CD Numancia

Numancia

Full name	Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Rojillos (Reds)
Founded	1945
Ground	Los Pajaritos, Soria, Castilla y León, Spain (Capacity: 10,200)
Chairman	Francisco Rubio Garcés
Manager	Gonzalo Arconada
League	Segunda División
2008-09	La Liga, 19th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish sports club from Soria. The club is named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near present-day Soria. Founded on 9 April 1945, the club competes in Spanish football's Segunda División having been relegated from La Liga at end of 2008-2009 season.

The club plays in red shirts and blue shorts, and holds home games at the Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, that seats 9,800 spectators. Besides football it has other departments in sports, such as volleyball, women's handball, and rhythmic gymnastics.

History

Having spent a long time in the Tercera División, the club made consistent progress, reaching the first division on three occasions: 1999, 2004 and 2008.^[1]

The club became first widely known in Spain in 1995-96, while still playing at the third level, for its extraordinary run in the Spanish Cup, eliminating three top flight clubs (Real Sociedad, Racing de Santander and Sporting de Gijón), only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by FC Barcelona, after taking the lead.

Following a 1-3 loss at Sporting Gijón, on 2 November 2008, the club reached a total of 200 goals against in the first division, reaching 43rd in the all-time list. It battled bravely against relegation, but eventually returned to level two after just one year, as second from bottom.

Club milestones

League history

• Categorías Regionales: 9 seasons.
• Tercera División: 33 seasons.
• Segunda División B: 8 seasons (1989-90 to 1996-97).
• Segunda División: 10 seasons (1949-50, 1950-51, 1997-98, 1999-99, 2001-04 and 2005-08).
• La Liga: 4 seasons (1999-00, 2000-01, 2004-05 and 2008-09).

League achievements

• Tercera División champions in 1995-96 and 1999-00.
• Promotion to La Liga in 1998-99, 2003-04, 2007-08.
• Segunda División champions in 2007-08.^[2]

Season to season

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.cdnumancia.com and www.lfp.es

As of 31 August 2009.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Iñaki Lafuente 2 DF Javier Flaño 3 MF Mikel Balenziaga (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 4 MF Dimas 5 FW Iñigo Vélez 6 MF Txomin Nagore 7 MF Igor Angulo 8 MF César Palacios (captain) 9 FW Lago Júnior 10 MF Mario 11 FW Javier del Pino 12 DF Óscar López

No. Position Player 13 GK Eduardo 14 MF Mikel Álvaro 15 DF Felipe Guréndez 16 MF Joseba Garmendia 17 MF José Barkero 18 DF Egoitz Jaio 19 MF Nano 20 DF Sergio Boris 21 FW Asier Goiria 22 DF Manuel Pavón 23 MF Asier Arranz

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 24 FW Roberto Platero (to Barakaldo CF)

Famous players

see also Cat:CD Numancia players

Famous coaches

• Mariano García Remón (2000-01)
• Sergije Krešić (2008-2009)

References

External links

• Official website