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2004–05 Athletic Bilbao season

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.

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)

Season summary edit

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 edit

Appearances and goals edit

[1][16][17][18]

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

Results edit

La Liga edit

Main article: 2004–05 La Liga

League table edit

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 edit

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

First round edit

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup first round
16 September 2004 Trabzonspor   3–2   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)
30 September 2004 Athletic Bilbao   2–0   Trabzonspor San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
21:30 Ezquerro   5'
Yeste   61'		 Report Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate

Group B edit

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Athletic Bilbao 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9
  Steaua București 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
  Parma 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
  Beşiktaş 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
  Standard Liège 4 1 1 2 4 11 −7 4
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec200405.html
21 October 2004 Athletic Bilbao   2–0   Parma San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
21:00 Gurpegui   8'
del Horno   49'		 Report Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)
4 November 2004 Beşiktaş   3–1   Athletic Bilbao BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
19:30 Güneş   26'
Carew   63'
Akın   89'		 Report Ezquerro   49' Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
1 December 2004 Athletic Bilbao   1–0   Steaua București San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
20:45 Etxeberria   45' Report Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
16 December 2004 Standard Liège   1–7   Athletic Bilbao Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45 Onyewu   15' Report Ezquerro   6', 9', 54'
Yeste   35'
Iraola   58'
del Horno   63'
Etxeberria   71'		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Round of 32 edit

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup final phase
24 February 2005 Austria Wien   0–0   Athletic Bilbao Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
19:30 (CET) Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
27 February 2005 Athletic Bilbao   1–2   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 edit

External links edit

References edit

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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.
  16. ^ "Athletic Bilbao » Squad 2004/2005". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  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.
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