Racing de Ferrol

Racing Ferrol

Full name	Racing Club Ferrol, SAD
Nickname(s)	Os Departamentais Os Diaños Verdes (Green Devils)
Founded	1919
Ground	A Malata, Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Capacity	12,043
Chairman	Isidro Silveira
Manager	Miguel Ángel Tena
League	2ªB – Group 1
2014–15	2ªB – Group 1, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

Racing Club Ferrol is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.

Founded in 1919 in currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio da Malata. Club colours are green shirts with white shorts, though during the early years of its existence green and white shirts with vertical stripes were used.

History

The history of football in Ferrol is associated with the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and drydocks and the British technical advisors,^[1][2][3] hired to work locally who used to play against existing teams. During the late 19th century and early 20th century there were different football teams organized in Ferrol, though only one of them has survived, and as a result of an amalgamation of some other previous teams.

Racing Ferrol Football Club traced its origins back to July 1919, first competing in national championships ten years later and fluctuating in the following decades between the second – first presence in 1939–40 – and third divisions. In 1977–78 the Galicians won the inaugural edition of Segunda División B and promoted again, only to be immediately relegated back.

It would not until the year 2000 that Racing would again reach the second level, going on to spend there five of the following six years. In the 2006–07 campaign the club gained promotion to the category in the playoffs, with a 2–1 aggregate win against Alicante CF. In the following season the team finished fourth from the bottom and dropped back to the third division, and to the fourth only two years later.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929–30 3 3ª 1st 1930–31 3 3ª 3rd 1931–32 3 3ª 1st 1932–33 3 3ª 4th 1933–34 3 3ª 5th 1934–35 2 2ª 8th 1939–40 2 2ª 2nd 1940–41 2 2ª 4th 1941–42 2 2ª 3rd 1942–43 2 2ª 6th 1943–44 3 3ª 1st 1944–45 2 2ª 10th 1945–46 2 2ª 7th 1946–47 2 2ª 10th 1947–48 2 2ª 3rd 1948–49 2 2ª 14th 1949–50 2 2ª 12th 1950–51 2 2ª 8th 1951–52 2 2ª 3rd 1952–53 2 2ª 9th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1953–54 2 2ª 8th 1954–55 2 2ª 12th 1955–56 2 2ª 6th 1956–57 2 2ª 16th 1957–58 2 2ª 12th 1958–59 2 2ª 10th 1959–60 2 2ª 16th 1960–61 3 3ª 1st 1961–62 3 3ª 2nd 1962–63 3 3ª 1st 1963–64 3 3ª 3rd 1964–65 3 3ª 1st 1965–66 3 3ª 1st 1966–67 2 2ª 7th 1967–68 2 2ª 7th 1968–69 2 2ª 4th 1969–70 2 2ª 10th 1970–71 2 2ª 8th 1971–72 2 2ª 18th 1972–73 3 3ª 9th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1973–74 3 3ª 4th 1974–75 3 3ª 3rd 1975–76 3 3ª 9th 1976–77 3 3ª 6th 1977–78 3 2ªB 1st 1978–79 2 2ª 20th 1979–80 3 2ªB 16th 1980–81 3 2ªB 11th 1981–82 3 2ªB 17th 1982–83 3 2ªB 9th 1983–84 3 2ªB 20th 1984–85 4 3ª 3rd 1985–86 4 3ª 8th 1986–87 4 3ª 17th 1987–88 4 3ª 1st 1988–89 3 2ªB 13th 1989–90 3 2ªB 17th 1990–91 4 3ª 5th 1991–92 4 3ª 1st 1992–93 3 2ªB 12th 1993–94 3 2ªB 13th 1994–95 3 2ªB 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1995–96 3 2ªB 2nd 1996–97 3 2ªB 7th 1997–98 3 2ªB 5th 1998–99 3 2ªB 4th 1999–2000 3 2ªB 3rd 2000–01 2 2ª 16th 2001–02 2 2ª 9th 2002–03 2 2ª 20th 2003–04 3 2ªB 2nd 2004–05 2 2ª 16th 2005–06 2 2ª 20th 2006–07 3 2ªB 3rd 2007–08 2 2ª 19th 2008–09 3 2ªB 7th 2009–10 3 2ªB 19th 2010–11 4 3ª 2nd 2011–12 4 3ª 8th 2012–13 4 3ª 1st 2013–14 3 2ªB 2nd First round 2014–15 3 2ªB 3rd Second round 2015–16 3 2ªB Third round

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• 34 seasons in Segunda División
• 23 seasons in Segunda División B
• 26 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 20 November 2015

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

No. Position Player GK Cabanelas GK Ian Mackay DF José Catalá DF Diego Maceira DF Víctor Vázquez DF Román Golobart DF Iván González MF Borja Domínguez MF Samuel Piette (On loan from Deportivo B) MF Nano

No. Position Player MF Marcos Álvarez MF Iván Forte FW Juampa FW Pablo Rey FW Héber FW Jaume Vidal FW Diego Vela FW Diego Peláez FW Joselu

Honours / Achievements

Regional

• Galician Championships: 1928–29, 1937–38, 1938–39^[4]

Domestic

• Campeonato de España / Copa del Generalísimo: Runner-up 1938–39
• Segunda División B: Promotion 1999–00, 2006–07

Notable former players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Raúl Palacios Dubravko Pavličić Dwight Pezzarossi Kaba Diawara Samir Boughanem Nabil Baha Ikechukwu Uche Nenad Grozdić José Manuel Aira Gabriel Alonso José Bello Amigo

Ángel Cuéllar Guillermo Gorostiza Manel Jonathan Martín Nacho Novo Carlos Rodríguez Pablo Rodríguez Luis César Sampedro Jonay Hernández James Langtry Ante Razov

see also Category:Racing de Ferrol footballers

Stadium

Estadio da Malata holds 12,043 spectators, and was built in 1993. The pitch dimensions are 105 x 68 metres.

Racing used three main stadiums over the years, starting with Campo de Futbol O Inferniño, which was utilized until a move to Estadio Manuel Rivera in 1954 took place. This was an oval-shaped enclosure with a single cantilever stand. In the 1970s, a cover was erected over the popular terrace.

In 1993, the metropolitan area of Ferrol built Estadio da Malata to the west of the town, near the valley of Serantes. The total cost of the development was 1700 million pesetas. The first match on the new grounds was played on 18 April 1993, in a 3–2 friendly win over Atlético Madrid B. The official inauguration took place on 29 August, in a triangular tournament featuring the home side and neighbours Celta de Vigo and Deportivo de La Coruña.

See also

• Ferrol
• SECN
• Vickers-Armstrong

References

1. "SPANISH NAVY: Huge Contract in British Hands" (1909) The Manchester Guardian, 1 February 1909, Page 12: Manchester <<... Vickers, Armstrong and Brown... it has been determined to put down a new shipyard at Ferrol in Spain... Mr A J Campbell... has been appointed manager of the Ferrol yard... Mr Peter Muir ... has been appointed assistant manager. A considerable number of expert shipbuilders have sign on to go to Spain... there is a reason to believe that employment will be found to some hundreds of British shipbuilders, engineers, electricians, and other tradesmen in the new Spanish yard for several years to come.>>
2. "British Vice-Consulate at Ferrol": General Correspondence FO 63/1041. The National Archives – Official website
3. "British Vice-Consulate at Ferrol": General Correspondence FO 72/1689. The National Archives – Official website
4. Spain – List of Champions of Galicia; at RSSSF

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• The British School @ Ferrol (1909–1936)
• Aerial Views of Ferrol in North Western Spain 2004
• Soccerway profile