SD Eibar Femenino is a Spanish women's football team from Eibar,

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, currently playing in the

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. It is the women's section of

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

. Below the first team, the club also incorporates a senior B-team playing at the provincial fourth level, plus three youth teams.

History

Eibar women's team was founded in 1991 as Eibartarrak Futbol Taldea. Eibartarrak reached the

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final and won the Supercopa in 1999, and was the

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's runner-up two years later. However, it wasn't included in the unified 2001–2002

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, instead playing in Primera Nacional. In 2003 it adopted SD Eibar's name (as Eibar-Eibartarrak) and kit, while remaining an independent club. In 2009 it finally became a section of SD Eibar, and was promoted to the Superliga following a reform of the competition. Eibar was relegated two years later. In 2017–18, Eibar posted their best result for a decade with a 3rd-place finish in the second tier, in a season which was seen as successful for all teams attached to the club. In 2019–20, Eibar was granted promotion to the

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as the team ranked second behind

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(not eligible for promotion) when the league was ended prematurely due to the

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Players

Current squad

Season by season

Notable players

Honours

;As Eibartarrak *

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(first tier): runners-up 2000–01 *

: runners-up 1999 *

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: 1999 ;As Eibar * Basque Regional League (third tier): 2014–15

References

External links

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