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
Ground Capacity	9,025
Chairman	Francisco Rubio
Manager	Juan Antonio Anquela
League	Segunda División
2013–14	Segunda División, 13th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 9,025-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) and only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by FC Barcelona, after Numancia drew in the first leg and took the lead in the second.^[2]

Following a 1–3 loss at Sporting Gijón on 2 November 2008, Numancia had conceded a total of 200 goals in the top division in slightly more than three seasons, 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, even though the season had started on a high note with a 1–0 home win against eventual champions Barcelona.^[3]

Season to season

• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 15 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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Biel Ribas 2 DF Mickaël Gaffoor 3 DF Adrián Ripa 4 MF Marc Pedraza 5 DF Francisco Regalón 6 DF Iñigo Pérez 10 MF Julio Álvarez 11 FW Javi Del Pino (captain) 13 GK Munir 14 MF Gerrit Stoeten

No. Position Player 16 DF Juanma 17 DF José Isidoro 18 MF Vicente 19 FW Natalio 20 MF Antonio Tomás 21 MF Kader (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 22 DF Cicinho (on loan from Sevilla) 23 FW Sergi Enrich 29 MF Luis Valcarce 33 MF Edipo Rodríguez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Álex Arias (to Avilés) FW Ito (to Avilés) FW David Martín (at Tudelano)

Honours/achievements

• Segunda División: 2007–08^[4]
• Tercera División: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1988–89
• Promotion to La Liga: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08

Former players

References

External links

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