Club Portugalete is a Spanish football team based in

Portugalete Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The town has 45,766 inhabitants (2019 census) and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located a ...

, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio La Florida'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats.

History

Football arrived to the city of

in the end of the 19th century, with the first club of the city (Athletic Club Portugalete) being created in 1899. The history of Club Portugalete goes back to 1909, when Alfredo Hervias founded ''Club Deportivo Portugalete''. Refounded in 1921 under the name of ''Portugalete Football Club'', the club ceased activities in 1936 due to the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

, returning in 1939 under the name of ''Club Deportivo Portugalete Chiqui'' and acting as a B-team of CD Portugalete (which was already a separated club at that time), but only remaining active for one season. In 1944, the club was refounded as ''Nuevo Club Portugalete'', and switched to the current name in 1956.

Club names

*''Club Deportivo Portugalete'' (1909–1916) *''Portugalete Football Club'' (1921–1936) *''Club Deportivo Portugalete Chiqui'' (1939–1940) *''Nuevo Club Portugalete'' (1944–1956) *''Club Portugalete'' (1956–present)

Season to season

---- *3 seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

*31 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

*1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

Out on loan

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history Estadios de España
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