Sociedad Deportiva Eibar Urko is a Spanish football team based in Eibar,

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 ...

, in the autonomous community of the

Basque Country Basque Country may refer to: * Basque Country (autonomous community), as used in Spain ( es, País Vasco, link=no), also called , an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map) * French Basque Country o ...

. Founded in 2014, it is the second

reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

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 ...

, and plays in , holding home matches in the

Unbe Sports Complex The Unbe Sports Complex ( eu, Unbe Kirol Konplexua, es, Complejo Deportivo de Unbe) is a sports complex in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain. It is the home venue of the Primera Federación women's football team SD Eibar and used to be the ...

History

Founded in 2014 as ''Urkomendi 14 Futbol Kirol'' (named after a local mountain), the club was created to accommodate young players who were released from

. In June 2016, the club – then playing in the sixth-level Preferente de Guipúzcoa – joined the structure of Eibar, and became their second

, behind CD Vitoria; they also changed name to ''SD Eibar Urko''. Eibar Urko achieved a first-ever promotion to the fifth division in 2018, and seemed set to advance further to the regional fourth tier (

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

) as 2019 champions of Gipuzkoa; however, Vitoria's relegation from the third level at the same time blocked Urko's promotion due to rules preventing teams owned by the same club competing in the same division. This also meant Urko could not be promoted at the end of the 2019–20 season either unless Vitoria achieved the same goal, but they were eliminated from the

2020 Tercera División play-offs The 2020 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2019–20 Tercera División to 2020–21 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each gro ...

. The outcome in 2020–21 was similar: Urko were permitted to take part in their promotion playoffs, although there was no possibility of going up as Vitoria did not qualify from theirs. It occurred again two years later, but in 2023–24 the goal was achieved – Vitoria won their

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisions ...

group and Eibar Urko were Gipuzkoa champions again, both being promoted directly.

Season to season

References

External links

Official website

Fútbol Regional profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eibar Urko SD Eibar Association football clubs established in 2014 Football clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community) 2014 establishments in Spain Spanish reserve football teams