2017–18 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2017–18 season was the 119th in Athletic Club’s history and the 87th in the top tier.

Athletic Bilbao

2017–18 season
Away game in Moskva
President	Josu Urrutia
Head coach	José Ángel Ziganda
Stadium	San Mamés
La Liga	16th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl García (10) All: Aritz Aduriz (20)
Highest home attendance	45,761 (vs Real Sociedad, 16 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance	14,294 (vs Formentera, 29 November 2017)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

According to the official website. Unai Núñez wore number 12 in domestic matches from the beginning of 2018.

Player statistics

S	P	N	Name	League				Cup				Europe				Total
				A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M
1	GK		Kepa Arrizabalaga	30	0	0	2700	1	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	2790
3	DF		Enric Saborit	16	3	0	1429	2	0	0	180	2	0	0	155	20	3	0	1764
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	16	0	0	1440	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1440
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	7	1	0	675	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	314	11	1	0	989
6	MF		Mikel San José	24	2	1	2156	1	0	0	90	7	4	0	649	32	6	1	2895
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	12	12	0	1115	1	0	0	90	7	1	0	571	20	13	0	1776
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe (vc)	20	10	0	1903	0	1	0	16	5	2	0	529	25	13	0	2448
9	FW		Kike Sola	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	62
10	MF		Iker Muniain (3rd c)	7	7	4	775	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	523	13	7	5	1298
11	FW		Iñaki Williams	31	7	7	2851	1	0	0	90	9	4	3	863	41	11	10	3804
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	8	0	0	720	1	0	0	90	14	0	0	1260	23	0	0	2070
14	FW		Markel Susaeta (c)	26	8	3	2268	1	0	0	90	8	5	0	772	35	13	3	3130
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	22	10	0	2104	2	0	0	180	10	2	0	911	34	12	0	3195
16	DF		Xabier Etxeita	5	0	1	377	2	0	0	180	12	0	1	1046	19	0	2	1603
17	MF		Mikel Rico	13	4	0	1170	0	0	0	0	5	3	0[1]	389	18	7	0	1559
18	DF		Óscar de Marcos	20	1	1	1663	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	630	27	1	2	2293
19	FW		Sabin Merino	5	8	0	371	2	0	0	155	0	3	0	9	7	11	0	535
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	21	12	9	2149	0	1	0	25	13	1	11	1159	34	14	20	3333
21	MF		Mikel Vesga	11	1	1	807	2	0	0	164	5	2	0	460	18	3	1	1431
22	MF		Raúl García	30	4	10	2637	0	2	1	37	10	2	3	889	40	8	14	3563
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	18	0	0	1554	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	835	28	0	0	2389
28	FW		Iñigo Córdoba	18	12	1	1457	1	0	0	90	6	4	0	552	25	16	1	2099
29	DF		Óscar Gil	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90
30	DF		Unai Núñez	33	0	1	2942	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	225	34	1	1	3167
34	DF		Andoni López	1	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90
40	MF		Iñigo Muñoz	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16
Players left the club or on loan in winter transfer window
2	DF		Eneko Bóveda	6	0	0	523	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	134	7	1	0	657
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	19	0	0	1710	1	0	0	90	10	0	1	900	30	0	1	2700
23	MF		Ager Aketxe	0	3	0	34	2	0	0	155	1	6	0	74	3	9	0	263

Disciplinary record

Iñigo Martínez' and Iñaki Williams' yellow cards against Celta Vigo on matchday 30 were removed in April 2018.

S	P	N	Name	League			Cup			Europe			Total
1	GK		Kepa Arrizabalaga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	DF		Enric Saborit	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	DF		Iñigo Martínez	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	DF		Yeray Álvarez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	MF		Mikel San José	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	9	0	0
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
9	FW		Kike Sola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Iker Muniain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	FW		Iñaki Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Markel Susaeta	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
15	DF		Iñigo Lekue	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
16	DF		Xabier Etxeita	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
17	MF		Mikel Rico	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	DF		Óscar de Marcos	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
19	FW		Sabin Merino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	1	0
21	MF		Mikel Vesga	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
22	MF		Raúl García	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0	0
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
28	FW		Iñigo Córdoba	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
29	DF		Óscar Gil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Unai Núñez	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12	1	0
34	DF		Andoni López	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		Iñigo Muñoz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players left the club or on loan in winter transfer window
2	DF		Eneko Bóveda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
23	MF		Ager Aketxe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  ESP Iñigo Córdoba 30 DF  ESP Unai Núñez 34 DF  ESP Andoni López 40 MF  ESP Iñigo Muñoz

Transfer

In

Date	Name	Moving from	Fee
30 June 2017	Ager Aketxe	Cádiz	Loan return
	Óscar Gil	Oviedo
	Iago Herrerín	Leganés
	Kike Sola	Numancia
	Mikel Vesga	Sporting Gijón
30 January 2018	Iñigo Martínez	Real Sociedad	€32M

Out

Date	Name	Moving to	Fee
14 June 2017	Gorka Iraizoz	Girona	Free
30 June 2017	Gorka Elustondo	Atlético Nacional
24 July 2017	Javier Eraso	Leganés
20 January 2018	Eneko Bóveda	Deportivo La Coruña	Free
30 January 2018	Aymeric Laporte	Manchester City	€65M
16 February 2018	Ager Aketxe	Toronto	Free

Staff

According to the official website.

Position	Name
Head coach	José Ángel Ziganda
Assistant coach	Bingen Arostegi
Technical coach	Alberto Iglesias
Physical coach	Iban Urkiza
Recuperative coach	Xabier Clemente
Goalkeeper coach	Imanol Etxeberria
Representative	Andoni Imaz
Doctors	Josean Lekue, Paco Angulo
Masseur	Juan Manuel Ipiña
Physiotherapists	Beñat Azula, Isusko Ortuzar, Álvaro Campa
Regenerative therapist	Imanol Martín
Podiatrist	Sergio Bilbao
Material managers	Txetxu Gallego, Jon Eskalza, Iker López

Pre-season and friendlies

12 July 2017 Friendly	Basel	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lens, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Delgado  30' (pen.) Van Wolfswinkel  60' Pululu  89'	Report	Sabin  40' Sola  49'	Stadium: Christ-Roi Referee: Sascha Amhof

15 July 2017 Friendly	Sion	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lens, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Zverotić  38' (o.g.) García  52'	Stadium: Christ-Roi Referee: Lionel Tschudi

17 July 2017 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Municipal Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

21 July 2017 Friendly	Club Brugge	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Bruges, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	García  41', 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Referee: Nicolas Laforge

22 July 2017 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Valladolid	Sestao, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Córdoba  4'	Report	Arnaiz  35' Nacho  56'	Stadium: Las Llanas Referee: Xabier Gómez

29 July 2017 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Reus	Leioa, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	San José  35' Aketxe  52' (pen.) Williams  68'	Report		Stadium: Sarriena Referee: Jon González

5 August 2017 Friendly	Liverpool	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
17:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Firmino  20' (pen.) Woodburn  58' Solanke  79'	Report	Williams  29'	Stadium: Aviva Referee: Paul McLaughlin

12 August 2017 Euskal Herriko Futbol Txapelketa	Athletic Bilbao	2–2[2]	Alavés	Barakaldo, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vesga  42' Aduriz  56'	Report	Ibai  52' Santos  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Lasesarre Referee: Daniel Palencia

11 October 2017 Friendly	Barakaldo	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Barakaldo, Spain
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arroyo  51' (pen.) Bilbao  90' (o.g.)	Report	Sabin  15' Beñat  29'	Stadium: Lasesarre Referee: Jon González

22 January 2018 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Rudeš	Lezama, Spain
11:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Lezama Referee: Ricardo de Burgos

23 May 2018 Friendly	Santutxu	0–4	Athletic Bilbao	Basauri, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sabin  11', 54', 77' Aduriz  45'	Stadium: Artunduaga Referee: Igor Guijarro

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	20 August 2017	20 May 2018	Matchday 1	16th	38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	026.32
Europa League	27 July 2017	15 March 2018	Third qualifying round	Round of 16	14	7	3	4	22	16	+6	050.00
Copa del Rey	25 October 2017	29 November 2017	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					54	17	17	20	64	67	−3	031.48

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Alavés	38	15	2	21	40	50	−10	47
15	Levante	38	11	13	14	44	58	−14	46
16	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43[lower-alpha 1]
17	Leganés	38	12	7	19	34	51	−17	43[lower-alpha 1]
18	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	38	6	11	21	38	76	−38	29	Relegation to the Segunda División

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)[3]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

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	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43	6	8	5	19	16	+3	4	5	10	22	33	−11

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	12	10	4	6	10	11	13	11	11	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	12	8	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	14	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	16

Source:

Matches

20 August 2017 1	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Getafe	Bilbao
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Núñez  68'	Report	Bergara  18' Álvaro  41'  66' Suárez  59' Molinero  63'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,110 Referee: Mario Melero (Andalusia)

27 August 2017 2	Eibar	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Eibar
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kike  25' Jordán  49'  90+1'	Report	Aduriz  38' Bóveda  81'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,948 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

10 September 2017 3	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Girona	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beñat  21' Muniain  25' Aduriz  53' García  64' San José  68' Laporte  90'	Report	Alcalá  24' Granell  27' Bernardo  40' Aday  56' Douglas Luiz  80' Stuani  87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,952 Referee: Daniel Trujillo (Canary Islands)

17 September 2017 4	Las Palmas	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Las Palmas
17:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Calleri  58' Tannane  63' Rémy  87'	Report	Laporte  60' Aduriz  64' Vesga  77'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,149 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

20 September 2017 5	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García  90+2'	Report	Thomas  25' Filipe Luís  39' Correa  55' Carrasco  73'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,499 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

23 September 2017 6	Málaga	3–3	Athletic Bilbao	Málaga
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández  3' Rolán  35', 84' Borja  49' Ricca  51' Kuzmanović  52'  52' Recio  53' Rosales  60' Baysse  81'	Report	Aduriz  4' (pen.) Williams  51', 70' Laporte  53' Aketxe  89'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 23,425 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

1 October 2017 7	Valencia	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gayà  18' Zaza  27'  84' Parejo  34' (pen.)  84' Rodrigo  66'	Report	Arrizabalaga  33' Núñez  50' Aduriz  59' García  63'  76' Vesga  80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 42,070 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

14 October 2017 8	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Sevilla	Bilbao
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz  13' Córdoba  33' Núñez  37' Vesga  43'  85' Laporte  90+8'	Report	Lenglet  53' Correa  68' Vázquez  79' Pizarro  90+5' Muriel  90+8'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,197 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

22 October 2017 9	Leganés	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Leganés
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pérez  11' Eraso  45' Beauvue  54' Siovas  82'	Report	Vesga  31' San José  43' Iturraspe  64' Núñez  79'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,509 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

28 October 2017 10	Athletic Bilbao	0–2	Barcelona	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iturraspe  41'	Report	Messi  36' Busquets  47' Piqué  63' Paulinho  75'  90+2' Umtiti  81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,579 Referee: Juan Martínez (Valencia)

5 November 2017 11	Celta Vigo	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	S. Gómez  16'  41' Aspas  22', 26' M. Gómez  64'	Report	Vesga  12' García  38' Balenziaga  58' Aduriz  90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,876 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

19 November 2017 12	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iturraspe  19' Aduriz  77'	Report	Bonera  5' Trigueros  28' Costa  34' Ruiz  63'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,728 Referee: David Medié (Catalonia)

26 November 2017 13	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adrián  35' Mosquera  39' Cartabia  44' Expósito  68' Schär  76' Albentosa  87'	Report	Susaeta  16' Williams  60' Laporte  71'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Attendance: 20,879 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

2 December 2017 14	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Marcos  45' Etxeita  57'	Report	Ramos  11'  86' Casemiro  73' Carvajal  90+1' Ronaldo  90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 44,992 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

10 December 2017 15	Levante	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Toño  4' Laporte  73' (o.g.) Campaña  79' Chema  79'	Report	Aduriz  5' (pen.) García  40' Rico  69' Vesga  76' Postigo  79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,005 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

16 December 2017 16	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz  56' Lekue  74' Rico  88'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 45,761 Referee: David Fernández (Andalusia)

22 December 2017 17	Real Betis	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amat  34' Joaquín  78'	Report	Núñez  15' Saborit  17' García  36' (pen.) Feddal  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 42,819 Referee: Juan Martínez (Valencia)

7 January 2018 18	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Alavés	Bilbao
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Etxeita  8'  79' Susaeta  53' Aduriz  64' (pen.)	Report	Pedraza  12' Aguirregabiria  24' Alexis  62' Munir  64'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,070 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

14 January 2018 19	Espanyol	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gerard  29' Hermoso  60' Martín  78'	Report	Williams  35' Iturraspe  68' Saborit  76' García  80' Sabin  88'	Stadium: RCDE Attendance: 19,827 Referee: Daniel Trujillo (Canary Islands)

19 January 2018 20	Getafe	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Getafe
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Molina  21'  67' Amath  29' Molinero  47' Ángel  74' Djené  79' Arambarri  90+2'	Report	Williams  13' Núñez  44' García  48' (pen.)	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,103 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

26 January 2018 21	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Eibar	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz  50'	Report	Kike  73'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,440 Referee: Mario Melero (Andalusia)

4 February 2018 22	Girona	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Girona
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stuani  7' (pen.), 65' Maffeo  46'	Report	Núñez  58'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 9,362 Referee: José Munuera (Andalusia)

9 February 2018 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Las Palmas	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz  12' Saborit  51' Arrizabalaga  52' García  77'	Report	Navarro  12' Calleri  41' Michel  59' Chichizola  79'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 33,839 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

18 February 2018 24	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Correa  17' Costa  36'  80' Filipe Luís  62' Gameiro  67'	Report	Beñat  40' Núñez  71'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 59,699 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

25 February 2018 25	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Málaga	Bilbao
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martínez  15' Susaeta  17' San José  44' Lekue  60' De Marcos  63'	Report	En-Nesyri  13'  65'  84' González  24'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,734 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

28 February 2018 26	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Valencia	Bilbao
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Córdoba  29' De Marcos  49'	Report	Zaza  20' Kondogbia  23' Murillo  69'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,382 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

3 March 2018 27	Sevilla	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muriel  27' Vázquez  32' Nolito  75' Correa  83'	Report	Saborit  64' San José  79' Martínez  83'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 25,185 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Navarre)

11 March 2018 28	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Leganés	Bilbao
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	García  10', 17'  68' Córdoba  28'	Report	El Zhar  12' Zaldúa  36' Brašanac  66' Siovas  72' Bustinza  89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,896 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

18 March 2018 29	Barcelona	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer  8' Umtiti  17' Messi  30' Dembélé  39'	Report	García  31' Lekue  40'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 82,312 Referee: Santiago Jaime (Aragon)

31 March 2018 30	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Williams  31' Martínez  44' Núñez  55'  90+2'	Report	M. Gómez  15' Méndez  90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 33,881 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

9 April 2018 31	Villarreal	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonera  38' Bacca  45'  67' Álvaro  64'  89' Asenjo  87'	Report	Córdoba  4' Martínez  41' Núñez  45' Williams  51' Iturraspe  67' Arrizabalaga  74' De Marcos  81' Muniain  87'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 14,869 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

14 April 2018 32	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	Deportivo La Coruña	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García  47'  61' Susaeta  72' Yeray  90+2'	Report	Adrián  6', 14' Valle  53' Rubén  79'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,976 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

18 April 2018 33	Real Madrid	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez  45' Ronaldo  87' Carvajal  90+2'	Report	Williams  14'  39' Iturraspe  61' De Marcos  84' San José  89'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 59,293 Referee: Juan Martínez (Valencia)

23 April 2018 34	Athletic Bilbao	1–3	Levante	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García  8'  53' Iturraspe  41' Núñez  88'	Report	Bardhi  42', 44'  45' Lerma  55' Jason  89' Morales  90'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 24,749 Referee: José Munuera (Andalusia)

28 April 2018 35	Real Sociedad	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	San José  15' (o.g.), 54' (o.g.) Illarramendi  26' Oyarzabal  36' Llorente  59' Pardo  85' Willian José  86'	Report	García  13'  59' (pen.) De Marcos  24' Williams  81' Susaeta  84' Muniain  86' Martínez  90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,878 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

5 May 2018 36	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Real Betis	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muniain  76' Aduriz  90+2'	Report	Bartra  28' García  90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,491 Referee: Javier Alberola (Castile-La Mancha)

12 May 2018 37	Alavés	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maripán  32' Munir  35'  60' Guidetti  43' Ibai  77'	Report	Beñat  27' Saborit  34' Yeray  58' San José  73' Muniain  79' Martínez  90+3'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 16,199 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

20 May 2018 38	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Da. López  9' J. López  81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 28,492 Referee: David Fernández (Andalusia)

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

25 October 2017 First leg	Formentera	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Sant Francesc Xavier
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Samuel  51' Liñán  60' Tejera  76' Gabri  81' Romero  90+1'	Report	Etxeita  56' García  63'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Pablo González (Asturia)

29 November 2017 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Formentera	Bilbao
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gonzalez  90+2' Muñiz  90+6'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 14,294 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

27 July 2017 First leg	Dinamo București	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Bucharest, Romania
20:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Nascimento  34' Romera  49' Rivaldinho  54'  55' Hanca  61' Nedelcearu  90+3'	Report	Laporte  21' Muniain  30'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 26,783 Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

3 August 2017 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Dinamo București	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García  24', 29' Aduriz  86'	Report	Katsikas  36' Costache  63' Albín  88'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,845 Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

Play-off round

17 August 2017 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	Athens, Greece
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lod  29' Kourbelis  45' Cabezas  55'	Report	García  22' Etxeita  32' Aduriz  68', 74' (pen.) De Marcos  71' San José  88'	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

24 August 2017 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muniain  22' Lekue  76'	Report	Johansson  28' Luciano  34'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,747 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase
2	Östersund	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11[lower-alpha 1]
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6
4	Hertha BSC	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

14 September 2017 1	Hertha BSC	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Berlin, Germany
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weiser  26' Ibišević  60'	Report	Vesga  43' San José  62'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 28,832 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

28 September 2017 2	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kharatin  26' Opanasenko  58' Hordiyenko  68' Andriyevskyi  81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,462 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

19 October 2017 3	Östersund	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Östersund, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mukiibi  6' Gero  52'  72' Sema  55' Edwards  64'	Report	Aduriz  14' Córdoba  24' Williams  89'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 7,870 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

2 November 2017 4	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Östersund	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lekue  16' Balenziaga  64' Núñez  67'  89' Aduriz  70' Susaeta  84'	Report	Mukiibi  81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,354 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

23 November 2017 5	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Hertha BSC	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz  35' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Laporte  81' Williams  82' García  86'	Report	Leckie  26' Langkamp  34' Selke  36'  67'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,928 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

7 December 2017 6	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Lviv, Ukraine
22:05 EET (UTC+02:00)	Lunyov  43' Andriyevskyi  50' Kabayev  82'	Report	Núñez  16' Aduriz  70' García  86'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 8,428 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+03:00)	Kutepov  37' Zobnin  55' Luiz Adriano  60'  67'	Report	García  15' Aduriz  22', 39' Kutepov  45+1' (o.g.)[4] Etxeita  56'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 43,145 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

22 February 2018 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Etxeita  57' San José  86' Aduriz  90+3'	Report	Bocchetti  31' Luiz Adriano  44' Yeshchenko  67' Glushakov  80' Melgarejo  85' Kombarov  90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,873 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Round of 16

8 March 2018 First leg	Marseille	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Marseille, France
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ocampos  1', 58' Payet  14'  45+4' Germain  38' Rami  45+1'	Report	Aduriz  45+3' (pen.) San José  56' Susaeta  60' Beñat  82'	Stadium: Vélodrome Attendance: 37,657 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

15 March 2018 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	Marseille	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz  15'  76' Williams  61'  74'	Report	Payet  38' (pen.) Rami  48' Ocampos  52'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,580 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

References

1. He is credited with a goal against Spartak Moskva by some sources.
2. The match was abandoned at 90th minute, when 3 officials decided to leave the field due to a quarrel among players of both teams.
3. "Reglamento General - Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
4. Marca and Athletic credit the goal to Mikel Rico, whose goalbound shot was touched on the line by Kutepov (Footage).