Santutxu
Fútbol Club is a football club from the Basque Country city of Bilbao in Sain
who were formed in 1918 after a group of players had played under the title
Santutxu FBC from 1914.
The club
joined Serie C of local football and moved into a home ground; Campo de Landa
Orlegi in 1924, where the team continued to play until 1936 when they vacated
the field until 1940.
Santutxu
went on to play at Campo de Basoselai, Artxanda, Galdakao, Etxezuri, Zorrozaurre
and then Campo de Montefuerte where they shared with CD Peña. The club
progressed to the top division of regional football.
The 1964-65
season saw Satutxu move into Campo de Mallona high above the city and
overlooking the old town Casco Viejo allowing the club to develop. The club
fluctuated between the first and second local divisions until 1970 before
progressing to the Regional Preferente.
The club
lifted the prestigious Trofeo Hierro in 1973 and 1975 following victories over
CD Larramendi and SD Lemona. A junior side was set up to start the 1975-76
season as the club looked to develop further.
The 1979-80
season saw Santutxu win promotion to the fourth tier of Spanish football, as
they became members of the Tercera División, where they were placed in Grupo
III. The 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons were spent away from Mallona as the
stadium was remodelled.
The club
returned having being relegated to the Territorial Preferente Vizcaya through
the play-offs against CD Galdakao. Santutxu won the Territorial Preferente
title in 1990-91 under coach D Iñaki Dueñas.
The 1992-93
campaign saw the club relegated back to the Preferente, from where the club
descended further in 2000-01 down to the 1a regional division. Promotion back
to the new top flight División de Honor was won at the first attempt before
gradual momentum led to Santutxu regaining their Tercera División after a title
win 2005-06.
However,
their spell in the fourth tier lasted just one season before the club dropped
back down to the División de Honor, where they remained to the completion of the
2009-10 season as another title win was accrued along with promotion back to
the fourth tier.
The
progression was only made possible by the dedication of the many club coaches
and presidents who presided over up to twenty teams representing the club, which
produced many youngsters for the first team.
Once back in
Grupo IV of the Tercera División, Santutxu established themselves with some
steady performances just below mid table in the final standings until the
2016-17 campaign when they finished in the relegation places to return to
regional football.
Santutxu FC
will play in the División de Honor de Vizcaya in the 2017-18 season.
My visit
Saturday 25th
February 2017
To read all
about Campo de Mallona and Danok Bat, the youth side that share the facility
and my visit there; click here.
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