The Eiriña Club de Fútbol was a Spanish

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club located in

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

, Galicia, founded in 1922, and disappeared on 16 October 1941, when it merged with the Alfonso XIII CF to form the

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

History

Origins

In 1921, the modest Lérez FC, encouraged by the Álvarez Limeses and the son of the Marquis of Riestra, wanted to grow, so it changed location and colors to become Eiriña FC, which became the best club in the prehistory of the Pontevedra football. Some of the members of Lérez FC were Antón Losada, Alexandre Bóveda, and Alfonso Rodríguez Castelao. The first references to Lérez FC date back to 1909, which played its games in ''A Xunqueira do Cobo''.

Golden age

The ''Eiriña Club de Fútbol'' was founded in 1922, taking its name from the , and which wore a striped yellow and black jersey with black pants. Together with Alfonso XIII CF and the Pontevedra Athletic Club, Eiriña became one of the three most important clubs in the city in the early 1920s, competing in the until 1926, when Pontevedra AC disappeared following a decline thanks largely to the arrival of

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. The other two, Eiriña FC from ''Campo de Pasarón'' and Alfonso XIII FC from ''Campo de Burgo'', managed to survive due to their youth and organization. In April 1931, the

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was established and the Alfonsista club was forced to change its name, becoming known as Pontevedra Sport Club, continuing to compete until the arrival of the

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; while Eiriña FC became the main club in the city, proclaiming itself Champion of Serie B in 1923 and playing in the first Category since then. The team's greatest achievement was competing in Spain's ''

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'' in consecutive seasons (1929–30, 1931–32, and 1932–33). The club then won the Galicia Amateur Championships in the 1932–33 and 1933–34, before being proclaimed Champion of the inaugural '' Copa Galicia'' in 1936, beating

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6–4 on aggregate in the final. With the arrival of the Civil War, all regional competitions were paralyzed and football activity gradually decreased, but not before Eiriña participated in the First Category of the South Championship where they placed fifth. In the 1937–38 season, the club participated in the Galician Championship, called the Galician Army Corps Cup, where it finished fourth and last classified.

Decline and collapse

When the war ended, both Eiriña and Pontevedra SC remained active, but the great sporting and human burden made the development of both in a different panorama almost unfeasible, so the directors decided to meet and study a way out of this situation, resulting in the merger of both into a single entity that was capable of representing the city with the proper support. Thus, on 16 October 1941, the ''Pontevedra Club de Fútbol'' was established and its first president was Fernando Ponte Conde.

Season to season

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Notable players

* Daniel Díaz de León

Honours

*Galician Championship of Serie B: **Champions (1): 1922–23 *: **Champions (2): 1932–33 and 1933–34 * Copa Galicia: **Champions (1): 1936

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eiriña CF Defunct football clubs in Galicia Association football clubs established in 1922 Association football clubs disestablished in 1941 1922 establishments in Spain Football in Galicia (Spain) 1941 disestablishments in Europe