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[]

Name	Nat	From	To	Honours
Mr. Shepherd		1910	1911
Billy Barnes		1914	1916	2 Copa del Rey
No coach	—	1916	1919
Billy Barnes		1920	May 1921	1 Copa del Rey
		May 1921	1 December 1921
		3 December 1921	20 March 1922
Fred Pentland		22 March 1922	30 June 1925	1 Copa del Rey
Ralph Kirby		1 July 1925	30 June 1926
Lippo Hertzka		1 July 1926	30 June 1928
		1 July 1928	30 June 1929
Fred Pentland		1 July 1929	30 June 1933	2 La Liga 4 Copa del Rey
Patricio Caicedo (es)		1 July 1933	28 August 1935	1 La Liga
		28 August 1935	15 January 1936	1 La Liga
William Garbutt		15 January 1936	30 June 1936	1 La Liga
		1938	10 November 1939
Roberto Etxebarria		15 November 1939	30 June 1940
(es)		1 July 1940	10 November 1947	1 La Liga 3 Copa del Rey
Harry Bagge		11 November 1947	30 June 1949
José Iraragorri		1 July 1949	30 June 1952	1 Copa Eva Duarte
Antonio Barrios		1 July 1952	30 June 1954
Ferdinand Daučík		1 July 1954	30 June 1957	1 La Liga 2 Copa del Rey
Baltasar Albéniz		1 July 1957	30 June 1958	1 Copa del Rey
Martim Francisco		1 July 1958	20 December 1960
Juan Antonio Ipiña		20 December 1960	30 June 1962
Ángel Zubieta		1 July 1962	30 June 1963
		1 July 1963	30 June 1964
Antonio Barrios		1 July 1964	30 June 1965
Agustín Gaínza		1 July 1965	25 October 1968
Rafael Iriondo		25 October 1968	30 June 1969	1 Copa del Rey
Ronnie Allen		1 July 1969	15 November 1971
Salvador Artigas		15 November 1971	30 June 1972
Milorad Pavić		1 July 1972	30 June 1974	1 Copa del Rey
Rafael Iriondo		1 July 1974	30 June 1976
Koldo Aguirre		1 July 1976	30 June 1979
Helmut Senekowitsch		1 July 1979	15 September 1980
Iñaki Sáez		15 September 1980	30 June 1981
Javier Clemente		1 July 1981	20 January 1986	2 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España
Iñaki Sáez		20 January 1986	30 June 1986
José Ángel Iribar		1 July 1986	30 June 1987
Howard Kendall		1 July 1987	12 November 1989
Txetxu Rojo		13 November 1989	30 June 1990
Javier Clemente		1 July 1990	17 March 1991
Iñaki Sáez		17 March 1991	25 February 1992
Jesús Aranguren		25 February 1992	30 June 1992
Jupp Heynckes		1 July 1992	30 June 1994
Javier Irureta		1 July 1994	19 March 1995
José María Amorrortu		20 March 1995	30 June 1995
Dragoslav Stepanović		1 July 1995	17 March 1996
José María Amorrortu		18 March 1996	30 June 1996
Luis Fernández		1 July 1996	30 June 2000
Txetxu Rojo		1 July 2000	30 June 2001
Jupp Heynckes		1 July 2001	30 June 2003
Ernesto Valverde		1 July 2003	30 June 2005
José Luis Mendilibar		1 July 2005	31 October 2005
Javier Clemente		31 October 2005	30 June 2006
Félix Sarriugarte		1 July 2006	27 November 2006
Mané		28 November 2006	18 June 2007
Joaquín Caparrós		1 July 2007	30 June 2011
Marcelo Bielsa		7 July 2011	30 June 2013
Ernesto Valverde		1 July 2013	25 May 2017	1 Supercopa de España
José Ángel Ziganda		25 May 2017	22 May 2018
Eduardo Berizzo		31 May 2018	4 December 2018
Gaizka Garitano		5 December 2018	3 January 2021
Marcelino		4 January 2021	Present	1 Supercopa de España

Trophies[]

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

References[]

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

External links[]

• Coaches at Athletic Bilbao official website