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Deportivo Alavés C

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Alavés C
Full nameDeportivo Alavés C, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Zaldiaran'
Founded1980
as AD Zaldiaran
2022 (refounded)
GroundJosé Luis Compañón, Vitoria,
Basque Country, Spain
Capacity2,500
ChairmanAlfonso Fernández de Trocóniz
ManagerDavid Calleja
LeagueTercera Federación – Group 4
2023–24Tercera Federación – Group 4, 12th of 18

Deportivo Alavés C, S.A.D., usually known as Alavés C, is a Spanish football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1980 as AD Zaldiaran, they are the second reserve team of Deportivo Alavés, and play in the Tercera Federación – Group 4.

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

History

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AD Zaldiaran was founded in 1980 and throughout most of their history was an independent club, but linked to the Alavés grassroots fields. The club only made their debut in the regional categories in the 1996–97 season, achieving promotion to the Regional Preferente de Álava on their first participation in the Primera Regional de Álava.[1] Three years later, in 2000, the team win the Preferente and achieve promotion to Tercera División.[2]

After their promotion, Zaldiaran were fully incorporated to Deportivo Alavés' structure, being renamed to Deportivo Alavés C.[3] The side competed in the fourth tier for three back-to-back seasons until 2002–03, when they suffered relegation.

Thereafter a four-year partnership was agreed with another local team, Club San Ignacio[4] (a modest team from Vitoria who had played the previous season (2002-03) also in the fourth division). The affiliate became known as Alavés C-San Ignacio[5] maintaining the Alavés name but playing in San Ignacio colours and usually hosting fixtures at their home ground Adurtzabal.[4] When this entity was relegated in 2004–05, the Alavés link was discontinued.

San Ignacio continued operating independently and have since returned to the Tercera level twice (on each occasion their opponents included the other reserve side of Alavés,[4] with both teams being relegated in 2008–09). Later on, San Ignacio rejoined Alavés' structure as their second reserve team.

On 1 June 2022, Alavés reactivated their C-team after absorbing Adurtzabal Club de Fútbol, a team founded in 2012 which had just been promoted to the División de Honor de Álava;[6] the link with San Ignacio, the second reserve team until then, was discontinued.

Season to season

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  • As AD Zaldiaran
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1996–97 6 1ª Reg. 1st
1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
  • As Deportivo Alavés C
Season Tier Division Place
2000–01 4 9th
2001–02 4 8th
2002–03 4 16th
2003–04 4 16th
2004–05 4 19th
  • As Adurtzabal CF
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2021–22 7 1ª Reg. 1st
  • As Deportivo Alavés C
Season Tier Division Place
2022–23 6 Div. Hon. 1st
2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 12th
2024–25 5 3ª Fed.

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "Regional preferente alavesa 1996-97" [Preferred Regional of Álava] (in Spanish). arquero-arba.futbolme.net/. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Regional Preferente Alavesa 99-00". arquero-arba.futbolme.net/. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Koldo Segurola, entrenador del Alavés C" [Koldo Segurola, trainer of Alavés C] (in Spanish). Glorioso.net. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Historia del Club" [Club History] (in Spanish). C.D. San Ignacio. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ^ "El San Ignacio asume la plaza del Alavés C" [San Ignacio takes the place of Alavés C] (in Spanish). Glorioso.net. 22 July 2003. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ^ "El Alavés crea un filial C en División de Honor tras la absorción del Adurtzabal" [Alavés create a C-team in the División de Honor after the absorption of Adurtzabal] (in Spanish). El Correo. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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