SD Eibar Urko

Sociedad Deportiva Eibar Urko is a Spanish football team based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 2014, it is the second reserve team of SD Eibar, and plays in División de Honor, holding home matches in the Unbe Sports Complex.

Eibar Urko
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Eibar Urko
Nickname(s)Urko
Founded2014
GroundUnbe, Eibar, Spain[1]
Capacity4,000[2]
PresidentAmaia Gorostiza
ManagerIñigo Pérez
LeagueDivisión de Honor
2022–23División de Honor, 1st of 18

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 SD Eibar.[3] In June 2016, the club – then playing in the sixth-level Preferente de Guipúzcoa – joined the structure of Eibar, and became their second reserve team, behind CD Vitoria; they also changed name to SD Eibar Urko.[4][5] [6]

Eibar Urko achieved a first-ever promotion to the fifth division in 2018,[7][8] and seemed set to advance further to the regional fourth tier (Tercera División) 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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12]

Season to season
Season Tier Division Place
2014–15 7 1ª Reg. 1st
2015–16 6 Pref. 9th
2016–17 6 Pref. 5th
2017–18 6 Pref. 1st
2018–19 5 Div. Hon. 1st
2019–20 5 Div. Hon. 2nd
2020–21 5 Div. Hon. 1st
2021–22 6 Div. Hon. 2nd
2022–23 6 Div. Hon. 1st
2023–24 6 Div. Hon.

References
  1. "El filial CD Vitoria jugará sus partidos como local en Eibar" [Vitoria moves to Unbe Sports Complex in Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 8 August 2019.
  2. "CD Vitoria - Tercera División G 4". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  3. "Nace el Urko14 Alkideba FT de fútbol" [The Urko14 Alkideba FT football is born]. Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 30 April 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. "SD Eibar se fusiona con Urkomendi para que sea el último escalón del fútbol base" [SD Eibar merge with Urkomendi to make it the last step of youth football] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. "El Eibar se fusiona con el Urkomendi para que sea filial azulgrana" [Eibar merges with Urkomendi to be a maroon-and-blue branch]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. "El SD Eibar refuerza el fútbol base con la compra del Urkomendi" [Eibar strengthens their academy by acquiring Urkomendi] (in Spanish). Palco23.com. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. "El Eibar consolida su estrategia con la base" [Eibar consolidate their strategy with the youth setup]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. "El Eibar presume de cantera" [Eibar boasts a quarry]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  9. "Fran Garagarza califica de "sobresaliente" la temporada del primer equipo" [Fran Garagarza describes the first team's season as "outstanding"] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  10. "Un ascenso que se resiste al Eibar Urko" [A promotion that evades Eibar Urko] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. "0-0. El Sestao apea al Vitoria y se jugará el ascenso con el Portugalete" [0-0. Sestao stops Vitoria and promotion will be played with Portugalete] (in Spanish). Norte Expres. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. "El Eibar Urko quiere remontar la derrota sufrida ante el Hernani" [Eibar Urko wants to overcome the defeat suffered against Hernani] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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