Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Full name Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona S.A.D.
Nickname(s) Nàstic
Granes (Maroons)
Tarraconenses
Founded 1886 (football team in 1914)
Ground Nou Estadi, Tarragona,
Catalonia, Spain
Ground Capacity 14,591
Chairman Josep María Andreu
Manager Lluís Carreras
League Segunda División
2016–17 Segunda División, 14th

Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly referred to as Nàstic,[1][2] is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team currently plays in Segunda División.

The club was founded in 1886, as a result being listed as one of the oldest football clubs in Spain.[3] It has teams competing in athletics, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, table tennis and futsal, but did not actually form a football team until 1914, with the side enjoying a three-year La Liga spell in its beginnings (1947–50).

Since 1972, the team has played home games at Nou Estadi, which seats 14,591 spectators.

History

The club was founded on 1 March 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at the Cafè del Centre on Rambla Nova. The majority of the club's early members belonged to the upper middle classes and, as the club name suggests, it was initially founded to promote gymnastics. Later the club members also began to organise fencing, hiking, boxing and cycling. In 1914, the club absorbed a local football club called Club Olímpic de Tarragona and consequently formed its own football team, using the former colours of Olímpic: red, white and black. In those days, it played home matches in the Avenida Catalunya stadium.

In January 1918, Gimnàstic made its debut as a football team in the Championat de Catalunya and, by 1927, were crowned champions of its second division. In 1943–44 the team first appeared in Tercera División and, in the following season, was promoted to Segunda División.

In the 1946–47 season Nàstic finished second in the second division and, the following campaign, arrived in La Liga. In 1947 it also reached the Copa del Generalísimo semi-final but lost to RCD Espanyol, having beaten FC Barcelona in the previous round.

The team finished its debut first division season in seventh place, with the highlight of the season coming on 11 January 1948 with a 3–1 win against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu, thus becoming the first team ever to do so. The club played two further seasons in the top level, being relegated in 1949–50 after losing a play-off to CD Alcoyano; it moved to the new Nou Estadi in 1972.

In 2006–07 Gimnàstic returned to the top flight, 56 years later. Along with coach Luis César Sampedro, some of the players responsible for the promotion remained such as veteran Antonio Pinilla and Albano Bizarri. Rubén Castro, Ariza Makukula and Javier Portillo (eventually the team's top scorer), were also brought in. However, the club was placed in the relegation zone for 33 of the 38 rounds, eventually dropping down a division; Sampedro was replaced in midseason by Paco Flores, who improved the team's numbers but could not avoid relegation. In the middle of 2007 the club was crowned Copa Catalunya champions after a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona, with goals from Pinilla and Tati Maldonado.

After returning to the second level Gimnàstic achieved a mid-table position in 2007–08 and 2008–09, with César Ferrando being in charge of the team. However, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, the club only managed to rank one position above the relegation zone, and, in the 2011–12 campaign, was relegated to Segunda División B after only winning six games out of 42.

On 12 September 2012 Nàstic won the second Catalan Cup in its history, after defeating AEC Manlleu with an Eugeni goal. In the 2014–15 campaign, after finishing first in its group, the club returned to the second level after defeating SD Huesca in the play-offs.

Supporters

There are two small ultras groups: an apolitical group called Tarraco 1886 and an antifa group called Nastic Crew.

Seasons

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1942/43 Regional
1943/44 2nd
1944/45 1st
1945/46 3rd
1946/47 2nd Semi-final
1947/48 7th
1948/49 9th
1949/50 13th
1950/51 15th
1951/52 13th
1952/53 14th
1953/54 10th
1954/55 1st
1955/56 4th
1956/57 6th
1957/58 8th
Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1958/59 2nd
1959/60 9th
1960/61 1st
1961/62 3rd
1962/63 6th
1963/64 3rd
1964/65 3rd
1965/66 1st
1966/67 2nd
1967/68 3rd
1968/69 2nd
1969/70 7th
1970/71 13th
1971/72 1st
1972/73 16th
1973/74 6th
Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1974/75 13th
1975/76 20th
1976/77 11th
1977/78 1st
1978/79 2ªB 2nd
1979/80 19th
1980/81 2ªB 9th
1981/82 2ªB 11th
1982/83 2ªB 5th
1983/84 2ªB 5th
1984/85 2ªB 13th
1985/86 2ªB 14th
1986/87 4th
1987/88 2ªB 8th
1988/89 2ªB 9th
1989/90 2ªB 17th
Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1990/91 2nd
1991/92 2ªB 9th
1992/93 2ªB 10th
1993/94 2ªB 11th
1994/95 2ªB 16th
1995/96 2ªB 2nd
1996/97 2ªB 1st
1997/98 2ªB 15th
1998/99 2ªB 16th
1999/00 2ªB 9th
2000/01 2ªB 2nd
2001/02 20th Round of 16
2002/03 2ªB 9th
2003/04 2ªB 3rd
2004/05 7th Third round
Season Division Place Copa del Rey
2005/06 2nd Third round
2006/07 20th Round of 32
2007/08 14th Second round
2008/09 10th Second round
2009/10 18th Second round
2010/11 18th Second round
2011/12 22nd Second round
2012/13 2ªB 6th First round
2013/14 2ªB 4th Round of 32
2014/15 2ªB 1st Second round
2015/16 3rd Third round
2016/17 14th Round of 32
2017/18

Players

Current squad

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

As of 10 August 2017

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

No. Position Player
1 Republic of Macedonia GK Stole Dimitrievski
2 Georgia (country) DF Otar Kakabadze
3 Spain DF Javi Jiménez
4 Spain DF Xavi Molina (captain)
6 France MF Wilfried Zahibo
7 Chile MF Juan Delgado
9 Cameroon FW Stephane Emaná
10 Spain MF Juan Muñiz
11 Spain FW Manu Barreiro
12 Ivory Coast MF Jean Luc
14 Spain MF Maikel Mesa
15 Spain DF Carlos Blanco
No. Position Player
16 Brazil DF Bruno Perone
17 Spain MF Álvaro Bustos
18 Japan DF Daisuke Suzuki
21 Spain MF Omar Perdomo (on loan from Tenerife)
22 Spain DF Abraham Minero
23 Spain MF Sergio Tejera
24 Cameroon DF Mohammed Djetei
27 Spain MF Tete Morente
28 Spain MF Carlos García
30 Italy MF Sandro Toscano
31 Spain GK Bernabé Barragán
33 Spain GK José Perales

Reserve team

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

No. Position Player
26 Spain MF Rayco
32 Spain DF Roger Figueras
No. Position Player
35 Spain DF Pol Valentín
Spain DF Juanmi Carrión

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
Spain GK Alberto Varo (on loan at Barcelona B until 30 June 2018)
Spain DF Ruxi (on loan at Rápido de Bouzas until 30 June 2018)
No. Position Player
Spain MF Fali (on loan at Barcelona B until 30 June 2018)
Albania FW Elvir Maloku (on loan at AEK Larnaca until 30 June 2018)

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Nano Rivas
Assistant manager Xisco Muñoz
Goalkeeper coach Manuel Oliva
Fitness coach Jordi Abella
Fitness coach Alejandro Prieto
Scout Santi Coch
Technical analyst Miguel Ángel Muñoz
Doctor Carles Hernàndez
Doctor Jesús Gálvez
Physio Ernest Canete
Physio Víctor Rodríguez
Therapist Stephanie Medina
Nutritionist Albert Martínez
Match delegate José Maria Grau

Last updated: 27 November 2016
Source: Gimnàstic

Notable players

Players who appeared in more than 100 league matches for the club and/or reached international status.

Player records

Honours

Affiliated clubs

See also

References

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