81' Martínez 90'	Report	Mesa 26' Escudero 28' Gnagnon 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,479 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

20 January 2019 20	Villarreal	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Funes Mori 37' Iborra 54' Mario 57' Álvaro 62' Toko Ekambi 71'	Report	Costa 18' (o.g.) Beñat 40'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 16,910 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Navarre)

27 January 2019 21	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Real Betis	Bilbao
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muniain 21' Berchiche 26' San José 31' Yeray 82' De Marcos 84' Capa 87'	Report	Sidnei 24' Loren 50'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,390 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

2 February 2019 22	Real Sociedad	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Oyarzabal 16' Willian José 45' Navas 81'	Report	Capa 55' R. García 82'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 27,073 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

10 February 2019 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Barcelona	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	D. García 52' De Marcos 68' 90+1' Yeray 90+1'	Report	Lenglet 72' Busquets 78'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 47,629 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

18 February 2019 24	Huesca	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Huesca
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Herrera 38' Miramón 41' Gallego 42' Diéguez 68' Gómez 73'	Report	García 19' (pen.) Capa 32'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 6,742 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

23 February 2019 25	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Eibar	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	R. García 1' Yeray 13' Beñat 55' Martínez 83'	Report	Diop 45' Oliveira 58' Charles 77' Arbilla 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,514 Referee: Mario Melero (Andalusia)

3 March 2019 26	Valencia	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rodrigo 49' Gameiro 89'	Report	R. García 14' Yeray 53' Martínez 70'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,119 Referee: David Medié (Catalonia)

8 March 2019 27	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	D. García 36' Berchiche 45' Martínez 78' R. García 80'	Report	Ferreyra 9' 21' Hermoso 24' Melendo 45' Granero 73' Sánchez 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,779 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

16 March 2019 28	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	R. García 37' Williams 73' San José 77' Yeray 82' Kodro 85'	Report	Rodri 45'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,659 Referee: Santiago Jaime (Aragon)

29 March 2019 29	Girona	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stuani 37' Juanpe 72' Portu 80'	Report	Capa 39' Williams 53' R. García 59' 63' Martínez 80' Beñat 84'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 10,516 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

3 April 2019 30	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Levante	Bilbao
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berchiche 5' 77' García 6' Fernández 27' (o.g.)^[8] Muniain 78' 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Morales 4' Vezo 43' Postigo 45' Roger 51' (pen.) 77' Cabaco 85' 90+6' 89' Simon 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,450 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Andalusia)

7 April 2019 31	Getafe	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Getafe
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Suárez 32' Ángel 60' 78'	Report	San José 11'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,447 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

14 April 2019 32	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Williams 2', 50' 90+5' R. García 72'	Report	Moreno 45' Advíncula 49' 52' Ba 68' De Tomás 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,864 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencia)

21 April 2019 33	Real Madrid	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benzema 47', 76', 90' Kroos 69' Navas 82'	Report	Córdoba 3' Berchiche 15' R. García 45' Martínez 53'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 60,556 Referee: Mario Melero (Andalusia)

24 April 2019 34	Leganés	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Leganés
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tarín 39'	Report	En-Nesyri 43' (o.g.) Córdoba 44' Lekue 90+3'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 4,155 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

27 April 2019 35	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Alavés	Bilbao
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 34' Beñat 41' San José 45'	Report	Laguardia 32' Vigaray 44' Borja 45'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,576 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

5 May 2019 36	Valladolid	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Valladolid
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Plano 11' Rubio 21' Míchel 35' Alcaraz 41' B. Fernández 50' Toni 84'	Report	Capa 30' D. García 30' San José 55' Aduriz 90+1' De Marcos 90+5'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 22,151 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

12 May 2019 37	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. García 16' (pen.), 17' 89' Williams 40' Beñat 45' Muniain 61' Capa 87'	Report	Boudebouz 24' Araujo 36' Hoedt 64' Aspas 89' (pen.)	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,494 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

18 May 2019 38	Sevilla	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rog 36' Ben Yedder 44' Gnagnon 60' Navas 60' Mercado 65' Munir 90+2'	Report	D. García 19' R. García 29'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 28,134 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

28 November 2018^[9] First leg	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Huesca	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 10', 32' Insua 27' (o.g.) Beñat 55' San José 59'	Report	Ávila 9' Sastre 22' Brežančić 41'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 25,360 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

6 December 2018 Second leg	Huesca	0–4 (0–8 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Huesca
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Musto 27' Ávila 72'	Report	Aduriz 37', 58' Williams 80', 90+2'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 5,561 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

Round of 16

10 January 2019 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–3	Sevilla	Bilbao
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	San José 36' 49'	Report	Nolito 6' Mesa 37' Silva 53' Vázquez 61' Ben Yedder 77'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 33,847 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

16 January 2019 Second leg	Sevilla	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carriço 89'	Report	Guruzeta 77' Muniain 90+4'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 26,456 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Williams is credited with an additional goal against Levante by the club's website.
^ https://laliga.es/laliga-santander/athletic
^ https://int.soccerway.com/teams/spain/athletic-club/
^ https://www.athletic-club.eus/eu/taldeak/athletic-club/2018-19
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d This was a 45-minute match.
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ This match was originally scheduled for 1 September 2018, but later postponed because of Vallecas' safety concerns.[1]
^ Athletic's website credits this goal to Iñaki Williams.
^ This match was originally scheduled for 31 October 2018, but later postponed because of an MTV concert at San Mamés.[2]

[table_hth_GET0.070637435219547-6] Getafe finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Sevilla 0–2 Getafe, Getafe 3–0 Sevilla.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.070637435219547-7] Since the winners of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey, Valencia, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[table_hth_ESP0.070637435219547-8] Espanyol finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head points: Espanyol 1–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Espanyol.

[table_hth_RSO0.070637435219547-9] Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Betis and Alavés on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad 6, Real Betis 5, Alavés 5. Real Betis finished ahead of Alavés on goal difference: Real Betis –8, Alavés –11.

[iw19-1] Williams is credited with an additional goal against Levante by the club's website.

[2] ttps://laliga.es/laliga-santander/athletic

[3] ttps://int.soccerway.com/teams/spain/athletic-club/

[4] ttps://www.athletic-club.eus/eu/taldeak/athletic-club/2018-19

[ht-5] This was a 45-minute match.

[10] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[11] This match was originally scheduled for 1 September 2018, but later postponed because of Vallecas' safety concerns.[1]

[12] Athletic's website credits this goal to Iñaki Williams.

[13] This match was originally scheduled for 31 October 2018, but later postponed because of an MTV concert at San Mamés.[2]

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