List of Athletic Bilbao managers

Athletic Bilbao is a professional association football club based in Bilbao, Spain, which plays in La Liga. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Athletic Bilbao from 1910, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure, honours won and significant achievements while under his care.

List of managers

Updated until the end of the 2023-24 season. ^[1]

  Current coach.

Coach	C	Stage(s)	Statistics
			Pld	W	D	L	%	Titles
Mr. Shepherd		1910–1911						1 Copa del Rey
Billy Barnes		1914–1916, 1920–1921	38	27	5	6	0,71	3 Copa del Rey
Jack Burton		1921–1922	4	1	1	2	0,25	-
Juan Arzuaga		1921–1922	4	3	0	1	0,75	-
Frederick Pentland		1922–1925, 1929–1933	178	128	21	29	0,72	2 La Liga 5 Copa del Rey
Ralph Kirby		1925–1926	14	11	1	2	0,78	-
Máximo Royo		1925–1926, 1928–1929	32	16	6	10	0,5	-
Lippo Hertzka		1926–1928	35	21	6	8	0,6	-
Patricio Caicedo		1933–1935	68	40	8	20	0,59	1 La Liga
José María Olabarria		1935	3	1	1	1	0,33	1 La Liga
William Garbutt		1935–1936	23	14	2	7	0,61	1 La Liga
Perico Birichinaga		1939	10	7	1	2	0,7	-
Roberto Etxebarria		1939–1940	34	20	6	8	0,59	-
Juan Urquizu		1940–1947	241	126	39	76	0,52	1 La Liga 3 Copa del Rey
Henry John Bagge		1947–1949	57	29	6	22	0,51	-
José Iraragorri		1949–1952	103	54	17	32	0,52	1 Copa del Rey 1 Copa Eva Duarte
Antonio Barrios		1952–1954, 1964–1965	120	55	24	41	0,46	-
Ferdinand Daučík		1954–1957	118	67	26	25	0,56	1 La Liga 2 Copa del Rey
Baltasar Albéniz		1957–1958	37	20	4	13	0,54	1 Copa del Rey
Martim Francisco		1958–1960	87	47	8	32	0,54	-
Juan Antonio Ipiña		1960–1962	58	24	12	22	0,41	-
Ángel Zubieta		1962–1963	35	13	8	14	0,37	-
Juan Otxoantezana		1963–1964	32	12	6	14	0,37	-
Piru Gaínza		1965–1968	130	57	30	43	0,44	-
Rafael Iriondo		1968–1969, 1974–1976	113	46	32	32	0,40	1 Copa del Rey
Ronnie Allen		1969–1971	88	40	21	27	0,45	-
Salvador Artigas		1971–1972	32	18	3	11	0,56	-
Milorad Pavic		1972–1974	83	36	18	29	0,43	1 Copa del Rey
Koldo Aguirre		1976–1979	137	58	35	44	0,42	-
Helmut Senekowitsch		1979–1980	49	25	6	18	0,51	-
Iñaki Sáez		1980–1981, 1986, 1991–1992	107	47	23	37	0,44	-
Javier Clemente		1981–1986, 1990–1991, 2005–2006	289	141	68	80	0,48	2 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España
José Ángel Iribar		1986–1987	54	20	13	21	0,37	-
Howard Kendall		1987–1989	102	44	29	29	0,43	-
Txetxu Rojo		1989–1990, 2000–2001	70	20	23	27	0,28	-
Jesús Aranguren		1992	16	6	2	8	0,37	-
Jupp Heynckes		1992–1994, 2001–2003	168	70	42	56	0,41	-
Javier Irureta		1994–1995	35	13	9	13	0,37	-
José María Amorrortu		1995, 1996	24	10	7	7	0,41	-
Dragoslav Stepanovic		1995–1996	37	12	11	14	0,41	-
Luis Fernández		1996–2000	184	72	62	50	0,39	-
Ernesto Valverde		2003–2005, 2013–2017, 2022–current	397	185	90	122	0,47	1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España
José Luis Mendilibar		2005	13	3	3	7	0,23	-
Félix Sarriugarte		2006	14	1	6	7	0,07	-
Mané		2006–2007	26	9	5	12	0,34	-
Joaquín Caparrós		2007–2011	187	70	44	73	0,37	-
Marcelo Bielsa		2011–2013	113	43	31	39	0,38	-
José Ángel Ziganda		2017–2018	56	17	18	21	0,30	-
Eduardo Berizzo		2018	15	2	8	5	0,13	-
Gaizka Garitano		2018–2020	89	37	23	29	0,41	-
Marcelino García Toral		2021–2022	75	28	26	21	0,37	1 Supercopa de España

Trophies

No.	Name	LL	CdR	SdE/CED	Total
1.	Fred Pentland	2	5	—	7
2.	Juan Urquizu	1	3	—	4
	Javier Clemente	2	1	1
4.	Billy Barnes	—	3	—	3
	Ferdinand Daučík	1	2	—
6.	Ernesto Valverde	—	1	1	2
	José Iraragorri	—	1	1
7.	Patricio Caicedo	1	—	—	1
	José María Olabarría	1	—	—
	William Garbutt	1	—	—
	Baltasar Albéniz	—	1	—
	Rafael Iriondo	—	1	—
	Milorad Pavić	—	1	—
	Marcelino	—	—	1

References

1. "Coaches". Athletic Club. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

"Athletic Club: Managers". BD Futbol. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

External links

• Coaches at Athletic Bilbao official website