List of Athletic Bilbao seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Athletic Bilbao in Spanish and European football, from 1898 to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Athletic Club's finishing positions since 1929. They are one of three clubs that have been present in every top flight season.

The club has won the League eight times, the Spanish Cup 25 times (including one disputed victory competing as Vizcaya), the Spanish Super Cup three times (once by default after completing a double), and the Copa Eva Duarte once.

Key

Key to league record: Pos = Final position Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points

Key to rounds: W = Winner F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 R32 = Round of 32 R64 = Round of 64

R5 = Fifth round R4 = Fourth round R3 = Third round R2 = Second round R1 = First round GS = Group stage

Seasons

Season	League									Cup[1]	Europe		Other Comp.		Top scorer(s)[a][b]
	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts						Player(s)	Goals
1898–99	No national league available														No official matches	0
1899–1900															No official matches	0
1900–01															No official matches	0
1901–02										W[c]					William Dyer[2] Walter Evans[3]	5
1902–03										W					Juan Astorquia[4] De la Sota[5]	2
1903–04										W					No official matches[d]	0
1904–05										RU					No scorers	0
1905–06										RU					3 players	1
1906–07										RU[e]					Charles Simmons[6]	4
1907–08										DNE					No official matches	0
1908–09										QF					Luis Saura[7] Mortimer[8]	1
1909–10										W					Remigio Iza[9]	2
1910–11										W					Martyn Veitch[10]	3
1911–12										DNE					No official matches	0
1912–13										RU					Pichichi[11]	3
1913–14										W			Regional Championship	W	Pichichi	13
1914–15										W			Regional Championship	W	Pichichi	22
1915–16										W			Regional Championship	W	Pichichi	13
1916–17										DNE			Regional Championship		Pichichi Zubizarreta[12]	6
1917–18										DNE			Regional Championship		Pichichi	11
1918–19										DNE			Regional Championship		Laca Pichichi	5
1919–20										RU			Regional Championship	W	José Laca[13]	6
1920–21										W			Regional Championship	W	Domingo Acedo[14]	7
1921–22										DNE			Regional Championship		Carmelo[15]	8
1922–23										W			Regional Championship	W	Travieso[16]	14
1923–24										SF			Regional Championship	W	José Laca	12
1924–25										DNE			Regional Championship		Sandalio Areta[17]	9
1925–26										GS			Regional Championship	W	Manuel Suárez[18]	19
1926–27										GS			Regional Championship		Lafuente Manuel Suárez[19]	5
1927–28										GS			Regional Championship	W	José Ayarza[20]	14
1928–29	La Liga	3rd	18	8	4	6	43	33	20	SF			Regional Championship	W	Víctor Unamuno[21]	28
1929–30	La Liga	1st	18	12	6	0	63	28	30	W			Regional Championship		Guillermo Gorostiza[22][f]	32[g]
1930–31	La Liga	1st	18	11	0	7	73	33	22	W			Regional Championship	W	Bata[23]	38[h]
1931–32	La Liga	2nd	18	11	3	4	47	23	25	W			Regional Championship	W	Guillermo Gorostiza[i]	25[j]
1932–33	La Liga	2nd	18	13	0	5	63	30	26	W			Regional Championship	W	Bata	37
1933–34	La Liga	1st	18	11	2	5	61	27	24	QF			Regional Championship	W	Bata	34
1934–35	La Liga	4th	22	11	3	8	60	37	25	R16			Basque Cup	W	Bata	28
1935–36	La Liga	1st	22	14	3	5	59	33	31	QF			Basque Cup		Bata	30
1936–37	Spanish Civil War
1937–38
1938–39										R1[k][24]			Regional Championship	W[l][24]	Guillermo Gorostiza	8
1939–40	La Liga	3rd	22	11	4	7	57	44	26	R2			Regional Championship	W	Víctor Unamuno[m]	29[n]
1940–41	La Liga	2nd	22	13	5	4	49	24	31	R16					Víctor Unamuno	11
1941–42	La Liga	7th	26	10	7	9	55	41	27	RU					Telmo Zarra[25]	28
1942–43	La Liga	1st	26	16	4	6	73	38	36	W					Telmo Zarra	24
1943–44	La Liga	10th	26	10	5	11	47	51	25	W					Telmo Zarra	21
1944–45	La Liga	6th	26	14	2	10	54	41	30	W					Telmo Zarra	34[g]
1945–46	La Liga	3rd	26	15	5	7	63	38	33	R16			Copa de Oro Argentina	RU	Telmo Zarra	24[o]
1946–47	La Liga	2nd	26	15	4	7	72	38	34	SF					Telmo Zarra	37[p]
1947–48	La Liga	6th	26	12	4	10	56	44	28	R16					José Luis Panizo[26]	17
1948–49	La Liga	6th	26	11	2	13	61	63	24	RU					Telmo Zarra	31
1949–50	La Liga	6th	26	12	5	9	72	66	29	W					Telmo Zarra	36[q]
1950–51	La Liga	7th	30	15	3	12	88	56	33	SF			Copa Eva Duarte	W	Telmo Zarra	49[r]
1951–52	La Liga	2nd	30	17	6	7	78	46	40	R16					Venancio[27]	18
1952–53	La Liga	6th	30	14	4	12	83	52	32	RU					Telmo Zarra	29[o]
1953–54	La Liga	6th	30	12	8	10	54	44	32	QF					Eneko Arieta[28]	17
1954–55	La Liga	3rd	30	15	9	6	78	39	39	W					Eneko Arieta	23
1955–56	La Liga	1st	30	22	4	4	79	31	48	W			Latin Cup	RU	José Luis Artetxe[29]	20
1956–57	La Liga	4th	30	16	5	9	59	45	37	R16	European Cup	QF			Félix Markaida[30]	14
1957–58	La Liga	6th	30	14	4	12	56	48	32	W					José Luis Artetxe	17
1958–59	La Liga	3rd	30	17	2	11	72	33	36	R16					Ignacio Uribe[31]	16
1959–60	La Liga	3rd	30	19	1	10	74	45	39	SF					Félix Markaida	21
1960–61	La Liga	7th	30	12	6	12	42	41	30	QF					Eneko Arieta	14
1961–62	La Liga	5th	30	12	8	10	52	38	32	QF					Eneko Arieta	15
1962–63	La Liga	10th	30	10	8	12	41	40	28	R16					José Argoitia[32]	9
1963–64	La Liga	8th	30	12	5	13	43	40	29	R2					Eneko Arieta	8
1964–65	La Liga	7th	30	13	6	11	36	41	32	SF	Fairs Cup	QF			Antón Arieta[33]	15
1965–66	La Liga	5th	30	14	6	10	43	32	34	RU					Javier Ormaza[34]	16
1966–67	La Liga	7th	30	11	9	10	43	36	31	RU	Fairs Cup	R1	Small World Club Cup	W	José Argoitia	16
1967–68	La Liga	7th	30	11	10	9	51	28	32	QF	Fairs Cup	QF			Fidel Uriarte[35]	26[s]
1968–69	La Liga	11th	30	10	8	12	42	46	28	W	Fairs Cup	QF			Fidel Uriarte	9
1969–70	La Liga	2nd	30	17	7	6	44	20	41	SF	Cup Winners' Cup	R1			Félix Zubiaga[36]	12
1970–71	La Liga	5th	30	14	7	9	40	31	35	R16	Fairs Cup	R1			Fidel Uriarte	12
1971–72	La Liga	9th	34	15	4	15	39	32	34	SF	UEFA Cup	R2			Fidel Uriarte	17
1972–73	La Liga	9th	34	12	9	13	41	38	33	W					Txetxu Rojo[37]	9
1973–74	La Liga	5th	34	15	7	12	35	31	37	R32	Cup Winners' Cup	R2			José Lasa[38]	7
1974–75	La Liga	10th	34	13	7	14	40	42	33	SF					Carlos Ruiz[39]	21[g]
1975–76	La Liga	5th	34	14	11	9	43	38	39	R32					Dani[40]	14
1976–77	La Liga	3rd	34	15	8	11	55	45	38	RU	UEFA Cup	RU			Dani	29
1977–78	La Liga	3rd	34	16	8	10	62	36	40	R16	UEFA Cup	R3			Dani	25
1978–79	La Liga	9th	34	12	10	12	56	46	34	R16	UEFA Cup	R1			Dani	15
1979–80	La Liga	7th	34	15	5	14	52	44	35	R16					Dani	30
1980–81	La Liga	9th	34	14	7	13	64	53	35	SF					Carlos Ruiz	21
1981–82	La Liga	4th	34	18	4	12	63	41	40	QF					Dani	18
1982–83	La Liga	1st	34	22	6	6	71	36	50	QF	UEFA Cup	R1			Dani	23
1983–84	La Liga	1st	34	20	9	5	53	30	49	W	European Cup	R2	Supercopa de España	RU	Manu Sarabia[41]	11
1984–85	La Liga	3rd	34	13	15	6	39	26	41	RU	European Cup	R1	Supercopa de España	W[t]	Dani	10
1985–86	La Liga	3rd	34	17	9	8	44	31	43	SF	UEFA Cup	R3			Manu Sarabia	8
1986–87	La Liga	13th	34	11	9	14	39	40	31	SF	UEFA Cup	R2			Manu Sarabia	12
1987–88	La Liga	4th	38	17	12	9	50	43	46	R16					Pedro Uralde[42]	17
1988–89	La Liga	7th	38	15	12	11	45	35	42	R16	UEFA Cup	R2			Pedro Uralde	17
1989–90	La Liga	12th	38	11	15	12	37	39	37	R16					Ander Garitano[43]	7
1990–91	La Liga	12th	38	15	6	17	41	50	36	R5					Ernesto Valverde[44]	16
1991–92	La Liga	14th	38	13	7	18	38	58	33	QF					Cuco Ziganda[45]	12
1992–93	La Liga	8th	38	17	6	15	53	49	40	R3					Cuco Ziganda	16
1993–94	La Liga	5th	38	16	11	11	61	47	43	R4					Cuco Ziganda	20
1994–95	La Liga	8th	38	16	10	12	39	42	42	QF	UEFA Cup	R3			Julen Guerrero[46]	16
1995–96	La Liga	15th	42	11	15	16	44	55	48	R16					Joseba Etxeberria[47]	10
1996–97	La Liga	6th	42	16	16	10	72	57	64	R4					Cuco Ziganda	17
1997–98	La Liga	2nd	38	17	14	7	52	42	65	QF	UEFA Cup	R2			Joseba Etxeberria	13
1998–99	La Liga	8th	38	17	9	12	53	47	60	R16	Champions League	GS			Ismael Urzaiz[48]	17
1999–2000	La Liga	11th	38	12	14	12	47	57	50	R2					Joseba Etxeberria	11
2000–01	La Liga	12th	38	11	10	17	44	60	43	R16					Ismael Urzaiz	13
2001–02	La Liga	9th	38	14	11	13	54	66	53	SF					Ismael Urzaiz	18
2002–03	La Liga	7th	38	15	10	13	63	61	55	R32					Ismael Urzaiz	15
2003–04	La Liga	5th	38	15	11	12	53	53	56	R64					Fran Yeste[49]	11
2004–05	La Liga	9th	38	14	9	15	59	54	51	SF	UEFA Cup	R32			Ismael Urzaiz	12
2005–06	La Liga	12th	38	11	12	15	40	46	45	R16	Intertoto Cup	R2			Aritz Aduriz[50]	6
2006–07	La Liga	17th	38	10	10	18	44	62	40	R32					Ismael Urzaiz	8
2007–08	La Liga	11th	38	13	11	14	40	43	50	QF					Fernando Llorente[51]	12[u]
2008–09	La Liga	13th	38	12	8	18	47	62	44	RU					Fernando Llorente	18[v]
2009–10	La Liga	8th	38	15	9	14	50	53	54	R32	Europa League	R32	Supercopa de España	RU	Fernando Llorente	23[v]
2010–11	La Liga	6th	38	18	4	16	59	55	58	R16					Fernando Llorente	19[w]
2011–12	La Liga	10th	38	12	13	12	49	52	49	RU	Europa League	RU			Fernando Llorente	29[x]
2012–13	La Liga	12th	38	12	9	17	44	65	45	R32	Europa League	GS			Aritz Aduriz	18[v]
2013–14	La Liga	4th	38	20	10	8	66	39	70	QF					Aritz Aduriz	18[y]
2014–15	La Liga	7th	38	15	10	13	42	41	55	RU	Champions League	GS	Europa League	R32	Aritz Aduriz	26[w]
2015–16	La Liga	5th	38	18	8	12	58	45	62	QF	Europa League	QF	Supercopa de España	W	Aritz Aduriz	36[n]
2016–17	La Liga	7th	38	19	6	13	53	43	63	R16	Europa League	R32			Aritz Aduriz	24[y]
2017–18	La Liga	16th	38	10	13	15	41	49	43	R32	Europa League	R16			Aritz Aduriz	20[z]
2018–19	La Liga	8th	38	13	14	11	41	45	53	R16					Iñaki Williams	14[aa]
2019–20	La Liga	11th	38	13	12	13	41	38	51	RU					Raúl Garcia	15
2020–21	La Liga	10th	38	11	13	14	46	42	46	RU			Supercopa de España	W	Raúl Garcia	10[ab]
2021–22	La Liga	8th	38	14	13	11	43	36	55	SF			Supercopa de España	RU	Iñaki Williams	8
2022–23	La Liga	8th	38	14	9	15	47	43	51	SF					Iñaki Williams	11[ac]
2023–24	La Liga	5th	38	19	11	8	61	37	68	W					Gorka Guruzeta	16[ad]

Winners

Runners-up

Third place

European Cup/Champions League qualification

UEFA Cup/Europa League qualification

Pichichi Trophy

Zarra Trophy

1. Goals scored in all competitions
2. Statistics for the Regional Championships are incomplete; top scorers based on information available
3. Competing as part of Bizcaya
4. Awarded the cup without playing a single match
5. Competing as part of Club Bizcaya
6. The overall top scorer was Víctor Unamuno on 33 (but only 15 in the Liga); Gorostiza is listed due to his Pichichi Trophy achievement
7. 19 goals in the Liga
8. 27 goals in the Liga
9. The overall top scorer was Bata on 29; he also scored 12 in the Liga but from 18 games; Gorostiza is listed due to his Pichichi Trophy achievement
10. 12 goals in the Liga, from 15 games
11. Club competed under the Bilbao Athletic name
12. Club competed under the Bilbao Athletic name
13. Guillermo Gorostiza also scored 29 but only 16 in the Liga; Unamuno is listed due to his Pichichi Trophy achievement
14. 20 goals in the Liga
15. 24 goals in the Liga
16. 34 goals in the Liga
17. 25 goals in the Liga
18. 38 goals in the Liga
19. 22 goals in the Liga
20. Awarded trophy due to winning the League and Cup double
21. 11 goals in the Liga
22. 14 goals in the Liga
23. 18 goals in the Liga
24. 17 goals in the Liga
25. 16 goals in the Liga
26. 9 goals in the Liga
27. 12 goals in the Liga
28. 5 goals in the Liga
29. 10 goals in the Liga
30. 14 goals in the Liga