Alavés
Description
Deportivo Alavés, usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish Segunda División football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country. They play at the 19,500 seater Mendizorroza stadium.
The team's home kit is blue and white striped shirt, blue shorts and white socks. Alavés reached the UEFA Cup final in 2001, where they lost 5-4 to Liverpool. Although Alavés were relegated after the 2003-04 season, they regained their top flight status a year later.
In the 2005/06 season they played in La Liga, but following a poor season they were relegated to the Segunda División.