He Alaven promotion to First the next few days. El Glorioso is trying to return to a category in which he has already played 17 seasons along its history. Some of them, by the way, were very successful and in which he led or reached sixth place at the end of the 1999-2000 academic year, the following year he played in a UEFA Cup in which he reached the final. Those were the golden days.
But after those glory days, hard times awaited. In the 2002–03 season, the babazorro team was relegated to Second Division and returned to First Division in 2004–05, but after a top tier season came another relegation and heavy pilgrimage through Second and Second B in the next ten years. seasons.
You have to go back to the campaign 2015-2016 few find the last promotion to Primera del Alavés. He stayed there for the next six seasons and finished descending at the end of the 2021-2022.
This year, their return to Segunda, the team from Alava has been fighting for direct promotion since the start of the regular season. Their main aim was to return via a direct route, but they were left at the gates after a goalless draw at UD Las Palmas on the final day.
Now they have a chance to make the playoffs. First, they must beat Eibar, their semi-final rival and Albacete-Levante winner in a hypothetical final for promotion. If they achieve this, it will be their 18th appearance in the First Division next season.
Source: Goal