SD Eibar

Eibar

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Eibar, S.A.D.
Founded	1940
Ground	Ipurua, Eibar, Basque Country, Spain (Capacity: 5,250)
Chairman	Alex Aranzábal
Manager	Javier Mandiola
League	2ªB – Group 2
2010–11	2ªB – Group 2, 1st
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Sociedad Deportiva Eibar, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B.

Eibar plays in azulgrana – claret and blue, with blue shorts, holding home games at Estadio Municipal de Ipurua.

History

Formed by the merger of Deportivo Gallo and Unión Deportiva Eibarresa, the club was originally known as Eibar Fútbol Club, before changing to Sociedad Deportiva Eibar. Originally an irregular team, it wasn't until the 1943–44 season that it were reorganised into a more full-time unit.

Promoted to the third division in 1950, Eibar achieved promotion to the upper level three seasons later, being relegated again after a five-season stint, and competing in division three for 25 of the following 28 years (in 1977, Tercera División became the fourth level, after the creation of Segunda División B). In 1988, the team returned to the "silver category".

Eibar club was relegated to the third divisio at the end of 2005–06. However, it won Segunda B (group IV) in the immediate season and, during the promotion play-offs, won the semi-final tie against CE L'Hospitalet 2–0, beating Rayo Vallecano 2–1 on aggregate in the finals, returning after just a one-year absence.

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1949/50 Regional — 1950/51 3ª 1st 1951/52 3ª 2nd 1952/53 3ª 1st 1953/54 2ª 7th 1954/55 2ª 8th 1955/56 2ª 14th 1956/57 2ª 10th 1957/58 2ª 17th 1958/59 3ª 2nd 1959/60 3ª 7th 1960/61 3ª 3rd 1961/62 3ª 1st 1962/63 3ª 1st 1963/64 3ª 2nd 1964/65 3ª 2nd 1965/66 3ª 2nd 1966/67 3ª 1st 1967/68 3ª 2nd

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1968/69 3ª 6th 1969/70 3ª 2nd 1970/71 3ª 7th 1971/72 3ª 4th 1972/73 3ª 12th 1973/74 3ª 2nd 1974/75 3ª 16th 1975/76 3ª 19th 1976/77 Regional — 1977/78 Regional — 1978/79 Regional — 1979/80 3ª 4th 1980/81 3ª 3rd 1981/82 3ª 1st 1982/83 3ª 2nd 1983/84 3ª 2nd 1984/85 3ª 2nd 1985/86 3ª 1st 1986/87 2ªB 7th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1987/88 2ªB 1st 1988/89 2ª 16th 1989/90 2ª 16th 1990/91 2ª 10th 1991/92 2ª 12th 1992/93 2ª 16th 1993/94 2ª 10th 1994/95 2ª 5th 1995/96 2ª 12th 1996/97 2ª 5th 1997/98 2ª 10th 1998/99 2ª 18th 1999/00 2ª 11th 2000/01 2ª 15th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2001/02 2ª 8th 2002/03 2ª 17th 2003/04 2ª 10th 2004/05 2ª 4th 2005/06 2ª 22nd 2006/07 2ªB 1st 2007/08 2ª 13th 2008/09 2ª 21st 2nd Round 2009/10 2ªB 2nd 2010/11 2ªB 1st First round 2011/12 2ªB —

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• 25 seasons in Segunda División
• 5 seasons in Segunda División B
• 28 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Zigor 2 DF José Rodríguez 3 DF Gorka Kijera 4 DF Txema Añibarro 5 DF Jon Urzelai 6 MF Nacho Garro 8 MF Jon Altuna 7 FW Roberto Cuevas 9 FW Juan Domínguez (on loan from Gimnàstic) 11 MF Álex García 13 MF Diego Cascón

No. Position Player 14 MF Iñigo Ros 15 FW Lago Júnior 16 MF Mikel Abaroa 17 MF Roberto Lombraña 18 DF José Munera 19 MF Vincent Weijl 20 DF José Espín 21 MF Alfonso Valín 22 MF Raúl Gañán 23 GK Xabi 24 MF Bingen Erdozia

Honours / Achievements

• Fourth Division: 1950–51, 1952–53, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1981–82, 1985–86
• Third Division: 1987–88, 2006–07, 2010–11
• Promotion to the Fourth Division: 1949–50
• Promotion to the Second Division: 1987–88

Stadium

Eibar's home stadium is Estadio Municipal de Ipurua, which seats 5,250 spectators.

Famous players

Frederic Peiremans Avimileth Rivas Igor Lediakhov Manuel Almunia Xabi Alonso Roberto Echeverria Ciriaco Errasti Ramón Gabilondo José Garate

Gaizka Garitano José Garmendia Pepe Muguerza Asier Riesgo David Silva Aitor López Rekarte Federico Magallanes Iván Pailos Ricardo Varela

see also Category:SD Eibar footballers

See also

• SD Eibar B, reserve team.

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)