Athletic Bilbao in European football
Rank Name Years App
1 Markel Susaeta 2009-2018 75
2 Óscar de Marcos 2009- 65
3 Iker Muniain 2009- 61
4 José Ángel Iribar 1964-1978 55
5 Ander Iturraspe 2009-2018 54
6 Mikel San José 2009- 53
7 Aritz Aduriz 2012-2018 48
7 Andoni Iraola 2004-2015 46
9 Gorka Iraizoz 2009-2017 45
10 Txetxu Rojo 1967-1978 40
11 Carlos Gurpegui 2004-2015 39
11 Aymeric Laporte 2012-2017 39
Most appearances
Athletic Bilbao, a professional football club based in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, has competed in international tournaments as representatives of La Liga since 1956. The club's first entry into an official competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) was the in 1956-57 (its second edition) as national champions; they reached the quarter-finals. Athletic have yet to win a continental trophy in 32 attempts, up to and including the 2017-18 campaign. They finished runners-up in the two-legged 1977 UEFA Cup Final, losing to Juventus on the away goals rule, and in the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final which finished 3-0 to compatriots Atlético Madrid. The club have twice reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, in 1998-99 and 2014-15, but did not qualify for the next phase on either occasion. The striker Aritz Aduriz contributed 34 European goals for the club over a six-year spell from 2012 to 2018, winning the Europa League's top scorer award twice (one shared). The player with the most appearances, winger Markel Susaeta (75 matches), was also heavily involved in that period as well as during the 2011-12 Europa League.