Recreativo de Huelva
| Full name | Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. | ||
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| Founded | 1889 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 21,600 | ||
| Chairman | Francisco Mendoza Taboada | ||
| Manager | Francisco Javier López Castro | ||
| League | Segunda División | ||
| 2008/09 | La Liga, 20th | ||
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Real Club Recreativo de Huelva is a Spanish football club. The club was starting in 1889. It is the oldest football team in Spain.
The Club[change | change source]
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva is a Spanish football team formed on December 23 1889. This makes it the oldest football team in Spain, formed by Dr McKay and overseas British workers at the Rio Tinto mines. Originally named Huelva Recreation Club. Due to its long-standing existence (it is the oldest surviving team of Spanish professional soccer), the team is often referred to as El Decano ("the dean") of the Spanish football fraternity.
Commonly known as Recre, they play in white with blue vertical stripes and white shorts. Their home ground is the Nuevo Colombino stadium that seats 19,860.
After three seasons in Segunda División (Spanish second division), Recre achieved promotion to top flight after beating Numancia Soria on June 4, 2006, mathematically securing promotion with two matches left to be played. El Decano is again among the elite of Spanish football for the 2006/07 season.
Name[change | change source]
- 1889-? Huelva Recreation Club
- ?-present R.C. Recreativo de Huelva
Honours[change | change source]
- Champions of Andalucía from 1903 to 1914.
- Reached Primera División for 1978-79 (under coach Eusebio Ríos), 2002-2003 (under coach Lucas Alcaraz) and 2005-2006 (under coach Marcelino Garcia Toral).
- Defeated finalists in Copa del Rey in 2003.
League position[change | change source]
| Season | League | Position |
| 2000/01 | Segunda División | 6th |
| 2001/02 | Segunda División | 3rd |
| 2002/03 | La Liga | 18th |
| 2003/04 | Segunda División | 6th |
| 2004/05 | Segunda División | 5th |
| 2005/06 | Segunda División | Champions |
| 2006/07 | La Liga | 8th |
| 2007/08 | La Liga | 16th |
| 2008/09 | La Liga | 20th |
Former position[change | change source]
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Foreigners 2006/07[change | change source]
Only three non-EU nationals can be on the pitch at anytime. Those with European ancestry can claim a passport from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 3 years.
and Europe Bertrand Laquait- and Europe Florent Sinama-Pongolle
and Europe Beto
and Europe Laurenţiu Roşu
and Europe Ikechukwu Uche
Famous players[change | change source]
Antonio Valencia
Santi Cazorla
Mariano Pernía- Gastón Casas
Joaozinho
Franz Platko- Yago Alonso
Nelson Zelaya- Manuel Almunia
- Luis Aragonés
- Curro Torres
- Óscar Arpón
- Raúl Molina
- Xisco Muñoz
Alex Pereira
