List of Athletic Bilbao presidents

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 president of the first team of Athletic Bilbao from 1901, when the first president was elected, to the present day. Each president's entry includes his dates of tenure, honours won and significant achievements while under his care.[1][2][3]

List of presidents

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Name Count From Until Honours
Luis Márquez Spain 1900 1901
Juan Astorquia Spain 1902 1903 1 Copa de la Coronación
Enrique Careaga Spain 1903 1906 2 Copa del Rey
Ramón de Aras Jáuregui Spain 1906 1908
Alberto Zarraoa Spain 1908 1910
Pedro de Astigarraga Spain 1910 1911 1 Copa del Rey
Alejandro de la Sota England 1911 1917 4 Copa del Rey
Pedro de Astigarraga Spain 1917 1919
Ricardo de Irezabal Spain 1919 1921 1 Copa del Rey
Ernesto Bourgeaud France 1921 1922
José Maria Vilallonga Spain 1922 1923 1 Copa del Rey
Ricardo de Irezabal Spain 1923 1926
Manuel de la Sota Spain 1926 1929
Manuel Castellanos Spain 1929 1933 2 La Liga
4 Copa del Rey
José María Olabarría Spain 1933 1935 1 La Liga
Luis Casajuana Spain 1935 1943 3 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
Roberto de Arteche Spain 1943 1946 2 Copa del Rey
José María Larrea Spain 1946 1950 1 Copa Eva Duarte
Enrique Guzmán Spain 1950 1959 1 La Liga
3 Copa del Rey
Javier Prado Spain 1959 1965
Julio Eguskiza Spain 1 July 1965 25 October 1968
Félix Oráa Spain 1969 1973 2 Copa del Rey
José Antonio Egidazu Spain 1973 1977
Jesús María Duñabeitia Spain 1977 1982
Pedro Aurtenetxe Spain 1982 1990 2 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
1 Supercopa de España
José Julián Lertxundi Spain 1 July 1990 17 March 1994
José María Arrate Spain 1 July 1994 30 June 2001
Javier Uria Spain 2001 2003
Ignacio Ugartetxe Spain 1 July 2003 31 October 2004
Fernando Lamikiz Garai Spain 31 October 2004 30 June 2006
Ana Urkijo Spain 1 July 2006 18 June 2007
Fernando García Macua Spain 1 July 2007 30 June 2011
Josu Urrutia Spain 7 July 2011 22 May 2018 1 Supercopa de España
Aitor Elizegi Spain 31 May 2018 24 June 2022 1 Supercopa de España
Jon Uriarte Spain 24 June 2022[4] Present 1 Copa del Rey

References

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  1. ^ "Presidents". www.athletic-club.eus. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Presidents of the Athletic football club" (PDF). 24 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  3. ^ "La Polémica. Elecctiones Athletic" [The controversy. Athletic Elections]. servicios.elcorreo.com (in Spanish). 1 June 2001. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Jon Uriarte confirmed as Athletic Club's new president". Football España. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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  • [1] Presidents at Athletic Bilbao official website