2007–08 Athletic Bilbao season

The 2007–08 season was the 107th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 77th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Athletic Bilbao

2007–08 season
President	Fernando García Macua
Head coach	Joaquín Caparrós
Stadium	San Mamés
La Liga	11th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Fernando Llorente (11 goals)[1] All: Fernando Llorente (12 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[1][2][3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Armando	16	0	16	0	0	0
2	DF	ESP	Unai Expósito	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
3	DF	ESP	Asier del Horno	20	1	12+3	0	5	1
4	DF	ESP	Ustaritz Aldekoaotalora	23	0	14+6	0	3	0
5	DF	VEN	Fernando Amorebieta	40	1	34	0	6	1
6	DF	ESP	Iban Zubiaurre	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
7	MF	ESP	Tiko	5	0	2	0	2+1	0
8	MF	ESP	Joseba Garmendia	23	1	8+10	1	1+4	0
9	FW	ESP	Fernando Llorente	40	12	25+10	11	4+1	1
10	MF	ESP	Francisco Yeste	28	3	21+3	3	4	0
11	MF	ESP	Igor Gabilondo	31	4	21+5	4	5	0
12	DF	ESP	Koikili Lertxundi	29	1	26+2	1	1	0
13	GK	ESP	Dani Aranzubia	16	0	9+1	0	5+1	0
14	DF	ESP	Luis Prieto	5	0	1+2	0	0+2	0
15	DF	ESP	Andoni Iraola	41	2	35+1	1	5	1
16	MF	ESP	Pablo Orbaiz	25	0	20+3	0	2	0
17	FW	ESP	Joseba Etxeberria	25	4	20+5	4	0	0
18	MF	ESP	Carlos Gurpegui	5	0	5	0	0	0
19	DF	ESP	Ander Murillo	7	0	1+5	0	1	0
20	DF	ESP	Aitor Ocio	30	0	27	0	3	0
21	MF	ESP	David Cuéllar	7	0	1+6	0	0	0
22	MF	ESP	Iñaki Muñoz	19	2	3+10	0	5+1	2
23	FW	ESP	Aritz Aduriz	38	8	20+13	7	3+2	1
24	MF	ESP	Javi Martínez	36	0	33+1	0	1+1	0
25	MF	ESP	David López	35	2	20+11	2	3+1	0
26	GK	ESP	Raúl Fernández	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ESP	Markel Susaeta	34	6	23+6	4	4+1	2
28	GK	ESP	Gorka Iraizoz	14	0	13	0	1	0
29	DF	ESP	Javier Casas	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	ESP	Gaizka Bergara	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	ESP	Aitor Ramos	7	0	2+3	0	1+1	0
48	FW	ESP	Urko Arroyo	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ESP	Néstor Susaeta	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ESP	Ion Vélez	9	0	2+7	0	0	0

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2007–08 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Deportivo La Coruña	38	15	7	16	46	47	−1	52[a]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
10	Valencia	38	15	6	17	48	62	−14	51	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
11	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	11	14	40	43	−3	50
12	Espanyol	38	13	9	16	43	53	−10	48
13	Real Betis	38	12	11	15	45	51	−6	47[c]

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. DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
2. Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
3. BET 3–2 GET; GET 1–1 BET

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2007–08 Copa del Rey

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Racing de Santander	5–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	3–3

External links

• Official website (in English, Basque, and Spanish)