Deportivo Alavés B, S.A.D., usually known as Alavés B, is a Spanish football team based in

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, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1959 it is the

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Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

, and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 2, holding home matches at Instalaciones de Ibaia-José Luis Compañon, the club's training facilities with 2,500 seat-capacity. The team's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt, blue shorts and white socks.

League history

The league placings have largely mirrored the fortunes of the senior team. From their formation in the 1960s until the late 1990s, Alavés B competed only in the fourth ( Tercera Grupo IV) or fifth ( Preferente de Álava) tiers. They achieved promotion to

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 ...

in 1999, a year after the seniors climbed to

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. Alavés B remained in the third level for seven seasons, usually finishing mid-table, until demotion in 2005-06, the same year that the main side was relegated amid economic turmoil under

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. During the 2000s, Alavés B practically not contributed players to the Alavés first team, which has been almost exclusively nourished by foreign signings, and the decline of the club continued when the senior side themselves dropped into Segunda División B in 2009, while the B team were relegated back down to the fifth level. It took Alavés B only two seasons to regain fourth-level status whereas the seniors took four years to rise again to the second level, but they then gained promotion to La Liga after three further seasons while the B team stayed put in Tercera División from that point on; they eventually gained promotion in 2018–19 via the

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Season to season

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Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda División RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B-Segunda Federación, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by t ...

*20 seasons in

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*1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Honours

**Champions (1): 2016–17 * RFEF Basque tournament **Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Notable players

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* Iñaki Garmendia *

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* Juan Cruz Ochoa *

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* Nacho Rodríguez * Asier Salcedo * Josu Sarriegi * Fernando Seoane *

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References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

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