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Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 2, holding home games at Campo Municipal de Gobela, with a 2,000-seat capacity.[2] They were winners of the 1919 Copa del Rey, beating FC Barcelona 5–2.
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| Full name | Arenas Club de Getxo | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El Histórico | ||
| Founded | 1909 as Arenas Foot-ball Club | ||
| Ground | Gobela Getxo, Basque Country, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 2,000[1] | ||
| President | Francisco Javier Egusquiaguirre | ||
| Head coach | Javier Olaizola | ||
| League | Segunda Federación – Group 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Segunda Federación – Group 2, 9th of 18 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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It was among the pioneering clubs of Spanish football, and in 1928 was a founding member of La Liga, alongside neighbouring Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Real Unión. Only Real Unión has remained a consistent rival since then due to both of their downfalls from the top flight.
History edit
Origins of local football edit
The area of Greater Bilbao was deeply connected to Britain due to its iron ore mines and industry.[3] Don Manuel, a priest in the local parish of the Las Arenas neighborhood, would gift balls to local children during Catechism lessons. Some of these boys would go on to study in England and learn about the local game of football. After their return to Getxo, they spread football to nearby neighborhoods.[4]
By 1901, weekly matches were played in the fields of Lamiako by youth from Las Arenas.[5] In 1903 the same group would win the "Copa Athletic", the biggest local tournament at the juvenile level, as well as play a match against Club Ciclista de San Sebastián, the precursor to Real Sociedad.[5] They eventually founded a local team in 1909 (encouraged by the recent creation of the Spanish Federation of Football Clubs)[6][better source needed] with the name of Arenas Football Club.[4] It was renamed to Club Arenas three years later.[5]
In 1914 they moved their home ground to the local sports club Real Club Jolaseta in the Neguri neighborhood.[5]
Early successes edit
In 1912 they started competing in the Campeonato Norte along with Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, Racing de Santander, Sporting de Gijón and Celta de Vigo, being crowned champion in 1917.
During the 1916-17 season of the Campeonato, all the teams except for Arenas, Athletic, and Real Unión were suspended.[7] The sporting committee of the tournament decided to play only the remaining matches between these three teams.[8] Jolastokieta, one of the suspended teams, was dissolved that year. Arenas lost one match and won another against Unión as well as beating Athletic twice to claim the title.[a] They then beat Sporting de Gijón in the semifinals.[11] This qualified them to that year's Copa del Rey, where it reached the final in Barcelona, losing 1–2 against Madrid FC after extra time.[5]
In 1917 a knock-out match in the Spanish Cup[12] between Arenas and Athletic Bilbao had to be suspended after the pitch was stormed by Athletic supporters who were looking to assault the referee for seeming biased against their team.[13]
In 1919 Arenas won another regional competition, the Campeonato de Vizcaya, thus qualifying for the Copa del Rey again, and won the national tournament after defeating FC Barcelona 5–2 in the final, scoring three in extra time.[4] The following year, when the Spain national team were runners-up at their international debut in the Olympic Games, the squad included three players from the club, Francisco Pagazaurtundúa, Félix Sesúmaga, and Pedro Vallana.[4]
Arenas Getxo appeared in Spanish Cup finals on two further occasions, losing against Barcelona in 1925 (0–2) and two years later against Real Unión (0–1), the latter in the only all-Basque decisive match in the competition's history not to feature Athletic Bilbao.[14][15] Every member of the Spanish squad at the 1928 Olympics was with a Basque club, and Arenas provided four of the players.
Decline edit
After playing in La Liga's first seven editions – finishing third in 1929–30 – and the following six seasons in the second division, the club has spent the vast majority of its existence competing at the fourth level, with the occasional visit to the regional leagues. In 2015, Arenas gained promotion to the third tier for the first time in 35 years, via the playoffs.[16]
Season to season edit
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- 7 seasons in La Liga
- 6 seasons in Segunda División
- 7 seasons in Segunda División B
- 3 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
- 61 seasons in Tercera División
In regional system edit
Regional league system
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Current squad edit
- As of 9 August 2022[17]
Note: 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 (3):[b] 1945–46, 1946–47, 1959–60
- North Regional Championship: 1916–17[18]
- Biscay Championship (3): 1918–19, 1921–22, 1926–27
- Copa Vasca: 1935–36
- ^ Union: 2-3[9] and 2-1 Athletic: 2-0 and 2-0[10]
- ^ Third tier
Famous players edit
Famous coaches edit
References edit
- ^ "Gobela :: Estadios y Pabellones ::". lapreferente.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "estadio gobela :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ J, E. R. (17 October 2014). "El comercio y la cultura hermanan Reino Unido y Bilbao". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "El Arenas entra en la leyenda". El Correo (in European Spanish). 30 March 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Arenas Club - Historia del Club". Arenas Club. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Arenas Club de Getxo :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Gran vida (Madrid). 1/4/1917". Hemeroteca Digital. Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Madrid-sport (Madrid). 22/2/1917". Hemeroteca Digital. Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "El Día (Madrid. 1916). 6/3/1917". Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Gran vida (Madrid). 1/4/1917". Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Gran vida (Madrid). 1/4/1917". Hemeroteca Digital. Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "El Imparcial (Madrid. 1867). 22/1/1917". Hemeroteca Digital. Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "El Liberal (Madrid. 1879). 22/1/1917". Hemeroteca Digital. Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Historia de la radio: Real Unión – Arenas Club" [History of the radio: Real Unión - Arenas Club] (in Spanish). Diarios de Fútbol. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "1927 La última copa del Real Unión y la primera retransmitida por radio" [1927, the last cup for Real Unión and the first transmitted over radio] (in Spanish). Spanish Football Federation. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "El Arenas y el Gernika logran el ascenso a Segunda B" [Arenas and Gernika achieve promotion to Segunda B] (in Spanish). EITB. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Ya tenemos dorsales para el inicio de la liga el próximo sábado Aúpa Histórico!!!". Twitter. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Spain - List of Champions of Norte". RSSSF. 21 January 2000. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football (2003), Phil Ball.
External links edit
- Official website
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
