Deportivo Alavés
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| Full name | Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Babazorros El Glorioso (The glorious one) |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Ground | Mendizorrotza |
| Capacity | 19,840 |
| Chairman | Alfonso Fernández de Trocóniz |
| Manager | Mauricio Pellegrino |
| League | La Liga |
| 2015–16 | Segunda División, 1st (promoted) |
Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. [deporˈtiβo alaˈβes]; (Sporting Alavés), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1921 it plays in La Liga, holding home matches at the 19,800-seater Estadio Mendizorrotza.
Its biggest success was in 2001 when, in the year of its debut in European competition, it was one of the finalists in the 2001 UEFA Cup Final against Liverpool, being defeated 5–4 by golden goal.
The team's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt, blue shorts and white socks.
Founded in 1921, Alavés first reached La Liga eight years later, a stint which would last three years. In the 1950s the club would reach Primera División again for a two-year spell.
After years of seriously facing disappearance which lasted well into the 1990s, the club finally achieved a Segunda División promotion in 1994–95 after two consecutive years winning their group in Segunda División B – created as the new third level in 1977 – but failing in the promotion play-offs.
After winning the Segunda División in 1997–98, Alavés returned to the top level after a 42-year . Following their return season in which they escaped relegation by a single point, they achieved two wins against Barcelona in the following campaign and would qualify for the UEFA Cup for the first time upon finishing sixth (to date, their highest-ever placing, coming just 12 years after their lowest-ever: eighth in their group in the fourth level).
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