2015–16 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao
2015–16 season
President	Josu Urrutia
Head coach	Ernesto Valverde
Stadium	San Mamés
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Supercopa de España	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aritz Aduriz (20); All: ; Aritz Aduriz (36)
Highest home attendance	47,785 (vs Real Sociedad, 21 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance	19,871 (vs Linense, 16 December 2015)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the 117th in Athletic Club's history and the 85th in the top tier.[1][2] On 17 August 2015, Athletic defeated Barcelona 5–1 on aggregate to win the Supercopa de España, the club's first silverware since 1984.

Squad

According to the official website.[3] Sabin Merino wore number 25 in domestic matches.

Player statistics

S	P	N	Name	Super Cup				League				Cup				Europe				Total
S	P	N	Name	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M	A	S	G	M
1	GK		Gorka Iraizoz (vc)	2	0	0	180	37	0	0	3244	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	3424
2	DF		Eneko Bóveda	1	1	0	96	15	8	0	1462	2	1	0	183	7	2	0	620	25	12	0	2361
3	DF		Gorka Elustondo	0	1	0	22	4	7	1	465	1	0	0	90	4	6	2	398	9	14	3	975
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	2	0	0	180	25	1	3	2213	5	0	2	450	12	0	0	1080	44	1	5	3923
5	MF		Javier Eraso	2	0	0	166	8	8	2	778	5	0	1	396	8	1	2	610	23	9	4	1950
6	MF		Mikel San José	1	0	1	90	30	4	2	2691	2	4	0	234	10	0	1	893	43	8	4	3908
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	2	0	0	172	31	4	1	2900	3	2	0	303	11	1	2	1023	47	7	3	4398
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	0	0	0	0	7	9	0	700	4	0	0	337	4	4	0	392	15	13	0	1429
10	DF		Óscar de Marcos	2	0	0	180	33	1	1	2886	4	1	1	363	11	2	0	1055	50	4	2	4484
11	FW		Ibai Gómez	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	115	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	228	4	5	0	343
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	174	6	0	0	540	16	0	0	1470	23	1	0	2184
14	FW		Markel Susaeta (3rd c)	2	0	0	174	22	6	3	1920	4	0	0	272	11	2	2	1040	39	8	5	3406
15	FW		Iñaki Williams	0	0	0	0	20	5	8	1638	5	0	3	417	4	3	2	374	29	8	13	2429
16	DF		Xabier Etxeita	2	0	0	158	28	2	0	2485	4	0	1	360	11	0	0	1020	45	2	1	4023
17	MF		Mikel Rico	0	1	0	7	8	9	1	691	2	1	1	177	4	5	0	431	14	16	2	1306
18	MF		Carlos Gurpegi (c)	1	1	0	104	12	3	0	1143	1	0	0	90	6	1	0	550	20	5	0	1887
19	MF		Iker Muniain	0	0	0	0	13	7	2	1020	1	2	0	106	3	2	0	239	17	11	2	1365
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	2	0	4	169	30	4	20	2776	4	1	2	364	13	1	10	1177	49	6	36	4486
21	FW		Borja Viguera	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	289	1	0	0	90	2	4	0	240	6	10	0	619
22	MF		Raúl García	0	0	0	0	27	3	7	2384	2	0	1	158	7	2	3	671	36	5	11	3213
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	2	0	0	180	33	1	0	2906	3	1	0	273	11	0	0	1005	49	2	0	4364
25	DF		Enric Saborit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	90	1	0	0	90
27	FW		Sabin Merino	1	0	0	66	13	9	5	1129	2	2	0	224	5	6	2	540	21	17	7	1959
30	DF		Iñigo Lekue	0	1	0	24	12	8	1	1157	4	1	0	375	6	2	0	514	22	12	1	2070
Players moved to reserve team or on loan in winter transfer window
9	FW		Kike Sola	0	1	0	5	1	4	0	74	1	1	2	121	3	0	2	230	5	6	4	430
23	MF		Ager Aketxe	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	186	0	1	0	17	3	3	0	283	5	5	0	486

Disciplinary record

S	P	N	Name	Super Cup			League			Cup			Europe			Total
S	P	N	Name
1	GK		Gorka Iraizoz	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
2	DF		Eneko Bóveda	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
3	DF		Gorka Elustondo	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF		Aymeric Laporte	0	0	0	7	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	1	1
5	MF		Javier Eraso	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
6	MF		Mikel San José	1	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	1
7	MF		Beñat Etxebarria	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	14	0	0
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
10	DF		Óscar de Marcos	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	10	0	0
11	FW		Ibai Gómez	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	GK		Iago Herrerín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Markel Susaeta	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
15	FW		Iñaki Williams	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
16	DF		Xabier Etxeita	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
17	MF		Mikel Rico	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
18	MF		Carlos Gurpegi	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
19	MF		Iker Muniain	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
20	FW		Aritz Aduriz	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0
21	FW		Borja Viguera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF		Raúl García	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	14	0	0
24	DF		Mikel Balenziaga	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	11	0	0
25	DF		Enric Saborit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Sabin Merino	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
30	DF		Iñigo Lekue	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Players moved to reserve team or on loan in winter transfer window
9	FW		Kike Sola	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	MF		Ager Aketxe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0

From the youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	ESP	Enric Saborit
27	FW	ESP	Sabin Merino
30	DF	ESP	Iñigo Lekue

Transfer

In

Date	Name	Moving from	Fee
5 June 2015	Eneko Bóveda	Eibar	Free
5 June 2015	Javier Eraso	Leganés
1 July 2015	Gorka Elustondo	Real Sociedad
31 August 2015	Raúl García	Atlético Madrid	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Name	Moving to	Fee
15 June 2015	Andoni Iraola	New York City	Free
8 July 2015	Unai Bustinza	Leganés	Loan
12 July 2015	Unai Albizua	Leganés	Free
14 July 2015	Gaizka Toquero	Alavés	Free
23 July 2015	Erik Morán	Zaragoza	Loan
13 August 2015	Jon Aurtenetxe	Tenerife
13 August 2015	Guillermo Fernández	Leganés
15 January 2016	Kike Sola	Middlesbrough

Staff

According to the official website.[4]

Position	Name
Head coach	Ernesto Valverde
Assistant coach	Jon Aspiazu
Technical coaches	Joseba Etxeberria, Alberto Iglesias
Physical coaches	José Antonio Pozanco, Xabier Clemente
Goalkeeper coach	Aitor Iru
Representative	Andoni Imaz
Doctors	Josean Lekue, Paco Angulo
Masseur	Juan Manuel Ipiña
Physiotherapists	Álvaro Campa, Beñat Azula, Isusko Ortuzar
Podiatrist	Kepa Galardi
Materials managers	Txetxu Gallego, Jon Eskalza, Iker López

Pre-season and friendlies

For the second time in their history (117 years), Athletic played in the United States when they shut out Club Tijuana 2–0 in a preseason contest in Boise, Idaho on 18 July 2015. The team's first trip to the U.S. took place on 4 April 1967 in Chicago, when Athletic beat Red Star Belgrade 3–1, also in a friendly.[5]

7 July 2015 Friendly	Txorierri	0–14	Athletic Bilbao	Sondika, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Eraso 8', 17', 41' Gurpegi 13' Ibai 22' Aketxe 47', 57', 75' Viguera 51', 69' Sola 77', 79', 88' Susaeta 85'	Stadium: Basozabal Referee: Xabier Gómez

11 July 2015 Friendly	Krasnodar	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Bischofshofen, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mamayev 69'	Report	Guillermo 48'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen Referee: Semiz Salihovic

14 July 2015 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	Greuther Fürth	Leogang, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 14' Williams 22'	Report	Tripić 52' Šukalo 87' Maderer 88'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Referee: Bernd Hirschbichler

18 July 2015 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Club Tijuana	Boise, Idaho, USA
19:00 MDT (UTC−06:00)	Aduriz 3' Beñat 23'	Report		Stadium: Albertsons Referee: José Carlos

23 July 2015 Friendly	Real Betis	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cejudo 71'	Report	Sola 7'	Stadium: Antonio Barbadillo Referee: Salvador Sánchez

25 July 2015 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Valladolid	Sestao, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Viguera 76' (pen.)	Report	Guzmán 74'	Stadium: Las Llanas Referee: Jon González

2 August 2015 Friendly	Osasuna	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Pamplona, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nino 35' Martínez 85'	Report		Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Daniel Ocón

8 August 2015 Friendly	Inter Milan	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Parma, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jovetić 27' Icardi 83'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	23 August 2015	14 May 2016	Matchday 1	5th	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	047.37
Europa League	30 July 2015	14 April 2016	Third qualifying round	Quarter-finals	16	9	3	4	28	17	+11	056.25
Copa del Rey	2 December 2015	27 January 2016	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	6	4	0	2	14	7	+7	066.67
Supercopa de España	14 August 2015	17 August 2015	Final	Winners	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	050.00
Total					62	32	12	18	105	70	+35	051.61

Source: Competitions

Supercopa de España

14 August 2015 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Barcelona	Bilbao
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	San José 13' 90+3' Eraso 44' Beñat 45' Aduriz 53', 60', 67' (pen.) Etxeita 70' Susaeta 74' Gurpegi 88'	Report	Pedro 41' Dani Alves 67' Mascherano 80' Iniesta 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,000 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

17 August 2015 Second leg	Barcelona	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Messi 43' Pedro 45' Piqué 56' Mascherano 56'	Report	Bóveda 30' Eraso 41' Aduriz 59', 74' Beñat 60' Sola 86'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,834 Referee: Carlos Velasco (Madrid)

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Atlético Madrid	38	28	4	6	63	18	+45	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Villarreal	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Celta Vigo	38	17	9	12	51	59	−8	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Sevilla	38	14	10	14	51	50	+1	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[b]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
^ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League third qualifying round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	11	4	4	35	17	+18	7	4	8	23	28	−5

Round 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W
Position	17	20	10	13	15	17	13	14	12	8	8	9	7	7	9	7	7	6	8	9	8	6	6	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Barcelona	Bilbao
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Elustondo 34' Eraso 37' Ibai 71'	Report	Rakitić 44' Suárez 54' 75' Vermaelen 64'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 44,772 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

30 August 2015 2	Eibar	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Eibar
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saúl 34' (pen.) Adrián 61' Escalante 74' Mauro 77'	Report	Ibai 2' Laporte 33'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,511 Referee: David Fernández (Andalusia)

13 September 2015 3	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Getafe	Bilbao
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 6', 83' García 24' San José 72'	Report	Lafita 48' Velázquez 70' 83' Lago 77' Alexis 83'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,107 Referee: Pedro Pérez (Andalusia)

20 September 2015 4	Villarreal	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bruno 24' 43' (pen.) Baptistão 45+3' 80' Nahuel 50' Bailly 60' Mario 67'	Report	Laporte 11' Gurpegi 49' Aduriz 64' 90+2' De Marcos 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,165 Referee: Carlos Clos (Aragon)

23 September 2015 5	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Real Madrid	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beñat 64' De Marcos 66' Sabin 67' Ibai 81' García 90'	Report	Benzema 19', 70' Ronaldo 52' Pepe 57' Kroos 78'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,487 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

27 September 2015 6	Real Sociedad	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Illarramendi 8' Pardo 52' I. Martínez 70'	Report	Beñat 37' García 68' Williams 75' Etxeita 82'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 26,114 Referee: Carlos Velasco (Madrid)

4 October 2015 7	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Valencia	Bilbao
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Laporte 34' Susaeta 60' Aduriz 69'	Report	Parejo 20' 33' Cancelo 58' Feghouli 58' Orbán 67'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,508 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

18 October 2015 8	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lucas 62' 80' Sidnei 85' Arribas 89'	Report	Williams 30' Aduriz 63' Laporte 65' Beñat 75'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 25,239 Referee: Santiago Jaime (Aragon)

26 October 2015 9	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Sporting Gijón	Bilbao
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Susaeta 29' Aduriz 42', 67' 76'	Report	Halilović 14' Mascarell 23' Cases 61'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,477 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

1 November 2015 10	Real Betis	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ceballos 31' Castro 67' (pen.) Bruno 75'	Report	Williams 8', 45' García 12' 87' San José 23' Laporte 33' Etxeita 65'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 24,879 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

8 November 2015 11	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams 8' Gurpegi 56' García 64' Beñat 73'	Report	Álvarez 10' Pérez 51' Diop 56' Caicedo 56' Fuentes 60' López 86' Sylla 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,204 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Navarre)

22 November 2016 12	Granada	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Laporte 5' (o.g.) Peñaranda 6' Robert 59' Success 59' 60' Pérez 86' Fernández 90+1'	Report	Susaeta 23' Aduriz 24' Etxeita 36'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 13,031 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

29 November 2015 13	Rayo Vallecano	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Baena 17' Trashorras 26' Nacho 59' Tito 90+2'	Report	Aduriz 1', 24' (pen.), 60' Laporte 64'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

6 December 2015 14	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Málaga	Bilbao
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	San José 19' García 19' Williams 19'	Report	Filipenko 12' Amrabat 53' Recio 77'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,835 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Catalonia)

13 December 2015 15	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saúl 45+2' Griezmann 67' Gabi 85'	Report	Laporte 27' Aduriz 74'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 44,417 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencia)

20 December 2015 16	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Levante	Bilbao
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	San José 55' Williams 82'	Report	Toño 37' Simão 39' Feddal 63' P. López 74' Lerma 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,471 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

30 December 2015 17	Celta Vigo	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 65' Bongonda 84' Radoja 87'	Report	San José 24' Laporte 52' Beñat 69' García 71' Iraizoz 80'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,857 Referee: Pedro Pérez (Andalusia)

3 January 2016 18	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	Las Palmas	Bilbao
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 17' (pen.) Balenziaga 43' Iturraspe 59' Williams 66' De Marcos 80'	Report	García 16' Gómez 22' 62' Tana 81' Aythami 84' El Zhar 88'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,562 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

9 January 2016 19	Sevilla	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gameiro 24', 59' (pen.) Vitolo 54' Krohn-Dehli 89'	Report	Aduriz 52' Laporte 57' Balenziaga 77'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,421 Referee: Eduardo Prieto (Navarre)

17 January 2016 20	Barcelona	6–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Messi 7' (pen.) Neymar 31' Suárez 47', 68', 82' Mascherano 51' Rakitić 62' Piqué 87'	Report	Iraizoz 4' De Marcos 69' Eraso 85'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 66,324 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

24 January 2016 21	Athletic Bilbao	5–2	Eibar	Bilbao
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aduriz 12', 52' Sabin 27' Laporte 40' 49' Susaeta 75' Mauro 80' (o.g.)	Report	Borja 4', 50' (pen.) Escalante 59' Keko 74'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,750 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

30 January 2016 22	Getafe	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Getafe
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cala 28' 90+2' Lago 29' Velázquez 76'	Report	Williams 24' Etxeita 61' De Marcos 72' Balenziaga 79' San José 79' Beñat 90'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,431 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

6 February 2016 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Villarreal	Bilbao
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams 29' 90' San José 41' Lekue 60' Sabin 67' Muniain 90'	Report	Costa 27' Bakambu 40' Soldado 75' Ruiz 76' Bonera 77' 90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,101 Referee: Mario Melero (Andalusia)

13 February 2016 24	Real Madrid	4–2	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ronaldo 3', 87' Varane 16' 83' James 37' Kroos 45' Modrić 71'	Report	Eraso 10' Etxeita 14' Balenziaga 43' Elustondo 90'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,100 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Catalonia)

21 February 2016 25	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Susaeta 5' San José 28' García 64' Muniain 65' Aduriz 65' Beñat 90' De Marcos 90+3'	Report	Illarramendi 13' Reyes 13' Jonathas 17' 19' Vela 53' Elustondo 87' Rulli 90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 47,785 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

28 February 2016 26	Valencia	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gomes 43' Cancelo 54'	Report	Sabin 73' Muniain 77' Aduriz 80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,654 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

2 March 2016 27	Athletic Bilbao	4–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Bilbao
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muniain 13' Aduriz 18' 36', 53', 60'	Report	Mosquera 17' Borges 22' Riera 51' Lopo 59'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,552 Referee: Antonio Mateu (Valencia)

6 March 2016 28	Sporting Gijón	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Gijón
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vranješ 26'	Report	Beñat 27' Laporte 52' 74' De Marcos 59' Balenziaga 90+2'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,227 Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Madrid)

13 March 2016 29	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Real Betis	Bilbao
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	García 20' Sabin 34', 50' Rico 44'	Report	Castro 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,563 Referee: Santiago Jaime (Aragon)

20 March 2016 30	Espanyol	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diop 54' Caicedo 57' Álvaro 60' Pérez 86' Pau 90+3'	Report	Eraso 20' Rico 47' Lekue 84' Beñat 90+6'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,340 Referee: Eduardo Prieto (Navarre)

3 April 2016 31	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Granada	Bilbao
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 17' Lekue 28' Gurpegi 48'	Report	Foulquier 26' Pérez 41' Lombán 44' Peñaranda 46' 77' Rico 86'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,680 Referee: Carlos Velasco (Madrid)

10 April 2016 32	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Bilbao
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 16' Williams 61'	Report	Nacho 2' Baena 16' Castro 52'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,703 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

17 April 2016 33	Málaga	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Málaga
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Recio 26' Torres 33' Weligton 60'	Report	Muniain 26' García 53' 80' Bóveda 57' Gurpegi 66' Rico 84'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 25,158 Referee: José Sánchez (Murcia)

20 April 2016 34	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Torres 38'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 44,687 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencia)

24 April 2016 35	Levante	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Víctor 13' Lerma 36' Etxeita 68' (o.g.) Juanfran 74'	Report	Balenziaga 71' Susaeta 88' San José 90+1'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 14,409 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias (Galicia)

1 May 2016 36	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 38' (pen.) García 45+1' 72'	Report	Orellana 13' 42' Díaz 28' Cabral 37' 40' Nolito 82' Hernández 90'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,654 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

8 May 2016 37	Las Palmas	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Las Palmas
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Momo 85'	Report	Aduriz 89'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 27,349 Referee: Pedro Pérez (Andalusia)

14 May 2016 38	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Sevilla	Bilbao
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 5' 71' Aduriz 11', 31' Rico 90'	Report	Coke 34' Cristóforo 39' Muñoz 55' Kolodziejczak 58' Curro 60'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 44,280 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Catalonia)

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

3 December 2015 First leg	Linense	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	La Línea
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sola 13' Laporte 19'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco (Madrid)

16 December 2015 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	6–0 (8–0 agg.)	Linense	Bilbao
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Marcos 9' Eraso 49' Etxeita 56' Sola 62' García 67' Rico 89'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 19,871 Referee: Xavier Estrada (Catalonia)

Round of 16

6 January 2016 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Villarreal	Bilbao
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	García 17' Susaeta 50' Williams 54' Aduriz 68' Laporte 81'	Report	Baptistão 16' Marín 33' Samu 38' Pina 45' Mario 74' 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,599 Referee: Carlos Clos (Aragon)

13 January 2016 Second leg	Villarreal	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bailly 63' Rukavina 82' Marín 86'	Report	Williams 21' 71' Etxeita 50' Aduriz 59'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,540 Referee: Carlos Velasco (Madrid)

Quarter-finals

20 January 2016 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Barcelona	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Laporte 54' De Marcos 65' Etxeita 67' Sabin 76' Iturraspe 77' Aduriz 89' San José 90+3'	Report	Munir 18' Neymar 24' Iniesta 39' Mascherano 78' Dani Alves 90'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 46,224 Referee: José González (Castile and Léon)

27 January 2016 Second leg	Barcelona	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suárez 53' 70' Piqué 81' Neymar 90+1'	Report	Williams 12' Rico 19' Balenziaga 39' Lekue 52'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 63,405 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Canary Islands)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

30 July 2015 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Inter Baku	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eraso 12', 49'	Report	Kvekveskiri 62'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,823 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Greece)

6 August 2015 Second leg	Inter Baku	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+05:00)	Seyidov 55'	Report	Balenziaga 25'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Play-off round

20 August 2015 First leg	Žilina	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Žilina, Slovakia
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čmelík 50' Paur 66' William 77', 90+4' 90+4'	Report	Sabin 16' Sola 33'	Stadium: Pod Dubňom Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

27 August 2015 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0 ((a) 3–3 agg.)	Žilina	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Elustondo 24' Beñat 68' Eraso 70' Aketxe 90+2'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,688 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	FC Augsburg	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Partizan	6	3	0	3	10	14	−4	9
4	AZ	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	4

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 1	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Augsburg	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 55', 66' García 57' Beñat 74' Susaeta 90'	Report	Altıntop 15' Werner 72'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,838 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

1 October 2015 2	AZ	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Alkmaar, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Johansson 47' Henriksen 55' Bóveda 65' (o.g.) Coutinho 90'	Report	Gurpegi 50' Iturraspe 53' García 71' Aduriz 75'	Stadium: AFAS Attendance: 11,434 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

22 October 2015 3	Partizan	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Belgrade, Serbia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lukić 62' Ostojić 84'	Report	García 32' Beñat 42' 85' De Marcos 51' Laporte 53'	Stadium: Partizan Attendance: 11,128 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

5 November 2015 4	Athletic Bilbao	5–1	Partizan	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams 15', 19' Beñat 40' Aduriz 71' Elustondo 81'	Report	Oumarou 17' Ćirković 39' Jevtović 49' Fabrício 53' Vulićević 55' Šaponjić 61'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,849 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

26 November 2015 5	Augsburg	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	Augsburg, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trochowski 41' Kohr 47' Esswein 55' Bobadilla 59'	Report	Susaeta 10' Aduriz 83', 86'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 23,741 Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)

10 December 2015 6	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	AZ	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sola 43' San José 47' (pen.) Sabin 77'	Report	Van Overeem 26' Haye 55' Gouweleeuw 63' Janssen 88'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 29,483 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Knockout phase