Barakaldo CF

Barakaldo

Full name	Barakaldo Club de Fútbol
Nicknames	Peñarol Fabriles Baraka
Founded	1917;109 years ago (1917)
Ground	Lasesarre, Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain
Capacity	7,960 [1]
President	Ricardo Arana
Head coach	Imanol de la Sota
League	Primera Federación – Group 1
2024–25	Primera Federación – Group 1, 11th of 20
Website	www.barakaldocf.com
Home colours Away colours

Estadio de Lasesarre

Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Basque football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home stadium is Lasesarre , ^[1] with a 7,960 Seat Capacity.

History

Barakaldo played the 1918–19 season in the Category C of the Regional Championship and became the champion without losing a single game throughout the season, promoted to category B. ^[2]

Barakaldo lost its place in the second category in the 1944–45 season, but in the 1945–46 season the club returned to the Segunda División. ^[2] Nevertheless, the next 1946–47 season was not successful for the club. It finished in the 11th position among 14 teams, just one point away from the last position. ^[3] In the following campaign Barakaldo improved its position, finishing 9th. ^[4]

Club names

• Baracaldo Football-Club – (1917–1942)
• Baracaldo Oriamendi – (1940–43)
• Baracaldo Altos Hornos – (1943–71)

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 3 3ª 9th 1929–30 3 3ª 1st 1930–31 3 3ª 1st 1931–32 3 3ª 2nd 1932–33 3 3ª 2nd Round of 32 1933–34 3 3ª 2nd Round of 32 1934–35 2 2ª 6th Fifth round 1935–36 2 2ª 3rd Third round 1939–40 2 2ª 5th Semi-finals 1940–41 2 2ª 11th First round 1941–42 2 2ª 6th Third round 1942–43 2 2ª 5th First round 1943–44 2 2ª 11th Round of 32 1944–45 2 2ª 14th Round of 16 1945–46 3 3ª 3rd 1946–47 2 2ª 11th First round 1947–48 2 2ª 9th Sixth round 1948–49 2 2ª 5th Fifth round 1949–50 2 2ª 10th Third round 1950–51 2 2ª 12th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1951–52 2 2ª 5th 1952–53 2 2ª 7th Quarterfinals 1953–54 2 2ª 2nd 1954–55 2 2ª 6th 1955–56 2 2ª 10th 1956–57 2 2ª 18th 1957–58 3 3ª 1st 1958–59 2 2ª 6th Preliminary 1959–60 2 2ª 9th Round of 32 1960–61 2 2ª 15th Round of 32 1961–62 3 3ª 9th 1962–63 3 3ª 1st 1963–64 3 3ª 1st 1964–65 2 2ª 9th Round of 32 1965–66 2 2ª 16th Preliminary 1966–67 3 3ª 3rd 1967–68 3 3ª 2nd 1968–69 3 3ª 7th 1969–70 3 3ª 5th Fourth round 1970–71 3 3ª 4th Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1971–72 3 3ª 1st Second round 1972–73 2 2ª 8th Fifth round 1973–74 2 2ª 10th Fourth round 1974–75 2 2ª 15th Fourth round 1975–76 3 3ª 2nd Third round 1976–77 3 3ª 1st First round 1977–78 2 2ª 4th First round 1978–79 2 2ª 19th Third round 1979–80 3 2ª B 1st Second round 1980–81 2 2ª 19th Third round 1981–82 3 2ª B 6th Second round 1982–83 3 2ª B 14th First round 1983–84 3 2ª B 18th 1984–85 4 3ª 4th 1985–86 4 3ª 2nd Third round 1986–87 4 3ª 4th Second round 1987–88 4 3ª 1st Second round 1988–89 3 2ª B 2nd 1989–90 3 2ª B 10th 1990–91 3 2ª B 7th Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1991–92 3 2ª B 7th Third round 1992–93 3 2ª B 2nd Fourth round 1993–94 3 2ª B 4th First round 1994–95 3 2ª B 13th First round 1995–96 3 2ª B 7th 1996–97 3 2ª B 3rd First round 1997–98 3 2ª B 1st First round 1998–99 3 2ª B 3rd Second round 1999–2000 3 2ª B 4th Second round 2000–01 3 2ª B 12th First round 2001–02 3 2ª B 1st 2002–03 3 2ª B 2nd First round 2003–04 3 2ª B 14th Second round 2004–05 3 2ª B 7th 2005–06 3 2ª B 15th Preliminary 2006–07 3 2ª B 6th 2007–08 3 2ª B 4th Second round 2008–09 3 2ª B 10th Third round 2009–10 3 2ª B 11th 2010–11 3 2ª B 20th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2011–12 4 3ª 2nd 2012–13 3 2ª B 5th 2013–14 3 2ª B 8th Second round 2014–15 3 2ª B 7th Third round 2015–16 3 2ª B 2nd Round of 32 2016–17 3 2ª B 13th Second round 2017–18 3 2ª B 6th 2018–19 3 2ª B 4th First round 2019–20 3 2ª B 14th Second round 2020–21 3 2ª B 10th / 7th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 4th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 1st 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 2nd First round 2024–25 3 1ª Fed. 11th Second round 2025–26 3 1ª Fed.

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• 30 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Primera Federación
• 36 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 24 seasons in Tercera División
• 2 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

As of 22 September 2025 ^[5]

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 Ibon Ispizua 2 DF   ESP Beñat de Jesús 3 DF   ESP Borja García 4 DF   ESP Unai Dufur 5 MF   ESP Ekaitz Molina 6 MF   ESP Unai Naveira 7 DF   ESP Iker Pedernales 8 MF   ESP Julen Huidobro 9 FW   ESP Alex Valiño 10 FW   ESP Sabin Merino 11 FW   ESP Eric Pérez(on loan from Eibar ) 12 DF   ESP Javier Vicario(on loan from Andorra )

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK   ESP Gaizka Campos 14 FW   ESP Iñigo Muñoz 15 MF   ESP Iván Castillo 16 DF   ESP Oier López 17 FW   DOM José de León (on loan from Alavés ) 18 DF   ESP Markel Arana(on loan from Eibar ) 19 FW   ESP Aitor Galarza (on loan from Eibar ) 20 FW   SEN Saliou Mandiang(on loan from Las Palmas ) 21 MF   ESP Víctor San Bartolomé 22 FW   ESP Marc Torra 23 DF   ESP Urtzi Albizua 24 DF   ESP Iker Ropero(on loan from Real Sociedad )

Honours

• Segunda División B ^[a]
  • Champions (3): 1979–80, ^[b] 1997–98, ^[c] 2001–02 ^[d]
• Tercera División
  • Winners (7): ^[e] 1929–30 ^[f] 1930–31 ^[g] 1957–58, ^[h] 1962–63, ^[i] 1963–64, ^[j] 1971–72, ^[k] 1976–77 ^[l]
  • Winners (1) ^[m] 1987–88 ^[n]

Notes

1. Third tier
2. Promoted directly
3. Not promoted in play-offs
4. Not promoted in play-offs
5. Third tier
6. Not promoted in play-offs
7. Not promoted in play-offs
8. Promoted in play-offs
9. Not promoted in play-offs
10. Promoted in play-offs
11. Promoted directly
12. Promoted directly
13. Fourth tier
14. Promoted directly

Famous players

See also: Category:Barakaldo CF footballers

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

• Serafín Aedo
• Pablito Barcos
• Bata
• Doroteo Elorriaga
• Germán Beltrán
• Luis María Echeberría
• Javier Escalza
• Raúl García
• Guillermo Gorostiza
• Iosu Iglesias
• Venancio
• Manuel Sarabia
• Telmo Zarra

Famous coaches

^[6]

• José María Amorrortu
• Carmelo Cedrun
• Iñigo Liceranzu
• Mané
• Eusebio Ríos

Stadium

Campo de Lasesarre

References

1. "Instalaciones – BARAKALDO C.F. Página Oficial". barakaldocf.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
2. "Historia – BARAKALDO C.F. Página Oficial". barakaldocf.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
3. "Histórico Barakaldo – Segunda División 1946/1947". resultados-futbol.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
4. "Histórico Barakaldo – Segunda División 1947/1948". resultados-futbol.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
5. "Primer equipo". Barakaldo CF (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
6. "INICIO". barakaldo.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Barakaldo Femenino at Txapeldunak