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Athletic Bilbao 2-1 FC Barcelona - November 23, 1996 / Primera División 1996/1997

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Primera División 1996/1997 - Round 14

San Mamés - Bilbao - Spain

November 23, 1996 - 20:30

42 000

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

FC Barcelona

José Mari

62'

Julen Guerrero

76'

25'

Abelardo

logo Athletic Bilbao AB

25' - Goal Abelardo

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52' - Substitution Ismael Urzaizis substituted by Bolo52

62' - Goal José Mari62

75' - Substitution Giovanniis substituted by Iván De la Peña

76' - Goal Julen Guerrero76

77' - Substitution Joseba Etxeberriais substituted by Felipe77

80' - Substitution José Ángel Zigandais substituted by Óscar Vales80

80' - Substitution Fernando Coutois substituted by Óscar

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

FC Barcelona

Athletic Bilbao FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Urzaiz52

Ismael Urzaiz

Spain

B.date07/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

9Ziganda80

José Ángel Ziganda

Spain

B.date01/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m76

positionStriker

8Guerrero76

Julen Guerrero

Spain

B.date07/01/1974

Age22 years

H1m76

positionSecond striker

18Alkiza

Bittor Alkiza

Spain

B.date26/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Etxeberria77

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age19 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6Urrutia

Josu Urrutia

Spain

B.date10/04/1968

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Corino

Sergio Corino

Spain

B.date10/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

4Karanka

Aitor Karanka

Spain

B.date18/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

23José Mari62

José Mari

Spain

B.date10/02/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

21Larrainzar

Iñigo Larrainzar

Spain

B.date05/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Valencia

Juanjo Valencia

Spain

B.date18/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Juanjo Valencia		25	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Aitor Karanka		23	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Sergio Corino		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Iñigo Larrainzar		25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Bittor Alkiza		26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Josu Urrutia		28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	José Mari	62	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Joseba Etxeberria	77	19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	José Ángel Ziganda	80	30	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ismael Urzaiz	52	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Julen Guerrero	76	22	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ronaldo

Ronaldo

Brazil

B.date22/09/1976

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

12Sergi

Sergi

Spain

B.date28/12/1971

Age24 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

10Giovanni75

Giovanni

Brazil

B.date04/02/1972

Age24 years

H1m90

positionSecond striker

7Figo

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

5Popescu

Gheorghe Popescu

Romania

B.date09/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

4Guardiola

Josep Guardiola

Spain

B.date18/01/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

24Couto80

Fernando Couto

Portugal

B.date02/08/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

20Nadal

Miguel Ángel Nadal

Spain

B.date28/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

3Abelardo25

Abelardo

Spain

B.date19/04/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

21Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique

Spain

B.date08/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

1Baia

Vitor Baia

Portugal

B.date15/10/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Vitor Baia		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Fernando Couto	80	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abelardo	25	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Miguel Ángel Nadal		30	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Sergi		24	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Luis Enrique		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Josep Guardiola		25	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Gheorghe Popescu		29	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Figo		24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Giovanni	75	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ronaldo		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
14	D	Óscar Vales	80	22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Felipe	77	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Bolo	52	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
23	M		Iván De la Peña	75	20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F		Óscar	80	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sergio Corino

Edu Alonso

OUT

Joseba Etxeberria

Felipe

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Abelardo

Laurent Blanc

OUT

Miguel Ángel Nadal

José María Bakero

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Fernandez vs FC Barcelona

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1996

Fernandez vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Robson vs Athletic Bilbao

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1996

Robson vs Fernandez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1996

Referee

Rafael Hernanz Angulo

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	General total	FC Barcelona2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 25, 1997					Latest figure on May 17, 2009

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Key figures

It's the first time Abelardo scores a goal in his professional career with FC Barcelona since the 05/03/1996 (with FC Barcelona vs PSV Eindhoven )

Josep Guardiola played his game number 10 vs Athletic Bilbao in La Liga with FC Barcelona

It's the first time Abelardo scores 1 goal vs Athletic Bilbao in his professional career

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAthletic Bilbao 3-2 Rayo Vallecano08/09/1996

DAthletic Bilbao 2-2 Espanyol21/09/1996

LAthletic Bilbao 1-3 Real Sociedad02/10/1996

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Tenerife19/10/1996

VAthletic Bilbao 6-0 CD Logroñés27/10/1996

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Valencia CF10/11/1996

Overall

DCompostela 1-1 Athletic Bilbao23/10/1996

VAthletic Bilbao 6-0 CD Logroñés27/10/1996

LSevilla FC 4-2 Athletic Bilbao03/11/1996

VZalla 0-3 Athletic Bilbao06/11/1996

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Valencia CF10/11/1996

VSporting Gijón 2-4 Athletic Bilbao17/11/1996

Current form

Away

DAEK Larnaca 0-0 FC Barcelona26/09/1996

VReal Zaragoza 3-5 FC Barcelona29/09/1996

VCompostela 1-5 FC Barcelona12/10/1996

VSevilla FC 0-1 FC Barcelona23/10/1996

DRed Star Belgrade 1-1 FC Barcelona31/10/1996

DSporting Gijón 0-0 FC Barcelona04/11/1996

Overall

VSevilla FC 0-1 FC Barcelona23/10/1996

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Valencia CF26/10/1996

DRed Star Belgrade 1-1 FC Barcelona31/10/1996

DSporting Gijón 0-0 FC Barcelona04/11/1996

DFC Barcelona 3-3 Atlético Madrid09/11/1996

VFC Barcelona 6-1 Valladolid18/11/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	10	11
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	8	17
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	13
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	9
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.23
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.62	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.31
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-2 (1 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

José Ángel Ziganda	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Ronaldo
José Ángel Ziganda	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Ronaldo
Aitor Larrazabal	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ronaldo
Aitor Larrazabal	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gheorghe Popescu
Julen Guerrero	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Iván De la Peña
Julen Guerrero	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Iván De la Peña
José Ángel Ziganda	9 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	13 goals during the last 11 matches	Ronaldo

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

44 v

17 d

19 l

163 gf

108 ga

Away

81 matches

19 v

9 d

53 l

95 gf

176 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

166 matches

65 v

26 d

75 l

264 gf

292 ga

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

53 v

9 d

19 l

176 gf

95 ga

Away

80 matches

19 v

17 d

44 l

108 gf

163 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

166 matches

75 v

26 d

65 l

292 gf

264 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 10, 1991
Away	6 - 0	March 10, 1991

Latest head to head

March 02, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

October 14, 1995 - Primera Division 1995/1996

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

June 18, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

January 28, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

February 06, 1994 - Primera Division 1993/1994

FC Barcelona

2 - 3

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
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1940 - 1950
Manu Sarabia	7 goals	1980 - 1985

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

Laszlo Kubala	11 goals	1951 - 1960
José María Bakero	10 goals	1988 - 1995
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1954 - 1961
Hristo Stoichkov	8 goals	1991 - 1994
Estanilao Basora	7 goals	1948 - 1958
Francisco Carrasco	7 goals	1982 - 1987

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
Telmo Zarra	27 matches	1942 - 1953
Canito	25 matches	1949 - 1960
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	25 matches	1940 - 1953
Jesús Garay	22 matches	1950 - 1960

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

Migueli	32 matches	1975 - 1987
Juan Segarra Iracheta	29 matches	1950 - 1962
Alexanco	26 matches	1980 - 1992
Sánchez	25 matches	1977 - 1986
Antonio Ramallets	23 matches	1951 - 1961
Sigfrido Gracia Royo	21 matches	1953 - 1964