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2004–05 Athletic Bilbao season

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Athletic Bilbao
2004–05 season
PresidentFernando Lamikiz Garai
Head coachErnesto Valverde
StadiumSan Mamés
La Liga9th
Copa del ReySemi-finals
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ismael Urzaiz (12 goals)[1]

All:
Santi Ezquerro (19 goals)

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.

Season summary

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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

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain ESP Iñaki Lafuente 12 0 0 0 8 0 4 0
2 DF Spain ESP Javier Casas 27 0 14+5 0 5+1 0 2 0
3 DF Spain ESP Asier del Horno 43 7 23+6 3 4+2 1 6+2 3
4 DF Spain ESP Aitor Karanka 12 0 5+1 0 3 0 2+1 0
5 MF Spain ESP Felipe Guréndez 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Spain ESP Óscar Vales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Spain ESP Julen Guerrero 18 3 0+12 3 3+1 0 0+2 0
9 FW Spain ESP Santi Ezquerro 47 19 31+1 11 4+4 3 7 5
10 MF Spain ESP Francisco Yeste 42 13 24+3 8 5+2 2 8 3
11 MF Spain ESP Javi González 14 0 7+3 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
12 DF Spain ESP Jesús María Lacruz 21 2 12+4 2 2+1 0 1+1 0
13 GK Spain ESP Dani Aranzubia 42 0 37 0 0+1 0 4 0
14 DF Spain ESP Luis Prieto 44 0 28+2 0 6 0 8 0
15 DF Spain ESP Andoni Iraola 49 6 31+3 4 7 1 8 1
16 MF Spain ESP Pablo Orbaiz 50 5 35 3 6+1 2 7+1 0
17 FW Spain ESP Joseba Etxeberria 48 6 30+3 3 6+1 1 8 2
18 MF Spain ESP Carlos Gurpegui 50 6 34 4 7+1 0 8 2
19 DF Spain ESP Ander Murillo 43 0 29+2 0 5 0 6+1 0
20 FW Spain ESP Ismael Urzaiz 44 12 19+12 12 4+1 0 5+3 0
21 MF Spain ESP Jonan García 15 0 6+7 0 2 0 0 0
22 FW Spain ESP Joseba Arriaga 19 0 6+8 0 2 0 1+2 0
23 MF Spain ESP Tiko 42 3 22+9 3 5+1 0 2+3 0
24 DF Spain ESP César 8 0 3+4 0 1 0 0 0
27 MF Spain ESP Aritz Solabarrieta 13 0 4+7 0 0+2 0 0 0
28 MF Spain ESP Endika Bordas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
30 GK Spain ESP Roberto Pampín 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Spain ESP Jon Moya 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Spain ESP Fernando Llorente 20 6 9+6 3 3+1 3 0+1 0
FW Spain ESP Igor Angulo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
GK Spain ESP Oinatz Aulestia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Spain ESP Gorka Azkorra 3 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0

Results

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La Liga

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League table

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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[a] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 9 15 59 54 +5 51[a]
10 Málaga 38 15 6 17 40 48 −8 51[a]
11 Atlético Madrid 38 13 11 14 40 34 +6 50[b]
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. ^ a b c 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

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First round

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16 September 2004 Trabzonspor Turkey 3–2 Spain 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)

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Athletic Bilbao 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9
Romania Steaua București 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
Italy Parma 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
Turkey Beşiktaş 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
Belgium Standard Liège 4 1 1 2 4 11 −7 4
21 October 2004 Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–0 Italy Parma San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
21:00 Gurpegui 8'
del Horno 49'
Report Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)
1 December 2004 Athletic Bilbao Spain 1–0 Romania Steaua București San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
20:45 Etxeberria 45' Report Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Round of 32

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24 February 2005 Austria Wien Austria 0–0 Spain Athletic Bilbao Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
19:30 (CET) Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
27 February 2005 Athletic Bilbao Spain 1–2 Austria 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

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References

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  2. ^ "LaLiga 2003/2004 Table, Results, Fixtures - (Football/Spain)". flashscore.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2004/2005". Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ "LaLiga 2004/2005 Table, Results, Fixtures - (Football/Spain)". flashscore.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Trabzonspor-Athletic Club 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Athletic Club-Trabzonspor 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Beşiktas-Athletic Club 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Athletic Club-Parma 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Athletic Club-FCSB 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Standard Liège-Athletic Club 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Austria Wien-Athletic Club 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Athletic Club-Austria Wien 2004 History". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Mendilibar gets Athletic chance". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Athletic Bilbao sack coach". World Soccer. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Valverde afronta su segunda etapa como técnico del Athletic". Las Provincias. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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  17. ^ "Athletic Bilbao » Appearances Copa del Rey 2004/2005". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  18. ^ "Athletic Bilbao » Appearances Europa League 2004/2005". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 November 2020.