SD Amorebieta

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Template:Spanish football updater, 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 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. The following 2018–19 campaign was more successful, as the club finished eighth.

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. 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. 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. 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, the next season, they met the same fate as 2 years earlier, finishing 19th and being relegated back to the third tier. On 3 May 2025, Amorebieta suffered another relegation to the fourth level, following a 0-2 loss to Barakaldo.

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. 20th First round 2025–26 4 2ª Fed.

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

Current squad

As of 6 February 2025.

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	Template:Fba/core	Unai Marino
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	Álex Carbonell
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Sergio Camacho
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Mikel Kortazar
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Jon Ander Amelibia
7	FW	Template:Fba/core	Dani Selma
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Aimar Vicandi (on loan from Athletic Bilbao B)
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Kaxe
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Berto González
11	MF	Template:Fba/core	Pablo Hervías
12	MF	Template:Fba/core	Javi Sola (on loan from Athletic Bilbao B)
13	GK	Template:Fba/core	Gaizka Campos
14	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nassourou Ben Hamed (on loan from Moralo)
15	DF	Template:Fba/core	Jon Aurtenetxe

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	Template:Fba/core	José Masllorens (on loan from Granada B)
17	MF	Template:Fba/core	Iñigo Muñoz
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	Aly Coulibaly
19	MF	Template:Fba/core	Mauro Bravo
20	DF	Template:Fba/core	Enol Coto
21	MF	Template:Fba/core	Álvaro Marín (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
22	MF	Template:Fba/core	Álvaro Yuste (on loan from Alcorcón)
23	DF	Template:Fba/core	Jordi Calavera
24	FW	Template:Fba/core	Eric Pérez (on loan from Eibar)
25	GK	Template:Fba/core	Javi Montoya
27	FW	Template:Fba/core	Iker Rekagorri
28	MF	Template:Fba/core	Peru Candaudap
30	GK	Template:Fba/core	Yannick Pedrosa
33	DF	Template:Fba/core	Abderrahim Issakhi

Reserve team

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	Template:Flagicon Julen Guerrero
Assistant coach	Template:Flagicon Bernat Vizcaya Template:Flagicon Jordi Martín
Fitness coach	Template:Flagicon Aitor Baraia
Goalkeeping coach	Template:Flagicon Axel Alkorta
Physiotherapist	Template:Flagicon Zohiartze Moral
Match delegate	Template:Flagicon Iker Zarate

Last updated: 11 September 2024
Source: SD Amorebieta Template:In lang

Honours & achievements

• Promotion to Segunda División: 2020–21, 2022–23
• Primera Federación:Template:Efn 2022–23
• Tercera División:Template:Efn 2010–11Template:Efn
• 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 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. 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.

External links

• Official website Template:In lang
• Futbolme team profile Template:In lang
• Estadios de España Template:In lang