List of Athletic Bilbao records and statistics

Athletic Bilbao is a Spanish football club. This article contains historical and current statistics and records pertaining to the club.

Records

• One of the three clubs that have never been relegated from La Liga, along with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
• Five-time La Liga and Copa del Rey winner in the same season.
• First team to be permanently awarded the original Liga trophy.
• Won La Liga unbeaten (1929–30 season, joint record).
• Record for biggest Liga win, Athletic Bilbao 12–1 Barcelona (1930–31 season).
• Record for most goals scored in a league match (includes both sides), 14 with Athletic Bilbao 9–5 Racing Santander (1932–33 season).
• Record for most goals scored in a league match as visitors, Osasuna 1–8 Athletic Bilbao (1958–59 season, joint record).
• Record for a draw with the most goals in a league match, Atlético 6–6 Athletic Bilbao (1949–50 season).
• All-time La Liga top goalscorers (as a fraction) in a season (home); with 5.44 goals per match (1930–31 season).
• All-time La Liga goalscorer (as a fraction) in a season (away); with 3.11 goals per match (1931–32 season).
• All-time La Liga goalscorer (as a fraction) in a season; with 4.06 goals per match (1930–31 season).
• Biggest away victories (in percentages) in a season with 8 out of 9, 89% (1932–33 season).
• Biggest number of away points (percentage) in a season with 16 out of 18, 89% (1932–33 season).
• Of the current Primera División teams, heaviest defeats inflicted at home ground against Barcelona, Real Betis, Espanyol and Celta Vigo (also Sporting Gijón, Zaragoza, Tenerife, Salamanca, Mérida and Lleida).
• Of the current Primera División teams, heaviest La Liga defeats inflicted away against Barcelona (0–6), Real Madrid (0–6), Espanyol (1–5) and Osasuna (1–8).
• Leading goalscorer in a single league match, Bata: seven goals (Athletic Bilbao 12–1 Barcelona, 1930–31 season, joint record).
• Player with most appearances in La Liga: Zubizarreta, 622 (the first 169 matches with Athletic Bilbao).
• Team with greatest number of Copa del Rey final appearances (disputed): 35.
• Four permanently awarded league trophies (joint record).
• Most goals scored in a Copa del Rey competition: 12 against Celta Vigo.
• Player with most Copa del Rey final wins: Agustín Gaínza, 7.
• Players with most Copa del Rey finals (disputed): Agustín Gaínza and Jose Mari Belauste, both have 9 confirmed wins.
• All-time leading goalscorer in the history of the Copa del Rey: Telmo Zarra, 81 goals.
• Leading goalscorer in a Copa del Rey match: Agustín Gaínza, eight goals (Athletic Bilbao 12–1 Celta Vigo, 1946–47 season).
• Player with most Copa del Rey matches: Agustín Gaínza, 99.

Extended honours

Titles

Tournament	Titles	Runners-up	Winning season(s)	Runner-up season(s)
Official national tournaments
La Liga	8	7	1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1955–56, 1982–83, 1983–84	1931–32, 1932–33, 1940–41, 1946–47, 1951–52, 1969–70, 1997–98
Copa del Rey	24 [lower-alpha 1]	16 [lower-alpha 2]	1903, 1904, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1969, 1972–73, 1983–84, 2023–24	1905, 1906, 1913, 1920, 1942, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1976–77, 1984–85, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21
Supercopa de España	3	3	1984, [lower-alpha 3] 2015, 2021	1983, 2009, 2022
Copa Eva Duarte	1	1	1950	1945 [lower-alpha 4]
Other national tournaments
Copa de la Coronación	1	0	1902 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Official international tournaments
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	-	2	-	1976–77, 2011–12
Latin Cup	-	1	-	1956
Other international tournaments
Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes	1	-	1967	-
Iberian Cup	-	1	-	1983
Regional tournaments
Northern Championship / Biscay Championship	15 [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]	4	1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1939–40	1916–17, 1924–25, [lower-alpha 7] 1926–27, 1929–30
Copa Vasca	1	-	1935 [7] [8]	-
Friendly tournaments*
Copa Vasca	1	-	2004 [9] [10]	-
Markus Liebherr Memorial Cup	1	-	2011	-
Memorial Juan Rojas	1	-	2006	-
Morocco Summer Cup	1	-	2008	-
Trofeo Aniversario de San Mamés	1	1	1963	-
Betway Cup	1	-	2019 [11]	-
Trofeo Caja Duero	2	-	2004, 2007	-
Trofeo Ciudad de Pamplona	1	-	2000	-
Trofeo Ciudad de San Sebastián	1	1	1968	-
Trofeo Ciudad de Santander	1	-	1987	-
Trofeo Ciudad de Valladolid	2	1	2012, [12] 2020	2008
Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo	1	-	1979	-
Trofeo Colombino	3	1	1981, 1990, 1999	-
Trofeo Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja	1	-	2010	-
Trofeo Concepción Arenal	1	-	1953	-
Trofeo Costa del Sol	2	-	1961, 1968	-
Trofeo Diputación Foral de Álava	2	1	1990, 1997	-
Trofeo Emma Cuervo	1	1	2003	-
Euskal Herriko Futbol Txapelketa	1	1	2018	2017
Trofeo Ibérico	1	1	1977	-
Trofeo Lasesarre	1	1	2007 [13]	-
Trofeo Luís Otero	1	-	1961	-
Trofeo Ramón de Carranza	1	5	1972	-
Trofeo Teresa Herrera	3	3	1947, 1983, 2018	1946, 1955, 1957
Trofeo Vasco-Navarro [14]	1	-	1974	-
Trofeo Villa de Bilbao	3	1	1975, 1977, 1978	-
Trofeo Villa de Gijón	1	1	2005	1963

(*) International friendly tournaments not included.

Notes

1. The number of Copa del Rey wins Athletic Bilbao have been credited with is disputed. The 1902 Copa de la Coronación was won by Club Bizcaya , a team made up of players from Athletic Bilbao and Bilbao FC. In 1903 these two clubs merged as Athletic Bilbao and took part in the first official Copa del Rey in 1903. The 1902 trophy is on display in the Athletic museum ^[1] and the club includes it in its own honours list. However the LFP and RFEF official statistics do not regard this as an official edition of the Copa del Rey won by Athletic. ^[2]
2. In addition to the 16 listed, Club Bizcaya, composed mostly of players from Athletic, were runners-up in the 1907 Copa del Rey
3. Cup awarded automatically as the club won both the Copa del Rey and La Liga.
4. es:Copa de oro "Argentina"
5. In the 1917–18 North Championship, Athletic 'retired from the competition once finalised'. ^{[3] [4]} after finishing top of the table.
6. The 1938–39 Biscay Championship was won by Bilbao Athletic, a makeshift squad formed after the Spanish Civil War. ^[5] The club includes this win and that in the 1935 Copa Vasca (below) for a total of 17.
7. In the 1924–25 Biscay Championship, Arenas Club de Getxo won a playoff 2–1 against Athletic after both finished level on points. ^[6]

Awards

• Amberes Trophy (2): 1953, 1959
• Martini&Rossi Trophy (1): 1956
• Pichichi Trophy (12): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1975.
• Zamora Trophy (6): 1930, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1947, 1970.

Players

See also: List of Athletic Bilbao players

This list is complete and up to date as of May 2024.

Games only include professional matches. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics for current players are updated continuously throughout the year. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.

Most appearances

^[15]

Rank	Player	Period	Total	League	Cup	Europe	Other
1	José Ángel Iribar	1962–1980	614	466	93	49	6
2	Iker Muniain	2009–2024	560	434	61	61	4
3	Txetxu Rojo	1965–1982	541	414	87	34	6
4	Óscar de Marcos	2009–	532	409	51	65	7
5	Joseba Etxeberria	1995–2010	514	441	41	26	2
6	Andoni Iraola	2003–2015	510	406	56	46	2
7	Markel Susaeta	2007–2019	507	379	50	75	3
8	Agustín Gaínza	1939–1959	496	380	99	6	7
9	José Orúe	1950–1968	483	391	74	16	2
10	Aitor Larrazábal	1990–2004	445	390	37	18	—

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Period	Total	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Ratio
1	Telmo Zarra	1940–1955	335	251	81	–	3	0.95
2	Bata	1929–1935	208	105	36	–	67	1.00
3	Dani	1974–1986	199	147	37	11	4	0.50
4	Guillermo Gorostiza	1929–1936 1939–1940	196	109	37	–	50	0.76
5	José Iraragorri	1930–1936 1946–1949	179	88	24	–	67	0.75
6	Aritz Aduriz	2002–2003 2006–2008 2012–2020	172	118	16	34	4	0.42
7	Eneko Arieta	1951–1966	171	136	30	4	1	0.56
8	Panizo	1938–1955	169	126	37	–	6	0.41
9	Agustín Gaínza	1939–1959	152	119	30	1	2	0.30
10	José Artetxe	1950–1965	134	105	23	5	1	0.39

Player league records

Pichichi winners

The Pichichi Trophy is an award given by the Spanish newspaper Marca to the top scorer at the end of the league season.

Season Player Goals Ratio 1929–30 Guillermo Gorostiza 19 1.05 1930–31 Bata 27 1.58 1931–32 Guillermo Gorostiza 12 0.73 1939–40 Víctor Unamuno 20 0.90 1944–45 Telmo Zarra 19 0.73 1945–46 Telmo Zarra 24 1.33 1946–47 Telmo Zarra 34 1.41 1949–50 Telmo Zarra 35 1.34 1950–51 Telmo Zarra 38 1.26 1952–53 Telmo Zarra 24 0.82 1967–68 Fidel Uriarte 22 0.91 1974–75 Carlos 19 0.59

Ricardo Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is an award established by Spanish newspaper Marca in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio. The list also includes retrospective winners under the same rules before the trophy was introduced.

Season Player Ratio Goals Matches 1929–30 Gregorio Blasco 1.33 20 15 1933–34 Gregorio Blasco 1.50 21 14 1935–36 Gregorio Blasco 1.47 30 21 1940–41 José María Echevarría 1.16 21 18 1946–47 Raimundo Lezama 1.26 29 23 1969–70 José Ángel Iribar 0.66 20 30 2023–24 Unai Simón 0.92 33 36

Zarra Trophy

The Zarra Trophy is an award established by Spanish newspaper Marca in 2006. The award goes to the top scorer of Spanish nationality (born or acquired). The list also includes retrospective winners under the same rules before the trophy was introduced.

Season Player Goals 1929–30 Guillermo Gorostiza 19 1930–31 Bata 27 1931–32 Guillermo Gorostiza 12 1939–40 Víctor Unamuno 30 1944–45 Telmo Zarra 19 1945–46 Telmo Zarra 24 1946–47 Telmo Zarra 34 1949–50 Telmo Zarra 25 1950–51 Telmo Zarra 38 1952–53 Telmo Zarra 24 1959–60 Eneko Arieta 18 1967–68 Fidel Uriarte 22 1974–75 Carlos 19 1992–93 José Ángel Ziganda 17 2011–12 Fernando Llorente 17 2014–15 Aritz Aduriz 18 2015–16 Aritz Aduriz 20

Trajectory

League career

Athletic Club's finishing positions since 1929.

• Data obtained from the official club website. ^[17]

League final positions

Athletic Bilbao league final positions (to 2009).

Biggest wins

League

Home Rank Season Opponents Result Athletic Bilbao scorers 1 1930–31 Barcelona 12–1 Bata (2', 8', 24', 37', 57', 60', 68'), Gorostiza (27'), Lafuente (36'), Garizurieta (55'), Zabalo (71' p.) Iraragorri (83') [18] 2 1950–51 UE Lleida 10–0 Zarra (1', 13', 52', 67', 70', 86'), Venancio (7', 77'), Lasquivar (57'), Nando (83') [19] 3 1941–42 Celta Vigo 10–0 Ortíz (30'), Zarra (32', 36', 68', 71' 85'), Panizo (52', 77'), Viar (56'), Iriondo (88') [20] 4 1951–52 Zaragoza 10–1 Garate (6', 41'), Panizo (7', 11', 60', 79'), Manolín (52'), Venancio (57'), Gaínza (59', 76') [21] 5 1958–59 Celta Vigo 9–0 Merodio (2', 52'), Artetxe (4', 86'), Mauri (10', 25' p., 62'), Uribe (32', 72') [22] 6 1958–59 Sporting Gijón 9–0 Merodio (1', 59', 61'), Uribe (3', 22', 39'), Arieta I (13'), Mauri (35'), Artetxe (66') [23] 7 1933–34 Arenas de Getxo 9–0 Iraragorri (14', 37', 51', 79'), Bata (22', 49', 65'), Careaga (71', 74') [24] 8 1928–29 Espanyol 9–0 Carmelo (18', 32', 70'), Lafuente (39', 58' p., 81'), Calero (49', 86'), Unamuno I (75') [25] 9 1932–33 Real Betis 9–1 Iraragorri (3', 5', 49' p., 69', 76'), Bata (8'), Gorostiza (59', 80') [26] 10 1967–68 Real Betis 8–0 Aranguren (8'), Uriarte (12', 41', 49', 57', 82' p.), Estéfano (32', 64') [27]

Away Rank Season Opponents Result Athletic Bilbao scorers 1 1958–59 Osasuna 1–8 Merodio (30', 37', 74', 75', 82'), Mauri (32'), Glaría II (57' p.), Uribe (89') [28] 2 1929–30 Real Sociedad 1–7 Gorostiza (19', 57', 66'), Iraragorri (21', 28', 52'), Unamuno I (59') [29] 3 1945–46 Barcelona 0–6 Gaínza (5'), Zarra (27', 31'), Urra (63', 70'), Iriondo (81') [30] 4 1930–31 Real Madrid 0–6 Gorostiza (2'), Chirri II (10'), Iraragorri (20', 70'), Bata (22'), Lafuente (77') [31] 5 2002–03 Osasuna 1–5 Aitor Ocio (14'), Ezquerro (30'), Yeste (40'), Arriaga (64'), Karanka (77') [32] 6 2020–21 Cádiz 0–4 Berenguer (4', 29'), López (15'), Williams (52') [33]

Cup

Rank Season Opponents Result Athletic Bilbao scorers 1 1946–47 Celta Vigo 12–1 Gainza (9', 40', 53', 54', 71', 76', 77', 78'), Zarra (12'), Iriondo (25', 50'), Panizo (65' p.) 2 1913–14 Vigo Sporting 11–0 Pichichi (x4), Zuazo, J.M. Belauste, Apón (x3), Iceta, R. Belauste 3 1979–80 CD Mungía 8–0 Carlos (8', 73'), Sarabia (9', 30', 35', 39'), Dani (51' p.), Urkiaga (63') 4 1927–28 Gimnástica de Torrelavega 8–0 Calvar (x2), Ayarza (x2), Calero (x3), Ruiz (p.) 5 1978–79 Balmaseda 8–1 Vidal (2'), Bengoetxea (29', 55', 65', 80'), Agirre (35'), Irureta (44'), Simón (60' p.). 6 1941–42 Logroñés 8–1 Iriondo (3', 74'), Zarra (21', 50', 60'), Panizo (62'), Garate (87', 88') 7 1932–33 Deportivo La Coruña 8–1 Bata (x3), Chirri II, Gorostiza, Iraragorri (x2), Lafuente 8 1931–32 Espanyol 8–1 Chirri II (4', 12' p.), Gorostiza (13', 31', 69'), Iraragorri (40'), Bata (80', 88') 9 1948–49 Arenas Zaragoza 7–0 Panizo (7'), Zarra (22', 65'), Venancio (47', 80'), Iriondo (56', 63') 10 1942–43 Castellón 7–0 Anónimo (28' o.g.), Zarra (31', 39', 41', 80'), Garate (33'), Panizo (77')

Europe

Main article: Athletic Bilbao in European football

Rank Season Opponents Result Athletic Bilbao scorers 1 2004–05 Standard Liège 1–7 Ezquerro (6', 9', 55'), Yeste (35'), Iraola (58' p.), Del Horno (63'), J. Etxeberria (71') 2 2012–13 HJK 6−0 Aduriz (25', 51), Susaeta (31',57'), I. Pérez (42'), Iraola (85') 3 1976–77 Újpest 5–0 Rojo (13', 45'), Dani (25', 30', 53') 4 1983–84 Lech Poznań 4–0 Goikoetxea (11'), Sola (33' p.), Noriega (50'), Urkiaga (84') 5 1985–86 Beşiktaş 4–1 Urkiaga (31'), J. Salinas (49', 84'), Sarabia (77') 6 1976–77 Milan 4–1 Dani (44' p., 81'), Carlos (47', 86') 7 2009–10 Austria Wien 0–3 Llorente (19', 84'), San José (84') 8 2009–10 Austria Wien 3–0 Llorente (8', 24'), Muniain (56'). 9 1977–78 Újpest 3–0 Dani (69', 80'), Tirapu (107') 10 1994–95 Anorthosis 3–0 Guerrero (16'), Goikoetxea (24'), Andrinua (88')

Footnotes

A.  ^ The "Europe" column constitutes goals and appearances in the UEFA Competitions.

B.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances in the Supercopa de España and the Copa de la Liga.

References

Specific

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General

• "List of all Pichichi winners". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

External links

From official website:

• Honours
• Records
• Appearances
• Goalscorers