SD Amorebieta

SD Amorebieta

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta
Nickname(s)	Urdinak Azules (Blues)
Founded	4 January 1925; 99 years ago (4 January 1925)
Ground	Instalaciones de Lezama Campo 2, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Capacity	3,250
President	Jon Larrea
Head coach	Jandro Castro
League	Primera Federación – Group 1
2022–23	Segunda División, 19th of 22 (relegated)
Website	sdamorebieta.net
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home games temporarily at the Lezama Facilities outside Bilbao (its own ground Campo Municipal de Urritxe was not approved for use at that level).

History

Amorebieta was founded in 1925 after the dissolution 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 its 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 was 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] On 21 May 2022, Amorebieta was relegated back to the third tier. On 27 May 2023, the team bounced back to the second division (they would play at Lezama again in 2023–24). However, in next season, met a same fate as 2 years ago, finished in 19th and relegated back to third tier.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1939–40 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1940–41 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1941–42 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1942–43 4 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 First round 2021–22 2 2ª 19th Second round 2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 1st First round 2023–24 2 2ª 19th Round of 32 2024–25 3 1ª Fed.

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• 2 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Primera Federación
• 10 seasons in Segunda División B
• 36 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 11 September 2024.[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Unai Marino 2 DF  ESP Álex Carbonell 3 DF  ESP Sergio Camacho 4 DF  ESP Mikel Kortazar 5 DF  ESP Jon Ander Amelibia 6 MF  JPN Pipi Nakai (on loan from Real Madrid) 7 FW  ESP Dani Selma 8 MF  ESP Julen Jon Guerrero (on loan from Alavés) 9 FW  ESP Kaxe 10 MF  ESP Berto González 11 MF  ESP Pablo Hervías 13 GK  ESP Gaizka Campos 14 MF  CMR Nassourou Ben Hamed (on loan from Moralo)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ESP Jon Aurtenetxe 17 MF  ESP Iñigo Muñoz 18 MF  FRA Aly Coulibaly 19 MF  ESP Mauro Bravo 20 DF  ESP Enol Coto 21 MF  ESP Álvaro Marín (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 22 MF  ESP Álvaro Yuste (on loan from Alcorcón) 23 DF  ESP Jordi Calavera 26 MF  COL Harold Reyes 27 FW  ESP Iker Rekagorri 28 MF  ESP Peru Candaudap 30 GK  ESP Yannick Pedrosa 33 DF  ESP Abderrahim Issakhi

Reserve team

Main article: SD Amorebieta B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Julen Guerrero
Assistant coach	Bernat Vizcaya Jordi Martín
Fitness coach	Aitor Baraia
Goalkeeping coach	Axel Alkorta
Physiotherapist	Zohiartze Moral
Match delegate	Iker Zarate

Last updated: 11 September 2024
Source: SD Amorebieta (in Spanish)

Honours & achievements

• Promotion to Segunda División: 2020–21,[4] 2022–23
• Primera Federación:[a] 2022–23
• Tercera División:[b] 2010–11[c]
• Promotion to Preferente C: 1926–27
• Promotion to Tercera División: 1961–62, 1980–81

1. Third tier
2. Fourth tier
3. Promoted in play-offs

Former players

Main page: Category:SD Amorebieta footballers

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 before eventually returning in 2022. 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 eighth division.[8] In September 2021, shortly after the B-team returned to action after one year of inactivity, a second reserve team called SD Amorebieta C was incorporated into the club's structure.[9]

References

1. Spain - Amateur Champions (Campeonato de España Amateur) 1930-1987, RSSSF, 20 May 2020
2. "Segunda División B Grupo 2 - Grupo 2, Temporada 2017/2018". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
3. "Histórico Amorebieta - Segunda División B G 2 2018/2019". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
4. La SD Amorebieta asalta el Nuevo Vivero y hace historia! [SD Amorebieta storms the Nuevo Vivero and makes history], RFEF (in Spanish), 22 May 2021
5. ¿Y dónde jugará ahora el Amorebieta? [And where will Amorebieta play now?], El Correo (in Spanish), 23 May 2021
6. "La Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta disputará en Lezama sus partidos como local de LaLiga SmartBank" [Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta will play their home matches in the LaLiga SmartBank at Lezama] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
7. "SD Amorebieta". SD Amorebieta. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
8. "Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta B" (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
9. "SD Amorebieta C, nuevo equipo en la estructura azul" [SD Amorebieta C, new team in the blues structure] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

External links

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

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