2004–05 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao 2004–05 San Mamés Ernesto Valverde Head coach President Fernando Lamikiz Garai La Liga 9th Copa del Rey Semi-finals UEFA Cup Round of 32 Ismael Urzaiz (12 goals)Athletic Bilbao » Appearances Primera División 2004/2005 https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/athletic-bilbao/esp-primera-division-2004-2005/ worldfootball.net 16 November 2020November 2025 medicmedic Santi Ezquerro (19 goals) 2003–04 2005–06 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 In the previous season, new manager Ernesto Valverde guided Athletic Bilbao to 5th place in La Liga,LaLiga 2003/2004 Table, Results, Fixtures - (Football/Spain) https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/spain/laliga-2003-2004/standings/ flashscore.co.uk 17 November 2020 their highest placing in six seasons. This also allowed them their first European participation since 1998, qualifying for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/qual2004.html Qualification for European Cup Football 2004/2005 26 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20111220031249/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/qual2004.html 20 December 2011 dead 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.LaLiga 2004/2005 Table, Results, Fixtures - (Football/Spain) https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/spain/laliga-2004-2005/standings/ flashscore.co.uk 17 November 2020 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,Trabzonspor-Athletic Club 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79602--trabzonspor-vs-athletic-club/?referrer=%2Fuefaeuropaleague%2Fseason%3D2004%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D1975%2Fmatch%3D79602%2Findex UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 they qualified for the group stage by winning 2–0 at home.Athletic Club-Trabzonspor 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79603--athletic-club-vs-trabzonspor/?referrer=%2fuefaeuropaleague%2fseason%3d2004%2fmatches%2fround%3d1975%2fmatch%3d79603%2findex UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 They were drawn in Group B, and suffered another defeat in Turkey, this time against Beşiktaş.Beşiktas-Athletic Club 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79703--besiktas-vs-athletic-club/?referrer=%2fuefaeuropaleague%2fseason%3d2004%2fmatches%2fround%3d1976%2fmatch%3d79703%2findex UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 However, they won their other three games - against Parma of Italy,Athletic Club-Parma 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79694--athletic-club-vs-parma/?referrer=%2Fuefaeuropaleague%2Fseason%3D2004%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D1976%2Fmatch%3D79694%2Findex UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 Steaua București of Romania,Athletic Club-FCSB 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79719--athletic-club-vs-fcsb/ UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 and a crushing 7–1 victory over Standard Liège of BelgiumStandard Liège-Athletic Club 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79726--standard-liege-vs-athletic-club/?referrer=%2Fuefaeuropaleague%2Fseason%3D2004%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D1976%2Fmatch%3D79726%2Findex UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 - 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,Austria Wien-Athletic Club 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79946--austria-wien-vs-athletic-club/?referrer=%2Fuefaeuropaleague%2Fseason%3D2004%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D1977%2Fmatch%3D79946%2Findex UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 Bilbao were eliminated after a 2–1 defeat at home.Athletic Club-Austria Wien 2004 History https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79947--athletic-club-vs-austria-wien/?referrer=%2Fuefaeuropaleague%2Fseason%3D2004%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D1977%2Fmatch%3D79947%2Findex UEFA Europa League 17 November 2020 Valverde left his post at the end of the season, and was replaced by José Luis Mendilibar.Mendilibar gets Athletic chance https://www.uefa.com/news/01aa-0f8eea9ddf8a-ec694e650b5d-1000--mendilibar-gets-athletic-chance/?referrer=%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D311043 UEFA 17 November 2020 Mendilibar lasted only until the following October,Athletic Bilbao sack coach https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/athletic-bilbao-sack-coach-70286 World Soccer 17 November 2020 while Valverde would return to the club for a second spell as head coach in 2013.Valverde afronta su segunda etapa como técnico del Athletic https://www.lasprovincias.es/20130620/deportes/futbol/valverde-ficha-athletic-club-201306201959.html Las Provincias 17 November 2020 Squad statistics Appearances and goals Athletic Bilbao » Squad 2004/2005 https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/athletic-bilbao/2005/2/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160403112037/http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/athletic-bilbao/2005/2/ dead April 3, 2016 worldfootball.net 16 November 2020Athletic Bilbao » Appearances Copa del Rey 2004/2005 https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/athletic-bilbao/esp-copa-del-rey-2004-2005/ worldfootball.net 17 November 2020November 2025 medicmedicAthletic Bilbao » Appearances Europa League 2004/2005 https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/athletic-bilbao/uefa-cup-2004-2005/ worldfootball.net 17 November 2020November 2025 medicmedic La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup 1 Iñaki Lafuente GK ESP 0 0 8 0 4 0 2 Javier Casas DF ESP 14+5 0 5+1 0 2 0 3 Asier del Horno DF ESP 23+6 3 4+2 1 6+2 3 4 Aitor Karanka DF ESP 5+1 0 3 0 2+1 0 5 Felipe Guréndez MF ESP 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 6 Óscar Vales MF ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Julen Guerrero MF ESP 0+12 3 3+1 0 0+2 0 9 Santi Ezquerro FW ESP 31+1 11 4+4 3 7 5 10 Francisco Yeste MF ESP 24+3 8 5+2 2 8 3 11 Javi González MF ESP 7+3 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 12 Jesús María Lacruz DF ESP 12+4 2 2+1 0 1+1 0 13 Dani Aranzubia GK ESP 37 0 0+1 0 4 0 14 Luis Prieto DF ESP 28+2 0 6 0 8 0 15 Andoni Iraola DF ESP 31+3 4 7 1 8 1 16 Pablo Orbaiz MF ESP 35 3 6+1 2 7+1 0 17 Joseba Etxeberria FW ESP 30+3 3 6+1 1 8 2 18 Carlos Gurpegui MF ESP 34 4 7+1 0 8 2 19 Ander Murillo DF ESP 29+2 0 5 0 6+1 0 20 Ismael Urzaiz FW ESP 19+12 12 4+1 0 5+3 0 21 Jonan García MF ESP 6+7 0 2 0 0 0 22 Joseba Arriaga FW ESP 6+8 0 2 0 1+2 0 23 Tiko MF ESP 22+9 3 5+1 0 2+3 0 24 César DF ESP 3+4 0 1 0 0 0 27 Aritz Solabarrieta MF ESP 4+7 0 0+2 0 0 0 28 Endika Bordas MF ESP 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 30 Roberto Pampín GK ESP 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 31 Jon Moya DF ESP 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 32 Fernando Llorente FW ESP 9+6 3 3+1 3 0+1 0 Igor Angulo FW ESP 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 Oinatz Aulestia GK ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gorka Azkorra FW ESP 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 |} Results La Liga 2004–05 La Liga League table ATH UEFA Cup 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round 2004–05 UEFA Cup first round L 16 September 2004 19:00 Trabzonspor TUR 3–2 Report ESP Athletic Bilbao González 25 o.g.Yılmaz 28Karadeniz 69 Gurpegui 73del Horno 80 Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon Stuart Dougal (Scotland) W 30 September 2004 21:30 Athletic Bilbao ESP 2–0 Report TUR Trabzonspor Ezquerro 5Yeste 61 San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate Group B 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage main WDL Group B Q n ATH ESP Athletic Bilbao STE ROU Steaua București PAR ITA 2003 Parma BJK TUR Beşiktaş STD BEL Standard Liège 3 0 1 11 4 2 0 2 4 3 2 0 2 5 6 1 1 2 7 7 1 1 2 4 11 #ccffcc A A A complete https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec200405.html W 21 October 2004 21:00 Athletic Bilbao ESP 2–0 Report ITA Parma Gurpegui 8del Horno 49 San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao 24,000 Zsolt Szabó (Hungary) L 4 November 2004 19:30 Beşiktaş TUR 3–1 Report ESP Athletic Bilbao Güneş 26Carew 63Akın 89 Ezquerro 49 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul 32,000 Florian Meyer (Germany) W 1 December 2004 20:45 Athletic Bilbao ESP 1–0 Report ROM Steaua București Etxeberria 45 San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao 32,000 Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece) W 16 December 2004 20:45 Standard Liège BEL 1–7 Report ESP Athletic Bilbao Onyewu 15 Ezquerro 6 9 54Yeste 35Iraola 58del Horno 63Etxeberria 71 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 7,000 Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) Round of 32 2004–05 UEFA Cup final phase D 24 February 2005 19:30 (CET) Austria Wien AUT 0–0 Report ESP Athletic Bilbao Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna 15,000 Alon Yefet (Israel) L 27 February 2005 18:00 (CET) Athletic Bilbao ESP 1–2 Report AUT Austria Wien Yeste 19 pen. Sionko 35 70 San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao 30,000 Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) Austria Wien won 2–1 on aggregate See also 2004–05 Copa del Rey Athletic Bilbao in European football External links http://www.athletic-club.net/ en eu es References Athletic Bilbao Category:Athletic Bilbao seasons Category:2004 in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:2005 in the Basque Country (autonomous community)