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Athletic Bilbao 0-1 FC Barcelona - August 23, 2015 / Liga BBVA 2015/2016

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Liga BBVA 2015/2016 - Round 1

Estadio San Mamés - Bilbao - Spain

August 23, 2015 - 18:30

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 1

FC Barcelona

54'

Luis Suárez (left foot) Assist by Jordi Alba

logo Athletic Bilbao AB

1' - Missed penalty Lionel Messi

19' - Substitution Dani Alvesis substituted by Sergi Roberto

34' - Yellow card Gorka Elustondo34

37' - Yellow card Javier Eraso37

44' - Yellow card Ivan Rakitic

logo Athletic Bilbao AB

50' - Substitution Mikel Balenziagais substituted by Eneko Bóveda50

54' - Goal Luis Suárez

63' - Substitution Mikel Ricois substituted by Carlos Gurpegui photo Ibai

63' - Substitution Sabin Merinois substituted by Ibai63

64' - Yellow card Thomas Vermaelen

68' - Substitution Sergio Busquetsis substituted by Marc Bartra

71' - Yellow card Ibai71

75' - Yellow card Luis Suárez

82' - Substitution Rafinhais substituted by Sandro

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 1

FC Barcelona

Athletic Bilbao FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Aduriz

Aritz Aduriz

Spain

B.date11/02/1981

Age34 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

25Merino63

Sabin Merino

Spain

B.date04/01/1992

Age23 years

H1m87

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

5Eraso37

Javier Eraso

Spain

B.date22/03/1990

Age25 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

14Susaeta

Markel Susaeta

Spain

B.date14/12/1987

Age27 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Beñat

Beñat

Spain

B.date19/02/1987

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

17Rico63

Mikel Rico

Spain

B.date04/11/1984

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight central midfielder

24Balenziaga50

Mikel Balenziaga

Spain

B.date29/02/1988

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

4Laporte

Aymeric Laporte

Spain

B.date27/05/1994

Age21 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

3Elustondo34

Gorka Elustondo

Spain

B.date18/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

10de Marcos

Óscar de Marcos

Spain

B.date14/04/1989

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Iraizoz

Gorka Iraizoz

Spain

B.date06/03/1981

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gorka Iraizoz		34	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Aymeric Laporte		21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Mikel Balenziaga	50	27	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	Óscar de Marcos		26	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gorka Elustondo	34	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Mikel Rico	63	30	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Beñat		28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Sabin Merino	63	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Markel Susaeta		27	356	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Javier Eraso	37	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Aritz Aduriz		34	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Rafinha82

Rafinha

Brazil

B.date12/02/1993

Age22 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

9Suárez5475

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

B.date24/01/1987

Age28 years

H1m82

positionStriker

10Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age28 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

8Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

5Busquets68

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age27 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Rakitic44

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age27 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

23Vermaelen64

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age31 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Alves19

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

13Bravo

Claudio Bravo

Chile

B.date13/04/1983

Age32 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Claudio Bravo		32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Thomas Vermaelen	64	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Dani Alves	19	32	347	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets	68	27	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		31	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta		31	551	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Rafinha	82	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Rakitic	44	27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi		28	486	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luis Suárez	5475	28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

205

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Iago Herrerín		27
18	D	Carlos Gurpegui	63	35	368	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Eneko Bóveda	50	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Iñigo Lekue		22
11	M	Ibai	6371	25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ager Aketxe		21
21	F	Borja Viguera		28

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		23
15	D	Marc Bartra	68	24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Sergi Roberto	19	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Gerard Gumbau		20
19	F	Sandro	82	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Juan Cámara		21
17	F	Munir El Haddadi		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aritz Aduriz

Kike Sola

OUT

Óscar de Marcos

Eneko Bóveda

OUT

Gorka Iraizoz

Iago Herrerín

OUT

Javier Eraso

Ager Aketxe

OUT

Mikel Balenziaga

Iñigo Lekue

OUT

Markel Susaeta

Ibai

OUT

Beñat

Carlos Gurpegui

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jordi Alba

Jérémy Mathieu

OUT

Rafinha

Pedro

OUT

Thomas Vermaelen

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernesto Valverde

200

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Valverde vs FC Barcelona

3 victories

8 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2015

Valverde vs Luis Enrique

3 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Enrique

Success rate in this team:

81 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Luis Enrique vs Athletic Bilbao

5 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2015

Luis Enrique vs Valverde

5 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2015

Referee

Carlos del Cerro Grande

16 victories	15 draws	12 losses	Athletic Bilbao43 matches	General total	FC Barcelona44 matches	35 victories	6 draws	3 losses
1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Athletic Bilbao4 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 13, 2023					Latest figure on April 29, 2023

Videos

November 13, 2015

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Luis Suárez scores a goal vs Athletic Bilbao in his professional career since the 08/02/2015 (with FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao )

Andrés Iniesta played his game number 20 vs Athletic Bilbao in La Liga

Only back at the time of Helenio Herrera head of FC Barcelona (09/11/1980-01/07/1981), you can see a manager go over Luis Enrique with 2.85 goals scored per game in La Liga (3.02).

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

-6	14	Rayo Vallecano	1 pt	1 rd
	15	Levante	0 pt	1 rd
-7	16	Getafe	0 pt	1 rd
	17	Athletic Bilbao	0 pt	1 rd
-8	18	Las Palmas	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

	2	Espanyol	3 pts	1 rd
-2	3	Atlético Madrid	3 pts	1 rd
	4	FC Barcelona	3 pts	1 rd
	5	Real Betis	1 pt	1 rd
	6	Villarreal	1 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAthletic Bilbao 4-0 Getafe18/04/2015

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Real Sociedad28/04/2015

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Deportivo La Coruña09/05/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 4-0 Villarreal23/05/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Shamakhi30/07/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 4-0 FC Barcelona14/08/2015

Overall

LAthletic Bilbao 1-3 FC Barcelona30/05/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Shamakhi30/07/2015

DShamakhi 0-0 Athletic Bilbao06/08/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 4-0 FC Barcelona14/08/2015

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Athletic Bilbao17/08/2015

LZilina 3-2 Athletic Bilbao20/08/2015

Current form

Away

VParis SG 1-3 FC Barcelona15/04/2015

VEspanyol 0-2 FC Barcelona25/04/2015

VCórdoba 0-8 FC Barcelona02/05/2015

LBayern Munich 3-2 FC Barcelona12/05/2015

VAtlético Madrid 0-1 FC Barcelona17/05/2015

LAthletic Bilbao 4-0 FC Barcelona14/08/2015

Overall

DFC Barcelona 2-2 Deportivo La Coruña23/05/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 1-3 FC Barcelona30/05/2015

VJuventus 1-3 FC Barcelona06/06/2015

VFC Barcelona 5-4 Sevilla FC11/08/2015

LAthletic Bilbao 4-0 FC Barcelona14/08/2015

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Athletic Bilbao17/08/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	15	3
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

29	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

102 matches

50 v

23 d

29 l

193 gf

145 ga

Away

104 matches

20 v

13 d

71 l

110 gf

237 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

2 v

0 d

5 l

7 gf

15 ga

Total

213 matches

72 v

36 d

105 l

310 gf

397 ga

Historical head to head

Home

104 matches

71 v

13 d

20 l

237 gf

110 ga

Away

102 matches

29 v

23 d

50 l

145 gf

193 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

5 v

0 d

2 l

15 gf

7 ga

Total

213 matches

105 v

36 d

72 l

397 gf

310 ga

Largest victory

Overall	12 - 1	February 08, 1931
Home	12 - 1	February 08, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	February 03, 2001
Away	6 - 0	March 10, 1991

Latest head to head

August 17, 2015 - Supercopa 2015

FC Barcelona

1 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

August 14, 2015 - Supercopa 2015

Athletic Bilbao

4 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

May 30, 2015 - Copa del Rey 2014/2015

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 08, 2015 - Liga BBVA 2014/2015

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 5

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

September 13, 2014 - Liga BBVA 2014/2015

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Telmo Zarra	22 goals	1942 - 1953
Agustín Gainza	12 goals	1943 - 1955
Hermenegildo Elices	9 goals	1941 - 1944
José Luis Lopez Panizo	9 goals	1940 - 1951
Manu Sarabia	7 goals	1980 - 1985
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1940 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Lionel Messi	18 goals	2006 - 2015
Laszlo Kubala	11 goals	1951 - 1960
José María Bakero	10 goals	1988 - 1995
Hristo Stoichkov	8 goals	1991 - 1994
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1954 - 1961
César	7 goals	1948 - 1954

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Agustín Gainza	39 matches	1940 - 1958
José Luis Lopez Panizo	31 matches	1940 - 1953
Andoni Iraola	27 matches	2003 - 2015
Telmo Zarra	27 matches	1942 - 1953
Canito	25 matches	1949 - 1960
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	25 matches	1940 - 1953

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Xavi	34 matches	1999 - 2015
Migueli	32 matches	1975 - 1987
Juan Segarra Iracheta	29 matches	1950 - 1962
Alexanco	26 matches	1980 - 1992
Sánchez	25 matches	1977 - 1986
Andrés Iniesta	25 matches	2004 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Santi Ezquerro

256 matches

41 matches

1998 - 2008

Andoni Zubizarreta

239 matches

410 matches

1981 - 1994

Jesús Garay

194 matches

123 matches

1950 - 1965

Ernesto Valverde

171 matches

28 matches

1988 - 1996

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

106 matches

174 matches

1990 - 1997

Julio Salinas

95 matches

214 matches

1982 - 1994

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

239 matches

410 matches

1981 - 1994

Alexanco

2 matches

392 matches

1977 - 1993

Julio Salinas

95 matches

214 matches

1982 - 1994

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

106 matches

174 matches

1990 - 1997

Jesús Garay

194 matches

123 matches

1950 - 1965

Santi Ezquerro

256 matches

41 matches

1998 - 2008

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

August 21, 2015

Málaga

0 0

Sevilla FC

Line-ups available

August 22, 2015

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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August 23, 2015

Sporting Gijón

0 0

Real Madrid

Video availableLine-ups available

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August 24, 2015

Granada CF

1 3

Eibar

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Celta Vigo	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
2	Espanyol	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
-23	Atlético Madrid	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
4	FC Barcelona	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
5	Real Betis	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
6	Villarreal	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
-47	Deportivo La Coruña	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
8	Sporting Gijón	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
-59	Sevilla FC	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
-510	Valencia CF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
-511	Real Sociedad	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Real Madrid	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
-613	Málaga	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
-614	Rayo Vallecano	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	Levante	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
-716	Getafe	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
17	Athletic Bilbao	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
-818	Las Palmas	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1

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Athletic Bilbao 0-1 FC Barcelona - August 23, 2015 / Liga BBVA 2015/2016

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 1

FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Valverde vs FC Barcelona

Valverde vs Luis Enrique

Manager

Luis Enrique vs Athletic Bilbao

Luis Enrique vs Valverde

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking