CD Castellón

Castellón

Full name	Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D.
Founded	1922
Ground	Nou Castalia, Castellón, Valencia, Spain (Capacity: 16,000)
Chairman	Fernando Miralles
Manager	Javier Cabello
League	3ª – Group 6
2010–11	2ªB – Group 3, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1922, it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 6, holding home games at Nou Estadi Castalia, which has a capacity of 16,000.

History

Football first appeared in the town in 1911 and, after a period of time under the consecutive denominations "Deportivo", "Castalia", "Gimnástico", "Cultural" and "Cervantes", Club Deportivo Castellón was founded on 22 July 1922.

The club featured periodically in the top flight, finishing fifth in 1972–73 and adding a Cup final appearance with a team featuring Vicente del Bosque, who later moved to Real Madrid, serving the club as both a player and coach.

On 29 August 1991, in an extraordinary assembly, the conversion of the club to S.A.D was approved. The first team had just relegated into division two, and would drop another level to the third three years later, in a spell which would last more than one decade.

In the 2004–05 season, Castellón finished fourth in Segunda B, eventually winning its promotion playoffs (both matches) and achieving a return to the silver category. The club's stint in the division would last five years, as relegation would befall in 2009–10, with the Valencian Community outfit ranking last, 13 points behind the following team.

On 18 July 2011, due to the team not paying its players, Castellón was excluded from the third division, being relegated to the fourth.^[1]

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 3ª 3rd Quarterfinals 1929/30 3ª 1st Round of 16 1930/31 2ª 5th Quarterfinals 1931/32 2ª 7th Round of 16 1932/33 2ª 10th Round of 16 1939/40 2ª 4th — 1940/41 2ª 1st Round of 16 1941/42 1ª 8th Round of 16 1942/43 1ª 4th Round of 16 1943/44 1ª 5th Round of 16 1944/45 1ª 8th Quarterfinals 1945/46 1ª 8th First round 1946/47 1ª 14th Quarterfinals 1947/48 2ª 12th Quarterfinals 1948/49 2ª 8th Fourth Round 1949/50 2ª 16th Second round 1950/51 3ª 3rd — 1951/52 3ª 6th — 1952/53 3ª 1st —

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1953/54 2ª 5th — 1954/55 2ª 12th — 1955/56 2ª 16th — 1956/57 2ª 20th — 1957/58 3ª 2nd — 1958/59 3ª 12th — 1959/60 3ª 2nd — 1960/61 2ª 13th Round of 32 1961/62 3ª 3rd — 1962/63 3ª 10th — 1963/64 3ª 1st — 1964/65 3ª 1st — 1965/66 3ª 1st — 1966/67 2ª 3rd Round of 32 1967/68 2ª 10th Round of 32 1968/69 3ª 1st — 1969/70 2ª 11th Round of 32 1970/71 2ª 6th Round of 32 1971/72 2ª 2nd Round of 16

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1972/73 1ª 5th Runners-up 1973/74 1ª 16th Round of 16 1974/75 2ª 6th Fourth Round 1975/76 2ª 12th First round 1976/77 2ª 14th Second round 1977/78 2ª 14th Third Round 1978/79 2ª 11th First round 1979/80 2ª 5th Fourth Round 1980/81 2ª 1st Fourth Round 1981/82 1ª 18th Third Round 1982/83 2ª 15th First round 1983/84 2ª 10th Round of 16 1984/85 2ª 12th Quarterfinals 1985/86 2ª 5th Round of 16 1986/87 2ª 4th Fourth Round 1987/88 2ª 11th Quarterfinals 1988/89 2ª 1st Third Round 1989/90 1ª 14th Second round 1990/91 1ª 19th Fourth Round 1991/92 2ª 15th Round of 16

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1992/93 2ª 10th Fourth Round 1993/94 2ª 17th Fourth Round 1994/95 2ªB 4th Second round 1995/96 2ªB 6th First round 1996/97 2ªB 9th First round 1997/98 2ªB 5th — 1998/99 2ªB 9th — 1999/00 2ªB 7th — 2000/01 2ªB 10th First round 2001/02 2ªB 13th First round 2002/03 2ªB 1st — 2003/04 2ªB 4th Second round 2004/05 2ªB 4th Second round 2005/06 2ª 12th First round 2006/07 2ª 14th Round of 32 2007/08 2ª 5th Second round 2008/09 2ª 7th Round of 32 2009/10 2ª 22nd Second round 2010/11 2ªB 10th Second round 2011/12 3ª — —

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• 11 seasons in La Liga
• 40 seasons in Segunda División
• 12 seasons in Segunda División B
• 15 seasons in Tercera División (third level until 1976–77)

Current squad

As of 26 August 2011

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 GK Eduard Castro GK Rubén Jiménez DF Jaume Almela DF Aridani Arbelo DF Roberto Jiménez DF Héctor Peña DF José María Santos DF Marc Trilles MF Julián Bermúdez MF Álex Felip MF Miguel Ángel Lozano

No. Position Player MF Jordi Mareñá MF Juanjo Martínez MF Joel Sánchez MF Aarón Torlá MF Guillermo Vázquez MF Rizvan Umarov FW Marc Cosme FW Hugo García FW Albert Juste FW Raúl Rodríguez FW Stefan Rodríguez

Honours

• Segunda División: 1940–41, 1980–81, 1988–89
• Segunda División B: 2002–03
• Tercera División: 1929–30, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69 (third level until 1976–77)
• Campeonato de Valencia: 1928–29, 1929–30
• Copa de la Liga (second division): 1983–84
• Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1972–73

Famous players

Pichi Alonso José Araquistáin Pascual Babiloni Luis Cela Ángel Dealbert Vicente del Bosque José Ferrer Miguel Ángel Lotina Gaizka Mendieta Miguel Ángel Juan Planelles Roberto

Antonio Ruiz Javier Sánchez Broto Enrique Saura Rubén Torrecilla Mario Cabrera Dani Pendín Gustavo Reggi Ihar Hurynovich Bernard Barnjak Mauricio Romero Mladen Mladenović Sergio Barila

Juan Epitié Juvenal José Luis Rondo Henri Dumat Kenji Fukuda Nduka Ugbade Igor Dobrovolski Dragan Punišić Rade Tošić Đorđe Vujkov Walter Peletti

see also Category:CD Castellón footballers

References

1. ^ Castellnou 2005 no paga y el CD Castellón militará la próxima temporada en Tercera División (Castellnou 2005 does not pay and CD Castellón will play in Tercera División next season); La Plana al Día, 18 July 2011 (Spanish)

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• Pam Pam Orellut, unofficial website (Spanish)
• Estadios de Espana(English)