Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, it is the oldest football team in Spain, and currently plays in the second division, holding home games at the Estadio Nuevo Colombino , which has a 21,600 capacity. its greatest success was finishing La Liga 8th in 2006-2007 season. Team colours are white shirts with blue vertical stripes and white shorts.

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History

Foundation/Early years

It all began courtesy of Dr. Alexander Mackay and overseas British workers at the Rio Tinto mines, and it was originally named Huelva Recreation Club . Due to its long-standing existence (it is the oldest surviving team of Spanish professional football), the team is often referred to as El Decano ("The Dean," i.e. the oldest one) of the Spanish football fraternity.

During the 1910's, the club won several Andalusian regional leagues, and became the first Spanish side to defeat a Portuguese team, winning against Sporting Clube de Portugal. In 1940, it first reached Segunda División , only lasting however one year and not returning until 1957. Since 1965, the team also began hosting the Trofeo Colombino .

Later years

In 1977-78, led by, amongst others, former Real Madrid youth graduate Hipólito Rincón, Recreativo first gained promotion to the topflight. After just one season, it returned to level two, staying there until 1990, the year of a Segunda División B relegation.

Recre would play again in the first division in 2002-03, in another short-lived experience. In 2005-06, after beating CD Numancia on 4 June 2006, it mathematically secured promotion with two matches left to be played.

The new season in the top level was one of overachievements. They finished eighth in the table, at 54 points. Among the victories was a 3-0 win against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and a 2-0 success against Valencia CF. The club's leading goalscorer was Florent Sinama-Pongolle with 12 goals to his name. Coach Marcelino García Toral announced on 30 May 2007 that he would leave the club at the end of the season, subsequently joining Racing de Santander - he had also been the coach that previously achieved the 2006 promotion.

"Everything in life has a beginning and an end, and this is the moment to end my time at Recre," Marcelino told a news conference.

This fueled speculation in June 2007 that Recreativo had offered Danish legend Michael Laudrup a contract to coach the club in 2007-08. According to Laudrup's agent, the negotiations were ongoing and "very serious." However, Laudrup turned down the offer, and took the vacant manager's job at Getafe CF in July 2007. Recre season was a rocky one, as they only achieved to maintain first division status in the very last matchday, drawing with Real Valladolid 1-1. Also, RCD Mallorca's 3-2 success against Real Zaragoza, contributed to Huelva's final 16th position.

In 2008-09, Recreativo de Huelva lived in the mid-table regions for the vast majority of the campaign. However, after just one win in its last 15 matches (this included losing the last four) and one draw, it was finally relegated back, ranking last.

Honours/promotions

• Andalusia champions: 1903-14
• First Division: promotion in 1977-78 (under coach Eusébio Ríos), 2001-02 (under Lucas Alcaraz) and 2005-06 (under Marcelino García Toral).
• Spanish Cup: Runners-up 2002-03

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1939/40 2ª 6th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1940/41 3ª 2nd 1941/42 Regional — 1942/43 Regional — 1943/44 3ª 6th 1944/45 3ª 6th

• As Recreativo de Huelva

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1945/46 3ª 6th 1946/47 3ª 1st 1947/48 3ª 2nd 1948/49 3ª 4th 1949/50 3ª 4th 1950/51 3ª 1st 1951/52 3ª 6th 1952/53 3ª 8th 1953/54 3ª 10th 1954/55 3ª 5th 1955/56 3ª 7th 1956/57 3ª 1st 1957/58 2ª 15th 1958/59 3ª 1st 1959/60 2ª 13th 1960/61 3ª 1st 1961/62 2ª 5th 1962/63 2ª 5th 1963/64 2ª 11th 1964/65 2ª 9th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1965/66 2ª 11th 1966/67 2ª 11th 1967/68 2ª 13th 1968/69 3ª 1st 1969/70 3ª 4th 1970/71 3ª 3rd 1971/72 3ª 13th 1972/73 3ª 8th 1973/74 3ª 1st 1974/75 2ª 14th 1975/76 2ª 10th 1976/77 2ª 9th 1977/78 2ª 2nd 1978/79 1ª 18th 1979/80 2ª 12th 1980/81 2ª 16th 1981/82 2ª 14th 1982/83 2ª 10th 1983/84 2ª 12th 1984/85 2ª 10th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1985/86 2ª 9th 1986/87 2ª 3rd 1987/88 2ª 15th 1988/89 2ª 5th 1989/90 2ª 19th 1990/91 2ªB 2nd 1991/92 2ªB 6th 1992/93 2ªB 8th 1993/94 2ªB 3rd 1994/95 2ªB 14th 1995/96 2ªB 8th 1996/97 2ªB 4th 1997/98 2ªB 2nd 1998/99 2ª 12th 1999/00 2ª 21st 2000/01 2ª 6th 2001/02 2ª 3rd 2002/03 1ª 18th 2003/04 2ª 6th 2004/05 2ª 5th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2005/06 2ª 1st 2006/07 1ª 8th 2007/08 1ª 16th 2008/09 1ª 20th 2009/10 2ª —

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• 5 seasons in La Liga
• 32 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 23 seasons in Tercera División
• 2 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

As of 31 August 2009

No. Position Player 1 {{flagicon Bernardo 2 {{flagicon Magnus Troest (on loan from Genoa C.F.C.) 3 {{flagicon David Córcoles 4 {{flagicon Pablo Gallardo 5 {{flagicon Iago Bouzón Amoedo 6 {{flagicon Carlos Carmona Bonet 8 {{flagicon Rafael Barber Rodríguez 9 {{flagicon Pablo Sánchez 10 {{flagicon Antonio Jesús Vázquez Muñoz 11 {{flagicon Adrián Colunga Pérez 13 {{flagicon Vicente Guaita (on loan from Valencia CF)

No. Position Player 14 {{flagicon Jerónimo Barrales (on loan from Club Atlético Banfield) 15 {{flagicon Emilio Sánchez 17 {{flagicon Daniel Candeias (on loan from FC Porto) 18 {{flagicon Carlos Peña 19 {{flagicon Bruno Fornaroli (on loan from U.C. Sampdoria) 20 {{flagicon Hipólito Fernández Serrano 21 {{flagicon captain) 22 {{flagicon Pepe Mora 23 {{flagicon Raúl Cámara 24 {{flagicon Javi Fuego 25 {{flagicon Álvaro Antón Camarero (on loan from Real Valladolid) 30 {{flagicon Ángel Díez





Non-EU players

• Andrés Lamas
• Jerónimo Barrales
• Sebastián Nayar