CD Numancia

Numancia

Full name	Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Numantinos, Rojillos (Reds)
Founded	1945
Ground	Los Pajaritos, Soria, Castile and León, Spain
Capacity	9,025
Chairman	Francisco Rubio
Manager	Jagoba Arrasate
League	Segunda División
2014–15	Segunda División, 12th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, with a 9,025-seat capacity.

Besides football it has other departments in sports, such as volleyball, women's handball, and rhythmic gymnastics.

History

Numancia was named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near where Soria would be later founded. 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) and only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Barcelona, after Numancia drew in the first leg and took the lead in the second.^[2]

Following a 1–3 loss at Sporting de Gijón on 2 November 2008, Numancia had conceded a total of 200 goals in the top division in slightly more than three seasons, reaching 44th in the all-time list. It battled bravely against relegation, but eventually returned to level two after just one year, as second from bottom, even though the season had started on a high note with a 1–0 home win against eventual champions Barcelona.^[3]

Honours/achievements

• Segunda División: 2007–08^[4]
• Tercera División: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1988–89
• Promotion to La Liga: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1945/46 Regional — 1946/47 3ª 4th 1947/48 3ª 11th 1948/49 3ª 3rd 1949/50 2ª 13th 1950/51 2ª 17th 1951/52 3ª 13th 1952/53 3ª 6th 1953/54 3ª 12th 1954/55 3ª 3rd 1955/56 3ª 7th 1956/57 3ª 9th 1957/58 3ª 5th 1958/59 3ª 7th 1959/60 3ª 15th 1960/61 3ª 3rd 1961/62 3ª 1st 1962/63 3ª 1st 1963/64 3ª 2nd 1964/65 3ª 3rd 1965/66 3ª 1st 1966/67 3ª 15th 1967/68 3ª 6th 1968/69 3ª 14th 1969/70 3ª 12th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1970/71 Reg. Pref. 16th 1971/72 1ª Reg. 1st 1972/73 Reg. Pref. 10th 1973/74 Reg. Pref. 13th 1974/75 Reg. Pref. 15th 1975/76 Reg. Pref. 15th 1976/77 Reg. Pref. 12th 1977/78 Reg. Pref. 1st 1978/79 3ª 5th 1979/80 3ª 14th 1980/81 3ª 13th 1981/82 3ª 4th 1982/83 3ª 7th 1983/84 3ª 2nd 1984/85 3ª 8th 1985/86 3ª 11th 1986/87 3ª 8th 1987/88 3ª 4th 1988/89 3ª 1st 1989/90 2ªB 13th 1990/91 2ªB 11th 1991/92 2ªB 10th 1992/93 2ªB 8th 1993/94 2ªB 3rd 1994/95 2ªB 2nd

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1995/96 2ªB 8th Quarter-finals 1996/97 2ªB 2nd 1997/98 2ª 17th 1998/99 2ª 3rd 1999/00 1ª 17th 2000/01 1ª 20th 2001/02 2ª 17th 2002/03 2ª 14th 2003/04 2ª 3rd 2004/05 1ª 19th 2005/06 2ª 8th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2006/07 2ª 8th 2007/08 2ª 1st 2008/09 1ª 19th 2009/10 2ª 8th 2010/11 2ª 10th Second round 2011/12 2ª 10th Third round 2012/13 2ª 12th Second round 2013/14 2ª 13th Second round 2014/15 2ª 12th Third round 2015/16 2ª Second round

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• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 15 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 33 seasons in Tercera División
• 9 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.cdnumancia.com and www.lfp.es Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Juan Pablo 3 DF Adrián Ripa 4 MF Marc Pedraza 5 DF Francisco Regalón 6 DF Iñigo Pérez 7 FW Dani Aquino 8 DF Jon Gaztañaga (on loan from Real Sociedad) 9 FW Álex Alegría (on loan from Betis) 10 MF Julio Álvarez 11 FW Javi Del Pino (Captain) 12 MF Jorge Díaz (on loan from Zaragoza) 13 GK Munir

No. Position Player 14 DF Luis Valcarce 15 MF David Concha (on loan from Real Sociedad) 16 DF Juanma 17 DF Unai Medina 18 MF Vicente 19 MF Antonio Martínez (on loan from Alcorcón) 20 FW Pablo Valcarce 21 MF Marc Mateu 22 MF Pedro Orfila 23 FW Adrián Dalmau (on loan from Espanyol) 24 DF Alexander Callens 27 FW Nacho Sánchez

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — DF Dani Calvo (on loan at Atlético Levante)

No. Position Player — MF Edipo Rodríguez (on loan at Guadalajara)

Former players

Managers

José Antonio Saro (1989–90) Jesús Tartilán (1991) Manuel García Calderón (1992–93) Miguel Ángel Lotina (1993–96) Paco Herrera (1998) Miguel Ángel Lotina (1998–99) Andoni Goikoetxea (1999–00) Paco Herrera (2000) Mariano García Remón (2000–01) Luis Sánchez Duque (2001–02) Manuel Sarabia (2002) Máximo Hernández (2002–03), (2004–05)

Quique Hernández (2003–04) Francisco López Alfaro (2004–05) Enrique Martín (2005) Andoni Goikoetxea (2005–07) Gonzalo Arconada (2007–08) Sergio Krešić (2008–09) Pacheta (2009) Gonzalo Arconada (2009–10) Juan Carlos Unzué (2010–11) Pablo Machín (2011–13) Juan Antonio Anquela (2013–15) Jagoba Arrasate (2015–)

References

1. Numancia wins in Tarragona in the 94' and nears promotion (Spanish)
2. http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com./EMD01/HEM/1996/02/15/MD19960215-002.pdf (Spanish)
3. Numancia 1–0 Barcelona; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008
4. League champions! (Spanish)

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol team profile