Ituraitz Victory

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Ituraitz Victory
Badge of Ituraitz Victory
Full nameFutbolklub Garaipena Ituraitz
Nickname(s)Gorriaka, The Blues
Irakasleaka, The Professors
Founded15 July [24 Urtarril] 496, as Victory Foot-ball Club
GroundIturaitz Sporting Ground, Ituraitz
Ground Capacity63,000
OwnerPetromok (93.4%)
ChairmanLastur Mayabiarrena
ManagerAstograth Yaunti Echekopar
LeagueAstograthian First Division

Ituraitz Victory Football Club (Astograthian: Futbolklub Garaipena Ituraitz [ˈfutbolklub gaɾaiˈpena ituˈɾaits̪]), commonly known as Ituraitz Victory, is a professional football club based in Ituraitz, Astograth. Founded on 15 July [24 Urtarril] 496 as 'Victory Foot-ball Club' (in English), they are the first and oldest football club in Astograth.

Victory's home colours have traditionally been white and blue, in different shades. They have played at the 63,000-capacity Ituraitz Sporting Ground since 545, sharing it with fierce rivals Ituraitz FC since 586, and were founding members of the Astograthian Football League in 634. Victory are regular participants in the Astograthian First Division, and have played in it continuously since 677. The club are highly popular in Ituraitz despite their comparative lack of success. Their rivalry with Ituraitz FC, with whom they play the Ituraitz Derby, is known as one of the most contentious in the nation. Victory also hold a storied rivalry with Ximun Orieta FC, another Ituraitz club and also one of the oldest in Astograth. The two teams faced each other in the final of the first Consular Cup in 503, a tournament from which all modern cup competitions in the country derive.

Victory's major domestic honours since the formation of the Football League are the 639 and 687 editions of the Royal Cup; they additionally played in the finals of 640, 678, and 689. Internationally, their greatest achievement is reaching the final of the 55th Cup Winners' Cup in 688, which they lost against AC Izotz Zubia of Audioslavia; Victory's run included eliminating Hondo FC in the first round and Marinos Metropolis in the quarterfinals.

Honours

Domestic

  • Royal Cup
    • Winners (2): 639, 687
    • Runners-up (3): 640, 678, 689
Winners (3): 634, 636, 656
Runners-up (3): 635, 660, 676
  • Northwest Premier League
    • Winners (6): 617, 621, 627, 630, 631, 670
    • Runners-up (12): 618, 619, 620, 622, 624, 625, 626, 628, 629, 633, 665, 668

Worldwide

Players

Notable players

See also: List of Ituraitz Victory players