Club San Ignacio Explained

Clubname:San Ignacio
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Fullname:Club San Ignacio
Founded:1964
Ground:Adurtzabal, Vitoria-Gasteiz,
Basque Country, Spain
Capacity:400[1]
Chairman:Patxi Tobías
Chrtitle:President
Manager:Raúl Llona
Mgrtitle:Head coach
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Club San Ignacio is a football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1964, the team plays in . Representing the district of Adurtza, the club's home ground is Adurtzabal,[2] [3] which has a capacity of 400 spectators.[4]

San Ignacio has been closely linked to Deportivo Alavés at various times; it was the formative club of Spain international forward Ernesto Valverde.

History

The San Ignacio Football Club is a modest but respected football club in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, and many place this club among the three or four most outstanding clubs in Álava – behind Deportivo Alavés, CD Laudio and Amurrio Club (although CD Vitoria and CD Aurrera de Vitoria are of similar stature).

The origin of the club traces back to a school in Adurtza, the San Ignacio Public School, from where the club was born in 1964, hence the nickname they receive from the Colegiales (Schoolboys). CF San Ignacio was promoted to the Tercera División RFEF (the then 4th tier of Spanish football) for the first time in 1997, after becoming champions of the Álava Preferential Regional (6th tier of Spanish football), but they only lasted a single season. In 2002, San Ignacio achieved promotion to the Tercera División RFEF again, but once again they weren't able to hold on for more than a season, being relegated at the end of the 2002-03 campaign.

In 2003, San Ignacio (who had previously been associated with Real Sociedad) agreed a four-year partnership with Deportivo Alavés to host their second reserve team in Tercera División.[5] The affiliate became known as Alavés C-San Ignacio,[6] maintaining the Alavés name but playing in San Ignacio colours and usually hosting fixtures at their home ground.[5] When this entity was relegated in 2004–05, the Alavés link was discontinued.

San Ignacio continued operating independently and returned to the Tercera level twice (on each occasion their opponents included Deportivo Alavés B, the other reserve side of Alavés,[5] with both teams being relegated in 2008–09). The club remains a partner club of Alavés.[7] [8] They were promoted again in 2017–18,[9] with Alavés offering use of their Ibaia facilities for matches at that level due to the Federation being concerned with the condition of the playing surface at Adurtzabal.[10] Further progression to the Segunda División B (never achieved by the club) was a possibility in 2018–19 until defeat in the playoffs.[11]

Between 2019 and 2022, San Ignacio's squad was fully composed of Alavés players, acting mainly as a second reserve team behind Alavés B. In 2022, with Alavés C being reactivated,[12] the link between Alavés and San Ignacio returned to a collaboration agreement.

Stadium

Until the 2017–18 season, San Ignacio played on the Estadio Adurtzabal, with artificial grass. In the summer of 2018, due to the impossibility of playing the matches in Adurtzabal, Club San Ignacio went on to play their matches at the Ibaia facilities, owned by Deportivo Alavés.[3]

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1971–7256th
1972–7354th
1973–7455th
1974–7558th
1975–7656th
1976–77517th
1977–78616th
1978–79615th
1979–80610th
1980–8162nd
1981–8262nd
1982–8362nd
1983–8462nd
1984–8561st
1985–86520th
1986–8761st
1987–885Reg. Pref.3rd
1988–895Reg. Pref.3rd
1989–905Reg. Pref.2nd
1990–915Reg. Pref.8th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1991–925Reg. Pref.10th
1992–935Reg. Pref.11th
1993–945Reg. Pref.4th
1994–955Reg. Pref.3rd
1995–965Reg. Pref.3rd
1996–975Reg. Pref.1st
1997–98419th
1998–995Reg. Pref.10th
1999–20005Reg. Pref.4th
2000–015Reg. Pref.2nd
2001–025Reg. Pref.1st
2002–03419th
2003–04 5Reg. Pref.13th
2004–055Reg. Pref.4th
2005–065Reg. Pref.1st
2006–07420th
2007–085Reg. Pref.1st
2008–09420th
2009–105Reg. Pref.3rd
2010–115Reg. Pref.5th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
2011–125Reg. Pref.5th
2012–135Reg. Pref.3rd
2013–145Reg. Pref.12th
2014–155Reg. Pref.6th
2015–165Reg. Pref.7th
2016–175Reg. Pref.6th
2017–185Reg. Pref.1st
2018–1944th
2019–2047th
2020–214 /
2021–2253ª RFEF7th
2022–2353ª Fed.15th
2023–2453ª Fed.8th
2024–2553ª Fed.
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Notable players

CF San Ignacio B

For the 2011–12 season, the collegiate club launched a subsidiary in the First Regional of Álava (7th tier of Spanish football) to release the youth players who finished that stage.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Campo de Futbol de Adurtzabal, home to San Ignacio - Football Ground Map. 2020-10-27. www.footballgroundmap.com.
  2. News: El Amurrio ya avista el ascenso a Tercera División. Amurrio can already sight promotion to the Third Division. Spanish. Noticias de Álava. 25 April 2016. 8 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103900/http://www.noticiasdealava.com/2016/04/25/deportes/otros-deportes/el-amurrio-ya-avista-el-ascenso-a-tercera-division. 8 March 2018. dead.
  3. Web site: Campo de fútbol Adurtzabal. Adurtzabal football field. Spanish. Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council. 8 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Adurtzabal: Campo de Fútbol. 2020-10-27. www.txapeldunak.com.
  5. Web site: Historia del Club. Club History. Spanish. C.D. San Ignacio. 5 March 2018.
  6. News: El San Ignacio asume la plaza del Alavés C. San Ignacio takes the place of Alavés C. Spanish. Glorioso.net. 22 July 2003. 14 February 2017.
  7. Web site: Clubes Convenidos. Partner Clubs. Spanish. Deportivo Alavés. 1 August 2017. 8 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103626/https://www.deportivoalaves.com/futbol-base/clubes-convenidos. 8 March 2018. dead.
  8. Web site: CD San Ignacio y CF Adurtzabal renuevan hasta 2020 su convenio con el Deportivo Alavés. CD San Ignacio and CF Adurtzabal renew their agreement with Deportivo Alavés until 2020. Spanish. C.D. San Ignacio. 9 June 2017. 8 March 2018.
  9. Web site: El Alavés completa una gran estructura deportiva con el ascenso del San Ignacio a Tercera . The Alavés completes an extensive sports structure with the rise of San Ignacio to Tercera. es . Diario AS. Javier Lekuona. 25 May 2018. 24 January 2019 .
  10. Web site: El Alavés cede Ibaia al San Ignacio para su temporada en tercera. Alavés gives Ibaia to San Ignacio for their season in Tercera. es. Noticias de Álava. Asier Pérez. Jorge Muñoz. 18 July 2018. 24 January 2019. 24 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190124152430/https://www.noticiasdealava.eus/2018/07/18/alaves/el-alaves-cede-ibaia-al-san-ignacio-para-su-temporada-en-tercera. dead.
  11. Web site: "Si eres capaz de pegar primero, pegas dos veces". "If you are able to hit first, you hit twice". es. . 4 July 2019. 11 July 2019.
  12. Web site: 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. El Correo. es. 1 June 2022. 4 January 2023. subscription.