Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa
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| Full name | Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | ||
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| Nickname(s) | La Cultu , La Leonesa | ||
| Founded | 1923 | ||
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Reino de León, León, Castile and León, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 13,500 | ||
| Owner | Aspire Zone Foundation | ||
| Chairman | Tariq Abdulaziz Al Naama | ||
| Manager | Víctor Cea | ||
| League | 2ª B – Group 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | Segunda División, 19th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, better known as Cultural Leonesa, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1923 it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio Reino de León, with a capacity of 13,500 seats.
Ahead of the 2014–15 season, the club released a kit designed to look like a tuxedo. The kit, which attracted huge attention in the media and social networking sites, was worn in a pre-season charity match in support of local charities for mining families.
History
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa was founded on 5 August 1923.[1]
In 1926, Cultural Leonesa won the Regional championship and in 1929 Cultural played the Segunda División B and promoted to the second division.
In 1931, the club ceases in activity and several teams are created in the city with the aim to replace them, but after the Spanish Civil War, Cultural Leonesa came back to the competition.
In 1955, Cultural promoted for the first time to La Liga, but they could only play one season in the Spanish top tier.
In 2011, the club was relegated to Tercera División due to unpaid debts to the players[2] and took two years to recover the place in the third tier. In 2015, the Qatari Aspire Academy bought a controlling 99% of the shares of the club, thus avoiding its dissolution.[3]
On 28 May 2017, Cultural promoted to Segunda División after 42 years by defeating Barcelona B in the promotion play-offs. On 3rd of January 2018, Leeds United announced an official partnership for with Cultural Leonesa's owners Aspire Academy in Qatar.[4] The link up saw Leeds players Yosuke Ideguchi and Ouasim Bouy both join Cultural Leonesa on loan as part of the unique partnership.[5]
On 2 June 2018, Cultural was relegated back to the third level, after being defeated by Numancia in the last matchday.
Club structure
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| President | Tariq Abdulaziz Al Naama | ||||||||
| Vice-President | Iván Bravo | ||||||||
| Managing Director | Felipe Llamazares Díez | ||||||||
| Sports management | Óscar Cano | ||||||||
| Director Delegate | Ignacio Álvarez Martínez | ||||||||
| Advisory Board | Antonio Martín Espina José Lasa Jassim Mohammed AA Al-Ansari | ||||||||
| Fundation culturalista | Manuel Carnero Diego Calzado | ||||||||
| Technical secretary | Santi Santos Juan Carlos Valiño (adjunto) César Villafañe (adjunto) | ||||||||
| Social area | Juan Luis Diez Mata |
Season to season
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- 1 season in La Liga
- 15 seasons in Segunda División
- 33 seasons in Segunda División B
- 30 seasons in Tercera División
Current squad
- As of 1 September 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Reserve team
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Coaching Staff
| Position | Name | ||||||||
| Manager | Víctor Cea | ||||||||
| Attack Analyst | Luis Masero | ||||||||
| Defense Analyst | Jesús Muñoz | ||||||||
| Midfield Analyst | Pepe Sanz | ||||||||
| Analyst | Héctor Rincón | ||||||||
| Fitness coach | Salva Vadillo | ||||||||
| Goalkeeper coach | Roberto Valeiro | ||||||||
| Fitness coach | Daniel Delgado | ||||||||
| Doctor | Salustiano López-Contreras | ||||||||
| Physiotherapist | Javier Madinabeitia | ||||||||
| Assistant | Javier Barrioluengo | ||||||||
Notable former players
Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.
Famous coaches
Stadium
Reserve team
Júpiter Leonés is the reserve team of the club.
Founded in 1929, later known as Cultural de León and finally changed to its current name Cultural and Sports Leonesa "B" Jupiter Leonés. After the 2009–10, the team was dissolved after Cultural was relegated to Tercera División due to its debts. In 2014, it was re-founded as the reserve team and after two promotions it currently plays in the fifth tier.
References
- ↑ "Historia de la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa" (in Spanish). Nos Gusta León. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Doce equipos descienden por impagos a futbolistas" (in Spanish). ABC.es. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Aspire compra la Cultural Leonesa y evita su desaparición" (in Spanish). As.com. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on June 4, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ "LEEDS UNITED LAUNCH ASPIRE ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP". www.leedsunited.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Aspire-owned Cultural Leonesa hope to shock Real". gulf-times.com. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
- Unofficial website (in Spanish)
- Club & Stadium History at Estadios de España (in English)
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