- Real Unión
Football club infobox
clubname = Real Unión
fullname = Real Unión Club de Irún
nickname = --
founded = 1915
ground =Stadium Gal ,Irún ,
Basque Country,
Spain
capacity = 5,000
chairman = flagicon|SpainRicardo García Arias
manager = flagicon|Spain Javier Zubillaga
league = 2ªB - Group 1
season = 2007-08
position = 2ªB - Group 2 5th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFReal Unión Club de Irún were among the early pioneering Spanish football teams and, along with fellow Basque clubs
Athletic Bilbao ,Real Sociedad andArenas Club de Getxo , were founding members of "La Liga ", in 1928.They will play the 2008-09 season in the Segunda División B - Group 1. The club is based in the city of
Irún in the Basque Country, near the border withFrance . They play in the 5,000 seater "Stadium Gal".History
The club 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 Spanish Cup in 1913 beating
Athletic Bilbao 1-0 in a replayed final.The club was briefly known as "Union Club Irún" before
Alfonso XIII gave the club royal approval. During theSecond Spanish Republic the club reverted to this name. Real Unión subsequently won the domestic cup three further times, beatingReal Madrid in 1918 and again in 1924. In 1927 they defeatedArenas Club de Getxo in the only all-Basque final to date. They were also runners-up in 1922, losing 5-1 toFC Barcelona in the final. The club were relegated from the top flight in 1932.In 1920, when Spain made their international debut at the Olympic Games, the club 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. More recently, Spanish internationals
Javier Irureta andRoberto López Ufarte began their career with the club.Trophies
*Spanish Cup: 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 and 1946-47
*Second Division B: 2002-03
Seasons
*2004/2005: "
Segunda División B " "2nd"
*2005/2006: "Segunda División B " "5th"
*2006/2007: "Segunda División B " "4th"
*2007/2008: "Segunda División B " "5th"
*2008/2009: "Segunda División B "------------------
*4 seasons in "La Liga "
*9 seasons in "Segunda División "
*16 seasons in "Segunda División B "
*40 seasons in "Tercera División "tatistics 2007/08
*Top Scorers:
**Sergio Francisco - 12 goals
**Iñaki Goikoetxea - 11 goals
**Romo - 6 goals
*Top Goalkeepers:
**Otermin - 32 goals in 37 matches
**Elissalde - 2 goals in 2 matchesFamous players
*flagicon|Argentina
Juan Errazquin
*flagicon|FranceManuel Anatol
*flagicon|FranceRené Petit
*flagicon|SpainJose Ignacio Berruet
*flagicon|SpainIñaki Descarga
*flagicon|SpainRoberto López Ufarte
*flagicon|SpainJavier Irureta
*flagicon|SpainDavid Karanka
*flagicon|SpainBojan Krkic
*flagicon|SpainAndres Iniesta
*flagicon|SpainDavid Villa Former coaches
*flagicon|England
Steve Bloomer (1923-25)External links
* [http://www.realunionclub.com Official website]
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