Club San Ignacio is a football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1964, the team plays in Tercera Federación – Group 4. Representing the district of Adurtza, the club's home ground is Adurtzabal, which has a capacity of 400 spectators.

San Ignacio has been closely linked to Deportivo Alavés at various times; it was the formative club of Spain international forward Ernesto Valverde.

History

The San Ignacio Football Club is a modest but respected football club in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, and many place this club among the three or four most outstanding clubs in Álava – behind Deportivo Alavés, CD Laudio and Amurrio Club (although CD Vitoria and CD Aurrera de Vitoria are of similar stature).

The origin of the club traces back to a school in Adurtza, the San Ignacio Public School, from where the club was born in 1964, hence the nickname they receive from the Colegiales (Schoolboys). CF San Ignacio was promoted to the Tercera División RFEF (the then 4th tier of Spanish football) for the first time in 1997, after becoming champions of the Álava Preferential Regional (6th tier of Spanish football), but they only lasted a single season. In 2002, San Ignacio achieved promotion to the Tercera División RFEF again, but once again they weren't able to hold on for more than a season, being relegated at the end of the 2002-03 campaign.[citation needed]

In 2003, San Ignacio (who had previously been associated with Real Sociedad) agreed a four-year partnership with Deportivo Alavés to host their second reserve team in Tercera División. The affiliate became known as Alavés C-San Ignacio, maintaining the Alavés name but playing in San Ignacio colours and usually hosting fixtures at their home ground. When this entity was relegated in 2004–05, the Alavés link was discontinued.

San Ignacio continued operating independently and returned to the Tercera level twice (on each occasion their opponents included Deportivo Alavés B, the other reserve side of Alavés, with both teams being relegated in 2008–09). The club remains a partner club of Alavés. They were promoted again in 2017–18, with Alavés offering use of their Ibaia facilities for matches at that level due to the Federation being concerned with the condition of the playing surface at Adurtzabal. Further progression to the Segunda División B (never achieved by the club) was a possibility in 2018–19 until defeat in the playoffs.

Between 2019 and 2022, San Ignacio's squad was fully composed of Alavés players, acting mainly as a second reserve team behind Alavés B. In 2022, with Alavés C being reactivated, the link between Alavés and San Ignacio returned to a collaboration agreement.

Stadium

Until the 2017–18 season, San Ignacio played on the Estadio Adurtzabal, with artificial grass. In the summer of 2018, due to the impossibility of playing the matches in Adurtzabal, Club San Ignacio went on to play their matches at the Ibaia facilities, owned by Deportivo Alavés.

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1971–72 5 2ª Reg. 6th 1972–73 5 2ª Reg. 4th 1973–74 5 2ª Reg. 5th 1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 8th 1975–76 5 1ª Reg. 6th 1976–77 5 1ª Reg. 17th 1977–78 6 1ª Reg. 16th 1978–79 6 1ª Reg. 15th 1979–80 6 1ª Reg. 10th 1980–81 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1981–82 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1982–83 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1983–84 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1984–85 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 20th 1986–87 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 8thSeason Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 10th 1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 11th 1993–94 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1994–95 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1997–98 4 3ª 19th 1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 10th 1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2002–03 4 3ª 19th 2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2006–07 4 3ª 20th 2007–08 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2008–09 4 3ª 20th 2009–10 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2010–11 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
1971–7252ª Reg.6th
1972–7352ª Reg.4th
1973–7452ª Reg.5th
1974–7551ª Reg.8th
1975–7651ª Reg.6th
1976–7751ª Reg.17th
1977–7861ª Reg.16th
1978–7961ª Reg.15th
1979–8061ª Reg.10th
1980–8161ª Reg.2nd
1981–8261ª Reg.2nd
1982–8361ª Reg.2nd
1983–8461ª Reg.2nd
1984–8561ª Reg.1st
1985–865Reg. Pref.20th
1986–8761ª Reg.1st
1987–885Reg. Pref.3rd
1988–895Reg. Pref.3rd
1989–905Reg. Pref.2nd
1990–915Reg. Pref.8th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1991–925Reg. Pref.10th
1992–935Reg. Pref.11th
1993–945Reg. Pref.4th
1994–955Reg. Pref.3rd
1995–965Reg. Pref.3rd
1996–975Reg. Pref.1st
1997–9843ª19th
1998–995Reg. Pref.10th
1999–20005Reg. Pref.4th
2000–015Reg. Pref.2nd
2001–025Reg. Pref.1st
2002–0343ª19th
2003–045Reg. Pref.13th
2004–055Reg. Pref.4th
2005–065Reg. Pref.1st
2006–0743ª20th
2007–085Reg. Pref.1st
2008–0943ª20th
2009–105Reg. Pref.3rd
2010–115Reg. Pref.5th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 2012–13 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2013–14 5 Reg. Pref. 12th 2014–15 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 2015–16 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 2016–17 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 2017–18 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2018–19 4 3ª 4th 2019–20 4 3ª 7th 2020–21 4 3ª 6th / 5th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 7th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 15th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 8th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed. 12th 2025–26 5 3ª Fed.
2011–125Reg. Pref.5th
2012–135Reg. Pref.3rd
2013–145Reg. Pref.12th
2014–155Reg. Pref.6th
2015–165Reg. Pref.7th
2016–175Reg. Pref.6th
2017–185Reg. Pref.1st
2018–1943ª4th
2019–2043ª7th
2020–2143ª6th / 5th
2021–2253ª RFEF7th
2022–2353ª Fed.15th
2023–2453ª Fed.8th
2024–2553ª Fed.12th
2025–2653ª Fed.

Notable players

CF San Ignacio B

For the 2011–12 season, the collegiate club launched a subsidiary in the First Regional of Álava (7th tier of Spanish football) to release the youth players who finished that stage.[citation needed]

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