Deportivo Alavés B, S.A.D., usually known as Alavés B, is a Spanish football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1959 it is the reserve team of Deportivo Alavés, and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 2, holding home matches at Instalaciones de Ibaia-José Luis Compañon, the club's training facilities with 2,500 seat-capacity.[1]
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| Full name | Deportivo Alavés B, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Alavés Aficionados, Miniglorias | |||
| Founded | 1959 (62 years) | |||
| Ground | José Luis Compañón, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain | |||
| Capacity | 2,500 | |||
| President | Alfonso Fernández de Trocóniz | |||
| Head coach | José Manuel Aira | |||
| League | Segunda Federación – Group 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Segunda Federación – Group 2, 6th of 18 | |||
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The team's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt, blue shorts and white socks.
League history
editThe league placings have largely mirrored the fortunes of the senior team. From their formation in the 1960s until the late 1990s, Alavés B competed only in the fourth (Tercera Grupo IV) or fifth (Preferente de Álava) tiers. They achieved promotion to Segunda División B in 1999,[2][3] a year after the seniors climbed to La Liga. Alavés B remained in the third level for seven seasons, usually finishing mid-table, until demotion in 2005-06, the same year that the main side was relegated amid economic turmoil under Dmitry Piterman.
During the 2000s, Alavés B practically not contributed players to the Alavés first team, which has been almost exclusively nourished by foreign signings, and the decline of the club continued when the senior side themselves dropped into Segunda División B in 2009, while the B team were relegated back down to the fifth level. It took Alavés B only two seasons to regain fourth-level status[4][5] whereas the seniors took four years to rise again to the second level, but they then gained promotion to La Liga after three further seasons while the B team stayed put in Tercera División from that point on; they eventually gained promotion in 2018–19 via the playoffs.[6]
Season to season
edit- As a farm team
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- As a reserve team
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- 8 seasons in Segunda División B
- 3 seasons in Segunda Federación
- 20 seasons in Tercera División
- 1 season in Tercera División RFEF
Current squad
edit- As of 9 September 2024.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
edit- Tercera División[a]
- RFEF Basque tournament
- Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- ^ Fourth tier
- ^ Not promoted in play-offs
Notable players
editReferences
edit- ^ "Alavés B - Segunda División B G 2". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ Tercera División Group 4 98-99; Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017
- ^ Promotion Phase to Segunda B 98-99 (Group B3); Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017
- ^ Regional Preferente Alavesa 10-11; Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017
- ^ Promotion Phase to Tercera 10-11 (Basque group); Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017
- ^ ""Si eres capaz de pegar primero, pegas dos veces"" ["If you are able to hit first, you hit twice"] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Plantilla Deportivo Alavés B". Deportivo Alavés (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
- Terra club info Archived 2013-01-06 at archive.today (in Spanish)