Antiguoko

Antiguoko Kirol Elkartea (Sport Club of Antiguo in English) is an amateur youth Spanish football club based in Antiguo, a part of San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain.

Antiguoko
Full nameAntiguoko Kirol Elkartea
Founded1982
GroundCampo de Berio, San Sebastián,
Basque Country, Spain
PresidentEdorta Salegi
LeagueDivisión de Honor
2018–19División de Honor, Gr. 2, 8th
WebsiteClub website

It acts as feeder club to Athletic Bilbao,[1] having previously had the same agreement with Real Sociedad.[2][3]

Club overview

Antiguoko was founded in 1982, at which time the team did not even possess its own ground.

A number of famous players who appeared for Real Sociedad as well as other teams – and the Spanish national side – have graduated from the club, including Mr. Xabi Alonso, Mikel Arteta,[4] Javier de Pedro[5][6] and Yuri Berchiche.[7] Sell-on fees from multi-million transfers involving Alonso and Arteta have provided funds for Antiguoko to improve their facilities.

Aritz Aduriz, Andoni Iraola[4] and Ander Murillo[8] were also youth products of Antiguoko, and went on to later appear professionally with Real Sociedad's Basque neighbours Athletic Bilbao, a club which had a formal agreement with Antiguoko for several seasons and continues to acquire its players on a regular basis.[9]

The Juvenil A squad play in the Group II of the División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol. The opponents in the league group include the academy teams of Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Osasuna, other clubs whose adult departments compete at various levels from La Liga down to Tercera División, and another strong youth-only organisation, Danok Bat. The Juvenil B team plays in the Liga Nacional Juvenil de Fútbol which is the lower division of the same structure, and the Juvenil C team participates in the Liga Vasca one tier further down - as with adult leagues, the different teams cannot coincide at the same level.

Antiguoko finished top of the league in 2006-07 which gave them a rare chance to compete nationally in the Copa de Campeones Juvenil and the Copa del Rey Juvenil.

Season to season (Juvenil A)

División de Honor Juvenil

Seasons with two or more trophies shown in bold[10][11]

*Season*LevelGroupPositionCopa del Rey Juv.Copa CampeonesEurope/notes
1995–96347thN/AN/A---
1996–97342ndN/AN/A---
1997–98244thN/AN/A---
1998–99123rdSemi-finalN/A---
1999–001213thN/AN/A---
2000–01243rdN/AN/A---
2001–021213thN/AN/A---
2002–03242ndN/AN/A---
2003–04128thN/AN/A---
2004–05123rdRound of 16N/A---
2005–061210thN/AN/A---
2006–07121stRound of 163rd in group of 3---
2007–081211thN/AN/A---
2008–09126thN/AN/A---
2009–101210thN/AN/A---
2010–111215thN/AN/A---
2011–12241stN/AN/AN/A
2012–13125thN/AN/AN/A
2013–141II10thN/AN/AN/A
2014–151II5thN/AN/AN/A
2015–161II2ndRound of 16N/AN/A
2016–171II12thN/AN/AN/A
2017–181II8thN/AN/AN/A
2018–191II8thN/AN/AN/A
2019–20[lower-alpha 1]1II10thN/AN/AN/A
  1. In March 2020, all fixtures were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. On 6 May 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the premature end of the leagues, revoking all relegations, declaring each divisional leader as champion and cancelling the Copa del Rey Juvenil and the Copa de Campeones for the season.[12]

References
  1. "El Antiguoko, convenido con el Athletic hasta 2030" [Antiguoko in an agreement with Athletic Club until 2030.] (in Spanish). Athletic Club. 21 July 2020.
  2. "La Real Sociedad ata a tres jóvenes promesas del Antiguoko" [Real Sociedad ties three Antiguoko young promises] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. "El Antiguoko seguirá siendo club convenido de la Real Sociedad" [Antiguoko will continue being agreed club of Real Sociedad] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  4. Phil Ball (22 September 2011). "Antiguoko - the next big thing in Spanish football". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  5. "Qué fue de... Javi de Pedro" [What happened to... Javi de Pedro] (in Spanish). Web de Los Deportistas Olvidados. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  6. "Jugadores Relevantes" [Relevant Players]. Official Website (in Spanish). Antiguoko KE. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  7. "Yuri Berchiche: "Quiero hacerme un hueco en este equipo"" [Yuri Berchiche: "I want to have a place in this team"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 August 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  8. "Fiesta grande en el Antiguoko" [Partying hard at Antiguoko] (in Spanish). Diario Vasco. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  9. "Athletic y Antiguoko: una relación positiva a pesar de la dificultad del territorio" [Athletic and Antiguoko: a positive relationship despite the difficulty of the territory] (in Spanish). La cantera de Lezama. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  10. Historical Spanish Juvenile Competition Results
  11. Antiguoko KE - Club History
  12. "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" [RFEF announcement in relation to the non-professional competitions in Spanish football] (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020.
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