Deportivo Alavés B, S.A.D., usually known as Alavés B, is a Spanish football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1959 it is the reserve team of Deportivo Alavés, and currently plays in , holding home matches at Instalaciones de Ibaia-José Luis Compañon, the club's training facilities with 2,500 seat-capacity.
The team's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt, blue shorts and white socks.
League history The league placings have largely mirrored the fortunes of the senior team. From their formation in the 1960s until the late 1990s, Alavés B competed only in the fourth (Tercera Grupo IV) or fifth (Preferente de Álava) tiers. They achieved promotion to Segunda División B in 1999,Tercera División Group 4 98-99; Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017Promotion Phase to Segunda B 98-99 (Group B3); Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017 a year after the seniors climbed to La Liga. Alavés B remained in the third level for seven seasons, usually finishing mid-table, until demotion in 2005-06, the same year that the main side was relegated amid economic turmoil under Dmitry Piterman.
During the 2000s, Alavés B practically not contributed players to the Alavés first team, which has been almost exclusively nourished by foreign signings, and the decline of the club continued when the senior side themselves dropped into Segunda División B in 2009, while the B team were relegated back down to the fifth level. It took Alavés B only two seasons to regain fourth-level statusRegional Preferente Alavesa 10-11; Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017Promotion Phase to Tercera 10-11 (Basque group); Historical Spanish Football Results, retrieved 14 February 2017 whereas the seniors took four years to rise again to the second level, but they then gained promotion to La Liga after three further seasons while the B team stayed put in Tercera División from that point on; they eventually gained promotion in 2018–19 via the playoffs.
Season to season As a farm team SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1961–6245th1962–6344th1963–6443rd1964–6543rd1965–6642nd1966–67412th1967–6841968–6958th1969–7058th1970–71DNP1971–72DNP1972–73DNP1973–7451974–754Reg. Pref.13th1975–764Reg. Pref.7thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1976–774Reg. Pref.13th1977–785Reg. Pref.8th1978–795Reg. Pref.1979–8043ª2ndFirst round1980–8143ª10thSecond round1981–8243ª8th1982–8343ªFirst round1983–845Reg. Pref.5th1984–855Reg. Pref.16th1985–865Reg. Pref.1986–8761987–885Reg. Pref.4th1988–895Reg. Pref.1st1989–905Reg. Pref.3rd1990–915Reg. Pref.2nd As a reserve team SeasonTierDivisionPlace1991–925Reg. Pref.4th1992–935Reg. Pref.9th1993–945Reg. Pref.1994–9543ª16th1995–9643ª6th1996–9743ª3rd1997–9843ª7th1998–9943ª1999–200032ª B11th2000–0132ª B10th2001–0232ª B10th2002–0332ª B5th2003–0432ª B6th2004–0532ª B12th2005–0632ª B2006–0743ª10th2007–0843ª13th2008–0943ª2009–105Reg. Pref.5th2010–115Reg. Pref.SeasonTierDivisionPlace2011–1243ª17th2012–1343ª14th2013–1443ª5th2014–1543ª7th2015–1643ª12th2016–1743ª1st2017–1843ª3rd2018–1943ª2019–2032ª B11th2020–2132ª B / 2021–2253ª RFEF1st2022–2342ª Fed.2nd2023–2442ª Fed.6th2024–2542ª Fed.8th2025–2642ª Fed.2nd2026–2742ª Fed.
8 seasons in Segunda División B 5 seasons in Segunda Federación 20 seasons in Tercera División 1 season in Tercera División RFEF
Current squad .
Reserve team
Out on loan
Honours Tercera División Champions (1): 2016–17 RFEF Basque tournament Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Notable players
Ángel Javier Carpio Juan Pablo Colinas Óscar de Marcos Iñaki Garmendia Sergio Llamas Juan Cruz Ochoa Andrea Orlandi Rubén Pérez Sergio Pérez Nacho Rodríguez Asier Salcedo Josu Sarriegi Fernando Seoane Gaizka Toquero Mikel Vesga
References
External links
Futbolme team profile Terra club info. .