Sestao_River_Club Knowpia

Sestao
Full name	Sestao River Club
Founded	1996
Ground	Las Llanas, Sestao,; Basque Country, Spain
Capacity	8,905
President	Ángel Castro
Head coach	Aitor Calle
League	Primera Federación – Group 1
2022–23	Segunda Federación – Group 2, 1st of 18 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Sestao River Club is a Spanish football team based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1996 it plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, hosting home games at Estadio Las Llanas, with a capacity of 8,905 seats.^[3]

History edit

Sestao River Club was founded in 1996, immediately after the disappearance of historic Sestao Sport Club, due to economic problems. It first reached the third division in 2004, going on to remain there for the vast majority of the following years.

In 2014 the club finished as champion of the group 2 of the Segunda División B, but failed to promote to Segunda División after being eliminated in the play-offs.

Club background edit

Sestao Sport Club – (1916–1996)
Sestao River Club – (1996–present)

Season by season edit

Estadio Las Llanas, home of Sestao River.

Sestao Sport Club edit

17 seasons in Segunda División
10 seasons in Segunda División B
30 seasons in Tercera División

Sestao River Club edit

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1996–97	7	2ª Reg.	1st
1997–98	6	1ª Reg.	2nd
1998–99	5	Reg. Pref.	1st
1999–2000	4	3ª	6th
2000–01	4	3ª	3rd
2001–02	4	3ª	2nd
2002–03	4	3ª	8th
2003–04	4	3ª	1st
2004–05	3	2ª B	18th	First round
2005–06	4	3ª	1st
2006–07	3	2ª B	5th	First round
2007–08	3	2ª B	10th	First round
2008–09	3	2ª B	15th
2009–10	3	2ª B	17th
2010–11	4	3ª	3rd
2011–12	3	2ª B	10th
2012–13	3	2ª B	12th
2013–14	3	2ª B	1st
2014–15	3	2ª B	13th	First round
2015–16	3	2ª B	6th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2016–17	3	2ª B	19th	Second round
2017–18	4	3ª	4th
2018–19	4	3ª	2nd
2019–20	4	3ª	2nd	Second round
2020–21	4	3ª	3rd / 3rd
2021–22	4	2ª RFEF	2nd
2022–23	4	2ª Fed.	1st
2023–24	3	1ª Fed.		Second round

1 season in Primera Federación
11 seasons in Segunda División B
2 seasons in Segunda Federación
11 seasons in Tercera División
3 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad edit

Sestao playing against SD Leioa in 2017

As of 5 February 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Sergi Puig
2	DF	ESP	Álex Carbonell (on loan from Real Sociedad B)
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro Mateo
4	DF	ESP	Mario Camero (on loan from Real Madrid Castilla)
5	MF	ESP	Gaizka Martínez
6	MF	ESP	Antxón Jaso
7	MF	ESP	Aitor Aranzabe
8	MF	ESP	Gorka Garai
9	FW	ESP	Jon Cabo
10	MF	ESP	Leandro Martínez
11	MF	ESP	Kepa Uriarte
12	DF	ESP	Diego Mirapeix (on loan from Racing Santander)
13	GK	ESP	Unai Ruiz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Álvaro Gete
15	MF	ESP	Julen Azkue
16	MF	ESP	Josu Ozkoidi
17	FW	ESP	Kaxe
18	FW	ESP	Dopi
19	MF	ESP	Armando Corbalán
20	FW	ESP	Ibai Sanz (on loan from Athletic Bilbao B)
21	FW	ESP	Jon Guruzeta
22	DF	ESP	Markel Etxeberria
23	DF	ESP	Roberto Corral
24	GK	ESP	Pere García
28	MF	ESP	Asier Del Río

Famous players edit

References edit

^ "Spain - Sestao River Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ "Ángel Castro, presidente del River". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ "The latest news from Sestao River: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ "Sestao River Club » EQUIPO y CUERPO TÉCNICO T. 2023/24".