Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
is a Spanish football club. Founded on June 20, 1928, it is currently playing in the first division, after gaining promotion in 2006-07. The club currently ranks 13th on the franchises All-Time La Liga table.
Based in Valladolid, Castile and León, from which it derives the nickname Pucela
, the club holds home games at the Nuevo Estadio José Zorrilla
, which seats 26,512 spectators.
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History
Early history
Founded from the amalgamation of
Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid
and
Club Deportivo Español
(currently
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 de Bilbao, eventually losing 4-1.
The next ten years were spent in the first division, but relegation was short-lived and Valladolid gained promotion 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 vacillated between the first and second divisions in the subsequent years, descending as low as
third 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 80s), over
Atlético de Madrid.
The side's highest position during this 11-year stint was 7th in
1996-97, being coached in the previous seasons by former
Real Madrid Castilla's coach
Rafael Benítez, as various players from there also would later appear for Valladolid.
The 2006-07 boom
In
2006-07, after signing
Basque José Luis Mendilibar as coach, Valladolid performed one of their best years in history while playing in the second level. The side 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 honour of staying unbeaten 29 games in a row, from October 10, 2006 to May 6, 2007, being mathematically promoted after outscoring
CD Tenerife 0-2 on April 22, 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
King's Cup, getting as far as the quarter-finals after beating two top division teams:
Gimnàstic de Tarragona (agg. 4-1) and
2006 Champions League contender
Villarreal CF (agg. 3-1), while playing the whole competition with the reserve players.
Honours
- Second Division: 1947-48, 1958-59, 2006-07
- Spanish League Cup: 1983-84
Achievements
- European participation: 3 times
- *UEFA Cup: 1984-85 (1R) and 1997-98 (2R)
- *UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1989-90 (QF)
- Spanish Cup: Runner-up 1949-50, 1988-89
- Spanish League: 4th in 1962-63
Records
- Most points in Second Division - 88 in 2006-07
- Most games unbeaten in Second Division - 29 in 2006-07
- Earliest promotion in Second Division - Day 34 (out of 42), April 22, 2007
- Fastest goal in First Division history - 7' 42", scored by Joseba Llorente on 20 January 2008, vs RCD Espanyol (f: 2-1)
Season to season
| Season
| Division
| Place
| Copa del Rey
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| 1929
| 2ª
| 6th
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| 1929/30
| 3ª
| 2nd
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| 1930/31
| 3ª
| 2nd
|
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| 1931/32
| 3ª
| 4th
|
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| 1932/33
| 3ª
| 1st
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| 1933/34
| 3ª
| 1st
|
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| 1934/35
| 2ª
| 2nd
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| 1935/36
| 2ª
| 4th
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| 1939/40
| 2ª
| 6th
|
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| 1940/41
| 2ª
| 10th
|
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| 1941/42
| 2ª
| 5th
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| 1942/43
| 2ª
| 2nd
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| 1943/44
| 2ª
| 14th
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| 1944/45
| 3ª
| 3rd
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| 1945/46
| 3ª
| 1st
|
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| 1946/47
| 3ª
| 1st
|
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| 1947/48
| 2ª
| 1st
|
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| 1948/49
| 1ª
| 12th
|
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| 1949/50
| 1ª
| 9th
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| 1950/51
| 1ª
| 6th
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| Season
| Division
| Place
| Copa del Rey
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| 1951/52
| 1ª
| 8th
|
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| 1952/53
| 1ª
| 12th
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| 1953/54
| 1ª
| 12th
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| 1954/55
| 1ª
| 9th
|
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| 1955/56
| 1ª
| 9th
|
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| 1956/57
| 1ª
| 8th
|
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| 1957/58
| 1ª
| 15th
|
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| 1958/59
| 2ª
| 1st
|
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| 1959/60
| 1ª
| 13th
|
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| 1960/61
| 1ª
| 15th
|
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| 1961/62
| 2ª
| 2nd
|
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| 1962/63
| 1ª
| 4th
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| 1963/64
| 1ª
| 16th
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| 1964/65
| 2ª
| 3rd
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| 1965/66
| 2ª
| 4th
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| 1966/67
| 2ª
| 9th
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| 1967/68
| 2ª
| 2nd
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| 1968/69
| 2ª
| 10th
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| 1969/70
| 2ª
| 17th
|
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| 1970/71
| 3ª
| 2nd
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| Season
| Division
| Place
| Copa del Rey
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| 1971/72
| 2ª
| 7th
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| 1972/73
| 2ª
| 5th
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| 1973/74
| 2ª
| 7th
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| 1974/75
| 2ª
| 11th
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| 1975/76
| 2ª
| 4th
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| 1976/77
| 2ª
| 12th
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| 1977/78
| 2ª
| 7th
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| 1978/79
| 2ª
| 4th
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| 1979/80
| 2ª
| 2nd
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| 1980/81
| 1ª
| 12th
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| 1981/82
| 1ª
| 9th
|
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| 1982/83
| 1ª
| 12th
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| 1983/84
| 1ª
| 14th
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| 1984/85
| 1ª
| 13th
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| 1985/86
| 1ª
| 10th
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| 1986/87
| 1ª
| 4th
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| 1987/88
| 1ª
| 8th
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| 1988/89
| 1ª
| 6th
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| 1989/90
| 1ª
| 16th
|
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| 1990/91
| 1ª
| 9th
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| Season
| Division
| Place
| Copa del Rey
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| 1991/92
| 1ª
| 19th
|
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| 1992/93
| 2ª
| 2nd
|
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| 1993/94
| 1ª
| 18th
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| 1994/95
| 1ª
| 19th
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| 1995/96
| 1ª
| 16th
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| 1996/97
| 1ª
| 7th
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| 1997/98
| 1ª
| 11th
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| 1998/99
| 1ª
| 12th
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| 1999/00
| 1ª
| 8th
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| 2000/01
| 1ª
| 16th
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| 2001/02
| 1ª
| 12th
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| 2002/03
| 1ª
| 14th
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| 2003/04
| 1ª
| 18th
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| 2004/05
| 2ª
| 6th
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| 2005/06
| 2ª
| 10th
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| 2006/07
| 2ª
| 1st
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| 2007/08
| 1ª
| 15th
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| 2008/09
| 1ª
| 15th
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| 2009/10
| 1ª
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- 39
seasons in La Liga
- 30
seasons in Segunda División
- 9
seasons in Tercera División
Current squad
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| No.
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| Position
| Player
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| Justo Villar
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| Antonio Barragán Fernández
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| Alberto Marcos Rey (Captain (football))
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| Nivaldo Batista Santana
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| Haris Medunjanin
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| Pelé (footballer born 1987) (on loan from FC Porto)
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| Nauzet Alemán Viera
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| 8
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| Javier Baraja Vegas
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| 9
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| Manucho
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| 10
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| Borja Fernández
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| 11
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| Alberto Bueno
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| 12
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| Asier Arranz Martín
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| 13
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| Fabricio Agosto Ramírez
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| 14
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| Héctor Font
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| 16
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| Pedro López Muñoz
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| No.
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| 17
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| Luis Prieto
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| 18
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| Álvaro Rubio
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| 19
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| Jonathan Sesma González
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| 20
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| Fabián Canobbio
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| 21
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| Sisinio González Martínez
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| 22
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| Diego da Silva Costa
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| 23
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| Marcos García Barreno
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| 24
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| César Arzo Amposta
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| 25
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| Jacobo Sanz Ovejero
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| 26
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| Yuri Berchiche
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| 27
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| Carlos Lázaro Vallejo
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| 28
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| Aridane Hernández Umpiérrez
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| 29
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| Sergio García de la Iglesia
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| 30
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| Enrique González Casín
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Out on loan
| No.
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| Position
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| Bartholomew Ogbeche (at Cádiz CF)
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Notable players
see Cat:Real Valladolid footballers
Famous coaches
- Esteban Platko, 1928-31, 1934-40
- Carlos Platko, 1941-43
- Helenio Herrera, 1948-49
- Heriberto Herrera, 1962
- Antoni Ramallets, 1962-63, 1965-66
- Emilio Aldecoa, 1966-67
- Enrique Orizaola, 1967-68, 1968-69
- Fernando Redondo, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1990, 1995
- Rafael Benítez, 1995-96
- Vicente Cantatore, 1985-86 to 1989-90, 1996-97
- José Luis Mendilibar, 2006-