# 2021–22 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season in the history of Athletic Bilbao and the club's 91st 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 first match of 2022 away to Osasuna was the 4,000th competitive fixture in the club's history (previous such milestones occurring in 1954, 1979 and 2001).

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 January 2022
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 | DF | ESP | Álex Petxarroman |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Unai Núñez |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Yeray Álvarez |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Mikel Vesga |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Oihan Sancet |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Iñaki Williams |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iker Muniain (captain) |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Daniel Vivian |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jokin Ezkieta |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Dani García |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Lekue |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Unai Vencedor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 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 | DF | ESP | Peru Nolaskoain |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Mikel Balenziaga |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Julen Agirrezabala |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Nico Williams |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Aitor Paredes |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Beñat Prados |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Nico Serrano |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Juan Artola |

### 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 |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Luis Bilbao |

### 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 | Imanol García de Albéniz (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Iñigo Córdoba (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Iñigo Vicente (at Mirandés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Jon Morcillo (at Valladolid until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | Iñigo Córdoba | Alavés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Kenan Kodro | Valladolid | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Daniel Vivian | Mirandés | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2021 | Álex Petxarroman | Real Sociedad B | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee | Ref |
| 1 July 2021 | Imanol García de Albéniz | Mirandés | Loan | Loan | |
| 1 July 2021 | Iñigo Vicente | Mirandés | Loan | Loan | |

## 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 | 16 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 036.84 |
| Copa del Rey | 6 January 2022 | 2 March 2022 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 060.00 |
| Supercopa de España | 13 January 2022 | 16 January 2022 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 040.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Villarreal | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 55 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 48 | |
| 10 | Osasuna | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 47 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Real Betis, 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 Europa 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

### Supercopa de España
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| 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 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jokin Ezkieta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Julen Agirrezabala | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Álex Petxarroman | 19 | 0 | 1+16 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Unai Núñez | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez | 34 | 4 | 26+1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Yeray Álvarez | 27 | 1 | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Dani Vivian | 27 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Lekue | 29 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche | 20 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Óscar de Marcos | 26 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Ander Capa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Mikel Balenziaga | 31 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Mikel Vesga | 39 | 2 | 17+15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Oihan Sancet | 33 | 6 | 16+11 | 6 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Dani García | 39 | 0 | 27+5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Unai Vencedor | 35 | 0 | 29+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Oier Zarraga | 37 | 1 | 8+23 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Raúl García | 42 | 7 | 24+11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Álex Berenguer | 41 | 4 | 24+10 | 3 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Iñaki Williams | 44 | 8 | 32+6 | 8 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iker Muniain | 41 | 6 | 34+1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Asier Villalibre | 20 | 2 | 3+16 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Nico Williams | 40 | 3 | 11+23 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Nico Serrano | 17 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Juan Artola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jon Morcillo | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Peru Nolaskoain | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 30 April 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Iñaki Williams | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 22 | MF | | Raúl García | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Oihan Sancet | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Iker Muniain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Iñigo Martínez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Álex Berenguer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Nico Williams | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Mikel Vesga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 12 | DF | | Daniel Vivian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Yeray Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | DF | | Óscar de Marcos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | MF | | Oier Zarraga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 7 | 2 | 50 |