Danok Bat CF

Danok Bat Club de Fica is a Spanish football team based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1972, the club is mainly known for their successful youth setup, which helps players to develop and join other senior clubs in the region.[1]

Danok Bat

Full name	Danok Bat Club de Fica
Founded	1972
Ground	Mallona, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
President	Gotxon Astoreka
League	División de Honor
2018–19	División de Honor, Gr. 2, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours

Their Juvenil A squad play in the Group II of the División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol. The opponents in the league group include other clubs whose adult departments compete at various levels from La Liga down to Tercera División, another strong youth-only organisation, Antiguoko, and the academy teams of Real Sociedad, Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao, who have a fruitful collaborative agreement with Danok Bat.[2][3]

The Juvenil B team plays in the Liga Nacional Juvenil de Fútbol, which is the lower division of the same structure, and the Juvenil C team participates in the Liga Vasca one tier further down - as with adult leagues, the different teams cannot coincide at the same level.

Season to season (Juvenil A)

División de Honor Juvenil

Seasons with two or more trophies shown in bold[4]

*Season*	Level	Group	Position	Copa del Rey Juv.	Copa Campeones	Europe/notes
1995–96	1	2	9th	N/A	N/A	---
1996–97	1	2	6th	N/A	N/A	---
1997–98	1	2	5th	N/A	N/A	---
1998–99	1	2	6th	N/A	N/A	---
1999–00	1	2	5th	N/A	N/A	---
2000–01	1	2	11th	N/A	N/A	---
2001–02	1	2	8th	N/A	N/A	---
2002–03	1	2	11th	N/A	N/A	---
2003–04	1	2	9th	N/A	N/A	---
2004–05	1	2	10th	N/A	N/A	---
2005–06	1	2	8th	N/A	N/A	---
2006–07	1	2	3rd	Round of 16	N/A	---
2007–08	1	2	6th	N/A	N/A	---
2008–09	1	2	4th	N/A	N/A	---
2009–10	1	2	5th	N/A	N/A	---
2010–11	1	2	8th	N/A	N/A	---
2011–12	1	2	2nd	Round of 16	N/A	N/A
2012–13	1	2	10th	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013–14	1	II	3rd	Round of 16	N/A	N/A
2014–15	1	II	4th	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015–16	1	II	3rd	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016–17	1	II	7th	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017–18	1	II	5th	N/A	N/A	N/A
2018–19	1	II	5th	N/A	N/A	N/A
2019–20[lower-alpha 1]	1	II	6th	N/A	N/A	N/A

1. In March 2020, all fixtures were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. On 6 May 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the premature end of the leagues, revoking all relegations, declaring each divisional leader as champion and cancelling the Copa del Rey Juvenil and the Copa de Campeones for the season.[5]

Famous players

Note: List consists of players who appeared in La Liga or reached international status.

Igor Angulo Bolo[1] Iñigo Barrenetxea Ander Capa Mikel Dañobeitia Unai Expósito Iñaki Goitia

Ibón Gutiérrez Iago Herrerín Iñigo Lekue Andoni López Sabin Merino Yeray Álvarez

References

1. "El Danok Bat, pionero del fútbol base" [Danok Bat, pioneer of the youth setup] (PDF) (in Spanish). Bilbao.net. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
2. "Danok Bat: La esencia del fútbol base de Bizkaia" [Danok Bat: The essence of grassroots football in Biscay] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
3. "Cinco jugadores del Danok en el primer equipo del Athletic" [Five Danok players in the Athletic senior team]. Official Website (in Spanish). Danok Bat CF. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
4. Historical Spanish Juvenile Competition Results
5. "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" [RFEF announcement in relation to the non-professional competitions in Spanish football] (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Federacíon Guipuzcoana de Fútbol profile (in Spanish)