2004–05 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2004–05 season was the 104th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 74th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Athletic Bilbao
2004–05 season
PresidentFernando Lamikiz Garai
Head coachErnesto Valverde
StadiumSan Mamés
La Liga9th
Copa del ReySemifinals
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Ismael Urzaiz, 12[1]
All: Santi Ezquerro, 19

Season summary

In the previous season, new manager Ernesto Valverde guided Athletic Bilbao to 5th place in La Liga,[2] their highest placing in six seasons. This also allowed them their first European participation since 1998, qualifying for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.[3]

Valverde's second season in charge was less successful in the league, as Athletic suffered three more losses than the year before and slipped to 9th.[4] They enjoyed more success in the Copa del Rey, reaching the semifinals before being knocked out on penalties by eventual champions Real Betis.

Their European adventure began in the UEFA Cup first round, where they were drawn against Trabzonspor of Turkey. Despite losing the away first leg 3–2,[5] they qualified for the group stage by winning 2–0 at home.[6] They were drawn in Group B, and suffered another defeat in Turkey, this time against Beşiktaş.[7] However, they won their other three games - against Parma of Italy,[8] Steaua București of Romania,[9] and a crushing 7–1 victory over Standard Liège of Belgium[10] - to progress as group winners. Their opponents in the next round were Austria Wien, and despite a creditable 0–0 draw in the away leg,[11] Bilbao were eliminated after a 2–1 defeat at home.[12]

Valverde left his post at the end of the season, and was replaced by José Luis Mendilibar.[13] Mendilibar lasted only until the following October,[14] while Valverde would return to the club for a second spell as head coach in 2013.[15]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[1][16][17][18]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLa LigaCopa del ReyUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Iñaki Lafuente 120008040
2 DF Javier Casas 27014+505+1020
3 DF Asier del Horno 43723+634+216+23
4 DF Aitor Karanka 1205+10302+10
5 MF Felipe Guréndez 402+200000
6 MF Óscar Vales 00000000
8 MF Julen Guerrero 1830+1233+100+20
9 FW Santi Ezquerro 471931+1114+4375
10 MF Francisco Yeste 421324+385+2283
11 MF Javi González 1407+300+201+10
12 DF Jesús María Lacruz 21212+422+101+10
13 GK Dani Aranzubia 4203700+1040
14 DF Luis Prieto 44028+206080
15 DF Andoni Iraola 49631+347181
16 MF Pablo Orbaiz 5053536+127+10
17 FW Joseba Etxeberria 48630+336+1182
18 MF Carlos Gurpegui 5063447+1082
19 DF Ander Murillo 43029+20506+10
20 FW Ismael Urzaiz 441219+12124+105+30
21 MF Jonan García 1506+702000
22 FW Joseba Arriaga 1906+80201+20
23 MF Tiko 42322+935+102+30
24 DF César 803+401000
27 MF Aritz Solabarrieta 1304+700+2000
28 MF Endika Bordas 1000000+10
30 GK Roberto Pampín 201+100000
31 DF Jon Moya 201+100000
32 FW Fernando Llorente 2069+633+130+10
FW Igor Angulo 1000000+10
GK Oinatz Aulestia 00000000
FW Gorka Azkorra 3000000+30

Results

La Liga
Main article: 2004–05 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Valencia 38 14 16 8 54 39 +15 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Deportivo La Coruña 38 12 15 11 46 50 −4 51[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 9 15 59 54 +5 51[lower-alpha 1]
10 Málaga 38 15 6 17 40 48 −8 51[lower-alpha 1]
11 Atlético Madrid 38 13 11 14 40 34 +6 50[lower-alpha 2]
Source: LFP
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
Notes:
  1. DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH
  2. ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

First round
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup first round
16 September 2004 Trabzonspor 3–2 Athletic Bilbao Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
19:00 González  25' (o.g.)
Yılmaz  28'
Karadeniz  69'		 Report Gurpegui  73'
del Horno  80'		 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
30 September 2004 Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Trabzonspor San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
21:30 Ezquerro  5'
Yeste  61'		 Report Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate

Group B
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Athletic Bilbao 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9
Steaua București 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
Parma 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
Beşiktaş 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
Standard Liège 4 1 1 2 4 11 −7 4
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec200405.html
21 October 2004 Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Parma San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
21:00 Gurpegui  8'
del Horno  49'		 Report Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)
4 November 2004 Beşiktaş 3–1 Athletic Bilbao BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
19:30 Güneş  26'
Carew  63'
Akın  89'		 Report Ezquerro  49' Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
1 December 2004 Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Steaua București San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
20:45 Etxeberria  45' Report Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
16 December 2004 Standard Liège 1–7 Athletic Bilbao Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45 Onyewu  15' Report Ezquerro  6', 9', 54'
Yeste  35'
Iraola  58'
del Horno  63'
Etxeberria  71'		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Round of 32
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup final phase
24 February 2005 Austria Wien 0–0 Athletic Bilbao Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
19:30 (CET) Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
27 February 2005 Athletic Bilbao 1–2 Austria Wien San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
18:00 (CET) Yeste  19' (pen.) Report Sionko  35', 70' Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Austria Wien won 2–1 on aggregate

See also

References
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