# 2020–21 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2020–21 season was the 122nd season in the existence of Athletic Bilbao and the club's 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Athletic Bilbao participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
The season was the first since the 2011–12 without Aritz Aduriz, who retired in May 2020.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Unai Simón |
| 2 | FW | ESP | Jon Morcillo |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Unai Núñez |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Yeray Álvarez |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Mikel Vesga |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Ibai Gómez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Unai López |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Iñaki Williams |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iker Muniain (captain) |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jokin Ezkieta |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Dani García |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Lekue |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Oihan Sancet |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Óscar de Marcos (2nd captain) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Oier Zarraga |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Asier Villalibre |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Ander Capa |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl García (3rd captain) |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Peru Nolaskoain |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Mikel Balenziaga |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iago Herrerín |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Iñigo Vicente |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Unai Vencedor |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Nico Williams |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Aitor Paredes |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Daniel Vivian (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Jon Sillero (at Numancia until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Iñigo Córdoba (at Alavés until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | BIH | Kenan Kodro (at Valladolid until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2020 | Cristian Ganea | Viitorul Constanța | Loan return | Loan return |
| 8 August 2020 | Peru Nolaskoain | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan return | Loan return |
| 24 August 2020 | Andoni López | Elche | Loan return | Loan return |
| 2 October 2020 | Álex Berenguer | Torino | Transfer | €10.5M |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 20 May 2020 | Aritz Aduriz | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| 20 July 2020 | Beñat | Unattached | End of contract | End of contract |
| 14 August 2020 | Cristian Ganea | Aris | Transfer | Free |
| 1 September 2020 | Andoni López | Logroñés | Transfer | Free |
| 21 September 2020 | Mikel San José | Birmingham City | Transfer | Free |
| 2 October 2020 | Gaizka Larrazabal | Zaragoza | Transfer | Free |
| 28 January 2021 | Kenan Kodro | Valladolid | Loan | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 028.95 |
| Copa del Rey | 21 January 2021 | 17 April 2021 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Supercopa | 14 January 2021 | 17 January 2021 | Semi-finals | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 034.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 53 |
| 9 | Granada | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 46 |
| 10 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 46 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 44 |
| 12 | Cádiz | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 44 |
* 1 2 Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.
* 1 2 Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 19 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

### Supercopa

The draw was held on 17 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 22 May 2021. Does not include the 2020 Copa del Rey Final, delayed until April 2021 and counted in the 2020–21 season in some resources – these stats are recorded under the 2019–20 Athletic Bilbao season article.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Supercopa de España |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Unai Simón | 43 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jokin Ezkieta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iago Herrerín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Unai Núñez | 30 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez | 33 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Yeray Álvarez | 30 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Lekue | 24 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche | 29 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Óscar de Marcos | 31 | 2 | 17+8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Ander Capa | 34 | 2 | 25+3 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Peru Nolaskoain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Mikel Balenziaga | 28 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Mikel Vesga | 38 | 0 | 20+10 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Unai López | 31 | 3 | 15+11 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Dani García | 35 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Oihan Sancet | 26 | 2 | 11+13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Oier Zarraga | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Raúl García | 42 | 10 | 21+13 | 5 | 4+2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Unai Vencedor | 34 | 0 | 19+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | ESP | Jon Morcillo | 36 | 2 | 16+14 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Ibai Gómez | 13 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Iñaki Williams | 46 | 8 | 27+11 | 6 | 3+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iker Muniain | 35 | 5 | 23+5 | 5 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer | 43 | 9 | 27+8 | 8 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Asier Villalibre | 43 | 6 | 16+19 | 4 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Iñigo Vicente | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Nico Williams | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ESP | Iñigo Córdoba | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Kenan Kodro | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Total |
| 1 | 22 | MF | | Raúl García | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 12 | FW | | Álex Berenguer | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Iñaki Williams | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Asier Villalibre | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Iker Muniain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Unai López | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | FW | | Jon Morcillo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Unai Núñez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Iñigo Martínez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Oihan Sancet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 18 | DF | | Óscar de Marcos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 21 | DF | | Ander Capa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | | Yeray Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 17 | DF | | Yuri Berchiche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | FW | | Kenan Kodro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 46 | 8 | 5 | 59 |