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Deportivo Alavés

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Overview | Seating Guide | Tickets | Food Guide | Cheer Culture | Directions | Insider Tips

Club Overview

Deportivo Alaves was founded in 1921. The club started in the second tier when La Liga launched in 1928 and earned promotion the following year.

Deportivo Alavés is a La Liga club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Their home ground is Mendizorrotza, with a capacity of around 19,840.

Seating Guide

Opened in 1924, Mendizorrotza is the third-oldest stadium still in use in Spain. It’s made up of Tribuna Principal (main), Tribuna Preferencia, Fondo Norte, and Fondo Sur (main singing end).

Tickets

The safest way to buy tickets is directly through the club’s official website. Popular matches are often prioritized for season-ticket (abono) holders before general sale, so check availability as soon as your travel dates are set.

This site is mainly in Spanish — here's how to get through it

  1. On the ticket site, click your desired match date.
  2. Choose a seating zone — pricing for each zone is shown directly on the site.
  3. Sign up or log in, then pick your seat and complete the payment.
  4. Some clubs check ID against the buyer's name at entry, so bring your passport along with the ticket.

Tip: in Chrome, right-click the page and choose "Translate to English" to read button labels instantly.

Food Guide

Around the stadium you’ll find bars and restaurants that are popular before and after matches. Check the button below for a real, location-based list.

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Cheer Culture

Alavés’s nickname ‘Babazorros’ is a centuries-old Vitoria moniker rooted in the local fava-bean trade. Before kickoff, fans gather in the old town square for a traditional Basque bar-hop called ‘poteo,’ and the goal-end stands of the historic Mendizorrotza — opened in 1924 — fill with fiercely local, loyal supporters.

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📍 Getting There

Mendizorrotza (Estadio de Mendizorrotza) · Paseo de Cervantes, s/n, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz

Tap the button below to see transit, walking, and driving directions from your current location to the stadium, via Google Maps.

💡 Insider Tips

🚌 Getting Around

City circular bus route 2 stops right in front of the stadium at “Mendizorrotza” (every 10 minutes on weekdays, 15–20 minutes on weekends, €1.40 fare). It’s also a 10–15 minute walk (about 1km) from Plaza de la Virgen Blanca in the city center. Fares are discounted with a Barik transit card.

🏨 Lodging

There’s no hotel right next to the stadium, but downtown options about a 15-minute walk away include NH Canciller Ayala, Holiday Inn Express Vitoria, and Silken Ciudad de Vitoria.

🎟️ Tickets

Official sales go through the Koobin platform. Joining the “Carnet Simpatizante” membership gets you advance priority purchase and a 10% ticket discount; non-members use general sale or resale platforms.

💡 Insider Tips

Stadium tours run by advance booking on non-matchdays, covering the pitch, dressing room, tunnel, and the underground club museum (which displays the 2000-01 UEFA Cup runner-up trophy). Away fans enter through Gate 3 and are seated in the north stand corner section. Stadium parking is very limited, so the Artium underground car park (about 1.2km) or the Plaza de los Fueros car park (15-minute walk) are recommended.