Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in , holding home games at Campo Municipal de Urritxe.

History Amorebieta was founded in 1925 after the dissolution of Sociedad Deportiva Beti-Arin (founded on 2 December 1923). The Zornotzarra club, alongside 21 other clubs in Biscay, joined the Biscayan Football Federation.

In the 1926–27 season, the club made an outstanding campaign in its second competitive year. It had as its main rival FBC Durango, who finished in the top position after a tiebreaker match, after both teams totalled 14 points in the season. Despite finishing second, Amorebieta clinched the first promotion of its history, rising one step inside the Biscayan Regional category to play, the next year, in the Preferente C division.

In 1962–63, Amorebieta played in the semi-finals of the Spanish Amateur ChampionshipSpain - Amateur Champions (Campeonato de España Amateur) 1930-1987, RSSSF, 20 May 2020 against Real Madrid's farm team, losing 0–2 in Vallecas and managing a 2–2 draw in the second leg, thus being eliminated.

Eighteen years later, the team finished second in Preferente, and played in a promotion play-off against Mondragón CF, which won 4–3 in the first leg; however, a 2–0 home triumph in the second match promoted, for the second time in its history, the club to the fourth division, where it remained for the following three decades.

On 29 May 2011, Amorebieta was promoted for the first time to Segunda División B after beating CD Manacor in the 2011 Tercera División play-offs. In its first season in the third tier, the club finished in the fourth position in Group 2 and qualified for the promotion play-offs, but was eliminated in the first round by Balompédica Linense. In the 2017–18 season Amorebieta finished in the 14th position in Segunda División B, Group 2. The following 2018–19 campaign was more successful, as the club finished eighth.

On 22 May 2021, Amorebieta was promoted to the Segunda División for the first time ever by defeating Badajoz in the final round of the promotion play-offs.La SD Amorebieta asalta el Nuevo Vivero y hace historia! [SD Amorebieta storms the Nuevo Vivero and makes history], RFEF (in Spanish), 22 May 2021 Immediately they faced their first problem of where to play, as their basic Urritxe ground did not meet requirements by several measures and would be prohibitive to upgrade, and none of the possible options, including Ipurua in Eibar and Lezama outside Bilbao, was an ideal solution.¿Y dónde jugará ahora el Amorebieta? [And where will Amorebieta play now?], El Correo (in Spanish), 23 May 2021 On 17 June, the club reached an agreement with Athletic for the utilisation of Lezama's ground 2, after it was approved by the LFP. On 21 May 2022, Amorebieta was relegated back to the third tier.

On 27 May 2023, the team bounced back to the second division (they would play at Lezama again in 2023–24). However, the next season, they met the same fate as 2 years earlier, finishing 19th and being relegated back to the third tier. On 3 May 2025, Amorebieta suffered another relegation to the fourth level, following a 0-2 loss to Barakaldo.

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2 seasons in Segunda División 2 seasons in Primera Federación 10 seasons in Segunda División B 2 seasons in Segunda Federación 36 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad .

Reserve team

Current technical staff

Honours & achievements Promotion to Segunda División: 2020–21, 2022–23 Primera Federación: 2022–23 Tercera División: 2010–11 Promotion to Preferente C: 1926–27 Promotion to Tercera División: 1961–62, 1980–81

Former players

Perhaps Amorebieta's most successful former player is Xabier Etxeita, who began his career at his hometown club before moving on to Athletic Bilbao, where he was a winner of the 2015 Supercopa de España and was capped by Spain before eventually returning in 2022. Amorebieta have close ties with Athletic, and several players have appeared for both clubs.

Reserve team Amorebieta's reserve team, SD Amorebieta B, was founded in 2003 and plays in the Primera División de Vizcaya, which corresponds to the eighth division. In September 2021, shortly after the B-team returned to action after one year of inactivity, a second reserve team called SD Amorebieta C was incorporated into the club's structure.

References

External links Official website Futbolme team profile Estadios de España