Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano
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Full name Rayo Vallecano de Madrid
Nickname(s) Rayo
Founded 1924
Ground Teresa Rivero
Madrid, Spain
Capacity 15.000
Chairman Flag of Spain María Teresa Rivero
Manager Flag of Spain Pepe Mel
League 2ªB - Group 1
2005-06 2ªB - Group 1 5th
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Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, often abbreviated to Rayo, is a Spanish Segunda División B football club based in Vallecas, a South East Madrid district. Their home ground is the 15,000-seat Teresa Rivero stadium.

One of the perennial yo-yo clubs of Spanish football, they spent many years during the 1980s and 1990s moving back and forth between the Primera División and the Segunda División A. Having appeared to consolidate their Primera División status with promotion in 1998–1999, their most successful season came in 2000–2001, when they were UEFA Cup quarter-finalists, going out only to the eventual runners-up Deportivo Alavés. Since then, the club has fallen on hard times, with successive relegations from the Primera División in 2002–2003 and the Segunda División A in 2003–2004.

In 2005–2006, their manager was José Miguel González Martín, usually known simply as Míchel.

Rayo Vallecano was Laurie Cunningham's last club – he was killed in a car crash just outside of Madrid.

Spanish anarchist band Ska-P are outspoken supporters of the club and have dedicated a song to it.

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[edit] Current Squad 2006-07

  • U-23 players (minimum of six)


No. Position Player
Flag of Spain GK Alberto
Flag of Spain GK Javi Muñoz
Flag of Spain DF Raúl Iznata
Flag of Spain DF Antonio Amores
Flag of Spain DF Pedro Baquero
Flag of Spain DF Diego Mainz
Flag of Spain DF Antonio Amaya
Flag of Spain DF Carlos Llorens
Flag of Spain DF Hugo Alvarez
Flag of Spain DF David Alba
Flag of Spain MF Borja Truchado
Flag of Spain MF Coke Andújar
No. Position Player
Flag of Spain MF Yuma Monsálvez
Flag of Spain MF Joaquín Enguix
Flag of Spain MF Miguel Albiol
Flag of Spain MF David Cubillo
Flag of Spain MF Michel
Flag of Spain MF Alvaro Zazo
Flag of Argentina FW Mariano Armentano
Flag of Spain FW Raúl Molina


Flag of Spain FW Juan José Collantes
Flag of Spain FW Mauricio Rey
Flag of Spain FW Jonathan Alvarez

[edit] Seasons


[edit] Famous Players

see also Cat:Rayo Vallecano footballers

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Segunda División B - Grupo 1 2006/07 clubs
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Gimnástica | Racing de Ferrol | Rayo Vallecano | Racing B | Leganés | Pontevedra | Talavera | Puertollano | Ourense | Lugo
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