Unión Deportiva Cultural Txantrea Kirol eta Kultur Elkartea (Unión Deportiva Cultural Chantrea in Spanish) is a Spanish football team based in

Pamplona Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood pl ...

, in the autonomous community of

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

. Founded in 1952, it plays in , holding home games at ''

Estadio Chantrea es:Estadio is the spanish language word for Stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered s ...

'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. Txantrea is the representative team for the neighbourhood of the same name, a working-class area with a strong sense of community identity, built in the 1950s to provide housing for migrants from rural areas of Navarre. The club has a long-term collaboration agreement with Athletic Club (renewed in 2017 for another four years) which has seen several promising players move to the

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

team. Recent graduates include Borja Ekiza, Iñigo Pérez, Mikel San José,

Gorka Iraizoz Gorka Iraizoz Moreno (born 6 March 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently manager of Gernika Club. He spent most of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, appearing in 392 official games. In La Liga h ...

and

Iker Muniain Iker Muniain Goñi (, ; born 19 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a winger but also as a forward for Argentine Primera División club San Lorenzo. He began his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, deb ...

, all of whom played a role in their run to the

2012 UEFA Europa League Final The 2012 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, the 41st season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA (after the UEFA Champions League), and the 3rd season ...

Season to season

---- *1 season in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

*50 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

Famous players

* Miguel Ángel Sola *

Javi Gracia Javier "Javi" Gracia Carlos (; born 1 May 1970) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He totalled 430 matches across both major levels of Spanish football, in a 15-year professional career. Afte ...

* José Manuel Mateo *

David Cuéllar David Cuéllar Tainta (born 1 November 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right winger. Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Cuéllar came through the youth ranks of Athletic Bilbao, but managed to play just 14 games withou ...

* Mikel San José * Anaitz Arbilla * Roberto Torres Morales * Iñigo Pérez * Borja Ekiza *

Íñigo Eguaras Íñigo Eguaras Álvarez (born 7 March 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje. Football career Born in Ansoáin, Navarre, Eguaras graduated from Athletic Bilbao's youth setup after jo ...

References

External links

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Futbolme team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Txantrea Football clubs in Navarre Sport in Pamplona Association football clubs established in 1952 1952 establishments in Spain