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	Jagoba Arrasate
League	Segunda División
2015–16	Segunda División, 9th
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 Barcelona, after Numancia drew in the first leg and took the lead in the second.^[2]

Following a 1–3 loss at Sporting de 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]

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

Season to season

• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 16 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

As of 23 July 2016

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 Munir 3 DF Adrián Ripa 4 MF Marc Pedraza 5 DF Francisco Regalón 6 DF Iñigo Pérez 7 FW Manu del Moral 8 MF Alberto Escassi 9 FW Javier Acuña 10 MF Julio Álvarez 11 FW Nacho Sánchez 13 GK Aitor Fernández 14 DF Luis Valcarce

No. Position Player 15 DF Dani Calvo 16 DF Carlos Gutiérrez 17 DF Unai Medina 18 FW Jairo Morillas (on loan from Espanyol) 19 MF Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta 20 FW Pablo Valcarce 21 MF Marc Mateu 22 MF Pedro Orfila 23 MF Eneko Capilla (on loan from Real Sociedad) 24 DF Alexander Callens 25 GK Mikel Saizar

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 — DF Javi Duro (on loan at Burgos)

Former players

Managers

See also

• CD Numancia B, reserve team.

References

External links

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