Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Full name Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona S.A.D.
Nickname(s) Nàstic
Granes (Maroons)
Tarraconenses
Founded 1886 (football team in 1914)
Ground Nou Estadi, Tarragona,
Catalonia, Spain
Ground Capacity 14,591
Chairman Josep María Andreu
Manager Vicente Moreno
League Segunda División
2014–15 2ªB – Group 3, 1st (promoted)

Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, usually referred to as Nàstic,[1][2] is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team currently plays in Segunda División.

The club was founded in 1886, as a result being listed as one of the oldest football clubs in Spain.[3] It has teams competing in athletics, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, table tennis and futsal, but did not actually form a football team until 1914, with the side enjoying a three-year La Liga spell in its beginnings (1947–50).

Since 1972, the team plays home games at Nou Estadi, which seats 14,591 spectators.

History

The club was founded on 1 March 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at the Cafè del Centre on Rambla Nova. The majority of the club's early members belonged to the upper middle classes and, as the club name suggests, it was initially founded to promote gymnastics. Later the club members also began to organise fencing, hiking, boxing and cycling. In 1914, the club absorbed a local football club called Club Olímpic de Tarragona and consequently formed its own football team, using the former colours of Olímpic: red, white and black. In those days, it played home matches in the Avenida Catalunya stadium.

In January 1918, Gimnàstic made its debut as a football team in the Championat de Catalunya and, by 1927, were crowned champions of its second division. In 1943–44 the team first appeared in Tercera División and, in the following season, was promoted to Segunda División.

In the 1946–47 season Nàstic finished second in the second division and, the following campaign, arrived in La Liga. In 1947 it also reached the Copa del Generalísimo semi-final but lost to RCD Espanyol, having beaten FC Barcelona in the previous round.

The team finished its debut first division season in seventh place, with the highlight of the season coming on 11 January 1948 with a 3–1 win against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu, thus becoming the first team ever to do so. The club played two further seasons in the top level, being relegated in 1949–50 after losing a play-off to CD Alcoyano; it moved to the new Nou Estadi in 1972.

In 2006–07 Gimnàstic returned to the top flight, 56 years later. Along with coach Luis César Sampedro remained some of the players responsible for the promotion, as veteran Antonio Pinilla and Albano Bizarri, Rubén Castro, Ariza Makukula and Javier Portillo (eventually the team's top scorer), were also brought in. However, the club was placed in the relegation zone for 33 of the 38 rounds, eventually dropping down a division; Sampedro was replaced in midseason by Paco Flores, who improved the team's numbers but could not avoid relegation. In the 2007 summer the club was crowned Copa Catalunya champions after a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona, with goals from Pinilla and Tati Maldonado.

After returning to the second level Gimnàstic achieved a mid-table position in 2007–08 and 2008–09, with César Ferrando being in charge of the team. However, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, the club only managed to rank one position above the relegation zone, and, in the 2011–12 campaign, was relegated to Segunda División B after only winning six games out of 42.

On 12 September 2012 Nàstic won the second Catalan Cup in its history, after defeating AEC Manlleu with an Eugeni goal. In the 2014–15 campaign, after finishing first in its group, the club returned to the second level after defeating SD Huesca in the play-offs.

Supporters

There are two small ultras groups: an apolitical group called Tarraco 1886 and an antifa group called Nastic Crew.

Seasons

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1942/43 Regional
1943/44 2nd
1944/45 1st
1945/46 3rd
1946/47 2nd Semi-final
1947/48 7th
1948/49 9th
1949/50 13th
1950/51 15th
1951/52 13th
1952/53 14th
1953/54 10th
1954/55 1st
1955/56 4th
1956/57 6th
1957/58 8th
1958/59 2nd
1959/60 9th
1960/61 1st
Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1961/62 3rd
1962/63 6th
1963/64 3rd
1964/65 3rd
1965/66 1st
1966/67 2nd
1967/68 3rd
1968/69 2nd
1969/70 7th
1970/71 13th
1971/72 1st
1972/73 16th
1973/74 6th
1974/75 13th
1975/76 20th
1976/77 11th
1977/78 1st
1978/79 2ªB 2nd
1979/80 19th
Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1980/81 2ªB 9th
1981/82 2ªB 11th
1982/83 2ªB 5th
1983/84 2ªB 5th
1984/85 2ªB 13th
1985/86 2ªB 14th
1986/87 4th
1987/88 2ªB 8th
1988/89 2ªB 9th
1989/90 2ªB 17th
1990/91 2nd
1991/92 2ªB 9th
1992/93 2ªB 10th
1993/94 2ªB 11th
1994/95 2ªB 16th
1995/96 2ªB 2nd
1996/97 2ªB 1st
1997/98 2ªB 15th
1998/99 2ªB 16th
1999/00 2ªB 9th
Season Division Place Copa del Rey
2000/01 2ªB 2nd
2001/02 20th Round of 16
2002/03 2ªB 9th
2003/04 2ªB 3rd
2004/05 7th Third round
2005/06 2nd Third round
2006/07 20th Round of 32
2007/08 14th Second round
2008/09 10th Second round
2009/10 18th Second round
2010/11 18th Second round
2011/12 22nd Second round
2012/13 2ªB 6th First round
2013/14 2ªB 4th Round of 32
2014/15 2ªB 1st Second round
2015/16 Third round

Players

Current squad

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

As of 28 February 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Manolo Reina
2 Spain DF Gerard Valentín
3 Spain DF Mossa
4 Spain MF Xavi Molina
5 Spain DF Xisco Campos (captain)
6 Spain MF Manolo Martínez
7 Spain FW Xisco Muñoz
9 Spain FW Álex López
10 Spain FW Rayco
11 Spain MF Cristian Lobato
12 Ivory Coast MF Jean Luc
14 Spain MF Juan Muñiz
15 Georgia (country) MF Giorgi Aburjania
16 Mexico FW Aníbal Zurdo
No. Position Player
17 Spain DF Iago Bouzón
18 Japan DF Daisuke Suzuki
19 Spain MF Miguel Palanca
20 Spain FW Marcos de La Espada
21 Spain FW Ferrán Giner
22 Spain DF Pablo Marí
23 Spain MF Sergio Tejera
24 Gabon MF Lévy Madinda (on loan from Celta)
25 Cameroon MF Achille Emaná
27 Spain DF Jordi Calavera
28 Spain FW Naranjo
31 Spain GK Alberto Varo
34 Spain MF Carlos García
40 Cameroon GK Fabrice Ondoa

Youth team

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

No. Position Player
30 Cameroon FW Stephane Emaná

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
Spain DF Moussa Bandeh (on loan at Olot)
Spain MF Fali (on loan at Barcelona B)
Spain MF Xisco Hernández (on loan at Atlético Baleares)
Spain FW Iván Aguilar (on loan at UCAM Murcia)

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Vicente Moreno
Assistant coach Nano
Goalkeeper coach Felip Ortiz
Fitness coach Raúl López
Doctor Carles Hernàndez
Physio Ernest Canete
Rulesman José Maria Grau
Equipment Man Antonio Monserrat

Notable players

Players who appeared in more than 100 league matches for the club and/or reached international status.

see also Category:Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers

Player records

Honours

Official

Friendly

Affiliated clubs

See also

References

External links

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