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
Capacity	9,727
Chairman	Francisco Rubio
Manager	Aritz López Garai
League	Segunda División
2017–18	Segunda División, 6th
Website	Club website
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.

Besides football it had 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

• 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
• 19 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 10 August 2018

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 Juan Carlos 2 MF Alejandro Sanz 3 DF Adrián Ripa (captain) 4 MF Grego Sierra 5 DF Dani Calvo 6 MF Alberto Escassi 7 MF Alberto Noguera 8 MF Pablo Larrea 9 FW Higinio Marín 10 FW Dani Nieto 11 FW Nacho Sánchez 12 FW Yaw Yeboah 14 DF Luis Valcarce

No. Position Player 15 MF Alain Oyarzun 16 DF Carlos Gutiérrez 17 DF Unai Medina 18 DF Pichu Atienza 19 FW Guillermo 20 FW Jordi Sánchez 21 MF Marc Mateu 22 DF Markel Etxeberria 23 MF Fran Villalba (on loan from Valencia) 24 MF Pape Maly Diamanka 25 FW Borja Viguera 30 GK Gaizka Campos

Reserve team

Main article: CD Numancia B

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

No. Position Player 26 MF Beli 27 DF Álvaro Mateo 31 DF Marcos Isla

No. Position Player 33 DF Juan Pajín 35 GK Taliby Konate

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Aritz López Garai
Assistant manager	Bittor Alkiza
Fitness coach	Sergi Pérez
Coach	Roberto Llorente
Coach	Fernando Alonso
Goalkeeping coach	Francisco Sanz

Last updated: June 2018
Source: CD Numancia

Former players

Managers

See also

• CD Numancia B, reserve team.

References

External links

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