Having begun the process of adding a women's football section to the club structure in the months prior,[2] 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[3][4][5] (Vitoria Girls) who had just completed a season competing at that level.

[12][13][14] 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.

[15] 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.

[16] 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.

[24] After winning the Preferente Álava league in 2010,[25] Gasteiz Cup reached the Primera Nacional (second tier) in the 2010–11 season,[26] finishing bottom of the table in their group.