CD Izarra

Club Deportivo Izarra is a Spanish football team, based in Estella-Lizarra, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1924 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 15, holding home matches at Estadio Merkatondoa, with a capacity of 3,500 seats.^[2]

CD Izarra

Full name	Club Deportivo Izarra
Founded	1924
Ground	Merkatondoa, Estella, Navarre, Spain
Capacity	3,500 [1]
President	Alfonso Canela
Head coach	Andoni Alonso
League	Tercera Federación – Group 15
2024–25	Segunda Federación – Group 2, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

In the 1920s several clubs appeared in the town of Estella; The Sport Club Estellés, C.D. Iberia, Unión Deportiva Estellesa and C.D. La Estrella which they faced together with soldiers of the Military Orders disputing local tournaments.

Finally, the C.D Izarra appeared. The club was founded on January 6, 1924 and joined the other teams in the tournament dispute. In 1943 its first ascent to Tercera Division takes place. After several decades playing between national and regional division. From the season 1983/84 it consolidated in Third Division, it came second in 1984/85 and in 1989/90 was champion of the group and managed to ascend to Segunda Division B. It managed to stay in Segunda Division B for 8 seasons during the 1990s. It descended again to Third Division in 1999/2000. After irregular seasons, it twice become champion of group 15 of the Third Division. From season 2009/10 it returned to play in Segunda Division B. That season was not successful as the club finished 18th and returned to Tercera.^[3]
Another step for Segunda Division B, in 2012 and as of 2015, the team sits again in the bronze category of Spanish football for six consecutive seasons.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1928–29 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1929–36 — Regional — 1939–40 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1940–41 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1941–42 3 1ª Reg. 4th 1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 3rd 1943–44 3 3ª 9th First round 1944–45 3 3ª 10th 1945–46 3 3ª 9th 1946–47 3 3ª 10th 1947–48 3 3ª 13th Second round 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1949–50 3 3ª 15th 1950–51 3 3ª 7th 1951–52 3 3ª 11th 1952–53 3 3ª 8th 1953–54 3 3ª 17th 1954–55 3 3ª 7th 1955–56 3 3ª 10th 1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1957–58 3 3ª 17th 1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1960–61 3 3ª 16th 1961–62 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1964–65 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1965–66 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1966–67 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1967–68 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 13th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1977–78 4 3ª 20th 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1983–84 4 3ª 14th 1984–85 4 3ª 2nd 1985–86 4 3ª 10th First round 1986–87 4 3ª 7th 1987–88 4 3ª 14th 1988–89 4 3ª 8th 1989–90 4 3ª 1st 1990–91 3 2ª B 16th Third round 1991–92 4 3ª 2nd First round 1992–93 3 2ª B 6th Second round 1993–94 3 2ª B 12th Third round 1994–95 3 2ª B 7th 1995–96 3 2ª B 12th 1996–97 3 2ª B 6th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1997–98 3 2ª B 19th 1998–99 4 3ª 3rd 1999–2000 3 2ª B 20th Prelim. round 2000–01 4 3ª 4th 2001–02 4 3ª 12th 2002–03 4 3ª 9th 2003–04 4 3ª 9th 2004–05 4 3ª 17th 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2006–07 4 3ª 5th 2007–08 4 3ª 1st 2008–09 4 3ª 1st First round 2009–10 3 2ª B 18th First round 2010–11 4 3ª 2nd 2011–12 4 3ª 2nd 2012–13 3 2ª B 20th 2013–14 4 3ª 1st 2014–15 4 3ª 3rd Third round 2015–16 3 2ª B 12th 2016–17 3 2ª B 13th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2017–18 3 2ª B 16th 2018–19 3 2ª B 13th 2019–20 3 2ª B 19th 2020–21 3 2ª B 9th / 3rd 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 10th 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 10th 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 13th 2024–25 4 2ª Fed. 18th 2025–26 5 3ª Fed.

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• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 4 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 36 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera Federación

Honours

• Tercera División: 1989–90, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14
• Regional Championships: 1956–57, 1959–60, 1967–68, 1982–83, 2005–06

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Ángel Fraga 2 DF  ESP Eneko Martínez (captain) 3 DF  ESP Endika Irigoyen 4 DF  ESP Karlos Mahugo 5 DF  ESP Oier Ayerdi 6 DF  ESP Marcos Isla 7 FW  ESP Iván Martínez (on loan from Tudelano) 8 MF  ESP José Hualde 9 FW  ESP Julen Madariaga 10 MF  ESP Javier Albín 11 FW  COL Mauri Rivera

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  ESP Martín Bengoa 13 GK  SVK Viliam Hynek 14 MF  ESP Mikel Arbeloa 15 DF  ESP Urko Ardanaz 16 MF  ESP Cristian Sanz 17 FW  ESP Fermín Merchan "Perdi" 18 FW  ESP Gorka Laborda 19 MF  ESP Javi Gómez 20 MF  ESP Rúper 22 DF  ESP Dani Rodriguez

Notable players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

See also: Category:CD Izarra footballers

Juan Arza (youth) Carlos Gurpegui (youth) Javi Martínez (youth) José Javier Basarte Enrique Jurío Jorge Barbarín Eugenio Bustingorri

Roberto Toledo José Javier Belloso Jorge Barrena Eduardo Conget José Javier Etxarri Sergio Valencia Iñaki Casado

Alex Guembe David Lizoain Alejandro Palacios Mikel Ziganda Ibai Ardanaz Samuel Piette Bruno Araiz

Pito Camacho Javier Briñol Alex Maestresalas Alex Cacho Juan Antonio Cabrera Eneko Martínez Alex Hinojosa

Aritz Eguaras Gorka Laborda Julio Iricibar Yoel Sola