Iraurgi Saski Baloia, also known as Sammic Hostelería for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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team based in

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, Basque Country,

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. Founded in 1975, the men's team currently plays in

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and the women's team in the

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History

Iraurgi was founded in 1975 and takes its name from the Iraurgi valley, located between

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and

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. In its first seasons, the club played the provincial competitions of

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. In 2005, the men's club made its debut in national competition by playing the

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. The club grew up in the league and in 2009 qualified for the first time to the promotion playoffs to

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, achieving promotion in their second attempt, in 2010. The club finished in the last position after its debut season, but remained in the league after the existence of vacant spots. Six years later, on 15 April 2017, the club clinched the title of the 2016–17 LEB Plata and achieved promotion to

, second division. Previously in 2015, the women's team clinched promotion to

but was not admitted in the league by the

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. However, Iraurgi finally registered in the first division, where in their only season they only won two matches out of 26, being relegated to Liga Femenina 2.

Current roster

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Men's team

: (1) ** 2016–17 *

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: (1) ** 2019–20 *

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: (1) **2014

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
* Ondrej Hanzlik * Manny Súarez * Pavel Savkov

References

External links

Official website
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