SD Eibar

Football club infobox
clubname = SD Eibar


fullname = Sociedad Deportiva Eibar
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founded = 1940
ground = Estadio Municipal de Ipurua,
Eibar, Basque Country,
Spain
capacity = 5,250
chairman = flagicon|Spain Jaime Barriuso
manager = flagicon|Spain Juan Carlos Pouso
league = Segunda Division
season = 2007-08
position = Segunda Division, 13th
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Sociedad Deportiva Eibar are a Spanish football team from Eibar in Guipuzcoa. Founded November 30 1940, they currently play in the "Segunda Division". For the season 2008-09 they will play in Segunda Division.

They play in "azulgrana" - claret and blue, with blue shorts.

History

Formed by the merger of Deportivo Gallo and Union Deportiva Eibarresa, they were originally known as Eibar Futbol Club, before changing to the current name. Originally an irregular team, it wasn't until the 1943-44 season that Eibar were reorganised into a more full-time unit. Promoted to the third ("Tercera") division in 1950, they were promoted to the "Segunda B" in 1952-53, where they stayed for five seasons, before being relegated again. The team has since floated between the two second divisions and the third.

The club was relegated from the Segunda Division A to the Segunda Division B at the end of the 2005-6 season. However they won Segunda Division B Group IV. In the promotion play-offs they won their semi-final tie against L'Hospitalet 2-0. In the final they faced Rayo Vallecano and won by 2-1 on aggregate.

Honours

*Promotion to the "Tercera Division" in 1950.
*Promotion to "Segunda Division" in 1987-88.

easons

*2004/2005: Segunda Division "4th"
*2005/2006: Segunda Division "22nd - Relegated"
*2006/2007: Segunda Division B "1st - Promoted"
*2007/2008: Segunda Division "13th"
*2008/2009: Segunda Division------------------
*23 seasons in "Segunda Division"
*3 seasons in "Segunda Division B"
*28 seasons in "Tercera Division"

Current squad

tatistics 2007/08

*Top Scorers:
**Goiria - 15 goals
**Altuna - 6 goals
**Del Olmo - 5 goals
*Top Goalkeepers
**Pichu Cuellar - 45 goals In 38 matches
**Manu Herrera - 6 goals In 4 matches

tadium

Their home stadium is the Estadio Municipal de Ipurua, which seats 5,250 spectators.

Famous players

*flagicon|Belgium Frederic Peiremans
*flagicon|Colombia Avimileth Rivas
*flagicon|Russia Igor Lediakhov
* Gaizka Garitano Aguirre
*flagicon|Spain Ciriaco Errasti
*flagicon|Spain David Silva
*flagicon|Spain Roberto Echeverria
*flagicon|Spain Pepe Muguerza
*flagicon|Spain Ramon Gabilondo
*flagicon|Spain Jose Eulogio Garate
*flagicon|Spain Jose Ignacio Garmendia
*flagicon|Spain Xabi Alonso
*flagicon|Spain Manuel Almunia
*flagicon|Spain Asier Riesgo
*flagicon|Uruguay Ricardo Varela
*flagicon|Uruguay Federico Magallanes
*flagicon|Uruguay Ivan Pailos

"see also cl|SD Eibar footballers"

External links

* [http://www.sdeibar.com SD Eibar Official Website]