UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio de San Mamés - Bilbao Thursday 10 March 2016 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Athletic Club Round of 16, First leg Valencia CF Last updated 10/03/2016 10:51CET 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 19 1 Athletic Club - Valencia CF Thursday 10 March 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Athletic Club - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Club Atlético de Madrid - Falcao 7, 34, Diego 09/05/2012 F 3-0 Bucharest Athletic Club 85 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Cruyff 24, 63; Irureta 16/03/1977 QF FC Barcelona - Athletic Club Barcelona agg: 3-4 13, 29 Churruca 40, Dani 63 03/03/1977 QF Athletic Club - FC Barcelona 2-1 Bilbao (P); Asensi 13 Valencia CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Feghouli 14, Beto 26 3-1 01/05/2014 SF Valencia CF - Sevilla FC Valencia (og), Mathieu 69; agg: 3-3 ag Mbia 90+4 24/04/2014 SF Sevilla FC - Valencia CF 2-0 Seville Mbia 33, Bacca 36 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - Club Atlético de 0-1 26/04/2012 SF Valencia Adrián López 60 Madrid agg: 2-5 Falcao 18, 79, Miranda 49, Adrián Club Atlético de Madrid - 19/04/2012 SF 4-2 Madrid López 54; Jonas Valencia CF 45+2, Ricardo Costa 90+4 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Club Atlético de Madrid - 0-0 08/04/2010 QF Madrid Valencia CF agg: 2-2 ag Manuel Fernandes Valencia CF - Club Atlético de 01/04/2010 QF 2-2 Valencia 66, Villa 82; Forlán Madrid 59, Antonio López 72 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 06/05/2004 SF Valencia CF - Villarreal CF Valencia Mista 16 (P) agg: 1-0 22/04/2004 SF Villarreal CF - Valencia CF 0-0 Villarreal 2 Athletic Club - Valencia CF Thursday 10 March 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Morientes 39, 24/05/2000 F Real Madrid CF - Valencia CF 3-0 Paris McManaman 67, Raúl González 75 2-1 F. de Boer 78, Cocu 10/05/2000 SF FC Barcelona - Valencia CF Barcelona agg: 3-5 90; Mendieta 69 Angulo 10, 43, Mendieta 45+2 (P), 02/05/2000 SF Valencia CF - FC Barcelona 4-1 Valencia Claudio López 90; Pellegrino 27 (og) UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 05/08/1998 SF Valencia CF - RCD Espanyol Valencia Claudio López 40, 79 agg: 3-0 29/07/1998 SF RCD Espanyol - Valencia CF 0-1 Barcelona Claudio López 44 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Saura 10, 77, Bonhof 4-3 30, Kempes 86 (P); 19/03/1980 QF Valencia CF - FC Barcelona Valencia agg: 5-3 Cano 15, 89, Landáburu 25 05/03/1980 QF FC Barcelona - Valencia CF 0-1 Barcelona Pablo Rodríguez 49 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Athletic Club 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 4 6 Valencia CF 7 5 1 1 7 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 15 7 3 5 21 19 3 Athletic Club - Valencia CF Thursday 10 March 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao Match background Athletic Club and Valencia CF will need no introduction as they meet for the first time in Europe in the UEFA Europa League round of 16. Previous meetings • The sides are facing off for the first time in UEFA competition, but know each other well from domestic competitition. • The teams have met 174 times in the Liga and Copa del Rey: Valencia are 68-65 up in terms of victories, though Athletic won the most recent encounter 3-0 at Mestalla on Sunday 28 February. • The clubs' last knockout competition tie came in 1967, Valencia triumphing 2-1 in the Copa del Rey final. Their last two-legged affair was in the 1961/62 Spanish Cup quarter-finals: they drew the first leg in Bilbao 2-2 before Valencia edged the return 1-0. • Athletic's three European games against Liga sides have ended W1 D1 L1 – comprising a win at home, a draw in an away match in Spain, and a 3-0 loss to Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2012 UEFA Europa League final in Bucharest. • Valencia's 15 European fixtures against Spanish opposition have ended W7 D3 L5 (W5 D1 L1 at home – W2 D2 L3 away). They succumbed 3-0 to Real Madrid CF in the 2000 UEFA Champions League final in Paris, and have lost their last three all-Spanish two-legged UEFA ties – two of them on away goals. Form guide • Athletic are unbeaten in six UEFA home matches this season (W4 D2). • Valencia's 10-0 aggregate success over SK Rapid Wien in the round of 16 was the largest two-legged margin of victory in the spring phase of a UEFA Europa League campaign. • Athletic are two-time UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final losers: Juventus beat them on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate draw in 1977, and they also went down 3-0 to Atlético Madrid in the 2012 decider. This is their first round of 16 appearance since that campaign. • Valencia ventured from group stage to semi-finals in their most recent UEFA Europa League campaign, in 2013/14. They won the UEFA Cup in 2004, overcoming Olympique de Marseille 2-0 in the Gothenburg final. Trivia and links • The journey from Valencia to Bilbao is just under 500km, from the Mediterranean coast to the shores of the Atlantic. • Athletic's Aritz Aduriz is the top scorer in this season's UEFA Europa League with seven goals; among the teams still in the running, Tottenham Hotspur FC's Erik Lamela is his closest challenger with six. • Aduriz represented Valencia from 2010–12, leaving to rejoin Athletic at the end of his second Mestalla campaign, where he was largely used as a reserve. • Athletic are one of two clubs to have made it all the way from the third qualifying round to the round of 16 this term, along with Borussia Dortmund. • Athletic midfielder Óscar de Marcos can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance in this match. 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 FC and coached Villarreal CF and Valencia. • Valverde's stint as Valencia coach lasted from December 2012 to the end of the 2012/13 season, and finished with his side fifth in the table – regarded as quite an achievement in a turbulent period at the club. • Hired as Valencia boss in December, Gary Neville was working as a pundit and as an assistant coach with the England national team. He lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy twice and claimed eight Premier League titles during his time as a Manchester United FC defender. • Neville never played in a UEFA Europa League game. The last of his two UEFA Cup appearances came in September 1995 – a 0-0 draw at SC Rotor Volgograd. He made his continental debut in another UEFA Cup tie, playing three minutes of United's 0-0 draw against FC Torpedo Moskva in September 1992. 4 Athletic Club - Valencia CF Thursday 10 March 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 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.