CD Numancia

Numancia

Full name	Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Numantinos Rojillos (Reds)
Founded	9 April 1945 (9 April 1945)
Ground	Los Pajaritos, Soria, Castile and León, Spain
Capacity	8,261
President	Santiago Morales
Head coach	Aitor Calle
League	Segunda Federación – Group 1
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 5, 3rd of 18
Website	http://www.cdnumancia.com/
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, holding home games at Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos.

Besides football it had other departments in sports, such as volleyball, women's handball, and rhythmic gymnastics.

History

The club was founded on 9 April 1945. 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.

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.

Numancia's most important milestone came in 1999, when the team managed to promote to La Liga for the first time. In the 1998–99 season, Numancia finished third in Segunda, only behind Málaga CF and Atlético Madrid B, meaning the promotion to the top tier. Their first ever season in the Spanish elite proved to be challenging. Numancia eventually finished 17th, thus avoiding an immediate relegation to Segunda. Their survival was made possible because of unexpectedly good home results. Numancia won 9 home games, drew 6, and lost only 4 games at home. Their second season in the elite was less successful, as the team finished in last place. Numancia again displayed strong results at home, winning eight of their ten wins at home. However, that was eventually not enough to avoid a drop to Segunda, after a two-year spell in La Liga.

Numancia spent three seasons in Segunda Division, before promotion again after the 2003–04 season, as the club finished third. Numancia'second spell in the Spanish top tier was not successful as it only won 6 games. This meant that relegation followed just one season after.

Following another three years in Segunda, Numancia came back to La Liga for season 2008–09. 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.

Numancia was relegated to third division followed at the end of the 2019-20 season after 23 years playing between first and second division. On next season, due to restructuring of the Spanish football league system, Numancia failed to survive in the third-tier and was relegated to the newly fourth-tier Segunda División RFEF, for the 2021–22 season. In the following season, Numancia achieved promoted back to newly third division, Primera División RFEF.

Honours

• Segunda División: 2007–08
• Tercera División: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1988–89
• Promotion to La Liga: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1945–46 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1946–47 3 3ª 4th 1947–48 3 3ª 11th Third round 1948–49 3 3ª 3rd Second round 1949–50 2 2ª 13th First round 1950–51 2 2ª 17th 1951–52 3 3ª 13th 1952–53 3 3ª 6th 1953–54 3 3ª 12th 1954–55 3 3ª 3rd 1955–56 3 3ª 7th 1956–57 3 3ª 9th 1957–58 3 3ª 5th 1958–59 3 3ª 7th 1959–60 3 3ª 15th 1960–61 3 3ª 3rd 1961–62 3 3ª 1st 1962–63 3 3ª 1st 1963–64 3 3ª 2nd 1964–65 3 3ª 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1965–66 3 3ª 1st 1966–67 3 3ª 15th 1967–68 3 3ª 6th 1968–69 3 3ª 14th 1969–70 3 3ª 12th First round 1970–71 4 Reg. Pref. 16th 1971–72 5 1ª Reg. 1st 1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 10th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 13th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 15th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 15th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 12th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1978–79 4 3ª 5th First round 1979–80 4 3ª 14th First round 1980–81 4 3ª 13th 1981–82 4 3ª 4th 1982–83 4 3ª 7th First round 1983–84 4 3ª 2nd 1984–85 4 3ª 8th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1985–86 4 3ª 11th 1986–87 4 3ª 8th 1987–88 4 3ª 4th 1988–89 4 3ª 1st 1989–90 3 2ª B 13th 1990–91 3 2ª B 11th Third round 1991–92 3 2ª B 10th First round 1992–93 3 2ª B 8th Third round 1993–94 3 2ª B 3rd First round 1994–95 3 2ª B 2nd Second round 1995–96 3 2ª B 8th Quarter-finals 1996–97 3 2ª B 2nd 1997–98 2 2ª 17th Second round 1998–99 2 2ª 3rd Third round 1999–2000 1 1ª 17th First round 2000–01 1 1ª 20th Round of 16 2001–02 2 2ª 17th Round of 64 2002–03 2 2ª 14th Round of 16 2003–04 2 2ª 3rd Round of 64 2004–05 1 1ª 19th Quarter-finals

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2005–06 2 2ª 8th Third round 2006–07 2 2ª 8th Second round 2007–08 2 2ª 1st Second round 2008–09 1 1ª 19th Round of 32 2009–10 2 2ª 8th Second round 2010–11 2 2ª 10th Second round 2011–12 2 2ª 10th Third round 2012–13 2 2ª 12th Second round 2013–14 2 2ª 13th Second round 2014–15 2 2ª 12th Third round 2015–16 2 2ª 10th Second round 2016–17 2 2ª 17th Second round 2017–18 2 2ª 6th Round of 16 2018–19 2 2ª 17th Second round 2019–20 2 2ª 20th First round 2020–21 3 2ª B 4th / 3rd Second round 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 1st 2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 16th Second round 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 3rd 2024–25 4 2ª Fed. First round

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• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 20 seasons in Segunda División
• 1 season in Primera Federación
• 9 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 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 August 2024.

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Pyotr Kudakovsky
2	DF	ESP	Gexan Elosegi
3	DF	ESP	Javi Bonilla
4	DF	ESP	Lucas Laso
5	DF	ESP	Óscar de Frutos
6	MF	SEN	Moustapha
7	FW	ESP	Rubén Sanchidrián
8	MF	ESP	Alain Ribeiro
9	FW	ESP	Christian Dieste
10	MF	ESP	Fabio Conte
11	FW	ESP	Aitor Seguín
12	DF	ECU	Jeremy Vera (on loan from Independiente Juniors)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Francisco Dorronsoro
14	MF	ESP	David Sanz
15	FW	ECU	Steven Góngora (on loan from Independiente Juniors)
16	MF	ESP	Unai Rementería
17	FW	ESP	Dani Fernández
18	FW	ESP	Asier Teijeira
19	FW	ESP	Jonatan González
20	DF	ESP	Diego Royo
21	MF	ESP	Cristian Delgado
22	DF	ESP	Asier Grande
26	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel Abad

Reserve team

Main article: CD Numancia B

Former players

See also: Category:CD Numancia footballers

Coaches

• José Antonio Saro (1989–90)
• Jesús Tartilán (1991)
• Manuel García Calderón (1992–93)
• Miguel Ángel Lotina (1993–96)
• Paco Herrera (1998)
• Miguel Ángel Lotina (1998–99)
• Andoni Goikoetxea (1999–00)
• Paco Herrera (2000)
• Mariano García Remón (2000–01)
• Celestino Vallejo (2001)
• Luis Sánchez Duque (2001–02)
• Manuel Sarabia (2002)
• Máximo Hernández (2002–03)
• Quique Hernández (2003–04)
• Francisco (2004–05)
• Máximo Hernández (2004–05)
• Enrique Martín (2005)
• Andoni Goikoetxea (2005–07)
• Gonzalo Arconada (2007–08)
• Sergio Krešić (2008–09)
• Pacheta (2009)
• Gonzalo Arconada (2009–10)
• Juan Carlos Unzué (2010–11)
• Pablo Machín (2011–13)
• Juan Antonio Anquela (2013–15)
• Jagoba Arrasate (2015–2018)
• Aritz López Garai (2018–)

See also

• CD Numancia B, reserve team.

External links

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