1982–83 Athletic Bilbao season

Athletic Bilbao
1982–83 season
President	Pedro Aurtenetxe
Head coach	Javier Clemente
Stadium	San Mamés
Primera Division	Winners; (In 1983-84 European Cup)
Copa del Rey	Quarterfinals
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	; Dani (18)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was the 82th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 52th consecutive season in Primera Division, the top level of Spanish football.

Summary

During summer the club transferred in several player such as Julio Salinas, Patxi Salinas, Ismael Urtubi and Elgezabal. On the contrary, club legend Txetxu Rojo retired after a massive 17 seasons playing with the club.^[1]^[2] 32-yr-old manager Javier Clemente^[3] clinched the league trophy for Athletic being the first title since 1959 thanks to a superb offensive line with Dani^[4] and Manu Sarabia.^[5]^[6] The team reached the first spot on the last round of the campaign after Real Madrid collapsed 0:1 at Valencia.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Andoni Zubizarreta
—	GK	ESP	Andoni Cedrún
—	GK	ESP	Carlos Meléndez
—	DF	ESP	Andoni Goikoetxea
—	DF	ESP	Iñigo Lizeranzu
—	DF	ESP	Txato Nunez
—	DF	ESP	Santiago Urkiaga
—	DF	ESP	Luis de la Fuente
—	DF	ESP	Patxi Salinas
—	DF	ESP	Agustín Gisasola
—	DF	ESP	Patxi Bolaños


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Miguel de Andrés
—	MF	ESP	Txetxu Gallego
—	MF	ESP	Ismael Urtubi
—	MF	ESP	Miguel Sola
—	MF	ESP	Juan José Elgezabal
—	MF	ESP	Fernando Tirapu
—	FW	ESP	Estanis Argote
—	FW	ESP	Dani
—	FW	ESP	Manu Sarabia
—	FW	ESP	Julio Salinas
—	FW	ESP	Txema Noriega

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Julio Salinas	Bilbao Athletic
MF	Ismael Urtubi	Bilbao Athletic
DF	Patxi Salinas	Bilbao Athletic
MF	Juan José Elgezabal

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Txetxu Rojo		retired
DF	Carlos Purroy	Osasuna
FW	Endika Guarrotxena	AD Ceuta	loan

Competitions

Primera Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Athletic Bilbao (C)	34	22	6	6	71	36	+35	50	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Real Madrid	34	20	9	5	57	25	+32	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Atlético Madrid	34	20	6	8	56	38	+18	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Barcelona	34	17	10	7	60	29	+31	44	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
5	Sevilla	34	15	12	7	44	31	+13	42	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Barcelona qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the Copa del Rey.

Position 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	7	3	2	1	5	2	5	4	5	4	3	3	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1983–84 European Cup; = 1983–84 UEFA Cup

Matches

5 September 1982 1	CA Osasuna	2–2	Athletic	Pamplona
19:00	Iriguíbel 25' Martín 90'		35' (pen.) Dani 62' Sarabia	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 28 000 Referee: Iruñea

11 September 1982 2	Athletic	2–1	Valencia CF	Bilbao
20:00	Sarabia 60' De Andrés 85'		74' Roberto	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 42 000

19 September 1982 3	Real Valladolid	0–2	Athletic	Valladolid
12:00 AM			13' Sarabia 81' Argote	Stadium: Municipal Jose Zorrilla Attendance: 24 000

25 September 1982 4	Athletic	2–1	Sevilla FC	Bilbao
20:00	Argote 33' Sola 40'		61' Magdaleno	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 38 000

3 October 1982 5	Real Zaragoza	2–1	Athletic	Zaragoza
19:00	Herrera 17' Valdano 75'		30' Goikoetxea	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 34 000

10 October 1982 6	Athletic	4–1	Atletico Madrid	Bilbao
17:00	Goikoetxea Sola 28' Dani 37' Lizeranzu 47' Noriega 67'		32' Arteche	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 42 000

17 October 1982 7	Espanol	3–2	Athletic	Barcelona
17:00	Marañón 4' (pen.), 18' Giménez 62'		Lizeranzu Sarabia 71' Urtubi 75' Gallego	Stadium: Sarria Attendance: 40.000

24 October 1982 8	Athletic	3–2	Malaga CF	Bilbao
17:00	Sarabia 52' Noriega 57' Urtubi 84'		17' (o.g.) Goikoetxea 73' Juan Carlos	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 30 000

31 October 1982 9	Sporting Gijon	1–1	Athletic	Gijon
17:00	Abel 21'		1' Sarabia	Stadium: El Molinon Attendance: 42 000

7 November 1982 10	Athletic	2–0	Racing Santander	Bilbao
17:00	Goikoetxea 17' Sarabia 47'			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 30 000

10 November 1982 11	UD Salamanca	0–1	Athletic	Salamanca
20:30			8' Argote	Stadium: Helmantico Attendance: 13 500 Referee: Villares De La Reina

21 November 1982 12	Athletic	3–2	Real Betis	Bilbao
17:00	Sarabia 25' Dani 34' Noriega 80'		11', 32' Poli Rincón	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 35 000

28 November 1982 13	Celta	0–1	Athletic	Vigo
17:00			51' Noriega	Stadium: Balaidos Attendance: 24 000

4 December 1982 14	Athletic	2–4	Real Madrid	Bilbao
20:30	Sarabia 45' Noriega 80'		39' Isidro 66' Gallego 47', 64' Salguero	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 46 000

12 December 1982 15	FC Barcelona	0–1	Athletic	Barcelona
17:00			49' Goikoetxea	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 120 000

19 December 1982 16	Real Sociedad	1–1	Athletic	San Sebastian
16:30	Uralde 60'		86' Dani	Stadium: Atotxa Attendance: 27 000

2 January 1983 17	Athletic	3–0	UD Las Palmas	Bilbao
17:00	Urtubi 48' (pen.) Sarabia 72', 77'			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 30 000

5 January 1983 18	Athletic	4–0	CA Osasuna	Bilbao
20:30	Dani 15', 42', 63' (pen.) Sarabia 81'			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 40 000

8 January 1983 19	Valencia CF	1–2	Athletic	Valencia
20:30	Roberto 60'		89' Sola 94' (pen.) Urtubi	Stadium: Luis Casanova Attendance: 20 000

16 January 1983 20	Athletic	1–1	Real Valladolid	Bilbao
17:00	Sarabia 82'		15' Da Silva	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 34 500

23 January 1983 21	Sevilla FC	2–1	Athletic	Sevilla
12:00	López 30'		12' Goikoetxea	Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan Attendance: 52 800

30 January 1983 22	Athletic	1–0	Real Zaragoza	Bilbao
17:00	Dani 29' (pen.)			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 42000

6 February 1983 23	Atletico Madrid	0–0	Athletic	Madrid
16:30				Stadium: Vicente Calderon Attendance: 54 000

9 February 1983 24	Athletic	5–2	Espanol	Bilbao
20:00	De Andrés 16', 81' Noriega 19', 52' Urtubi 27' (pen.)		5' J.Orejuela 69' Marañón	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 34500

20 February 1983 25	CD Málaga	0–0	Athletic	Malaga
12:00 AM				Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 25 000

27 February 1983 26	Athletic	3–0	Sporting Gijón	Bilbao
17:00	Urtubi 52' Dani 70', 80'			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 45 000

6 March 1983 27	Racing Santander	0–2	Athletic	Santander
17:00			59' Dani 67' Sarabia	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 19 000

13 March 1983 28	Athletic	4–0	UD Salamanca	Bilbao
17:00	Dani 1', 55' Lizeranzu 38' Argote 46'			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 43 000

20 March 1983 29	Real Betis	5–1	Athletic	Sevilla
17:00	Lizeranzu 6' (o.g.) Cardeñosa 16' (pen.) Poli Rincón 52', 71' Barnes 66'		74' Noriega	Stadium: Benito Villamarin Attendance: 40 375

26 March 1983 30	Athletic	4–0	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
17:30	Sola 19' Dani 48' Julio Salinas 79' De la Fuente 89'			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 34 500

3 April 1983 31	Real Madrid	2–0	Athletic	Madrid
17:00	García Hernández 58' Pineda Garcia 80'			Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Attendance: 90.800

10 April 1983 32	Athletic	3–2	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
17:30	Dani 1', 79' Sarabia 75'		86' Urbano 89' Maradona	Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 46 000

17 April 1983 33	Athletic	2–0	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
17:30	Dani 26' Argote 69'			Stadium: San Mames Attendance: 46 000

1 May 1983 34	UD Las Palmas	1–5	Athletic Bilbao	Las Palmas
17:30	De Andrés 3' (o.g.)		12', 57' Sarabia 40' Dani 69' Argote 89' Urtubi	Stadium: Insular Attendance: 22.000

Copa del Rey

Quarterfinals

30 March 1983	Athletic	1–0	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
20:30 CET	Dani 69' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Franco Martínez

13 April 1983	FC Barcelona	3–0	Athletic	Barcelona
20:30 CET	Carrasco 1' Perico Alonso 69' Maradona 88'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: García Carrión

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 1982	Ferencváros	2–1	Athletic	Budapest
18:00	Szokolai 16' Pölöskei 32'	Report	56' Sola	Stadium: Üllői úti Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Heinz Fahnler

29 September 1982	Athletic	1–1	Ferencváros	Bilbao
20:00	Dani 16' (pen.)	Report	Szokolai 35'	Stadium: Estadio San Mamés Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Brian McGinlay

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Andoni Zubizarreta	34	-36	34	-36
	DF	ESP	Santiago Urkiaga	34	0	34	0
	DF	ESP	Andoni Goikoetxea	24	4	24	4
	DF	ESP	Inigo Lizeranzu	27	2	26+1	2
	DF	ESP	Txato Nunez	30	0	30	0
	MF	ESP	Miguel de Andrés	30	3	30	3
	MF	ESP	Txetxu Gallego	28	0	28	0
	MF	ESP	Ismael Urtubi	34	7	22+12	7
	FW	ESP	Dani	32	18	32	18
	FW	ESP	Manu Sarabia	33	17	29+4	17
	FW	ESP	Estanis Argote	33	5	31+2	5
	GK	ESP	Andoni Cedrún	0	0	0	0
	MF	ESP	Miguel Sola	32	4	22+10	4
	DF	ESP	Luis de la Fuente	21	1	15+6	1
	FW	ESP	Txema Noriega	29	8	8+21	8
	DF	ESP	Patxi Salinas	5	0	4+1	0
	DF	ESP	Agustín Gisasola	2	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Patxi Bolaños	2	0	2	0
	MF	ESP	Fernando Tirapu	1	0	1	0
	FW	ESP	Julio Salinas	7	1	0+7	1
	MF	ESP	Juan José Elgezabal	3	0	0+3	0
	GK	ESP	Carlos Meléndez	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "The Lions of Athletic Bilbao". FIFA. 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
^ "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – 'Txetxu Rojo' o 'Rojo I'" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – 'Txetxu Rojo' or 'Rojo I']. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ De Altea, Carmelo (10 December 1969). "Clemente, el "Bobby Charlton" español" [Clemente, Spain's "Bobby Charlton"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2013.
^ Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (9 October 2015). "Los discípulos de Pichichi" [Pichichi's disciples]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – Sarabia" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – Sarabia]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2015.
^ Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (9 October 2015). "Los discípulos de Pichichi" [Pichichi's disciples]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[table_note_res_CWC10.60194380609409-7] Barcelona qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the Copa del Rey.

[1] "The Lions of Athletic Bilbao". FIFA. 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[2] "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – 'Txetxu Rojo' o 'Rojo I'" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – 'Txetxu Rojo' or 'Rojo I']. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[3] De Altea, Carmelo (10 December 1969). "Clemente, el "Bobby Charlton" español" [Clemente, Spain's "Bobby Charlton"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[4] Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (9 October 2015). "Los discípulos de Pichichi" [Pichichi's disciples]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[EC-5] "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – Sarabia" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – Sarabia]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2015.

[6] Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (9 October 2015). "Los discípulos de Pichichi" [Pichichi's disciples]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2016.

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