Oiartzun Kirol Elkartea is a Spanish
football club from
Oiartzun,
Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...
, founded in 1975. It is best known for its
women's section, established in 1981.
History
Oiartzun was one of the leading teams in the first years of organized women's football in Spain, winning the
national championship
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
in 1987 and 1988 and the
national league
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in 1991. However, in 1993 the team was relegated for financial reasons to the second tier, which became four years later the top category as the División de Honor was disbanded. Meanwhile, Oiartzun reached the semifinals of the Copa de la Reina in 1996 and 1997.
When
RFEF launched the Superliga Femenina in 2001 Oiartzun was registered in second tier
Primera Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...
. Oiartzun has played the promotion play-offs in four occasions but it was defeated by
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Found ...
in 2004,
UD Collerense in 2009,
SD Reocín in 2010 and
Sevilla FC
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in 2012. Oiartzun finally returned to the top tier
Primera División for the 2015–2016 season, but was relegated again at the end of the
2016–17 Primera División season. Its
traditional rival is
Añorga KKE.
Music for a Basque derby.
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Season to season
Honours
* Campeonato Nacional
** 1987, 1988
* Liga Nacional
** 1991
References
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External links
Oiartzun
at ''Txapeldunak''
Women's football clubs in Spain
Association football clubs established in 1975
Football clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
1975 establishments in Spain