SD Eibar (women)

SD Eibar Femenino is a Spanish women's football team from Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, currently playing in Liga F. It is the women's section of SD Eibar.

Eibar

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Eibar Femenino
Founded	1991 (as Eibartarrak FT) 2009 (as SD Eibar)
Ground	Unbe Sports Complex, Eibar
Chairman	Amaia Gorostiza
Manager	Yerai Martin
League	Liga F
2023–24	10th
Website	https://www.sdeibar.com/primer-equipo/sde-femenino/femenino
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Below the first team, the club also incorporates a senior B-team playing at the provincial fourth level,^[1] plus three youth teams.^[2]

History

Eibar women's team was founded in 1991 as Eibartarrak Futbol Taldea. Eibartarrak reached the Copa de la Reina final and won the Supercopa in 1999,^[3] and was the League's runner-up two years later. However, it wasn't included in the unified 2001–2002 Superliga Femenina, instead playing in Primera Nacional. In 2003 it adopted SD Eibar's name (as Eibar-Eibartarrak) and kit, while remaining an independent club.

In 2009 it finally became a section of SD Eibar, and was promoted to the Superliga following a reform of the competition.^[4] Eibar was relegated two years later.

In 2017–18, Eibar posted their best result for a decade with a 3rd-place finish in the second tier, in a season which was seen as successful for all teams attached to the club.^[5][6]

In 2019–20, Eibar was granted promotion to the Primera División as the team ranked second behind Athletic Club Femenino's reserve team (not eligible for promotion) when the league was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7] They were relegated after two seasons in the top tier, but bounced back immediately in 2022–23, with a similar scenario to three years earlier: this time Barcelona B won the division, with Eibar promoted as runners-up.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 May 2024.^[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Noelia García 2 DF  ESP Puyi 3 MF  ESP Zaira Flores 4 DF  ESP Carla Andrés 5 DF  ESP Andrea Sierra 6 MF  CIV Bernadette Amani 7 MF  ESP Arene Altonaga 8 FW  ESP Ane Campos 9 FW  URU Esperanza Pizarro 11 FW  ESP Laura Camino 13 GK  ESP María Miralles 14 MF  JPN Honoka Yonei

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  GUA Andrea Álvarez 17 DF  RSA Noko Matlou 18 DF  ESP Elba Vergés 19 FW  SEN Hapsatou Malado Diallo 20 DF  BRA Jujuba Cardozo 21 DF  AUT Annelie Leitner 23 DF  ESP Eider Arana 24 MF  NED Eva van Deursen 25 GK  ESP Amaia Peña 27 DF  ESP Ane Amuchastegui 30 FW  ESP Nati Cano 31 GK  ESP Garazi Aurrekoetxea — DF  CZE Alena Pěčková

Season by season

As Eibartarrak Season Division Place Copa de la Reina 1997/98 1ª 2nd First round 1998/99 1ª 1st/SF Runners-up 1999/00 1ª 2nd Preliminary 2000/01 1ª 1st/RU Quarterfinals 2001/02 2ª 2nd 2002/03 2ª 4th 2003/04 2ª 6th 2004/05 2ª 6th 2004/05 2ª 6th 2005/06 2ª 7th 2007/08 2ª 6th 2008/09 2ª 6th

As SD Eibar Season Division Place Copa de la Reina 2009–10 1ª 21st 2010–11 1ª 23rd 2011–12 2ª 10th 2012–13 2ª 13th 2013–14 Regional 2nd 2014/15 Regional 1st 2015–16 2ª 10th[a] 2016–17 2ª 6th[b] 2017–18 2ª 3rd[a] 2018–19 2ª 3rd[b][c] 2019–20 2ªP 2nd[d][e] 2020–21 1ª 14th 2021–22 1ª 15th Third round 2022–23 1ª Fed 2nd Third round

1. Placing in one of 7 regionalised groups.
2. Placing in one of 6 regionalised groups.
3. The team qualified to move up to the new Primera División B but remained in the second tier of the system due to its creation.
4. Placing in one of 2 regionalised groups.
5. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

Notable players

See also: Category:SD Eibar Femenino players

Honours

As Eibartarrak

• Liga Nacional (first tier): runners-up 2000–01
• Copa de la Reina: runners-up 1999
• Supercopa de España: 1999^[3]
• Copa Vasca: 1996, 2002

As Eibar

• Basque Regional League (third tier): 2014–15^[9]
• Copa Vasca: 2006

References

1. "Eibar B". Txapeldunak (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2018.
2. "Foundation: Academy". SD Eibar. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
3. "El Eibar femenino jugará en Ipurua para conmemorar el 20º Aniversario de la Supercopa del Eibartarrak" (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 28 November 2019.
4. Clubes transmiten al CSD su rechazo a la nueva Superliga femenina (Clubs send their rejection of the new Women's Super League to the CSD) Marca, 22 June 2009
5. "El Eibar consolida su estrategia con la base" [Eibar consolidates its strategy with the base]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
6. "El Eibar presume de cantera" [Eibar boasts a quarry]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
7. "El Eibar femenino sube a Primera Iberdrola tras dos ascensos seguidos" [Eibar Women reach the Primera Iberdrola after two consecutive promotions]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 8 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
8. "Primer equipo femenino" [First women's team]. Eibar (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
9. "Históricos: Temporada 2014–15, Liga Vasca Femenina" [Historical: 2014–15 Season, Women's Basque League] (in Spanish). Basque Football Federation (FVF/EFF). Retrieved 8 March 2018.

External links

• Media related to SD Eibar (women) at Wikimedia Commons
• Eibar at Txapeldunak