# Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas

Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas is a Spanish women's football team from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, currently playing in the Liga F. It is the women's section of Deportivo Alavés.

## History

Having begun the process of adding a women's football section to the club structure in the months prior, in summer 2017 Alavés had their new Gloriosas team installed directly into the second tier of the Spanish league setup as the result of a merger with established local club CD Gasteizko Neskak (Vitoria Girls) who had just completed a season competing at that level.
Under the agreement, the Gasteizko Neskak senior team's players were adopted by Alavés and now play home matches at the professional club's Ciudad Deportiva José Luis Compañón (Ibaia) training ground, wearing Alavés colours. Dafne Triviño, the long-serving coach and coordinator of Gasteizko Neskak, was appointed as the women's section coordinator for Alavés.
During the first season following the merger, the Gloriosas team often continued to be referred to as Gasteizko Neskak.
Alavés previously had a women's team, in partnership with Club San Ignacio (not to be confused with SD San Ignacio of Bilbao), from 2010 to 2013.
In summer 2019, the club confirmed they would be introducing a women's reserve team in the provincial leagues to act as a step between the youth and senior levels.
In the 2020–21 season, played in a two-phase format due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, Alavés held off a challenge from Osasuna to win both the winter and spring regional groups and gain promotion to the Primera División for the first time.
Alavés competed in the Copa de la Reina for the first time in the 2021–22 season after the competition was opened up to all clubs in the top division and the level below; they entered at the third round stage but lost to Espanyol, one of the teams relegated at the end of the previous campaign.

### Gasteiz Cup and Gasteizko Neskak

Gasteizko Neskak, who wear pink-and-black and are based at the Betoño Sports Complex (also used by Alavés for training), continue to operate independently, with a second adult team in the Territorial Femenina Araba league (fourth level) as well as their existing youth teams, with support from Alavés as a 'partner club' in exchange for continued access to players.
For several years the organisation was known as CDF Gasteiz Cup, with the club hierarchy also arranging an annual youth tournament of the same name which attracted entrants from as far away as India – it was played for 18 years, the last edition held in 2014.
After winning the Preferente Álava league in 2010, Gasteiz Cup reached the Primera Nacional (second tier) in the 2010–11 season, finishing bottom of the table in their group. They are regular participants in international youth tournaments such as the Gothia Cup in Sweden. Yulema Corres, who won the Spanish league in 2016 with Athletic Bilbao, began her career with the club.

## Season by season

| Gasteiz Cup / Gasteizko Neskak Season Division Place Copa d.l.R. 2007–08 Provincial 2nd 2008–09 Provincial 1st 2009–10 Provincial 1st 2010–11 Primera Nacional 13th 2011–12 Provincial 2nd 2012–13 Regional 3rd 2013–14 Regional 3rd 2014–15 Regional 3rd 2015–16 Regional 1st 2016–17 2ª 8th | Alavés-San Ignacio / Gloriosas Season Division Place Copa d.l.R. 2008–09 Provincial 2nd 2009–10 Provincial 3rd 2010–11 Provincial 9th 2011–12 Provincial 1st 2012–13 Regional 13th 2013–2017: No participation 2017–18 2ª 11th 2018–19 2ª 2nd 2019–20 2ªP 5th 2020–21 2ªP 1st/1st 2021–22 1ª 11th Third round 2022–23 1ª 16th Round of 16 |
* ↑ As CDF Gasteiz Cup
* ↑ The club operated a team called Gasteiz Cup (finishing 5th) and a team called Gasteizko Neskak (2nd) in the same division.
* ↑ As Gasteizko Neskak.
* ↑ As Club San Ignacio
* ↑ Deportivo Alavés placed 9th; San Ignacio placed 2nd.
* ↑ As Fundación Alavés-San Ignacio.
* ↑ As Deportivo Alavés.
* ↑ As Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas.
* ↑ Placing in one of 7 regionalised groups.
* ↑ Placing in one of 6 regionalised groups.
* ↑ The team qualified to move up to the new Primera División B but remained in the second tier of the system due to its creation.
* ↑ Placing in one of 2 regionalised groups.
* ↑ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
* ↑ In 1 of 4 regionalised Autumn subgroups.
* ↑ in 1 of 2 regionalised 'promotion/retention' Spring subgroups.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 26 October 2023
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 | Sofía Fuente |
| 3 | DF | MTQ | Laurène Tresfield |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pichi García |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Vanesa Santana |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Stefanie da Eira |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Rebecca Elloh |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Olga San Nicolás |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Alba Aznar |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Elene Errasti |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Andrea Carid |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jana Xin |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Cristina Auñón |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Almudena Rivero |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Judith Luzuriaga |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Laura Moreno |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Sara Carrillo |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Emmanuella Aby |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Carla Morera |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Sheila Elorza |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Leyre Monente |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Eider Egaña |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Lorea Onsoño |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Alaitz Alcorta |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Sara Caranca |

## Honours

CDF Gasteizko Cup
* Álava Territorial League: 2008–09, 2009–10
Alavés-San Ignacio
* Álava Territorial League: 2011–12
Gasteizko Neskak
* Basque Regional League: 2015–16
Alavés Gloriosas
* Segunda División Pro: 2020–21 (north section)