Club Deportivo Anaitasuna is a

Spanish football team The Spain national football team () has represented Spain in men's international football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Spain is one of eight nationa ...

based in

Azkoitia Azkoitia () is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is also the seat of the Municipalities of Spain, municipality of the same name. ...

, in the

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of the Basque Country. Founded in 1934, it plays in the , holding home games at ''Campo Txerloia'' which has a capacity of 1,500 spectators. The team's name in

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means ''brotherhood''. Their closest rivals are Lagun Onak from

Azpeitia Azpeitia (meaning 'down the rock' in Basque language, Basque) is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality within the Provinces of Spain, province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain, located on ...

History

Having won the Campeonato de Aficionados (national amateur cup) in 1973, their most successful period was in the 1980s when they were members of the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

across the decade. In 1980–81 and 1982–83, their 6th-place league finish earned entry to the following season's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. Since then they have mostly played at provincial level, being promoted as the Gipuzkoa league winners four times (1993, 2001, 2012, 2016) but being relegated back down immediately on each occasion. They went up again in 2020,Xabier Artetxe: “Nuestro objetivo es claro, mantener la categoría”
abier Artetxe: "Our objective is clear, stay in the division" Gipuzkoa Football Federation (in Spanish), 7 August 2020 and also played in the

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, losing to top-tier regulars

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

only via a penalty in stoppage time.Resumen Anaitasuna vs Getafe en la Copa del rey 2020 (1-2)
(in Spanish), Juan José Díaz Pérez,

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, 17 December 2020 The club has youth sections and a women's team (who finished 6th in Spain in 1994–95), and also competes in several other sports.

Season to season

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*3 seasons in

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

/Tercera División RFEF

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile
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