| 1982–83 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Pedro Aurtenetxe | ||
| Head coach | Javier Clemente | ||
| Stadium | San Mamés | ||
| Primera Division | Winners (In1983-84 European Cup) | ||
| Copa del Rey | Quarterfinals | ||
| UEFA Cup | First round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Dani (18) | ||
The1982–83 season was the82nd season inAthletic Bilbao's history and their 52nd consecutive season inPrimera Division, the top level ofSpanish football.
During summer the club transferred in several player such as Julio Salinas, Patxi Salinas, Ismael Urtubi and Elgezabal. On the contrary, club legendTxetxu Rojo retired after a massive 17 seasons playing with the club.[1][2] 32-yr-old managerJavier 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 afterReal Madrid collapsed 0:1 at Valencia.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | 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 theEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 49 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 46 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 44 | Qualification for theCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 5 | Sevilla | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 42 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first 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 |
| 5 September 19821 | CA Osasuna | 2–2 | Athletic | Pamplona |
| 19:00 | Iriguíbel Martín | Stadium:El Sadar Attendance: 28 000 Referee: Iruñea |
| 11 September 19822 | Athletic | 2–1 | Valencia CF | Bilbao |
| 20:00 | Sarabia De Andrés | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 42 000 |
| 19 September 19823 | Real Valladolid | 0–2 | Athletic | Valladolid |
| 12:00 AM | Stadium:Municipal Jose Zorrilla Attendance: 24 000 |
| 25 September 19824 | Athletic | 2–1 | Sevilla FC | Bilbao |
| 20:00 | Argote Sola | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 38 000 |
| 3 October 19825 | Real Zaragoza | 2–1 | Athletic | Zaragoza |
| 19:00 | Herrera Valdano | Stadium:La Romareda Attendance: 34 000 |
| 10 October 19826 | Athletic | 4–1 | Atletico Madrid | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Goikoetxea Sola Dani Lizeranzu Noriega | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 42 000 |
| 17 October 19827 | Espanol | 3–2 | Athletic | Barcelona |
| 17:00 | Marañón Giménez | Stadium:Sarria Attendance: 40.000 |
| 24 October 19828 | Athletic | 3–2 | Malaga CF | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Sarabia Noriega Urtubi | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 30 000 |
| 31 October 19829 | Sporting Gijon | 1–1 | Athletic | Gijon |
| 17:00 | Abel | Stadium:El Molinon Attendance: 42 000 |
| 7 November 198210 | Athletic | 2–0 | Racing Santander | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Goikoetxea Sarabia | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 30 000 |
| 10 November 198211 | UD Salamanca | 0–1 | Athletic | Salamanca |
| 20:30 | Stadium:Helmantico Attendance: 13 500 Referee: Villares De La Reina |
| 21 November 198212 | Athletic | 3–2 | Real Betis | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Sarabia Dani Noriega | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 35 000 |
| 28 November 198213 | Celta | 0–1 | Athletic | Vigo |
| 17:00 | Stadium:Balaidos Attendance: 24 000 |
| 4 December 198214 | Athletic | 2–4 | Real Madrid | Bilbao |
| 20:30 | Sarabia Noriega | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 46 000 |
| 12 December 198215 | FC Barcelona | 0–1 | Athletic | Barcelona |
| 17:00 | Stadium:Camp Nou Attendance: 120 000 |
| 19 December 198216 | Real Sociedad | 1–1 | Athletic | San Sebastian |
| 16:30 | Uralde | Stadium:Atotxa Attendance: 27 000 |
| 2 January 198317 | Athletic | 3–0 | UD Las Palmas | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Urtubi Sarabia | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 30 000 |
| 5 January 198318 | Athletic | 4–0 | CA Osasuna | Bilbao |
| 20:30 | Dani Sarabia | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 40 000 |
| 8 January 198319 | Valencia CF | 1–2 | Athletic | Valencia |
| 20:30 | Roberto | Stadium:Luis Casanova Attendance: 20 000 |
| 16 January 198320 | Athletic | 1–1 | Real Valladolid | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Sarabia | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 34 500 |
| 23 January 198321 | Sevilla FC | 2–1 | Athletic | Sevilla |
| 12:00 | López | Stadium:Sanchez Pizjuan Attendance: 52 800 |
| 30 January 198322 | Athletic | 1–0 | Real Zaragoza | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Dani | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 42000 |
| 6 February 198323 | Atletico Madrid | 0–0 | Athletic | Madrid |
| 16:30 | Stadium:Vicente Calderon Attendance: 54 000 |
| 9 February 198324 | Athletic | 5–2 | Espanol | Bilbao |
| 20:00 | De Andrés Noriega Urtubi | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 34500 |
| 20 February 198325 | CD Málaga | 0–0 | Athletic | Malaga |
| 12:00 AM | Stadium:La Rosaleda Attendance: 25 000 |
| 27 February 198326 | Athletic | 3–0 | Sporting Gijón | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Urtubi Dani | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 45 000 |
| 6 March 198327 | Racing Santander | 0–2 | Athletic | Santander |
| 17:00 | Stadium:El Sardinero Attendance: 19 000 |
| 13 March 198328 | Athletic | 4–0 | UD Salamanca | Bilbao |
| 17:00 | Dani Lizeranzu Argote | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 43 000 |
| 20 March 198329 | Real Betis | 5–1 | Athletic | Sevilla |
| 17:00 | Lizeranzu Cardeñosa Poli Rincón Barnes | Stadium:Benito Villamarin Attendance: 40 375 |
| 26 March 198330 | Athletic | 4–0 | Celta Vigo | Bilbao |
| 17:30 | Sola Dani Julio Salinas De la Fuente | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 34 500 |
| 3 April 198331 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Athletic | Madrid |
| 17:00 | García Hernández Pineda Garcia | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu Attendance: 90.800 |
| 10 April 198332 | Athletic | 3–2 | FC Barcelona | Bilbao |
| 17:30 | Dani Sarabia | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 46 000 |
| 17 April 198333 | Athletic | 2–0 | Real Sociedad | Bilbao |
| 17:30 | Dani Argote | Stadium:San Mames Attendance: 46 000 |
| 1 May 198334 | UD Las Palmas | 1–5 | Athletic Bilbao | Las Palmas |
| 17:30 | De Andrés | Stadium:Insular Attendance: 22.000 |
| 30 March 1983 | Athletic | 1–0 | FC Barcelona | Bilbao |
| 20:30CET | Dani | Report(in Spanish) | Stadium:San Mamés Attendance: 45,000 Referee:Franco Martínez |
| 13 April 1983 | FC Barcelona | 3–0 | Athletic | Barcelona |
| 20:30CET | Carrasco Perico Alonso Maradona | Report(in Spanish) | Stadium:Camp Nou Referee:García Carrión |
| 15 September 1982 | Ferencváros | 2–1 | Budapest | |
| 18:00 | Szokolai Pölöskei | Report | Stadium:Üllői úti Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: |
| 29 September 1982 | Athletic | 1–1 | Bilbao | |
| 20:00 | Dani | Report | Szokolai | Stadium:Estadio San Mamés Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Primera Division | Copa del Rey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Andoni Zubizarreta | 34 | -36 | 34 | -36 | ||||
| DF | Santiago Urkiaga | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| DF | Andoni Goikoetxea | 24 | 4 | 24 | 4 | ||||
| DF | Inigo Lizeranzu | 27 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | ||||
| DF | Txato Nunez | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| MF | Miguel de Andrés | 30 | 3 | 30 | 3 | ||||
| MF | Txetxu Gallego | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| MF | Ismael Urtubi | 34 | 7 | 22+12 | 7 | ||||
| FW | Dani | 32 | 18 | 32 | 18 | ||||
| FW | Manu Sarabia | 33 | 17 | 29+4 | 17 | ||||
| FW | Estanis Argote | 33 | 5 | 31+2 | 5 | ||||
| GK | Andoni Cedrún | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| MF | Miguel Sola | 32 | 4 | 22+10 | 4 | ||||
| DF | Luis de la Fuente | 21 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | ||||
| FW | Txema Noriega | 29 | 8 | 8+21 | 8 | ||||
| DF | Patxi Salinas | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | ||||
| DF | Agustín Gisasola | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| DF | Patxi Bolaños | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| MF | Fernando Tirapu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| FW | Julio Salinas | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | ||||
| MF | Juan José Elgezabal | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | ||||
| GK | Carlos Meléndez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||