Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Full name	Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Nàstic, Granes (maroons)
Founded	1886 (football team in 1914) (125 years)
Ground	Nou Estadi, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (Capacity: 16,600)
Chairman	José María Fernández
Manager	Jorge D'Alessandro
League	Segunda División
2010–11	Segunda División, 18th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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 16,600 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 the Tercera División and, in the following season were promoted to the second division.

In 1946–47, Nàstic finished second in the second division and, the following season, arrived in the top flight. In 1947 they also reached the Copa del Generalísimo semi-final, but lost to RCD Espanyol, having beaten FC Barcelona in the quarterfinals.

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.

Seasons

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1942/43 Regional — 1943/44 3ª 2nd 1944/45 3ª 1st 1945/46 2ª 3rd 1946/47 2ª 2nd Semi-final 1947/48 1ª 7th 1948/49 1ª 9th 1949/50 1ª 13th 1950/51 2ª 15th 1951/52 2ª 13th 1952/53 2ª 14th 1953/54 3ª 10th 1954/55 3ª 1st 1955/56 3ª 4th 1956/57 3ª 6th 1957/58 3ª 8th 1958/59 3ª 2nd 1959/60 3ª 9th 1960/61 3ª 1st

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1961/62 3ª 3rd 1962/63 3ª 6th 1963/64 3ª 3rd 1964/65 3ª 3rd 1965/66 3ª 1st 1966/67 3ª 2nd 1967/68 3ª 3rd 1968/69 3ª 2nd 1969/70 3ª 7th 1970/71 3ª 13th 1971/72 3ª 1st 1972/73 2ª 16th 1973/74 2ª 6th 1974/75 2ª 13th 1975/76 2ª 20th 1976/77 3ª 11th 1977/78 3ª 1st 1978/79 2ªB 2nd 1979/80 2ª 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 3ª 4th 1987/88 2ªB 8th 1988/89 2ªB 9th 1989/90 2ªB 17th 1990/91 3ª 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

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1999/00 2ªB 9th 2000/01 2ªB 2nd 2001/02 2ª 20th 2002/03 2ªB 9th 2003/04 2ªB 3rd 2004/05 2ª 7th Third round 2005/06 2ª 2nd Third round 2006/07 1ª 20th Round of 32 2007/08 2ª 14th Second round 2008/09 2ª 10th Second round 2009/10 2ª 18th Second round 2010/11 2ª 18th Second round 2011/12 2ª — Second round

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• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 18 seasons in Segunda División
• 22 seasons in Segunda División B
• 25 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.gimnasticdetarragona.com and www.lfp.es As of 31 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 1 GK Rubén Pérez (vice-captain) 2 DF Julio Rico 3 DF Mingo (captain) 4 MF Rodri 5 DF Álex Ortiz 6 MF Fernando Seoane 7 MF Álvaro Rey 8 MF Fernando Morán 9 FW Berry Powel 10 FW Roberto Peragón 11 FW Eloy 12 FW Juan Domínguez

No. Position Player 13 GK David Valle 14 MF Antonio Longás 15 DF Pedro Mairata 17 DF Raúl Fuster 18 MF Tuni 19 FW Adrián Luna (on loan from Espanyol) 20 MF Samuel Galindo (on loan from Arsenal) 21 DF Xisco Campos 22 DF Manuel Ruz 23 FW Borja Viguera (on loan from Real Sociedad) 25 MF Arzu

Youth team

Main article: Pobla de Mafumet CF

Youth players with first team experience
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 26 DF Sergio Juste 27 DF Aitor Casas 28 MF Jordi Roca 29 MF Fran Carbià

No. Position Player 30 DF Aleix Coch 39 MF Alfons Serra 40 GK Antonio David 41 MF Bueno

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 36 DF Fran Vélez (to UD Logroñés until the end of the season)

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Jorge D'Alessandro
Assistant coach	Jesús María Serrano
Trainer	Romà Cunillera
Goalkeeper coach	Adolfo Baines
Physician	Carles Hernàndez
Physiotherapist	Ernest Canete
Physiotherapist	Pedro Flores
Physiotherapist	Carles López
Physiotherapist	Jordi Carrasco

Source: [1]

Honours

Official

• Catalonia Cup: 2007–08
• Second Division B: 1996–97
• Third Division: 1944–45, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1977–78
• Catalan Cup Second Division: 1926–27
• Second Division B League Cup: 1983–84

Friendly

• Ciutat de Lleida Trophy: 2003

International players

Marc Bernaus Justo Ruiz Samuel Galindo Gil Abdulrazak Ekpoki Julio Cáceres

Ariza Makukula Antonio Pinilla Ángel Cuéllar Curro Torres José Mari Juanmi

Mariano Martín Juan Vizcaíno Tobias Grahn Adrián Luna Miku

see also Category:Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers

Affiliated clubs

• Pobla de Mafumet CF
• Kitchee SC

See also

• Ciutat de Tarragona Trophy

References

1. ^ ¡El Nàstic, salvado! (Nàstic, saved!); Diario AS, 29 May 2011 (Spanish)
2. ^ El Nàstic recibe al Hércules con los ánimos renovados tras empatar en Riazor (Nàstic hosts Hércules with high spirits after Riazor draw); El Comercio, 21 October 2011 (Spanish)
3. ^ Spain – List of foundation dates of clubs; at RSSSF

External links

• Official website (Spanish) (Catalan)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• Unofficial website (Catalan)
• Club online TV (Catalan)