CD Numancia

Numancia

Full name	Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Rojillos (Reds)
Founded	1945
Ground	Los Pajaritos, Soria, Castile and León, Spain (Capacity: 10,200)
Chairman	Francisco Rubio
Manager	Juan Carlos Unzué
League	Segunda División
2009-10	Segunda División, 8th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish sports club from Soria. The club is named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near present-day 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

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 43rd in the all-time list. It battled bravely against relegation, but eventually returned to level two after just one year, as second from bottom.

Club milestones

League history

• Categorías Regionales: 9 seasons
• Tercera División: 33 seasons
• Segunda División B: 8 seasons
• Segunda División: 12 seasons
• La Liga: 4 seasons

Honours/achievements

• Segunda División: 2007–08^[2]
• Tercera División: 1995–96, 1999–00
• Promotion to La Liga: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08

Season to season

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.cdnumancia.com and www.lfp.es

As of 22 August 2010

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 Iñaki Lafuente 2 DF Javier Flaño 4 MF Joseba Garmendia 5 DF Sergio Boris 6 MF Txomin Nagore 7 MF Igor Angulo 8 MF Dimas Delgado 9 FW Iñigo Vélez 10 MF Mario Martínez 11 FW del Pino 13 GK Eduardo Navarro

No. Position Player 14 MF Mikel Álvaro 15 MF Dani López 17 MF José Barkero 18 DF Egoitz Jaio 19 MF Nano 20 FW Ibrahima Baldé (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 21 DF Oscar López 22 DF Manuel Pavón 24 DF José Culebras 25 GK Diego de Miguel 49 MF Cedric Mabwati (on loan from Atlético Madrid)

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 3 FW Lago Júnior (to Eibar) 23 MF Asier Arranz (to Pontevedra) 24 FW Roberto Platero (to Ejido)

Famous players

see also Category:CD Numancia players

Famous coaches

• Mariano García Remón (2000–01)
• Sergije Krešić (2008–09)

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme.com profile