Arenas Club de Guecho
Arenas Club de Guecho is a football (soccer) club from Spain.
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Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club from the village of Getxo, near Bilbao in Biscay. They are sometimes referred to as Club Arenas de Guecho. They were among the pioneering clubs of Spanish football and in 1928 they were founding members of La Liga along with fellow Basque Country (autonomous community) clubs Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Real Unión. They currently play in the Tercera División.
History
Founded in 1909 as Arenas Football Club, they became
Club Arenas in 1912. In 1914 Arenas Club de Guecho played a series of three friendlies against FC Barcelona and won all three. They subsequently competed in the Campeonato Norte along with Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, Racing Santander, Sporting de Gijón and Celta Vigo. In 1917 they won this competition and qualified for the Copa del Rey. They reached the final in Barcelona where they lost 2-1 to Real Madrid after extra time. In 1919 they won another regional competition, the Campeonato de Vizcaya, and qualified for the Copa del Rey again. This time they won it, beating FC Barcelona 5-2 in extra time. In 1920 when Spain national football team made their international debut at the Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the squad included two Arenas’ players, Pagazaurtundua and Félix Sesúmaga. Arenas Club de Guecho made two more appearances in Copa del Rey finals. In 1925 they lost 2-0 to FC Barcelona and in 1927 they lost 1-0 to Real Unión in the only all-Basque Country (autonomous community) final to date. In 1930 Arenas Club de Guecho finished third in La Liga. However they only remained in the La Liga for seven seasons and were relegated in 1935.
Seasons
- 6 seasons in
Segunda División- 1 seasons in
Segunda División B- 56 seasons in
Tercera DivisiónTrophies
- Copa del Rey :
- - 1919: 1
- Campeonato Norte:
- - 1916/17: 1
- Campeonato de Vizcaya:
- - 1918/19 1921/22 1926/27: 3
- Copa Vasca:
- - 1935/36: 1
Famous players
- Guillermo Gorostiza
- Félix Sesúmaga
- Raimundo Pérez Lezama
- Joseba del Olmo
- José María Zárraga
- Javier Iturriaga
Famous Coaches
- Javier Clemente 1975-76
Sources
- Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football (2003), Phil Ball.
Related pages
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