UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-0) Estadio de San Mamés - Bilbao Thursday 25 February 2016 Athletic Club 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Olympique de Marseille Round of 32, Second leg Last updated 02/05/2016 11:47CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Athletic Club - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 25 February 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - Athletic 18/02/2016 R32 0-1 Marseille Aritz Aduriz 54 Club Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Olympique de Marseille 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Athletic Club - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ander Herrera 48, Athletic Club - Olympique Aritz Aduriz 55 (P); 08/11/2012 GS 2-3 Bilbao Lyonnais Gomis 22, Gourcuff 45+1, Lacazette 63 Olympique Lyonnais - Athletic Lisandro 54, Briand 25/10/2012 GS 2-1 Lyon Club 86; Ibai Gómez 79 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pastore 21, Bodmer 41, Iñigo Pérez 85 Paris Saint-Germain - Athletic 14/12/2011 GS 4-2 Paris (og), Hoarau 90 (P); Club Aurtenetxe 3, David López 55 Athletic Club - Paris Saint- Gabilondo 20, 29/09/2011 GS 2-0 Bilbao Germain Susaeta 45 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Athletic Club - FC Girondins de 0-0 03/10/1984 R1 Bilbao Bordeaux agg: 2-3 D. Müller 28, Battiston FC Girondins de Bordeaux - 62, Lacombe 79; 19/09/1984 R1 3-2 Bordeaux Athletic Club Guarrotxena 30, Salinas 70 Olympique de Marseille - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lucho González 11; Olympique de Marseille - Real 08/12/2009 GS 1-3 Marseille Ronaldo 5, 80, Albiol Madrid CF 60 Real Madrid CF - Olympique de Ronaldo 58, 64, Kaká 30/09/2009 GS 3-0 Madrid Marseille 61 (P) 2 Athletic Club - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 25 February 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - Club 09/12/2008 GS 0-0 Marseille Atlético de Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid - Agüero 4, Raúl García 01/10/2008 GS 2-1 Madrid Olympique de Marseille 22; Niang 16 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ribéry 5, Méïté 65, Olympique de Marseille - RC 5-1 Mendoza 74, Niang 23/08/2005 F Marseille Deportivo La Coruña agg: 5-3 88, Oruma 90+3; Jorge Andrade 9 RC Deportivo La Coruña - Rubén Castro 68, 09/08/2005 F 2-0 La Coruna Olympique de Marseille Carril 87 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - Olympique de Vicente 45+3 (P), 19/05/2004 F 2-0 Gothenburg Marseille Mista 58 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - Real Mido 63; Beckham 35, 26/11/2003 GS1 1-2 Marseille Madrid CF Ronaldo 73 Roberto Carlos 29, Real Madrid CF - Olympique de Ronaldo 34, 57, Luís 16/09/2003 GS1 4-2 Madrid Marseille Figo 61 (P); Drogba 26, Van Buyten 83 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RC Celta de Vigo - Olympique de 0-0 16/03/1999 QF Vigo Marseille agg: 1-2 Olympique de Marseille - RC Maurice 34, 67; 02/03/1999 QF 2-1 Marseille Celta de Vigo Mostovoi 64 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Athletic Club 3 1 1 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 4 10 12 Olympique de Marseille 5 1 1 3 4 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 12 2 2 8 12 21 3 Athletic Club - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 25 February 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Match background Athletic Club will know their UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie against Olympique de Marseille is far from over given the French club won two of their three group stage away games, scoring nine goals. Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA competition in the first leg. Athletic forward Aritz Aduriz scored the only goal, lobbing Steve Mandanda from around 35 metres. • Athletic's record in seven fixtures against French clubs is W2 D1 L4 (W1 D1 L1 in Bilbao). • Marseille's 12 games against Spanish teams have ended W2 D2 L8 (W0 D1 L4 in Spain). Those matches include a 2-0 loss to Valencia CF in the 2004 UEFA Cup final in Gothenburg. Form guide • Athletic are unbeaten in five European home matches this season (W4 D1). • Athletic are two-time UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final losers: Juventus defeated them on away goals after a 2- 2 aggregate draw in 1977, and they also went down 3-0 to Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2012 decider. They were eliminated by Torino FC in last season's round of 32. • OM have reached the final of the UEFA Cup twice, losing to Parma FC (3-0 in 1999) and Valencia (2-0 in 2004). • Marseille most recently competed in the round of 32 in 2009/10, when they transferred across after finishing third in their UEFA Champions League section. Didier Deschamps' team then overcame FC København before succumbing to SL Benfica in the last 16. Trivia and links • The journey from Marseille to Bilbao is around 700km. • Athletic's Aduriz is the top scorer in this season's UEFA Europa League with seven goals. • Athletic are one of four clubs to have made it all the way from the third qualifying round to the round of 32 this term, along with AS Saint-Étienne, Borussia Dortmund and FC Krasnodar. • Athletic boast French talent in the form of centre-back Aymeric Laporte, the second French player – after Bixente Lizarazu – to represent the Bilbao club. • Marseille have a Spanish player – right-back Javier Manquillo, on loan from Atlético. Team-mates Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid CF) and Abdelaziz Barrada (Getafe FC) also have Liga experience. The coaches • Ernesto Valverde took charge of Athletic for a second time in June 2013. As a player, he enjoyed the most stable period of his career in Bilbao and promptly returned to the club after retiring, including as head coach from 2003 to 2005. Subsequently, he landed three Greek titles with Olympiacos and coached Villarreal CF and Valencia. • Míchel, 52, replaced former Athletic boss Marcelo Bielsa as Marseille coach in August 2015. A two-time UEFA Cup winner with Real Madrid in the 1980s, he occupied the Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, Getafe and Sevilla FC helms in his native Spain and came to France after steering Olympiacos FC to two successive Greek titles. Penalty shoot-outs • Athletic lost their only previous UEFA penalty shoot-out: L 5-3 H v CFR 1907 Cluj (2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup second round) • Marseille's record in three UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W2 L1: L 5-3 N v FK Crvena Zvezda (1990/91 European Champion Clubs' Cup final) W 4-1 H v KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen (2005/06 UEFA Cup first round) W 7-6 A v FC Twente (2008/09 UEFA Cup round of 32) 4 Athletic Club - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 25 February 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Team facts Athletic Club Formed: 1898 Nickname: Los Leones (The Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: (1977), (2012) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 8 (1984) Spanish Cup: 23 (1984) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: runners-up 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Athletic v HJK Helsinki 23/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 1-7: R. Standard de Liège v Athletic 16/12/04, UEFA Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Athletic v SV Werder Bremen 16/12/09, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Juventus v Athletic 26/10/88, UEFA Cup second round first leg 4-0: RSC Anderlecht v Athletic 25/02/10, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Athletic v HJK Helsinki (see above) • Biggest away win 1-7: R. Standard de Liège v Athletic (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Athletic v SV Werder Bremen (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Juventus v Athletic (see above) 4-0: RSC Anderlecht v Athletic (see above) Olympique de Marseille Formed: 1899 Nicknames: Les Olympiens (The Olympians), Les Phocéens (The Phocians), OM UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (1): (1991), 1993 5 Athletic Club - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 25 February 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao • UEFA Cup: (1999), (2004) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2005 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 9 (2010) French Cup: 10 (1989) League Cup: 3 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2010/11: UEFA Champions League round of 16