List of Athletic Bilbao presidents explained

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

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

External links

• https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/presidents Presidents at Athletic Bilbao official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Presidents . www.athletic-club.eus . 21 July 2022 . 1 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301045424/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/presidents . live .
2. Web site: Presidents of the Athletic football club . 24 December 2017 . 31 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171224042416/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2004/09/10/EMD20040910010MDV.pdf . 24 December 2017.
3. Web site: La Polémica. Elecctiones Athletic . The controversy. Athletic Elections . es . servicios.elcorreo.com . 1 June 2001 . 8 November 2022 . 8 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221108223113/http://servicios.elcorreo.com/especiales/eleccionesathletic/historia.html . live .
4. Web site: Jon Uriarte confirmed as Athletic Club's new president . Football España . 24 June 2022 . 27 July 2022 . 14 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220714071622/https://www.football-espana.net/2022/06/24/jon-uriarte-confirmed-as-athletic-clubs-new-president . live .