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| Full name | Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta | ||
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| Nicknames | Urdinak Azules (Blues) | ||
| Founded | 4 January 1925; 100 years ago (4 January 1925) | ||
| Ground | Urritxe,Amorebieta-Etxano Basque Country, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 3,250 | ||
| President | Jon Larrea | ||
| Head coach | Aitor Zulaika | ||
| League | Segunda Federación – Group 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Primera Federación – Group 1, 20th of 20 (relegated) | ||
| Website | sdamorebieta | ||
Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is aSpanish football team based inAmorebieta-Etxano, in theBasque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays inSegunda Federación – Group 2, holding home games atCampo Municipal de Urritxe.
Amorebieta was founded in 1925 after the dissolution ofSociedad Deportiva Beti-Arin (founded on 2 December 1923). TheZornotzarra club, alongside 21 other clubs inBiscay, 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 rivalFBC 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 thePreferente C division.
In 1962–63, Amorebieta played in the semi-finals of theSpanish Amateur Championship[1] againstReal Madrid'sfarm team, losing 0–2 inVallecas and managing a 2–2 draw in the second leg, thus being eliminated.
Eighteen years later, the team finished second inPreferente, and played in a promotion play-off againstMondragón CF, 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 thefourth division, where it remained for the following three decades.
On 29 May 2011, Amorebieta was promoted for the first time toSegunda División B after beatingCD Manacor in the2011 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 thepromotion play-offs, but was eliminated in the first round byBalompédica Linense. In the 2017–18 season Amorebieta finished in the 14th position in Segunda División B, Group 2.[2] The following 2018–19 campaign was more successful, as the club finished eighth.[3]
On 22 May 2021, Amorebieta was promoted to theSegunda División for the first time ever by defeatingBadajoz in the final round of thepromotion play-offs.[4] Immediately they faced their first problem of where to play, as their basicUrritxe ground did not meet requirements by several measures and would be prohibitive to upgrade, and none of the possible options, includingIpurua inEibar andLezama outsideBilbao, was an ideal solution.[5] On 17 June, the club reached an agreement with Athletic for the utilisation of Lezama's ground 2, after it was approved by theLFP.[6] On 21 May 2022, Amorebieta was relegated back to the third tier.[7]
On 27 May 2023, the team bounced back to the second division (they would play at Lezama again in2023–24). However, the next season, they met the same fate as 2 years earlier, finishing 19th and being relegated back to the third tier. On 3 May 2025, Amorebieta suffered another relegation to the fourth level, following a 0-2 loss toBarakaldo.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Julen Guerrero |
| Assistant coach | Bernat Vizcaya Jordi Martín |
| Fitness coach | Aitor Baraia |
| Goalkeeping coach | Axel Alkorta |
| Physiotherapist | Zohiartze Moral |
| Match delegate | Iker Zarate |
Last updated: 11 September 2024
Source:SD Amorebieta(in Spanish)
Perhap's Amorebieta's most successful former player isXabier Etxeita, who began his career at his hometown club before moving on toAthletic Bilbao, where he was a winner of the2015 Supercopa de España and was capped bySpain before eventually returning in 2022. Amorebieta have close ties with Athletic, and several players have appeared for both clubs.
Amorebieta'sreserve team,SD Amorebieta B, was founded in 2003 and plays in thePrimera División de Vizcaya, which corresponds to the eighth division.[9] In September 2021, shortly after the B-team returned to action after one year of inactivity, a second reserve team calledSD Amorebieta C was incorporated into the club's structure.[10]
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