CD Numancia

Numancia

Full name	Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Numantinos, Rojillos (Reds)
Founded	1945
Ground	Los Pajaritos, Soria, Castile and León, Spain (Capacity: 10,200)
Chairman	Francisco Rubio
Manager	Pablo Machín
League	Segunda División
2010–11	Segunda División, 10th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, with a 10,200-seat capacity.

Besides football it has other departments in sports, such as volleyball, women's handball, and rhythmic gymnastics.

History

Numancia was named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near where Soria would be later founded. Having spent a long time in the Tercera División, the club made consistent progress, reaching the first division on three occasions: 1999, 2004 and 2008.^[1]

The club became first widely known in Spain in 1995–96, while still playing at the third level, for its extraordinary run in the Spanish Cup, eliminating three top flight clubs (Real Sociedad, Racing de Santander and Sporting de Gijón), only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by FC Barcelona, after taking the lead.

Following a 1–3 loss at Sporting Gijón, on 2 November 2008, the club reached a total of 200 goals against in the first division, reaching 44th in the all-time list. It battled bravely against relegation, but eventually returned to level two after just one year, as second from bottom.

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1945/46 Regional — 1946/47 3ª 4th 1947/48 3ª 11th 1948/49 3ª 3rd 1949/50 2ª 13th 1950/51 2ª 17th 1951/52 3ª 13th 1952/53 3ª 6th 1953/54 3ª 12th 1954/55 3ª 3rd 1955/56 3ª 7th 1956/57 3ª 9th 1957/58 3ª 5th 1958/59 3ª 7th 1959/60 3ª 15th 1960/61 3ª 3rd 1961/62 3ª 1st 1962/63 3ª 1st 1963/64 3ª 2nd

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1964/65 3ª 3rd 1965/66 3ª 1st 1966/67 3ª 15th 1967/68 3ª 6th 1968/69 3ª 14th 1969/70 3ª 12th from 70–71 Regional — to 77–78 Regional — 1978/79 3ª 5th 1979/80 3ª 14th 1980/81 3ª 13th 1981/82 3ª 4th 1982/83 3ª 7th 1983/84 3ª 2nd 1984/85 3ª 8th 1985/86 3ª 11th 1986/87 3ª 8th 1987/88 3ª 4th 1988/89 3ª 1st

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1989/90 2ªB 13th 1990/91 2ªB 11th 1991/92 2ªB 10th 1992/93 2ªB 8th 1993/94 2ªB 3rd 1994/95 2ªB 2nd 1995/96 2ªB 8th 1996/97 2ªB 2nd 1997/98 2ª 17th 1998/99 2ª 3rd 1999/00 1ª 17th 2000/01 1ª 20th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2001/02 2ª 17th 2002/03 2ª 14th 2003/04 2ª 3rd 2004/05 1ª 19th 2005/06 2ª 8th 2006/07 2ª 8th 2007/08 2ª 1st 2008/09 1ª 19th 2009/10 2ª 8th 2010/11 2ª 10th Second round 2011/12 2ª —

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• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 13 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 33 seasons in Tercera División
• 9 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.cdnumancia.com and www.lfp.es 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 Eduardo Navarro 2 DF Iván Malón 3 DF Adrián Ripa 4 MF Sunny 5 MF Julio Álvarez 6 MF Txomin Nagore 7 MF Miguel Ángel Nieto 8 MF Víctor Andrés 9 FW Juanjo 10 MF Cedric Mabwati 11 FW Javier del Pino 12 DF Leandro Cabrera (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 13 GK Nacho Zabal (on loan from Osasuna)

No. Position Player 14 FW Iñigo Díaz de Cerio (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 15 FW Lago Júnior 16 FW Natalio 17 MF Gorka Larrea 18 DF Egoitz Jaio 19 MF Nano 20 DF Héctor Ladero 21 MF Miguel Bedoya 22 DF Manuel Pavón 23 DF Unai Expósito 24 DF José Antonio Culebras 26 DF Javier Gallardo

Out 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 12 MF Asier (at Sestao River) 29 FW Diego Antón (at Arandina)

Honours/achievements

• Segunda División: 2007–08^[2]
• Tercera División: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1988–89
• Promotion to La Liga: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08

International players

Daniel Kome Fabrice Moreau Patrick Suffo Hámilton Ricard Dwight Pezzarossi Gabriel Popescu Laurenţiu Roşu Lee Chun-Soo

Alberto Belsué Raúl Bravo Antonio Guayre Javi Moreno Álvaro Nuñez Julio Rodríguez Julio Álvarez

see also Category:CD Numancia players

Famous coaches

• Mariano García Remón
• Sergije Krešić

References

1. ^ Numancia wins in Tarragona in the 94' and nears promotion (Spanish)
2. ^ League champions! (Spanish)

External links

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