CD Vitoria
Club Deportivo Vitoria is a football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1945, its senior side is currently the farm team of SD Eibar and plays in Tercera División – Group 4, with its ground for home fixtures being the Unbe Sports Complex in Eibar, Gipuzkoa.[2]
Full name | Club Deportivo Vitoria | ||
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Founded | 1945[1] as S. D. Armentia y Corres | ||
Ground | Unbe, Eibar, Spain[2] | ||
Capacity | 4,000[3] | ||
President | Jorge Ríos | ||
Head coach | Iban Fagoaga | ||
League | 3ª – Group 4 | ||
2019–20 | 3ª – Group 4, 3rd | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The club also has a B-team – competing at the provincial fifth tier level – and a full youth system within its football section, as well as a basketball section.[1]
History
CD Vitoria was founded in 1945 and played in regional categories, promoting several times to third level.[4] Historically, CD Vitoria had their own grounds (Campo Municipal Vitoriana)[5] but for some years had played their home matches at the Betoño Sports Complex.[6] In 2011, they gained promotion from the fifth tier with an unbeaten record.[1]
In 2015, the club signed a collaboration agreement with SD Eibar and started to act as its farm team,[7][8] initially playing home matches at Arrate stadium, in Nanclares de la Oca.[9] Eibar had previously disbanded their own B team in 2012 to cut costs while their senior team languished in Segunda División B, but they were promoted up to La Liga in successive seasons and decided to seek a new formal arrangement for a subsidiary club.[10] A few months after the agreement, Eibar acquired a local team to act as a further link between the youth level and Vitoria, to be known as Eibar Urko.[11]
One year later, the club was promoted to Segunda División B for the first time, and moved back to Vitoria-Gasteiz to play at Estadio Olaranbe.[12][13] This decision was controversial as both Deportivo Alavés and Aurrerá Vitoria (owner of the stadium until 1999) protested against it, claiming that the statutes of the ground only allowed its use by teams from the province of Álava – Vitoria met this requirement, but parent club Eibar (from Gipuzkoa) did not.[14]
After securing their status in the division for a second season,[15][16] in August 2018 Vitoria announced they would play their Segunda División B games at Estadio Ellakuri in the municipality of Laudio/Llodio, while maintaining their base football structure in Vitoria-Gasteiz.[17] They were relegated in 2018–19,[18] which also blocked Eibar Urko's promotion from the provincial level due to rules preventing teams owned by the same club competing in the same division.[18] After Vitoria dropped down to the Tercera, home matches were moved to Eibar, playing at the town's Unbe Sports Complex.[2] The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain led to the following season being halted early, but eventually the 2020 Tercera División play-offs took place: Vitoria were involved but failed to be promoted, again also blocking Urko's promotion.[19]
Season to season
- As a separate club
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- As a farm team
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- 2 seasons in Segunda División B
- 12 seasons in Tercera División
Current squad
- As of 21 October 2020[20]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). CD Vitoria. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "El filial CD Vitoria jugará sus partidos como local en Eibar" [Vitoria moves to Unbe Sports Complex in Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 8 August 2019.
- "CD Vitoria - Tercera División G 4". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- "Historia CD Vitoria informacion e imagenes historicas del club". www.clubdeportivovitoria.es. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "Campo de fútbol La Vitoriana" [La Vitoriana football field] (in Spanish). Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "El Alavés B se salva a costa de golear al Vitoria" [Alavés B saved by thrashing Vitoria]. El Correo (in Spanish). 4 May 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "El CD Vitoria será filial de la SD Eibar" [CD Vitoria will be the affiliate of SD Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- "El CD Vitoria será el filial del Eibar" [CD Vitoria will be the subsidiary of Eibar] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- "EL CD Vitoria renueva su convenio con S.D. Eibar hasta 2020". CD Vitoria. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "El Eibar podría tener un filial en Tercera a partir de la próxima temporada" [Eibar could have a subsidiary in Tercera from next season] (in Spanish). Diario Vasco. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- "El SD Eibar refuerza el fútbol base con la compra del Urkomendi" [Eibar strengthens their academy by acquiring Urkomendi)] (in Spanish). Palco23.com. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- "Campos de fútbol Olaranbe" [Olaranbe football fields] (in Spanish). Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "El CD Vitoria jugará en Olaranbe los partidos de Segunda B" [CD Vitoria will play its Segunda B matches at Olaranbe]. Gasteiz Hoy (in Spanish). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "El Aurrerá acusa al Ayuntamiento de ceder Olarambe al filial del Eibar (Gipuzkoa)" [Aurrerá accuses the City Council of transferring Olarambe to the subsidiary of Eibar (Gipuzkoa)] (in Spanish). Kirol express. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- "El Eibar consolida su estrategia con la base" [Eibar consolidates its strategy with the base]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- "El Eibar presume de cantera" [Eibar boasts a quarry]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- "El CD Vitoria se muda a Llodio para sus partidos de Segunda B" [CD Vitoria moves to Llodio for its Segunda B games] (in Spanish). Gasteiz Hoy. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- "Fran Garagarza califica de "sobresaliente" la temporada del primer equipo" [Fran Garagarza describes the first team's season as "outstanding"] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- "0-0. El Sestao apea al Vitoria y se jugará el ascenso con el Portugalete" [0-0. Sestao stops Vitoria and promotion will be played with Portugalete] (in Spanish). Norte Expres. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- "Plantilla" [Squad] (in Spanish). CD Vitoria. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Estadios de España (in English)
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)