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Sociedad Deportiva Itxako, known as Asfi Itxako for sponsorship reasons, was a Spanish women's handball team from
Estella-Lizarra Estella (Spanish) or Lizarra (Basque) is a town located in the autonomous community of Navarre, in northern Spain. It lies south west of Pamplona, close to the border with La Rioja and Álava. The town was founded in 1090 when the place, lying by ...
, Navarre. Itxako were four times Spanish league winners and the
EHF Women's Champions League The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top n ...
runners-up.


History

Itxako Reyno de Navarra is the professional top level women's team of the S.D. Itxako ( es, Sociedad Deportiva Itxako, Itxako Sports Society). The S.D. was founded in 1972. The women's handball department started in 1990 with a young age category team. Ten years later, in 2000, the senior team won the promotion to the top division for women's clubs in Spain, Honor Division ( es, División de Honor). Itxako's first appearance in a European competition was the
Women's EHF Cup The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...
2003/04. They were defeated at the eight-finals by Győri Audi ETO KC. In 2008 they finished second in the Spanish league, tied in points with the winner Elda Prestigio. Also during that season Itxako reached the finals of the EHF Cup but lost the title to Russian club HC Dinamo Volgograd. 2009 brought the first title of the club when Itxako secured the first place at the Spanish league. The success was doubled when they won the EHF Cup against German club HC Leipzig. The club didn't enrolled any handball team for 2013–14 season as they are experiencing serious financial problems from 2011 after losing main sponsor Asfi. Finally, on 17 October 2013, the club was liquidated by a court order.


Trophies

* Spanish League (Liga ABF): **''Winner (4):'' 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 **''Runner-up:'' 2008 * Queen's Cup (Copa de S.M. la Reina) **''Winner (3):'' 2010, 2011, 2012 * Supercopa de España **''Winner (3):'' 2010, 2011, 2012 * Spanish Cup (Copa ABF) **''Runner-up:'' 2004, 2008 **''Semifinalist:'' 2008 *
EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...
**''Runner-up:'' 2011 *
Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
**''Quarter-finalist:'' 2006 *
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**''Winner (1):'' 2009 **''Finalist:'' 2008


Season to season

---- *13 seasons in División de Honor


Notable former players

*
Macarena Aguilar Macarena Aguilar Díaz (born 12 March 1985) is a Spanish former handball player who played for the Spanish national team.Nely Carla Alberto * Jessica Alonso * Leire Aramendia *
Alexandrina Barbosa Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986) is a handballer who plays as a left back for BM Morvedre. Born in Portugal, she represents the Spain women's national team.Andrea Barnó * Svetlana Bogdanova * Marion Callavé * Oana Şoit *
Verónica Cuadrado Verónica Cuadrado Dehesa (born 8 March 1979 in Santander, Cantabria) is a former Spanish handball player who was member of the Spanish women's national team. She was part of the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship ...
* Véronique Démonière * Naiara Egozkue *
Begoña Fernández Begoña Fernández Molinos (born 22 March 1980 in Vigo) is a former Spanish team handball player. She was member of the Spanish national team. She played at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in the Republic of Macedonia, where ...
* Deonise Fachinello *
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Lee Sang-eun Lee Sang-Eun (born March 5, 1975) is a former South Korean handball player who competed in the 1996, 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; ...
* Vera Lopes * Carmen Martín *
Mirjana Milenković Mirjana Milenković (born 14 March 1985) is a former Montenegrin handball goalkeeper who plays for the Montenegrin national team. Club career Milenković started to play handball in Serbian club Radnički from Belgrade. In 2003, she joined Knja ...
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* Nerea Pena * Elisabeth Pinedo *
Anett Sopronyi Anett Sopronyi (born 27 November 1986 in Debrecen) is a retired Hungarian handballer who most recently played for DVSC and the Hungarian national team. Sopronyi was spotted by Itxako in the 2010–11 edition of the EHF Champions League, wher ...
* Raphaëlle Tervel *
Emiliya Turey Emiliya Khalsberiyevna Turey (russian: Эмилия Халсбериевна Турей; born 6 October 1984 in Astrakhan) is a Russian handballer who plays as a left wing. She is a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 & 2009), silver medalist ...
* Marieke van der Wal * Maja Zebić


Notable coaches

* Ambros Martín


Stadium

*Name: Polideportivo Municipal Tierra Estella - Lizarrerria *City:
Estella-Lizarra Estella (Spanish) or Lizarra (Basque) is a town located in the autonomous community of Navarre, in northern Spain. It lies south west of Pamplona, close to the border with La Rioja and Álava. The town was founded in 1090 when the place, lying by ...
, Navarre,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
*Capacity: 2,000 seats *Address: La Merindad, s/n


References


External links


Official website

European Handball Federation – S.D. Itxako
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