Racing de Ferrol

Racing Ferrol

Full name	Racing Club de Ferrol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Os Departamentais Os Diaños Verdes (Green Devils)
Founded	1919
Ground	A Malata, Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Ground Capacity	12,043
Chairman	Isidro Silveira
Manager	Manolo García
League	2ªB – Group 1
2013–14	2
Home colours Away colours

Racing Club de Ferrol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.

Founded in 1919 in currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio de la Malata. Club colours are green shirts with white shorts, though during the early years of its existence green and white shirts with vertical stripes were used.

History

The history of football in Ferrol is associated to the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and drydocks and the British technical advisors,^[1][2][3] hired to work locally who used to play against existing teams. During the late 19th century and early 20th century there were different football teams organized in Ferrol, though only one of them has survived, and as a result of an amalgamation of some other previous teams.

Racing Ferrol Football Club traced its origins back to July 1919, first competing in national championships ten years later and fluctuating in the following decades between the second – first presence in 1939–40 – and third divisions. In 1977–78 the Galicians won the inaugural edition of Segunda División B and promoted again, only to be immediately relegated back.

It would not until the year 2000 that Racing would again reach the second level, going on to spend there five of the following six years. In the 2006–07 campaign the club gained promotion to the category in the playoffs, with a 2–1 aggregate win against Alicante CF. In the following season the team finished fourth from the bottom and dropped back to the third division, and to the fourth only two years later.

Season to season

• 34 seasons in Segunda División
• 22 seasons in Segunda División B
• 26 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 6 February 2015

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

No. Position Player GK Ángel Galván GK Ian Mackay DF Miguel Ángel Tena DF Diego Maceira DF Víctor Vázquez DF Álvaro Cuello DF Antonio López MF Marcos Álvarez MF Iván Forte

No. Position Player MF Nano MF Adrián Cruz MF Dani Rodríguez MF Maikel Mesa MF Jonatan Aspas FW Joselu FW Pablo Rey FW Adrián Dalmau FW Diego Vela

Honours / Achievements

Regional

• Galician Championships: 1928–29, 1937–38, 1938–39^[4]

Domestic

• Campeonato de España / Copa del Generalísimo: Runner-up 1938–39
• Segunda División B: Promotion 1999–00, 2006–07

Notable former players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

see also Category:Racing de Ferrol footballers

Stadium

Estadio de la Malata holds 12,043 spectators, and was built in 1993. The pitch dimensions are 105 x 68 metres.

Racing used three main stadiums over the years, starting with Campo de Futbol Inferniño, which was utilized until a move to Estadio Manuel Rivera in 1954 took place. This was an oval-shaped enclosure with a single cantilever stand. In the 1970s, a cover was erected over the popular terrace.

In 1993, the metropolitan area of Ferrol built Estadio de la Malata to the west of the town, near the valley of Serantes. The total cost of the development was 1700 million pesetas. The first match on the new grounds was played on 18 April 1993, in a 3–2 friendly win over Atlético Madrid B. The official inauguration took place on 29 August, in a triangular tournament featuring the home side and neighbours Celta de Vigo and Deportivo de La Coruña.

See also

• Ferrol
• SECN
• Vickers-Armstrong

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• The British School @ Ferrol (1909–1936)
• Aerial Views of Ferrol in North Western Spain 2004
• Soccerway profile