Danok Bat CF

Danok Bat
Full nameDanok Bat Club de Fica
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
GroundMallona, Bilbao, Basque Country
PresidentGotxon Astoreka
LeagueDivisión de Honor
2018–19División de Honor, Gr. 2, 5th
Websitehttp://danokbat.com/
Current season

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]

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][4]

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[5]

*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[a] 1 II 6th N/A N/A N/A
2020–21 1 II-B/C 5th/7th N/A[b] N/A N/A[c]
2021–22 1 II 10th N/A N/A N/A
2022–23 1 II 13th N/A N/A N/A
2023–24 2 4[7] 1st 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.[6]
  2. ^ Copa del Rey Juvenil not held in 2020–21.
  3. ^ UEFA Youth League not held in 2020–21.

Famous players

See also: Category:Danok Bat CF players

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Javier Ortiz de Lazcano (4 December 2022). "El Danok Bat, el gran formador, cumple 50 años" [Danok Bat, the great trainer, turns 50] (in Spanish). El Correo. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ Historical Spanish Juvenile Competition Results. arquero-arba.futbolme.net.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Liga Nacional Juvenil | 2023/2024 | Group 4, Soccerway