CD Basconia

For the basketball team, see Saski Baskonia.

Basconia

Full name

Club Deportivo Basconia

Founded

1913

Ground

López Cortázar, Basauri,
Basque Country, Spain

Capacity

8,500

Chairman

Juan Ignacio Azurmendi

Manager

Joseba Etxeberria

League

3ª – Group 4

2014–15

3ª – Group 4, 16th

Home colours

Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1913 it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 4, holding home games at Estadio de López Cortázar, with an 8,500-seat capacity.

History

Founded in 1913 as CD Basconia, it reached the national level (Tercera División) thirty years later. It played six seasons in Segunda División (1957–63), but this was before the creation of Segunda División B.

In 1997 Basconia became Basque neighbours Athletic Bilbao's feeder club, not being eligible for promotion if the reserves, Bilbao Athletic, playing in the above level, did not attain the same goal. Several first-team players made the gradual transition before eventually playing in La Liga and European competition.

Basconia’s place in Athletic’s club structure means that the squad changes greatly each season. About half of the players move up to play for Bilbao Athletic, or go out on loan to other local clubs playing at Segunda División B level. They are replaced by graduates, usually 17 or 18 years old, from the previous year’s Juvenil A team. The squad is normally expanded further with new signings from the regions’s youth clubs, most notably Danok Bat and Antiguoko.

Although the players and coaching staff of the main squad are controlled by Athletic Bilbao, Basconia retains its own club committee and staff and operates several youth teams as well an amateur side (Basconia B) who compete in the Preferente de Vizcaya league, two levels below the first team. These other teams play in a separate small stadium in the town called Soloarte. Occasionally the main squad has been supplemented by some Basconia B players in times of injuries.

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1945–50	4	Regional	—
1950/51	3	3ª	13th
1951/52	3	3ª	9th
1952/53	3	3ª	7th
1953/54	3	3ª	13th
1954/55	3	3ª	3rd
1955/56	3	3ª	6th
1956/57	3	3ª	1st
1957/58	2	2ª	8th
1958/59	2	2ª	5th
1959/60	2	2ª	11th
1960/61	2	2ª	8th
1961/62	2	2ª	15th
1962/63	2	2ª	15th

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1963/64	3	3ª	7th
1964/65	3	3ª	10th
1965/66	3	3ª	5th
1966/67	3	3ª	7th
1967/68	3	3ª	6th
1968/69	3	3ª	12th
1969/70	3	3ª	8th
1970/71	3	3ª	6th
1971/72	3	3ª	4th
1972/73	3	3ª	15th
1973/74	3	3ª	12th
1974/75	3	3ª	14th
1975/76	3	3ª	16th
1976/77	3	3ª	10th
1977/78	3	2ªB	20th
1978/79	4	3ª	20th

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1979/80	5	Regional	—
1980/81	5	Regional	—
1981/82	4	3ª	3rd
1982/83	4	3ª	4th
1983/84	4	3ª	8th
1984/85	4	3ª	1st
1985/86	4	3ª	4th
1986/87	4	3ª	2nd
1987/88	3	2ªB	6th
1988/89	3	2ªB	14th
1989/90	3	2ªB	15th
1990/91	3	2ªB	9th
1991/92	3	2ªB	13th
1992/93	3	2ªB	7th
1993/94	3	2ªB	17th
1994/95	4	3ª	7th
1995/96	4	3ª	14th
1996/97	4	3ª	10th
1997/98	4	3ª	1st

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1998/99	4	3ª	7th
1999/00	4	3ª	5th
2000/01	4	3ª	6th
2001/02	4	3ª	7th
2002/03	4	3ª	1st
2003/04	4	3ª	3rd
2004/05	4	3ª	8th
2005/06	4	3ª	4th
2006/07	4	3ª	5th
2007/08	4	3ª	5th
2008/09	4	3ª	7th
2009/10	4	3ª	10th
2010/11	4	3ª	8th
2011/12	4	3ª	10th
2012/13	4	3ª	12th
2013/14	4	3ª	4th
2014/15	4	3ª	16th
2015/16	4	3ª	14th

6 seasons in Segunda División
8 seasons in Segunda División B
51 seasons in Tercera División

Current Squad

As of 2 September 2016^[1]

= player was also playing for Basconia in 2015-16

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
	GK	Chris Atangana
*	GK	Hodei Oleaga
*	DF	Aitor Arego
	DF	Julen Bernaola
	DF	Álvaro Mateo
*	DF	Mikel Murgoitio
	DF	Javier Murua
	DF	Daniel Vivian
*	DF	Iñigo Sukia
	DF	Deiby Ochoa
*	MF	Iker Bilbao

No.	Position	Player
	MF	Aitor Gandiaga
	MF	Asier Parra
	MF	Antonio Salado
	MF	Víctor San Bartolomé
*	FW	Iñigo Arzuaga
	FW	Jon Morcillo
*	FW	Andoni ‘Oli’ Fernández
	FW	Alejandro Larrayoz
	FW	Iñigo Vicente
*	FW	Jon ‘Dopi’ González
*	FW	Alexander Valiño

Honours

Tercera División: 1956–57, 1984–85, 1997–98, 2002–03

Selected coaches

Famous players

Note: this list contains players who have appeared in at least 50 league games for the first team or have reached international status.

References

↑ Basconia squad at Athletic Club official website

External links

Official website (Spanish)
Team history at Athletic Bilbao's official website
La Cantera De Lezama Unofficial website focusing on Athletic’s cantera teams

Athletic Bilbao

Players Managers Statistics Seasons

Other teams	Bilbao Athletic Athletic (women) Athletic Juvenil (youth)

Home stadium	Lamiako (1901–1910) Jolaseta (1910–1913) San Mamés (1913–2013) San Mamés (2013–)

Training ground	Lezama Facilities

Affiliated Clubs	CD Basconia

Related articles	Bizcaya Athletic Bilbao signing policy

Rivalries	Basque derby

Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Tercera División – Group 4 · 2015–16 clubs

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