Real Valladolid
Full name | Real Valladolid SAD | ||
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Nickname(s) |
Pucela / Pucelanos (Pucelle) Blanquivioletas / Albivioletas (White and Violets) | ||
Founded | 1928 | ||
Ground |
José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain | ||
Capacity | 26,512 | ||
Chairman | Carlos Suárez Sureda | ||
Manager | Luis César Sampedro | ||
League | Segunda División | ||
2016–17 | Segunda División, 7th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal βaʎaðoˈlið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]), or simply Real Valladolid, is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived.
Founded on 20 June 1928, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, which seats 26,512 spectators. It currently ranks 13th on the All-Time La Liga table.
History
Early history
Founded from the amalgamation of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español (eventually Real Unión), Valladolid first reached the top level in the 1947–48 season, as champions of Segunda División. In the following year, the team pushed on from this success and reached the finals of the domestic cup in the Chamartín Stadium against Athletic Bilbao, eventually losing 4–1.
The next ten years were spent in the first division, and relegation was short-lived and Valladolid gained promotion again in 1958–59 with a 5–0 win over Terrassa FC under manager José Luis Saso, a legendary figure in the history of the team. He had originally been a goalkeeper for the club and subsequently went on to perform many roles, ending up as president of the team.
Valladolid swung between the first and second divisions in subsequent years, falling as low as to the third division in 1970–71. Promoted in 1992–93, the team was again sent down after the 2003–04 season. In 1984, Valladolid also won the Spanish League Cup (a competition only played in the early 1980s), over Atlético Madrid.
The side's highest position during this 11-year stint was seventh in 1996–97, being coached in the previous seasons by former Real Madrid Castilla coach Rafael Benítez, as various players from that team would also later appear for Valladolid.
The 2006–07 record-breaking season
In the 2006–07, after signing Basque José Luis Mendilibar as coach, Valladolid had one of its best years in history while playing in the second level. The team took the lead in the 15th game and went on to finish with a competition all-time high 88 points, winning the championship by a total margin of eight points, and holding an advantage of 26 points over the non-promotion zone (fourth and worse), both being all-time records in the league. They also achieved the honor of staying unbeaten 29 games in a row, from 10 October 2006 to 6 May 2007, being mathematically promoted after a 2–0 away win against CD Tenerife on 22 April 2007 (just the 34th day of the season), the earliest any club has achieved promotion in Spanish history.
Also remarkable was the side's role in the season's King's Cup, reaching the quarter-finals after beating two top division teams, Gimnàstic de Tarragona (4–1 aggregate) and the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League contender Villarreal CF (3–1), while playing the whole competition with the reserve players.
Two relatively successful seasons in the top division followed, finishing in 15th place while avoiding relegation after a 1–1 draw on the last day of both seasons (against Recreativo de Huelva in 2007–08 and Real Betis in the following campaign).
End of the Mendilibar era
After a slow start to 2009–10 (three wins in the first 20 games), Mendilibar was sacked on 1 February 2010, following a draw at home against UD Almería. The week following his sacking, Valladolid dropped for the first time to the relegation zone (something that never happened during his 138-game stint), with former player Onésimo Sánchez now in charge.
After only one win in 10 games, Sánchez was fired, with former Spain national football team manager Javier Clemente replacing him, in a desperate move to avoid relegation with only eight games remaining. After a brief breather (16th position), Valladolid again returned to the last three, then faced a must-win last game at the Camp Nou, against an FC Barcelona squad that needed a win to secure the title. Level in the standings with Racing de Santander, Málaga CF and CD Tenerife for the two final safe positions, Valladolid lost 0–4, and consequently dropped down a level, after a three-year stay in the top flight.
The 2011-12 season saw them return to La Liga under the management of Miroslav Đukić, promoted through the play-offs after finishing third in the division.
Valladolid were relegated back to the Segunda on the last day of the 2013–14 season.[1]
Stadium
Real Valladolid play at the 26,512-capacity Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, finished in 1982 to replace the previous stadium of the same name which had stood since 1940. Both grounds are named after José Zorrilla y Moral, a 19th-century poet from the city. After opening for the club on 20 February 1982, it hosted the Copa del Rey Final on 13 April of that year, and then three Group D matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
There are plans to expand the stadium to 40,000 spectators. This project is known as Valladolid Arena [baʎaˈðolið aˈɾena].[2]
Season to season
The following list shows Valladolid's record as well as all the presidents and coaches for every season since its foundation in 1929.[3] All presidents and coaches are Spanish unless otherwise noted.
Season | Division | Place | President | Coach | Accomplishments |
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1929 | 3ª | 5th | Pedro Zuloaga Santos Rodríguez |
István Plattkó | |
1929/30 | 2nd | Santos Rodríguez | |||
1930/31 | 2nd | José Cantalapiedra | Antón Achalandabaso | ||
1931/32 | 3rd | ||||
1932/33 | 1st | ||||
1933/34 | 1st | István Plattkó tekio | Promoted to 2ª | ||
1934/35 | 2ª | 2nd | |||
1935/36 | 4th | ||||
1936/37 | No competition | No competition was held due to Spanish Civil War | |||
1937/38 | |||||
1938/39 | |||||
1939/40 | 2ª | 6th | István Plattkó Manuel M. Ordax |
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1940/41 | 10th | Juan Bilbao "Juanín" | |||
1941/42 | 5th | Károly Plattkó | |||
1942/43 | 2nd | ||||
1943/44 | 14th | José Cantalapiedra José González |
Alfonso Martínez José Planas |
Relegated to 3ª | |
1944/45 | 3ª | 3rd | Germán Adánez Ángel Soria |
Quirico Arteaga | |
1945/46 | 1st | Ángel Soria | Antonio Barrios | ||
1946/47 | 1st | Juan Represa | Promoted to 2ª | ||
1947/48 | 2ª | 1st | Promoted to La Liga | ||
1948/49 | 1ª | 12th | Helenio Herrera | ||
1949/50 | 9th | Antonio Barrios Julián Vaquero Antonio Barrios |
Spanish Cup: Runners-up (4–1 v. Athletic Bilbao) | ||
1950/51 | 6th | Manuel González Aquiso | Juan Antonio Ipiña | ||
1951/52 | 8th | Ramón Pradera | |||
1952/53 | 12th | José Iraragorri | |||
1953/54 | 12th | Luis Miró | |||
1954/55 | 9th | ||||
1955/56 | 9th | ||||
1956/57 | 8th | Rafael Yunta | |||
1957/58 | 15th | Rafael Yunta José Luis Saso |
Relegated to 2ª | ||
1958/59 | 2ª | 1st | Carlos del Río Hortega | José Luis Saso | Promoted to La Liga |
1959/60 | 1ª | 13th | |||
1960/61 | 15th | José Luis Saso Pedro Eguiluz Paco Lesmes |
Relegated to 2ª | ||
1961/62 | 2ª | 2nd | José Miguel Arrarte | Paco Lesmes Manuel Soler Heriberto Herrera |
Promoted to La Liga |
1962/63 | 1ª | 4th | Antonio Ramallets | ||
1963/64 | 16th | Ángel Zubieta Paco Lesmes |
Relegated to 2ª | ||
1964/65 | 2ª | 3rd | Janos Kalmar Julián Vaquero |
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1965/66 | 4th | José Luis Saso | Antonio Barrios Antonio Ramallets |
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1966/67 | 9th | Pedro Torres Héctor Martín Emilio Aldecoa Héctor Martín Emilio Aldecoa Héctor Martín |
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1967/68 | 2nd | Antonio Alfonso | José Molinuevo Enrique Orizaola |
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1968/69 | 10th | Antonio Barrios Enrique Orizaola |
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1969/70 | 17th | José Antonio Olmedo José Luis Saso Gerardo Coque |
Relegated to 3ª | ||
1970/71 | 3ª | 2nd | Santiago Gallego | Gerardo Coque Héctor Martín |
Promoted to 2ª |
1971/72 | 2ª | 7th | Héctor Martín | ||
1972/73 | 5th | ||||
1973/74 | 7th | Gustau Biosca Fernando Redondo |
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1974/75 | 11th | Fernando Alonso | Fernando Redondo Santiago Vázquez Rudi Gutendorf |
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1975/76 | 4th | Héctor Núñez | |||
1976/77 | 12th | Luis Aloy José Luis Saso |
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1977/78 | 7th | Francisco García "Paquito" | |||
1978/79 | 4th | Gonzalo Alonso | Enrique Pérez "Pachín" | ||
1979/80 | 2nd | Eusebio Ríos | Promoted to La Liga | ||
1980/81 | 1ª | 12th | Gonzalo Alonso | Francisco García "Paquito" | |
1981/82 | 9th | ||||
1982/83 | 12th | Manuel Esteban | Felipe Mesones Santi Llorente José Luis García Traid |
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1983/84 | 14th | Pedro San Martín Mariano Hernández Gonzalo Alonso |
José Luis García Traid Fernando Redondo |
League Cup: Winners (Agg. 3–0 vs. Atlético) | |
1984/85 | 13th | Gonzalo Alonso | Fernando Redondo | ||
1985/86 | 10th | Vicente Cantatore | |||
1986/87 | 10th | Gonzalo Alonso José Agad Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán |
Vicente Cantatore Xabier Azkargorta Antonio Sánchez Santos José Pérez Garcia |
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1987/88 | 8th | Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán | Vicente Cantatore | ||
1988/89 | 6th | Spanish Cup: Runners-up (1–0 vs. Real Madrid) | |||
1989/90 | 16th | Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán Carlos García Zúñiga |
Josip Skoblar José Moré Fernando Redondo |
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1990/91 | 9th | Gonzalo Gonzalo | "Pacho" Maturana | ||
1991/92 | 19th | Gonzalo Gonzalo Andrés Martín Marcos Fernández Fernández |
"Pacho" Maturana Javier Yepes Peñas |
Relegated to 2ª | |
1992/93 | 2ª | 2nd | Marcos Fernández Fernández | Marco Antonio Boronat José Luis Saso Felipe Mesones |
Promoted to La Liga |
1993/94 | 1ª | 18th | Felipe Mesones José Moré |
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1994/95 | 19th | Víctor Espárrago José Moré Fernando Redondo Antonio Sánchez Santos |
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1995/96 | 16th | Rafael Benítez Antonio Sánchez Santos Vicente Cantatore |
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1996/97 | 7th | Vicente Cantatore | |||
1997/98 | 11th | Marcos Fernández Fernández Marcos Fernández Fermoselle |
Vicente Cantatore Antonio Sánchez Santos Sergije Krešić |
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1998/99 | 12th | Marcos Fernández Fermoselle | Sergije Krešić | ||
1999/00 | 8th | Marcos Fernández Fermoselle Ángel Fernández Fermoselle Ignacio Lewin |
Gregorio Manzano | ||
2000/01 | 16th | Ignacio Lewin Carlos Suárez |
Francisco "Pancho" Ferraro José Moré |
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2001/02 | 12th | Carlos Suárez | José Moré | ||
2002/03 | 14th | ||||
2003/04 | 18th | Fernando Vázquez Antonio Sánchez Santos |
Relegated to 2ª | ||
2004/05 | 2ª | 6th | Sergije Krešić Marcos Alonso |
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2005/06 | 10th | Marcos Alonso Alfredo Merino |
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2006/07 | 1st | José Luis Mendilibar | Promoted to La Liga | ||
2007/08 | 1ª | 15th | |||
2008/09 | 15th | ||||
2009/10 | 18th | José Luis Mendilibar Onésimo Sánchez Javier Clemente |
Relegated to 2ª | ||
2010/11 | 2ª | 7th | Antonio Gómez Abel Resino |
Qualified for Promotion play-off | |
2011/12 | 3rd | Miroslav Đukić | Qualified for Promotion play-off Promoted to La Liga | ||
2012/13 | 1ª | 14th | |||
2013/14 | 19th | Miroslav Đukić Juan Ignacio Martínez |
Relegated to 2ª | ||
2014/15 | 2ª | 5th | Rubi | Qualified for Promotion play-off | |
2015/16 | 16th | Gaizka Garitano Miguel Ángel Portugal Alberto López |
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2016/17 | 7th | Paco Herrera |
- 41 seasons in La Liga
- 34 seasons in Segunda División
- 10 seasons in Tercera División
European Cups history
UEFA Cup
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1984–85 | Round of 64 | v. Rijeka | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 |
1997–98 | Round of 64 | v. Skonto Riga | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
Round of 32 | v. Spartak Moscow | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1989–90 | Round of 32 | v. Hamrun Spartans | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
Round of 16 | v. Djurgården | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
Quarter-finals | v. Monaco | 0–0 | 0–0 (aet) | 1–3 (pen.) | |
Current squad
- As of 8 August 2017.[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Paco Herrera |
Assistant coach | Ángel Rodríguez |
Fitness coach | Fran Albert |
Goalkeeper coach | José Manuel Santisteban |
Physio | David Chorro |
Honours
- Segunda División: 1947–48, 1958–59, 2006–07
- Copa de la Liga: 1983–84
- Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1949–50, 1988–89
Best finishes
- UEFA Cup: 1984–85 (1st round), 1997–98 (2nd)
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1989–90 (QF)
- La Liga: Fourth 1962–63
Records
- Most games unbeaten in Segunda División – 29 in 2006–07
- Earliest promotion in Segunda División – Day 34 (out of 42), 22 April 2007
- Fastest goal in La Liga history – 7.42 seconds, scored by Joseba Llorente on 20 January 2008, vs RCD Espanyol (2–1 win)
See also
- Real Valladolid B – Valladolid's B team
- Real Valladolid (women)
References
- ↑ "Primera Division: Osasuna and Real Valladolid both relegated". Sky Sports News. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ "El proyecto ‘Valladolid Arena’ deja vía libre para cerrar o cubrir el Estadio" [The 'Valladolid Arena" project leaving the way open to close or cover the Stadium] (in Spanish). Eldiadevalladolid.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ↑ "Presidentes y Entrenadores del Real Valladolid C.F. S.A.D." [Real Valladolid CF S.A.D. presidents and managers] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ↑ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Real Valladolid. |
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
- BDFutbol team profile