Antiguoko

Antiguoko
Full name Antiguoko Kirol Elkartea
Founded 1982
Ground Campo de Berio, San Sebastián,
Basque Country, Spain
Chairman Dodaka Salegi
League División de Honor
2015–16 División de Honor, Gr. 2, 2nd
Website Club home page

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.

It acts as feeder club to Real Sociedad, twice La Liga champions in the 80's.[1]

Club overview / Famous players

Antiguoko was founded in 1982, and 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 Xabi Alonso, Mikel Arteta[2] and Javier de Pedro.[3]

Aritz Aduriz, Andoni Iraola[2] and Ander Murillo[4] were also youth products of Antiguoko, and went on to later appear professionally with Real Sociedad's Basque neighbours Athletic Bilbao.

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.

The club 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.

References

  1. ↑ "La Real Sociedad ata a tres jóvenes promesas del Antiguoko" [Real Sociedad ties three Antiguoko young promises] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 Phil Ball (22 September 2011). "Antiguoko - the next big thing in Spanish football". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Qué fue de... Javi de Pedro" [What happened to... Javi de Pedro] (in Spanish). Web de Los Deportistas Olvidados. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Fiesta grande en el Antiguoko" [Partying hard at Antiguoko] (in Spanish). Diario Vasco. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

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