Deportivo Alavés

Deportivo Alavés

Full name	Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Babazorros El Glorioso (The glorious one)
Founded	1921
Ground	Mendizorrotza
Capacity	19,840
Chairman	Alfonso Fernández de Trocóniz
Manager	Mauricio Pellegrino
League	La Liga
2015–16	Segunda División, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. [deporˈtiβo alaˈβes]; (Sporting Alavés), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1921 it plays in La Liga, holding home matches at the 19,800-seater Estadio Mendizorrotza.

Its biggest success was in 2001 when, in the year of its debut in European competition, it was one of the finalists in the 2001 UEFA Cup Final against Liverpool, being defeated 5–4 by golden goal.

The team's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt, blue shorts and white socks.

History

Deportivo de La Coruña vs. Deportivo Alavés.

Founded in 1921, Alavés first reached La Liga eight years later, a stint which would last three years. In the 50s it would reach Primera División again.

After years of seriously facing disappearance, which went well into the 90s, the club finally achieved a Segunda División promotion in 1994–95 after two consecutive years winning Segunda División B – created as the new third level in 1977 – but consistently failing in the promotion play-offs.

In 1998–99 Alavés returned to the top level after a 42-year hiatus, achieving two wins against Barcelona in the following season, in which they would, for the first time, qualify for the UEFA Cup, ending the season sixth.

In 2000–01 the Basque club reached the final of the UEFA Cup, a 4–5 loss against Liverpool (taking the game to extra time, and losing following an own golden goal),^[1] as well as finishing tenth in the domestic campaign.

On the 26 January 2003, Alavés celebrate 100th win in La Liga after defeating Valladolid 3–1.

Although Alavés were relegated after 2002–03, they regained top flight status two years later. In this time, Alavés was bought by Dmitry Pietrman, an Ukrainian-American businessman, and several clashes occurred with the club's coaches, players^[2] and fans alike.^[3] Pietrman left in 2007 and after two years of battling with relegation to the third level, the club deep in debt eventually befell in 2008–09.

This black period lasted four years until it finally promoted again to the second division in 2013 and could sort out its difficult economy. Three years later, on 29 May 2016, Alavés was promoted to La Liga after beating Numancia 2–0.

On 10 September 2016, Alavés got their first win of 2016–17 2-1 at defending La Liga champions Barcelona.

Seasons

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 2 2ª 3rd Round of 16 1929–30 2 2ª 1st Quarter-finals 1930–31 1 1ª 8th Round of 16 1931–32 1 1ª 9th Quarter-finals 1932–33 1 1ª 10th 1933–34 2 2ª 10th 1939–40 2 2ª 8th Round of 16 1940–41 3 3ª 1st Second round 1941–42 2 2ª 3rd 1942–43 2 2ª 8th Round of 16 1943–44 3 3ª 2nd Fifth round 1944–45 3 3ª 3rd Round of 16 1945–46 3 3ª 5th 1946–47 3 3ª 7th 1947–48 3 3ª 10th Third round 1948–49 3 3ª 12th First round 1949–50 3 3ª 10th 1950–51 3 3ª 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1951–52 2 2ª 9th 1952–53 2 2ª 4th Round of 16 1953–54 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1954–55 1 1ª 10th Round of 16 1955–56 1 1ª 14th 1956–57 2 2ª 5th 1957–58 2 2ª 7th 1958–59 2 2ª 13th First round 1959–60 2 2ª 13th First round 1960–61 3 3ª 1st 1961–62 2 2ª 4th Round of 16 1962–63 2 2ª 8th Round of 16 1963–64 2 2ª 16th Round of 16 1964–65 3 3ª 1st 1965–66 3 3ª 3rd 1966–67 3 3ª 7th 1967–68 3 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1968–69 2 2ª 14th 1969–70 3 3ª 9th First round 1970–71 4 Regional 1st 1971–72 3 3ª 7th First round 1972–73 3 3ª 3rd Second round 1973–74 3 3ª 1st Second round 1974–75 2 2ª 16th Third round 1975–76 2 2ª 15th Second round 1976–77 2 2ª 8th Second round 1977–78 2 2ª 11th Quarter-finals 1978–79 2 2ª 9th Quarter-finals 1979–80 2 2ª 9th Round of 16 1980–81 2 2ª 8th Round of 16 1981–82 2 2ª 17th Third round 1982–83 2 2ª 17th 1983–84 3 2ªB 3rd Second round 1984–85 3 2ªB 3rd Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1985–86 3 2ªB 5th Second round 1986–87 4 3ª 7th First round 1987–88 4 3ª 8th 1988–89 4 3ª 2nd 1989–90 4 3ª 1st 1990–91 3 2ªB 2nd Second round 1991–92 3 2ªB 4th Third round 1992–93 3 2ªB 1st Third round 1993–94 3 2ªB 1st Third round 1994–95 3 2ªB 1st First round 1995–96 2 2ª 7th Second round 1996–97 2 2ª 13th Second round 1997–98 2 2ª 1st Semi-finals 1998–99 1 1ª 16th Third round 1999–00 1 1ª 6th Round of 16

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2000–01 1 1ª 10th Round of 32 2001–02 1 1ª 7th Round of 16 2002–03 1 1ª 19th Round of 16 2003–04 2 2ª 4th Semi-finals 2004–05 2 2ª 3rd Round of 32 2005–06 1 1ª 18th Third round 2006–07 2 2ª 17th Round of 16 2007–08 2 2ª 17th Third round 2008–09 2 2ª 19th Second round 2009–10 3 2ªB 5th First round 2010–11 3 2ªB 3rd First round 2011–12 3 2ªB 6th Third round 2012–13 3 2ªB 1st Round of 16 2013–14 2 2ª 18th Third round 2014–15 2 2ª 13th Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2015–16 2 2ª 1st Third round 2016–17 1 1ª

Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1998–99	1D	16	38	11	7	20	36	63	40
1999–00	1D	6	38	17	10	11	41	37	61
2000–01	1D	10	38	14	7	17	58	59	49		UC	Final
2001–02	1D	7	38	17	3	18	41	44	54
2002–03	1D	19	38	8	11	19	38	68	35		UC	2nd round	Relegated
2003–04	2D	4	42	20	14	8	48	32	74
2004–05	2D	3	42	23	7	12	62	47	76				Promoted
2005–06	1D	18	38	9	12	17	35	54	39	3rd round			Relegated
2006–07	2D	17	42	13	13	16	51	60	52
2007–08	2D	17	42	12	15	15	41	47	51
2008–09	2D	19	42	11	10	21	42	64	43	2nd round			Relegated

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• 12 seasons in La Liga
• 37 seasons in Segunda División
• 12 seasons in Segunda División B
• 22 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Divisiones Regionales

Current squad

As of 11 August 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Fernando Pacheco 2 DF Aleksandar Pantić (on loan from Villarreal) 3 DF Raúl García 4 DF Alexis 5 DF Víctor Laguardia 6 MF Marcos Llorente (on loan from Real Madrid) 7 FW Rubén Sobrino (on loan from Manchester City) 8 MF Víctor Camarasa (on loan from Levante) 9 FW Christian Santos 10 FW Manu Barreiro 11 MF Ibai Gómez 12 MF Sergio Llamas 13 GK Adrián Ortolá (on loan from Barcelona) 14 FW Cristian Espinoza (on loan from Villarreal)

No. Position Player 15 DF Theo Hernández (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 16 MF Daniel Torres 17 MF Édgar 18 FW Gaizka Toquero 19 MF Manu García (Captain) 20 FW Deyverson (on loan from Levante) 21 MF Kiko Femenía 22 DF Carlos Vigaray 23 MF Nenad Krstičić 24 DF Zouhair Feddal 25 MF Aleksandar Katai 26 MF Manu García Alonso (on loan from Manchester City) 27 DF Einar Galilea 28 FW Dani Iglesias

Honours

• Segunda División: 1929–30, 1953–54, 1997–98, 2015–16
• Segunda División B: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2012–13
• Tercera División: 1940–41, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1989–90
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2000–01

Stadium information

Mendizorrotza stadium

• Name – Mendizorrotza
• City – Vitoria-Gasteiz
• Capacity – 19,840^[4]
• Inauguration – 1924
• Pitch size – 105 x 67 mts.
• Other facilities – El Glorioso and José Luis Compañon

Famous coaches

Amadeo García (1926–27) Walter Harris (1928) Ramón Encinas (1931–32) Amadeo García (1932–39) Baltasar Albéniz (1939) Francisco Gamborena (1940–41) Baltasar Albéniz (1947–48) Manuel Echezarreta (1954–56) Rafael Iriondo (1958–59) Manuel Echezarreta (1959–60) Ferenc Puskás (1968–69) García de Andoin (1972) Koldo Aguirre (1972–73) Ignacio Eizaguirre (1975)

Joseíto (1976–78) Jesús Aranguren (1978–80) García de Andoin (1980–82) Mané (1984–85) Nando Yosu (1985–86) Luis Costa (1992–93) José Antonio Irulegui (1993–94) Jesús Aranguren (1994–97) Mané (1997–03) Jesús Aranguren (2003) Pepe Mel (2003–04) Juan Carlos Oliva (2006) Julio Bañuelos (2006) Fabri (2007)

Josu Uribe (2007–08) Julio Bañuelos (2008) José María Salmerón (2008) Manix Mandiola (2008–09) Javi López (2009) Luis de la Fuente (2011) José Carlos Granero (2011–12) Natxo González (2012–13) Juan Carlos Mandiá (2013–14) Alberto López (2014–15) José Bordalás (2015–16) Mauricio Pellegrino (2016–)

Alavés B

California Victory

In 2007, Alavés operated a team in the USL First Division in the United States called the California Victory. The team played at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California, and wore the Alavés colors. However, Alavés, under new ownership, pulled its support for the club later that year, after which the Victory folded.

References

1. The greatest matches of all time; The Daily Telegraph, 4 July 2007
2. Carreras denuncia el "trato vejatorio" de Piterman (Carreras denounces "vexatious treatment" by Piterman); 20 Minutos, 16 February 2006 (Spanish)
3. Dimitri Piterman llama "subnormales" a los aficionados del Alavés (Dimitri Piterman calls Alavés' fans "morons"); 20 Minutos, 22 February 2006 (Spanish)
4. Mendizorrotza Stadium

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• Glorioso, unofficial website (Spanish)
• Terra club info (Spanish)