Unión Deportiva Cultural Txantrea Kirol eta Kultur Elkartea (Unión Deportiva Cultural Chantrea in Spanish) is a Spanish football team based in Pamplona , in the autonomous community of Navarre . Founded in 1952, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 15, holding home games at Estadio Chantrea , with a capacity of 3,500 seats.[ 3]
Txantrea is the representative team for the neighbourhood of the same name , a working-class area with a strong sense of community identity, built in the 1950s to provide housing for migrants from rural areas of Navarre.[ 4] The club has a long-term collaboration agreement with Athletic Club [ 5] [ 6] (renewed in 2017 for another four years)[ 7] which has seen several promising players move to the Bilbao team. Recent graduates include Borja Ekiza , Iñigo Pérez , Mikel San José , Gorka Iraizoz and Iker Muniain , all of whom played a role in their run to the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final .[ 8]
^ "Spain - UDC Txantrea - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway" . int.soccerway.com . Retrieved 2020-07-08 .
^ Pamplona, La Radio de (2019-09-11). "Txiki Acaz, técnico del Txantrea: "El día a día marcará nuestro objetivo" " . Bit FM | La Radio de Pamplona (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-08 .
^ klaiber-it.de, Timo Klaiber. "Instalaciones Deportivas Chantrea" . Europlan-Online . Retrieved 2020-07-08 .
^ "Historia del barrio" [History of the neighbourhood]. Txantrea.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2018 .
^ "El fértil vivero navarro del Athletic" [Athletic's fertile Navarrese nursery]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 February 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2018 .
^ "La Chantrea, el mejor vivero, es del Athletic" [Chantrea, Athletic's best nursery] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco . 10 February 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
^ "El Txantrea renueva como club convenido del Athletic hasta 2021" [Txantrea renews as Athletic collaboration club until 2021] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo . 13 April 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017 .
^ "La Chantrea, el mejor vivero, es del Athletic" [Chantrea, Athletic's best nursery] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco . 10 February 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2017 .