Spanish professional football club
Football club
Deportivo Alaves, S.A.D.
(
Spanish pronunciation:
[depo??tiβo
ala?βes]
;
Sporting Alaves
), usually abbreviated to
Alaves
, is a
Spanish football club
based in
Vitoria-Gasteiz
,
Alava
, in the
autonomous community
of the
Basque Country
. Founded on 1 July 1920 as
Sport Friends Club
, Alaves play in
La Liga
, being promoted back from the
Segunda Division
in the
2022?23 season
after beating rivals
Levante
at the 120th minute in the promotion playoff final.
It is recognized as the third most successful team in the Basque Country following
Athletic Club
of
Bilbao
and
Real Sociedad
of
San Sebastian
. Its biggest success was in 2001 when, in the year of its debut in European competition, it reached the
2001 UEFA Cup Final
, where it played against
Liverpool
. It was defeated 5?4 by
golden goal
. In 2017, the club reached the final of the
Copa del Rey
, losing out 3?1 to
Barcelona
.
[2]
The team's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt, blue shorts and white socks. It holds home matches at the 19,840-seater
Mendizorrotza Stadium
[3]
and uses other facilities located in
Ibaia
dedicated to training.
History
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Founded in 1920 the initial name of the club was Sport Friends, but on 23 January 1921 the name was changed to the current one, and this is considered the official foundation date.
[4]
Alaves was the first club to win promotion from the
Segunda Division
to
La Liga
in
1929?30
, a stint which would last three years. In its first season in Primera Division Alaves finished 8th from 10 teams, just 1 point away from being relegated.
[5]
In
1953?54
the club would reach the top league again for a two-year spell. With Roman Galarraga as a coach, the club reached long-awaited promotion to Segunda Division in the 1973?74 season.
[4]
In June 1983, after having avoided the relegation in the previous season, Alaves went down to Segunda Division B, where remained until the
1985?86
campaign.
[6]
After years of seriously facing disappearance which lasted well into the 1990s (playing in the
fourth tier
during the late 1980s), Alaves finally achieved a promotion back into the Segunda Division in
1994?95
after two consecutive years of winning their group in
Segunda Division B
? created as the new third level in 1977 ? but failing in the promotion play-offs.
After winning the Segunda Division in
1997?98
,
[7]
Alaves returned to the top level after a 42-year
hiatus
. Following their
return season
in which they escaped relegation by a single point, they achieved two wins against
Barcelona
in
the following campaign
and would qualify for the
UEFA Cup
for the first time upon finishing sixth (to date, their highest-ever placing, coming just 12 years after their lowest-ever: eighth in their group in the
fourth level
).
As well as concluding the domestic campaign in tenth position, in
2000?01
the Basque club reached the final of the
UEFA Cup
after beating
Internazionale
,
[8]
Rayo Vallecano
and
1. FC Kaiserslautern
, the latter in a crushing 9?2 aggregate victory.
[9]
The final ended in a
4?5 loss
against
Liverpool
, Alaves losing to an "own-
golden goal
" after taking the match to extra time. The match also featured two red cards and two disallowed goals in extra time in addition to the nine goals which did count, and has been described by some observers as one of the greatest showpiece games in the competition's history.
[10]
Alaves ended
2001?02
in seventh position and qualified for the UEFA Cup for a second time, although the
European campaign of 2002?03
was far less successful than two years earlier, with an opening win over
Ankaragucu
followed by a defeat to another Turkish
Super Lig
side,
Be?ikta?
. On 26 January 2003, the club celebrated their 100th win in La Liga after defeating
Real Valladolid
3?1.
Although Alaves were
relegated
after
2002?03
, they regained top flight status two years later.
[9]
In this time, Alaves was bought by Ukrainian?American businessman
Dmitry Pietrman
, and several clashes followed with the club's coaches, players
[11]
and fans alike.
[12]
The top-division return only lasted
one season
as the club went through three head coaches and finished in 18th position, one point from safety. Piterman departed in 2007, leaving the club deep in debt after his tenure. After two years of battling against relegation to the third level, Alaves eventually succumbed in
2008?09
.
A subsequent black period in
Segunda B
lasted four years until Alaves was bought by
Jose Antonio Querejeta
[13]
and
were promoted again
to the second division in 2013 as
overall champions of the third tier
, providing an opportunity to sort out its economic difficulties. Three years later, on 29 May 2016, Alaves was promoted to La Liga as
second tier champions
after beating
Numancia
2?0 to overtake
Leganes
on the final day.
On 10 September 2016, Alaves got their first win of
their return season in La Liga
by defeating defending La Liga champions Barcelona 2?1 at the
Camp Nou
.
[14]
On 7 February 2017, Alaves qualified for the
2017 Copa del Rey Final
after eliminating
Celta de Vigo
in the semi-finals of
the competition
. This was the first time in their history that the club had qualified for the final of the national cup, their previous best being the semi-finals in
1998
and
2004
. Their opponents in the final would be Barcelona, and coincidentally the two clubs met in the league directly after their cup semi-finals; the
Catalans
inflicted a 6?0 defeat on Alaves in their own Mendizorrotza Stadium, exacting revenge for the result earlier in the season.
[15]
Barcelona also won the final, held at the
Estadio Vicente Calderon
with a 3?1 scoreline,
[16]
meaning there would be no return to European competition for Alaves. In the La Liga that season Alaves finished 9th with 14 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses.
[17]
In the
2021?22 season
, Alaves were relegated following defeat on the penultimate matchday by
Levante
(who also went down) to end their six-year stay in La Liga, the longest top-flight run in the club's history.
Seasons
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Season to season
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Recent seasons
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Seasons in Europe
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Players
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Current squad
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- As of 22 December 2023
[18]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve team
[
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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
[
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Kits
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The team wore kits from the
Danish
brand Hummel for several seasons.
[19]
[20]
[21]
In the 2017-2018 season, they started wearing new kits from
Kelme
. They had an agreement with
Kelme
until 2022.
[22]
That same year, the team signed a new agreement with the German company Puma for four seasons.
[23]
For the launch of the new brand, they choose to bring back the traditional vertical stripes and keep the original black pants.
Symbols
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Deportivo Alaves has changed its crest several times since it was founded in 1921.
[24]
[25]
[26]
The first crest looked very similar to the official coat of arms of the Alava province. However, instead of a sword-wielding arm, the team's crest featured a blue and white pennant. At the top of the crest was a medallion with the initials "DA".
In 1922, the crest was simplified to just a pennant. The pennant was white with a blue center stripe and had the team initials "DA" in a square at the top left corner. This design stayed until 1950, but the initials changed when the team was renamed Club Deportivo Alaves. In 1950, the team redesigned its crest to look more like the traditional Alava symbol. They brought back the castle and lion, and also added a sword. The "C.D.A." pennant was moved behind the castle, and the whole design was placed within a circle with a crown on top.
[27]
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Honours
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Domestic competitions
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European competitions
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Notes
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Stadium information
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Famous players
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World Cup players
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The following players have been selected by their country in the
World Cup
Finals, while playing for Alaves.
Management staff
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Position
|
Name
|
Manager
|
Luis Garcia Plaza
|
Assistant Manager
|
Pedro Rostoll
|
Goalkeeping coach
|
Javier Barbero
|
Fitness coach
|
Nenad Njaradi
Felix Vicente
|
Analyst
|
Raul Gallego
Jon Zubillaga
|
Physiotherapist
|
Eneko Candal
Danel Etxeberria
Raul Gutierrez
Javier Perez Elorrieta
|
Rehab fitness coach
|
Mario Perez
Inigo Simon
|
Director of Medical Services
|
Alberto Fernandez
|
Doctor
|
Markel Aitor Arregui
|
Psychologist
|
Emilio Ibanez
|
Delegate
|
Lluis Codina
|
Equipment manager
|
David Yebenes
|
Coaches
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Affiliated clubs
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Alaves B/C
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The club's primary reserve team is
Deportivo Alaves B
, founded in 1960 and currently playing at the amateur
Tercera Division
level of the senior Spanish system. When that team gained promotion to
Segunda Division B
in 2000, a further reserve side
Deportivo Alaves C
was formed, later partnering with local team
Club San Ignacio
, but the C-team was discontinued in 2005 due to the poor financial situation at the club. San Ignacio and most other teams in the vicinity of Vitoria-Gasteiz continue to operate as partner clubs of Alaves.
[31]
[32]
[33]
[34]
California Victory
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In 2007, Alaves 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 Alaves colors. However, Alaves, under new ownership, pulled its support for the club later that year, after which the Victory folded.
NK Rude?
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In May 2017, Alaves signed a ten-year partnership deal with
NK Rude?
, freshly promoted
Croatian First Football League
club, with Rude? acting as a feeder club to Alaves.
[35]
In June 2018, Deportivo Alaves and NK Rude? ended its partnership agreement.
[36]
Sochaux
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In April 2018, Alaves signed an agreement with French club
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
;
[37]
however the partnership lasted only a few months, ending abruptly in December of the same year.
[38]
NK Istra 1961
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]
In June 2018 Alaves took a controlling interest in another Croatian top-tier club,
NK Istra 1961
, a few weeks after ending their agreement with Rude?.
[39]
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- ^
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- ^
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- ^
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.
- ^
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.
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.
- ^
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.
- ^
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.
- ^
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.
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