Club Portugalete is a Basque football team based in

Portugalete Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. The town has 45,294 inhabitants as of 2021 and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located ...

, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it plays in , holding its home games in the ''

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'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats.

History

Football arrived to the city of

in the end of the 19th century, with the first club of the city (Athletic Club Portugalete) being created in 1899. The history of Club Portugalete goes back to 1909, when Alfredo Hervias founded ''Club Deportivo Portugalete''. Refounded in 1921 under the name of ''Portugalete Football Club'', the club ceased activities in 1936 due to the

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, returning in 1939 under the name of ''Club Deportivo Portugalete Chiqui'' and acting as a B-team of CD Portugalete (which was already a separated club at that time), but only remaining active for one season. In 1944, the club was refounded as ''Nuevo Club Portugalete'', and switched to the current name in 1956.

Club names

*''Club Deportivo Portugalete'' (1909–1916) *''Portugalete Football Club'' (1921–1936) *''Club Deportivo Portugalete Chiqui'' (1939–1940) *''Nuevo Club Portugalete'' (1944–1956) *''Club Portugalete'' (1956–present)

Season to season

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*31 seasons in

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 ...

*4 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

Current squad

https://es.besoccer.com/equipo/plantilla/portugalete

Out on loan

References

External links

Official website
(archived 14 November 2010)
Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history Estadios de España
{{DEFAULTSORT:Portugalete Football clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football clubs established in 1909 1909 establishments in Spain Sport in Biscay