{"id":15295,"date":"2025-05-01T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=593254"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T05:00:58","slug":"athletic-club-vs-manchester-united-head-to-head-record-ahead-of-europa-league-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/athletic-club-vs-manchester-united-head-to-head-record-ahead-of-europa-league-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Club vs Manchester United: Head-to-head record ahead of Europa League clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"600\">As Athletic Bilbao prepare to face Manchester United in the Europa League semi-final, football fans are revisiting a historic rivalry that has produced memorable European nights. This will mark the first competitive meeting between the two sides since 2012, and the latest chapter in a rarely told but thrilling story.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"648\">Head-to-Head Record<\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"756\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"675\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"675\">Total meetings: 4<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"707\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"707\">Athletic Bilbao wins: 3<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"741\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"741\">Manchester United wins: 1<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"756\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"756\">Draws: 0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"943\">Despite Manchester United\u2019s rich European legacy, it is Athletic Bilbao who have had the upper hand in this fixture, winning three of the four official encounters between the two clubs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"980\">Historic European Encounters<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1014\">1957: A European Classic<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1360\">The first meeting came during the 1956\u201357 European Cup quarter-finals. Athletic Bilbao secured a thrilling 5-3 win in Spain, but Manchester United famously overturned the deficit with a 3-0 victory at Maine Road (Old Trafford\u2019s floodlights were damaged at the time). That result sent the Red Devils through with a 6-5 aggregate win.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1394\">2012: Bielsa vs Ferguson<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1736\">Over five decades later, the clubs met again in the 2011\u201312 UEFA Europa League Round of 16. Under the tactical brilliance of Marcelo Bielsa, Athletic stunned United with a 3-2 win at Old Trafford, followed by a 2-1 triumph in Bilbao. Despite a brace from Wayne Rooney in the first leg, United were outplayed over both games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1738\" data-end=\"1966\">Athletic eventually reached the final that season, knocking out the Premier League giants en route. Though they finished runners-up, their victory over Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s side remains a highlight in the club\u2019s European history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2365\" data-end=\"2672\">Now, with the clubs set to clash in the first leg at San Mam\u00e9s, Athletic Bilbao once again stand in United\u2019s way on the European stage. The La Liga outfit boasts a superior head-to-head record and home advantage, while Manchester United will be eager to rewrite history and reach another European final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Athletic Bilbao prepare to face Manchester United in the Europa League semi-final, football fans are revisiting a historic rivalry\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":36582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3771,249],"class_list":["post-15295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-athletic-club","tag-manchester-united"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}