SD Amorebieta

SD Amorebieta

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta
Nickname(s)	Urdinak Azules (Blues)
Founded	4 January 1925; 96 years ago (4 January 1925)
Ground	Urritxe, Amorebieta, Basque Country, Spain
Capacity	3,000
President	Jon Larrea
Head coach	Iñigo Vélez
League	Segunda División
2020–21	2ª B – Group 2 (A), 3rd of 11 2ª B – Group 2 (C), 3rd of 6
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded on 1925 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Campo Municipal de Urritxe, which seats 3,000 spectators (1,300 seated).

History[]

Amorebieta was founded in 1925 after the disappearance of Sociedad Deportiva Beti-Arin (founded on 2 December 1923). The Zornotzarra club, alongside 21 other clubs in Biscay, joined the Biscayan Football Federation.

In the 1926–27 season, the club made an outstanding campaign in his second competitive year. It had as its main rival FBC Durango, who finished in the top position after a tiebreaker match, after both teams totalled 14 points in the season. Despite finishing second, Amorebieta clinched the first promotion of its history, rising one step inside the Biscayan Regional category to play, the next year, in the Preferente C division.

In 1962–63, Amorebieta played in the semi-finals of the Spanish Amateur Championship^[1] against Real Madrid's farm team, losing 0–2 in Vallecas and managing a 2–2 draw in the second leg, thus being eliminated.

Eighteen years later, the team finished second in Preferente, and played in a promotion play-off against Mondragón CF, which won 4–3 in the first leg; however, a 2–0 home triumph in the second match promoted, for the second time in its history, the club to the fourth division, where it remained for the following three decades.

On 29 May 2011, Amorebieta promoted for the first time to Segunda División B after beating CD Manacor in the 2011 Tercera División play-offs. In its first season in the third tier, the club finished in the fourth position in Group 2 and qualified for the promotion play-offs, but was eliminated in the first round by Balompédica Linense. In the 2017–18 season Amorebieta finished in the 14th position in Segunda División B, Group 2.^[2] The following 2018–19 campaign was more successful, as the club finished eighth.^[3]

On 22 May 2021, Amorebieta was promoted to the Segunda División for the first time ever by defeating Badajoz in the final round of the promotion play-offs.^[4] Immediately they faced their first problem of where to play, as their basic Urritxe ground did not meet requirements by several measures and would be prohibitive to upgrade, and none of the possible options, including Ipurua in Eibar and Lezama outside Bilbao, was an ideal solution.^[5] On 17 June, the club reached an agreement with Athletic for the utilisation of Lezama's ground 2, after it was approved by the LFP.^[6]

Season to season[]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1939–40 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1940–41 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1941–42 6 2ª Reg. 1st 1942–43 5 1ª Reg. B 2nd 1943–44 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1944–45 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1945–46 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1946–47 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1947–48 5 2ª Reg. 6th 1948–49 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1949–50 5 2ª Reg. 8th 1950–51 5 2ª Reg. 6th 1951–52 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1952–53 5 2ª Reg. 9th 1953–54 5 2ª Reg. 7th 1954–55 5 2ª Reg. 8th 1955–56 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1956–57 5 2ª Reg. 4th 1957–58 5 2ª Reg. 6th 1958–59 5 2ª Reg. 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1959–60 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1961–62 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1962–63 3 3ª 3rd 1963–64 3 3ª 10th 1964–65 3 3ª 7th 1965–66 3 3ª 3rd 1966–67 3 3ª 12th 1967–68 3 3ª 12th 1968–69 4 Reg. Pref. 7th 1969–70 4 Reg. Pref. 5th 1970–71 4 Reg. Pref. 9th 1971–72 4 Reg. Pref. 18th 1972–73 5 1ª Reg. 5th 1973–74 5 1ª Reg. 3rd 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 13th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 13th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 18th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 14th 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 6th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1981–82 4 3ª 5th 1982–83 4 3ª 3rd First round 1983–84 4 3ª 9th First round 1984–85 4 3ª 3rd 1985–86 4 3ª 5th First round 1986–87 4 3ª 5th First round 1987–88 4 3ª 9th First round 1988–89 4 3ª 16th 1989–90 4 3ª 12th 1990–91 4 3ª 4th 1991–92 4 3ª 4th First round 1992–93 4 3ª 14th Second round 1993–94 4 3ª 17th 1994–95 4 3ª 12th 1995–96 4 3ª 10th 1996–97 4 3ª 13th 1997–98 4 3ª 4th 1998–99 4 3ª 14th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1999–2000 4 3ª 12th 2000–01 4 3ª 13th 2001–02 4 3ª 4th 2002–03 4 3ª 13th 2003–04 4 3ª 13th 2004–05 4 3ª 13th 2005–06 4 3ª 3rd 2006–07 4 3ª 2nd 2007–08 4 3ª 10th 2008–09 4 3ª 10th 2009–10 4 3ª 3rd 2010–11 4 3ª 1st 2011–12 3 2ª B 4th First round 2012–13 3 2ª B 6th First round 2013–14 3 2ª B 10th First round 2014–15 3 2ª B 10th First round 2015–16 3 2ª B 9th 2016–17 3 2ª B 14th Third round 2017–18 3 2ª B 14th 2018–19 3 2ª B 8th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2019–20 3 2ª B 6th First round 2020–21 3 2ª B 3rd / 3rd First round 2021–22 2 2ª

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• 1 season in Segunda División
• 10 seasons in Segunda División B
• 36 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad[]

As of 25 August 2021^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Mikel Saizar 2 DF  ESP 3 DF  ESP Josu Ozkoidi 4 DF  ESP Aitor Arregi 5 MF  ESP Lander Olaetxea 6 MF  ESP Iker Bilbao 7 FW  ESP Iker Unzueta 8 MF  ESP Gorka Larrucea 9 FW  ESP Koldo Obieta 10 MF  ESP Mikel Álvaro 11 MF  ESP Iker Seguín (captain) 12 MF  ESP Mikel San José 13 GK  ESP Roberto Santamaría

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ESP 15 DF  ESP Oier Luengo 16 MF  ESP Markel Lozano 17 FW  ESP Iker Amorrortu 18 MF  ESP Álvaro Peña 19 DF  ESP Jon Irazabal 20 FW  ESP Iñigo Orozco 21 DF  ESP Aimar Sagastibeltza 22 DF  ESP Óscar Gil 23 MF  ESP Asier Etxaburu 24 FW  ESP Gorka Guruzeta 25 FW  ESP Gaizka Larrazabal (on loan from Zaragoza) 30 GK  ESP

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ESP (at until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP (at Arenas Getxo until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP (at Sestao River until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP (at Leioa until 30 June 2022)

Honours / Achievements[]

• Promotion to Segunda División: 2020–21^[4]
• Tercera División:^[a] 2010–11^[b]
• Promotion to Preferente C: 1926–27
• Promotion to Tercera División: 1961–62, 1980–81

Former players[]

Perhap's Amorebieta's most successful former player is Xabier Etxeita, who began his career at his hometown club before moving on to Athletic Bilbao, where he was a winner of the 2015 Supercopa de España and was capped by Spain. Amorebieta have close ties with Athletic, and several players have appeared for both clubs.

Reserve team[]

Amorebieta's reserve team, SD Amorebieta B, was founded in 2003 and plays in the Primera División de Vizcaya, which corresponds to the sixth division.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Basque)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Estadios de España (in English)

Coordinates: 43°13′17″N 2°43′30″W / 43.221348°N 2.724883°W / 43.221348; -2.724883