CD Alcoyano

Alcoyano

Full name	Club Deportivo Alcoyano
Founded	1929
Ground	El Collao, Alcoy, Valencia, Spain (Capacity: 4,425)
Chairman	Juan Serrano Morillas
Manager	David Porras
League	Segunda División
2010–11	2ªB - Group 3, 3rd
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Club Deportivo Alcoyano is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1929, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games in Estadio El Collao, with a 5,000-seat capacity. The team is also known by its name in Valencian: Alcoià.

A simile exists in Spanish which includes the name of this football club, "Tener más moral que el Alcoyano" ("To have more morale than Alcoyano"). The phrase possibly originated in the 1950s, when Alcoyano were losing a game by 0–13 at home but never gave up, still trying hard to score at the end of the match. However, this is disputed by some historians, with the origins being somewhat unclear.^[1]

History

Club Deportivo Alcoyano saw the light in 1929, after a merger frbetweenom two clubs in the city, Levante and Racing. However, it only joined the Royal Spanish Football Federation four years later.

In 1942, the club first reached the Segunda División, going on to alternate between that level and the top flight in the subsequent years. Their debut in the latter took place with a 2–3 home loss against Real Murcia, in an eventual relegation, as second from bottom.

In 1947–48, Alcoyano maintained its first division status for the only time in its history, even finishing higher than Real Madrid. The following forty years, however, were spent mainly in the third and fourth divisions, with very brief spells in level two.

Alcoyano returned to the third category for 2004–05, consistently reached the promotion play-offs, and consistently failed to be promoted. In the 2005–06 season, the team also had a good run in the Spanish Cup, beating RCD Mallorca 4–1 and losing by just one goal (0–1) in the fourth round against Atlético Madrid.

In June 2011, 42 years after, Alcoyano finally returned to the second division, after finishing in third position in the regular season, and disposing of Real Madrid Castilla, SD Eibar and CD Lugo in the promotion playoffs.

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1941/42 Regional — 1942/43 2ª 8th 1943/44 2ª 4th 1944/45 2ª 1st 1945/46 1ª 13th 1946/47 2ª 1st 1947/48 1ª 10th 1948/49 1ª 13th 1949/50 2ª 1st 1950/51 1ª 15th 1951/52 2ª 3rd 1952/53 2ª 7th 1953/54 2ª 14th 1954/55 3ª 1st 1955/56 3ª 4th 1956/57 3ª 1st 1957/58 2ª 18th 1958/59 3ª 5th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1959/60 3ª 6th 1960/61 3ª 3rd 1961/62 3ª 2nd 1962/63 3ª 2nd 1963/64 3ª 9th 1964/65 3ª 3rd 1965/66 3ª 6th 1966/67 3ª 1st 1967/68 2ª 3rd 1968/69 2ª 13th 1969/70 3ª 3rd 1970/71 3ª 6th 1971/72 3ª 4th 1972/73 3ª 7th 1973/74 3ª 16th 1974/75 Regional — 1975/76 Regional — 1976/77 Regional —

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1977/78 3ª 4th 1978/79 3ª 4th 1979/80 3ª 10th 1980/81 3ª 5th 1981/82 3ª 1st 1982/83 2ªB 7th 1983/84 2ªB 8th 1984/85 2ªB 8th 1985/86 2ªB 5th 1986/87 2ªB 12th 1987/88 2ªB 10th 1988/89 2ªB 9th 1989/90 2ªB 4th 1990/91 2ªB 4th 1991/92 2ªB 9th 1992/93 2ªB 14th 1993/94 2ªB 9th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1994/95 2ªB 8th 1995/96 2ªB 17th 1996/97 3ª 1st 1997/98 3ª 7th 1998/99 3ª 3rd 1999/00 3ª 12th 2000/01 3ª 17th 2001/02 3ª 10th 2002/03 3ª 5th 2003/04 3ª 2nd 2004/05 2ªB 7th 2005/06 2ªB 5th 2006/07 2ªB 3rd 2007/08 2ªB 9th 2008/09 2ªB 1st 2009/10 2ªB 4th 2010/11 2ªB 3rd Second Round 2011/12 2ª —

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• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 12 seasons in Segunda División
• 20 seasons in Segunda División B
• 30 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

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 Fernando Maestro 2 DF Juan Pina 3 DF Manuel Carrión 4 DF Xavi Molina 5 DF Jorge Rojas 6 MF César Remón 7 MF Jorge Devesa 8 MF Álvaro García 9 FW Raúl Fabiani 10 FW Manuel Gato 11 FW Paco Esteban 13 GK Francisco Dorronsoro

No. Position Player 14 MF Antonio Cañadas 15 MF Fran Miranda 16 MF Diego Jiménez 17 MF Guille Roldán 18 MF Dani Fernández 19 DF Jorge Morcillo 20 FW Rafa Gómez 21 DF Fernando Martín 22 FW Anthony Lozano 23 MF Miki 24 MF Omar 25 MF Roberto Batres

Famous players

• Anselmo
• Sergio Barila
• Raúl Fabiani
• Dragan Isailović
• Antonio Calpe
• Carlos Calvo
• Giovanni Pérez
• Miku

see also Category:CD Alcoyano footballers

Famous managers

• Juande Ramos
• Manuel Ruiz Sosa

Anthem

El Collao stadium

De-por-ti-vo, De-por-ti-vo, De-por-ti-vo!
This is our battle cry that gets our supporters to their feet
This is how we will win our games, playing total football
Gaining fame and renown, for tenacity and spirit
The spirit of the Alcoyano is famous throughout Spain
For experts and veterans it will always be their campaign
The Alcoyano spirit is the spirit of champions
For experts and veterans (repeat)
We will sing hurray!
This is the Alcoyano of old, that has always been the best
That is remembered throughout Spain for their bravery and courage.
The Collao now resounds to the sound of our anthem triumphal
That will inspire our team to a victory final.
The spirit of the Alcoyano is famous throughout Spain
For experts and veterans it will always be their campaign
The Alcoyano spirit is the spirit of champions
For experts and veterans (repeat)
We will sing hurray

References

1. ^ Más moral que el Alcoyano (More morale than Alcoyano) (Spanish)

External links

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