CD Numancia

The club was founded on April 9, 1945.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Numancia's most important milestone came in 1999, when the team managed to promote to La Liga for the very 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.[5]

• Segunda División: 2007–08[6]
• Tercera División: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1988–89
• Promotion to La Liga: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08

• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 20 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 33 seasons in Tercera División
• 9 seasons in Categorías Regionales

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.cdnumancia.com and www.lfp.es

As of 31 January 2020

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 DF Álex Sola (on loan from Real Sociedad) 3 DF Adri Castellano 4 DF Derik Osede 5 DF Admonio Vicente 6 MF Alberto Escassi 7 MF Erik Morán 9 FW Higinio Marín 10 FW Alain Oyarzun 11 FW Nacho Sánchez 12 MF Antonio Otegui (on loan from Osasuna) 13 GK Dani Barrio 14 MF Alberto Noguera

No. Position Player 15 MF Néstor Albiach 16 DF Bernardo Cruz (on loan from Granada) 17 DF Iván Calero 18 FW Igor Zlatanović (on loan from Mallorca) 20 MF Gus Ledes 21 MF Marc Mateu 22 MF Curro Sánchez 23 DF Héctor Hernández 24 MF Álvaro Aguado (on loan from Real Valladolid) 26 FW Moha 27 MF Ander Vidorreta 30 GK Roberto Jara

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 29 DF Marcos Gil 33 FW Adrián Herrera 34 DF Óscar de Frutos

No. Position Player 35 MF Ali Radjel 37 MF Fredi Sualdea

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — GK Taliby Konate (at Guijuelo until 30 June 2020) — DF Marcos Isla (at Tudelano until 30 June 2020) — MF Kako Sanz (at Castellón until 30 June 2020)

No. Position Player — MF Yaw Yeboah (at Celta B until 30 June 2020) — FW Jordi Sánchez (at Valencia Mestalla until 30 June 2020)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Luis Carrión
Assistant manager	Álex Huerta
Fitness coach	Roberto Llorente
Coach	David Ramos
Coach	Fernando Alonso
Goalkeeping coach	Francisco Sanz

Last updated: June 2019
Source: CD Numancia

• CD Numancia B, reserve team.

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