SD Amorebieta
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Amorebieta
Nickname(s)Urdinak
Azules (Blues)
Founded4 January 1925 (4 January 1925)
GroundInstalaciones de Lezama Campo 2, Bilbao,
Basque Country, Spain
Capacity3,250
PresidentJon Larrea
Head coachJandro Castro
LeagueSegunda División
2022–23Primera Federación – Group 2, 1st of 20 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games temporarily at the Lezama Facilities outside Bilbao (their 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).

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 3rd
1963–64 3 10th
1964–65 3 7th
1965–66 3 3rd
1966–67 3 12th
1967–68 3 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 5th
1982–83 4 3rd First round
1983–84 4 9th First round
1984–85 4 3rd
1985–86 4 5th First round
1986–87 4 5th First round
1987–88 4 9th First round
1988–89 4 16th
1989–90 4 12th
1990–91 4 4th
1991–92 4 4th First round
1992–93 4 14th Second round
1993–94 4 17th
1994–95 4 12th
1995–96 4 10th
1996–97 4 13th
1997–98 4 4th
1998–99 4 14th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1999–2000 4 12th
2000–01 4 13th
2001–02 4 4th
2002–03 4 13th
2003–04 4 13th
2004–05 4 13th
2005–06 4 3rd
2006–07 4 2nd
2007–08 4 10th
2008–09 4 10th
2009–10 4 3rd
2010–11 4 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 19th Second round
2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 1st First round
2023–24 2 Round of 32

    Current squad

    As of 2 September 2023.[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 Spain ESP Unai Marino
    2 DF Spain ESP Jorge Mier
    3 DF Spain ESP Xabi Etxeita
    4 DF Spain ESP Manu Hernando
    7 MF Spain ESP Josué Dorrio
    8 MF Spain ESP Erik Morán
    9 FW Spain ESP Eneko Jauregi
    10 MF Australia AUS Ryan Edwards
    11 MF Spain ESP Iker Seguín (captain)
    13 GK Spain ESP Jonmi Magunagoitia
    14 MF Spain ESP Javi Eraso
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    15 DF Spain ESP Álvaro Núñez
    16 DF Spain ESP Daniel Lasure
    17 MF Spain ESP Rayco Rodríguez
    19 FW Spain ESP Javier Avilés (on loan from Leganés)
    20 MF Ghana GHA Kwasi Sibo
    21 MF Spain ESP Àlex Carbonell
    22 MF Spain ESP Jon Morcillo (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
    24 DF Spain ESP Josep Gayá (on loan from Mallorca)
    27 MF Colombia COL Luis Quintero (on loan from Villarreal)
    28 DF Spain ESP Félix Garreta (on loan from Betis)
    30 GK Spain ESP Pablo Cuñat (on loan from Levante)

    Reserve team

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

    No. Pos. Nation Player

    Current technical staff

    Position Staff
    Head coach Spain Jandro Castro
    Assistant coach Spain Unai Zubiaur
    Fitness coach Spain Xanti Pérez
    Goalkeeping coach Spain Rufino Lekué
    Doctor Spain Markel Arregi
    Physiotherapist Spain Danel Etxeberria
    Spain Juan Sebastián Conde
    Kit man Spain Ioritz Madariaga
    Match delegate Spain Mikel Arregi
    Psychologist Spain Zigor Egiarte
    Sport readaptator Spain Álex González

    Last updated: 8 November 2021
    Source: SD Amorebieta (in Spanish)

    Honours & achievements

    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 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 - segunda b españa, segunda b, segunda division b de españa,". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
    3. "Histórico Amorebieta - Segunda División B G 2 2018/2019". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
    4. 1 2 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.

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