# 2023–24 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2023–24 season was Athletic Bilbao's 126th season in existence and 93rd consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey, winning the latter title for the first time since 1984.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 2023
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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Unai Simón |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Dani Vivian |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Aitor Paredes |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Yeray Álvarez |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Mikel Vesga |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Oihan Sancet |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Iñaki Williams (5th captain) |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iker Muniain (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Nico Williams |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Gorka Guruzeta |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Julen Agirrezabala |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Dani García |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Lekue (4th captain) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Óscar de Marcos (vice-captain) |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Imanol |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Asier Villalibre |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Ander Herrera |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl García (3rd captain) |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Adu Ares |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Beñat Prados |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Unai Egiluz |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Unai Gómez |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Mikel Jauregizar |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | Mallorca | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Nico Serrano | PEC Zwolle | Loan return | 11 January 2024 |
| DF | Adama Boiro | Osasuna | €2million | 25 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Oier Zarraga | Udinese | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Iñigo Martínez | End of contract | End of contract | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Nico Serrano | PEC Zwolle | Loan | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Nico Serrano | Racing Ferrol | Loan | 12 January 2024 |

### New contracts

| Position | Player | Until |
| MF | Oihan Sancet | June 2032 |
| DF | Iñigo Lekue | June 2025 |
| DF | Óscar de Marcos | June 2024 |
| MF | Raúl García | June 2024 |
| MF | Nico Serrano | June 2026 |
| MF | Nico Williams | June 2027 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 12 August 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 050.00 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 November 2023 | 6 April 2024 | First round | Winners | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 087.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 056.52 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Girona | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 7 | Real Betis | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2023–24 Copa del Rey, Athletic Bilbao, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 6 April 2024.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Unai Simón | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Julen Agirrezabala | 12 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Daniel Vivian | 40 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Aitor Paredes | 40 | 1 | 31+3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Yeray Álvarez | 21 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Lekue | 33 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche | 33 | 3 | 22+5 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Óscar de Marcos | 33 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Imanol | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Unai Egiluz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Mikel Vesga | 32 | 3 | 18+9 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Oihan Sancet | 38 | 6 | 25+5 | 4 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Dani García | 19 | 1 | 7+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | 35 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Ander Herrera | 27 | 0 | 10+13 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Beñat Prados | 33 | 0 | 16+10 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Unai Gómez | 33 | 2 | 9+16 | 2 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Mikel Jauregizar | 10 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer | 41 | 8 | 15+20 | 7 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Iñaki Williams | 39 | 14 | 32+2 | 12 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iker Muniain | 25 | 3 | 5+15 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Nico Williams | 37 | 8 | 29+2 | 5 | 4+2 | 3 |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Gorka Guruzeta | 36 | 16 | 30+2 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Asier Villalibre | 24 | 8 | 4+14 | 2 | 3+3 | 6 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl García | 25 | 1 | 1+19 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Adu Ares | 17 | 2 | 2+10 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Aingeru Olabarrieta | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 23 | MF | ESP | Peru Nolaskoain | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |