# 2013–14 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2013–14 season was Athletic Bilbao's 115th in existence and the club's 83rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
In addition to La Liga, Athletic Bilbao also competed in the Copa del Rey, being eliminated in the quarter-finals.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Gorka Iraizoz | 43 | EU | 2007 | 282 | 0 | 2015 | €4M | From Youth system |
| 2 | FW | Gaizka Toquero | 40 | EU | 2009 | 198 | 25 | 2016 | Undisclosed | |
| 3 | MF | Iñigo Pérez | 36 | EU | 2009 | 58 | 2 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 4 | DF | Aymeric Laporte | 30 | EU | 2012 | 49 | 2 | 2018 | Youth system | |
| 5 | MF | Erik Morán | 33 | EU | 2012 | 14 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 6 | DF | Mikel San José | 35 | EU | 2009 | 166 | 18 | 2015 | €2.74M | From Youth system |
| 7 | MF | Beñat | 37 | EU | 2013 | 24 | 1 | 2018 | €8M | From Youth system |
| 8 | MF | Ander Iturraspe | 35 | EU | 2008 | 174 | 1 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 9 | FW | Kike Sola | 38 | EU | 2013 | 9 | 1 | 2018 | €4M | From Youth system |
| 10 | MF | Óscar de Marcos | 35 | EU | 2009 | 180 | 23 | 2016 | €0.3M | |
| 11 | DF | Ibai | 35 | EU | 2010 | 102 | 15 | 2017 | Free | From Youth system |
| 12 | DF | Unai Albizua | 35 | EU | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 13 | GK | Iago Herrerín | 36 | EU | 2012 | 11 | 0 | 2016 | Free | From Youth system |
| 14 | MF | Markel Susaeta | 36 | EU | 2007 | 297 | 43 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 15 | DF | Andoni Iraola (vice captain) | 42 | EU | 2003 | 471 | 36 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 16 | DF | Xabier Etxeita | 37 | EU | 2013 | 22 | 1 | 2016 | Free | From Youth system |
| 17 | MF | Mikel Rico | 40 | EU | 2013 | 35 | 7 | 2016 | €2.8M | From Youth system |
| 18 | MF | Carlos Gurpegui (captain) | 44 | EU | 2002 | 331 | 20 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 19 | FW | Iker Muniain | 31 | EU | 2009 | 208 | 29 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 20 | FW | Aritz Aduriz | 43 | EU | 2012 | 170 | 56 | 2015 | €2M | From Youth system |
| 21 | MF | Ander Herrera | 35 | EU | 2011 | 122 | 8 | 2016 | €7M | |
| 22 | DF | Enric Saborit | 32 | EU | 2013 | 5 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 23 | DF | Borja Ekiza | 36 | EU | 2011 | 82 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 24 | DF | Mikel Balenziaga | 36 | EU | 2013 | 58 | 0 | 2016 | €0.3M | |
| 28 | FW | Guillermo Fernández | 31 | EU | 2013 | 7 | 1 | 2014 | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 9 April 2014
* Source: Athletic-Club.net, Players in / out and Wikipedia players' articles

### 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 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Erik Morán |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Unai Albizua |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Enric Saborit |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Guillermo Fernández |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 7 | MF | Beñat | 37 | EU | Betis | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €8M |
| 24 | DF | Mikel Balenziaga | 36 | EU | Valladolid | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €0.3M |
| 13 | DF | Iago Herrerín | 36 | EU | Numancia | Loan return | Summer | 2014 | Loan return |
| 16 | DF | Xabi Etxeita | 37 | EU | Elche | End of contract | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Kike Sola | 38 | EU | Osasuna | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €4M |
| 17 | MF | Mikel Rico | 40 | EU | Granada | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €2.8M |
| 3 | MF | Iñigo Pérez | 36 | EU | Mallorca | Loan return | Winter | 2015 | Loan return |
Total spending: €15,100,000

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 9 | FW | Fernando Llorente | 39 | EU | Juventus | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 5 | DF | Fernando Amorebieta | 39 | EU | Fulham | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| – | DF | Iban Zubiaurre | 41 | EU | Racing Santander | Mutual termination | Summer | Free |
| 16 | FW | Isma López | 34 | EU | Sporting Gijón | Mutual termination | Summer | Free |
| 26 | FW | Igor Martínez | 35 | EU | Mirandés | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 13 | GK | Raúl Fernández | 36 | EU | Numancia | On loan | Summer | Loan |
| 22 | DF | Xabi Castillo | 38 | EU | Las Palmas | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 40 | MF | Álvaro Peña | 33 | EU | Lugo | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 27 | MF | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | 31 | EU | Mirandés | On loan | Summer | Loan |
| 28 | DF | Jonás Ramalho | 31 | EU | Girona | On loan | Summer | Loan |
| 17 | MF | Iñigo Pérez | 36 | EU | Mallorca | On loan | Summer | Loan |
| 3 | DF | Jon Aurtenetxe | 32 | EU | Celta Vigo | On loan | Summer | Loan |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
Total income: €0
Expenditure: €15,100,000

## Club
### Current technical staff

| Position | Name |
| First team manager | Ernesto Valverde |
| Assistant coach | Jon Aspiazu |
| Physical fitness coaches | José Antonio Pozanco, Xabier Clemente |
| Goalkeeping coach | Aitor Iru |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

The numbers and stats are established according to the official website: www.athletic-club.net
    As of 14 April 2014
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Gorka Iraizoz | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | | | |
| 2 | FW | | Gaizka Toquero | 5 (15) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (15) | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 3 | MF | | Iñigo Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 4 | DF | | Aymeric Laporte | 33 (2) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 (2) | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| 5 | MF | | Erik Morán | 4 (10) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 5 (11) | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 6 | DF | | Mikel San José | 19 (6) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 (6) | 5 | 8 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | | Beñat | 12 (11) | 1 | 1 (3) | 0 | 13 (14) | 1 | 4 | | |
| 8 | MF | | Ander Iturraspe | 31 (2) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 (2) | 0 | 9 | | |
| 9 | FW | | Kike Sola | 2 (3) | 1 | 2 (2) | 0 | 4 (5) | 1 | | | |
| 10 | MF | | Óscar de Marcos | 19 (16) | 5 | 2 (2) | 0 | 21 (18) | 5 | 3 | | |
| 11 | FW | | Ibai | 6 (12) | 8 | 4 (2) | 0 | 10 (14) | 8 | | | |
| 12 | DF | | Unai Albizua | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | | | |
| 13 | GK | | Iago Herrerín | 5 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 (1) | 0 | 1 | | |
| 14 | MF | | Markel Susaeta | 34 (4) | 6 | 4 (1) | 1 | 38 (5) | 7 | 1 | | |
| 15 | DF | | Andoni Iraola | 28 (6) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 34 (6) | 1 | 5 | | |
| 16 | DF | | Xabier Etxeita | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | | | |
| 17 | MF | | Mikel Rico | 31 (3) | 5 | 6 | 2 | 37 (3) | 7 | 10 | | |
| 18 | MF | | Carlos Gurpegui (c) | 27 | 2 | 4 (1) | 0 | 31 (1) | 2 | 9 | | |
| 19 | FW | | Iker Muniain | 33 (3) | 7 | 3 (1) | 2 | 36 (4) | 9 | 8 | | |
| 20 | FW | | Aritz Aduriz | 26 (5) | 16 | 3 (2) | 2 | 29 (7) | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Ander Herrera | 31 (2) | 5 | 4 (2) | 0 | 35 (4) | 5 | 7 | | |
| 22 | DF | | Enric Saborit | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 1 | | |
| 23 | DF | | Borja Ekiza | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | | | |
| 24 | DF | | Mikel Balenziaga | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 5 | | |
| 28 | FW | | Guillermo Fernández | 4 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 (5) | 1 | | | |

## Competitions
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 100 | 33 | +67 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 104 | 38 | +66 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Villarreal | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
* 1 2 Barcelona finished ahead of Real Madrid on head-to-head points: Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid, Real Madrid 3–4 Barcelona.
* ↑ Sevilla automatically qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage as the defending champions; the berth through their league position was vacated.
* ↑ Villarreal finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Villarreal 5–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–2 Villarreal.
* ↑ Since both the 2013–14 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League respectively.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.  Win  Draw  Loss