Real Unión de Irún
Real Unión de Irún is a football (soccer) club from Spain.
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Real Unión Club de Irún, S.A.D. is a Spain Association football club based in the city of Irún, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), near the border with France. It currently plays in
Segunda División, holding home matches at the 5,000 seater
Stadium Gal.
History
Real Unión were among the early pioneering Spanish football league teams teams and, along with fellow Basque Country (autonomous community) clubs Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Arenas Club de Getxo were founding members of
La Liga, in 1928.
Real Unión de Irún was formed in 1915 following the merger of
Irún Sporting Club and
Racing Club de Irún. The former was founded in 1902 as
Irún Foot-Ball Club, changing its name in 1907. The latter, formed in 1908, had already won the Copa del Rey in 1913 beating Athletic Bilbao 1-0 in a replayed final.
Real Unión de Irún was briefly known as
Unión Club Irún before Alfonso XIII gave Real Unión de Irún royal approval. During the Second Spanish Republic Real Unión de Irún reverted to this name. Real Unión subsequently won the domestic cup three further times, beating Real Madrid in 1918 and again in 1924. In 1927 they defeated Arenas Getxo in the only all-Basque final to date, also being runners-up in 1922, losing 5-1 to FC Barcelona. Real Unión de Irún were relegated from the top flight in 1932.
In 1920, when Spain national football team made their international debut at the Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Real Unión de Irún provided the squad with three players - Egiazabel, Vázquez and Arabolaza. Another Real Unión player, René Petit, took part in the same Olympic Games with France national football team. In the 70s and 80s, Spanish internationals Javier Irureta and Roberto López Ufarte began their career with the club.
On 11 November 2008, in a Copa del Rey 2008-09 contest against first division team Real Madrid, Real Unión lost 3-4 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, but emerged victorious on aggregate, following a 3-2 home victory in the first leg (away goals rule). It was the first time in history that Real Madrid were eliminated by a Segunda División B team at home.
Real Unión de Irún finally returned to
Segunda División after a 44-year absence, successively defeating CE Sabadell FC (2-1 aggregate) and AD Alcorcón (3-1), in the Segunda División B 2008-09.
Trophies
- Copa del Rey: 1913, 1918, 1924 and 1927
- Northern Championship: 1917-18
- Guipuzcoan Championship: 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1946-47
- Segunda División B: 2002-03, 2008-09
Seasons
- 9 seasons in
Segunda División- 17 seasons in
Segunda División B- 40 seasons in
Tercera División- 7 seasons in
Divisiones Regionales de FútbolStatistics 2007-08
- Manuel Anatol
- René Petit
- Juan Ángel Seguro
- Jose Ignacio Berruet
- Iñaki Descarga
- Roberto López Ufarte
- Javier Irureta
- David Karanka
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Former coaches
- Steve Bloomer (1923–25)
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