Antiguoko Kirol Elkartea (Sport Club of Antiguo in English) is an amateur youth

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club based in Antiguo, a part of

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, in the Basque Country,

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. It acts as

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, previously having the same agreement with

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Club overview

Antiguoko was founded in 1982, at that time the team did not even possess its own ground. A number of famous players who appeared for

as well as other teams – and the Spanish national side – have graduated from the club, including

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, Mikel Arteta, Javier de Pedro and

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. Sell-on fees from multi-million transfers involving Alonso and Arteta have provided funds for Antiguoko to improve their facilities. Aritz Aduriz, Andoni Iraola and

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were also youth products of Antiguoko, and later appeared professionally with Real Sociedad's

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neighbours

, a club that had a formal agreement with Antiguoko for several seasons and continues to acquire its players on a regular basis. The ''Juvenil A'' squad plays in the Group II of the

División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol The División de Honor Juvenil is the top level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 19 years old and under. The División de Honor is administered by the RFEF through the ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol Aficionado (LNFA)''. Format ...

. The opponents in the league group include the academy teams of

and

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, other clubs whose adult departments compete at various levels from

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down to

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, 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 boldAntiguoko KE - Club History
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Club overview

Season to season (Juvenil A)

'' División de Honor Juvenil''

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