Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in

Amorebieta-Etxano Amorebieta-Etxano, also known as Zornotza (Spanish, ''Amorebieta-Echano''), is a town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. At the time of the 2019 census, the population of the muni ...

, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Campo Municipal de Urritxe'', which seats 3,000 spectators (1,300 seated).

History

Amorebieta was founded in 1925 after the dissolution of ''Sociedad Deportiva Beti-Arin'' (founded on 2 December 1923). The ''Zornotzarra'' club, alongside 21 other clubs in

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

, joined the Biscayan Football Federation. In the 1926–27 season, the club made an outstanding campaign in its second competitive year. It had as its main rival FBC Durango, who finished in the top position after a tiebreaker match, after both teams totalled 14 points in the season. Despite finishing second, Amorebieta clinched the first promotion of its history, rising one step inside the Biscayan Regional category to play, the next year, in the ''Preferente C'' division. In 1962–63, Amorebieta played in the semi-finals of the Spanish Amateur Championship against

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, losing 0–2 in

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and managing a 2–2 draw in the second leg, thus being eliminated. Eighteen years later, the team finished second in ''Preferente'', and played in a promotion play-off against

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, which won 4–3 in the first leg; however, a 2–0 home triumph in the second match promoted, for the second time in its history, the club to the fourth division, where it remained for the following three decades. On 29 May 2011, Amorebieta was promoted for the first time to

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after beating

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in the 2011 Tercera División play-offs. In its first season in the third tier, the club finished in the fourth position in Group 2 and qualified for the

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, but was eliminated in the first round by Balompédica Linense. In the 2017–18 season Amorebieta finished in the 14th position in Segunda División B, Group 2. The following 2018–19 campaign was more successful, as the club finished eighth. On 22 May 2021, Amorebieta was promoted to the

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for the first time ever by defeating

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in the final round of the

.La SD Amorebieta asalta el Nuevo Vivero y hace historia!
D Amorebieta storms the Nuevo Vivero and makes history

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(in Spanish), 22 May 2021 Immediately they faced their first problem of where to play, as their basic

Urritxe The Campo de Fútbol Municipal Nuevo Urritxe, commonly known as just Urritxe, is a multi-use stadium located in Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of SD Amorebieta. ...

ground did not meet requirements by several measures and would be prohibitive to upgrade, and none of the possible options, including Ipurua in

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and

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outside

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, was an ideal solution. On 17 June, the club reached an agreement with Athletic for the utilisation of Lezama's ground 2, after it was approved by the LFP. On 21 May 2022, Amorebieta was relegated back to the third tier after only one season in second tier.

Season to season

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*10 seasons in

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Current squad

Current technical staff

Honours & achievements

*Promotion to

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: 2010–11 *Promotion to Preferente C: 1926–27 *Promotion to

: 1961–62, 1980–81

Former players

Perhap's Amorebieta's most successful former player is

Xabier Etxeita Xabier Etxeita Gorritxategi (; ; born 31 October 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for SD Amorebieta mainly as a centre-back. Club career Born in Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Etxeita finished his development within Athletic B ...

, who began his career at his hometown club before moving on to

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, where he was a winner of the 2015 Supercopa de España and was capped by

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. Amorebieta have close ties with Athletic, and several players have appeared for both clubs.

Reserve team

Amorebieta's

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, ''SD Amorebieta B'', was founded in 2003 and plays in the ''Primera División de Vizcaya'', which corresponds to the sixth division. In September 2021, a second reserve team called ''SD Amorebieta C'' was incorporated into the club's structure.

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Estadios de España
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