REAL VALLADOLID

'Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol' is a Spanish football club. Formed on June 20, 1928, from the amalgamation of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español, it plays currently in the Spanish second division or ''Segunda División'', but have gained promotion and will again participate in La Liga from the 2007-2008 season onwards.
The team plays in Valladolid from which it derives the nickname ''Pucela''. Their Home stadium is the Estadio José Zorrilla, which seats 26,512 spectators.

Contents

History

Seasons

Honours

Current squad 2007/08

Recent seasons

Statistics 2006/07

Famous players

Famous coaches

External links

History

The team first reached the ''Primera División'' in the 1947-48 season, as champions of the ''Segunda''. In the following year, the team pushed on from this success and reached the finals of the Copa del Rey in the Chamartín stadium against Athletic Bilbao, eventually losing 4-1.
The next ten years until 1957-58 were spent in the first division. Relegation was short-lived and Valladolid gained promotion in 1958-59 with 5-0 win over Terrasa under the trainer José Luis Saso, a legendary figure in the history of the team. He had originally been a goalkeeper for Valladolid, and he subsequently went on to perform many roles, ending up as president of the club.
Valladolid vacillated between the first and second divisions in the subsequent years, descending as low as third in 1970-71. Promoted La Liga for the 1992-1993 season, the team was again sent down after the 2003-2004 season.
Their highest position during their past stint in La Liga was 7th in 1996-97.
Real Valladolid has won the Spanish League Cup once, in 1983.

Seasons

★ '2004/2005:' Segunda División ''6th''

★ '2005/2006:' Segunda División ''10th''

★ '2006/2007:' Segunda División ''1st - Promoted''

★ '2007/2008:' La Liga
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★ '37' seasons in ''La Liga''

★ '29' seasons in ''Segunda División''

★ '1' seasons in ''Segunda División B''

★ '9' seasons in ''Tercera División''

Honours

★ Segunda División champions: 1947-48, 1958-59 and 2006-07

★ European participation: 3 times.

★ Spanish League Cup: 1983 1-3 vs. Atlético Madrid

★ Copa del Rey: twice a finalist.

Current squad 2007/08

Current as of August 12007

Recent seasons

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Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1997/1998	1D	'11'	38	13	11	14	36	47	'50'		UC	2nd round
1998/1999	1D	'12'	38	13	9	16	35	44	'48'
1999/2000	1D	'8'	38	14	11	13	36	44	'53'
2000/2001	1D	'16'	38	9	15	14	42	50	'42'
2001/2002	1D	'12'	38	13	9	16	45	58	'48'
2002/2003	1D	'13'	38	12	10	16	37	40	'46'
2003/2004	1D	'18'	38	10	11	17	46	56	'41'				relegated
3 season at lower level
2007/2008	1D	'''0'''	''0''	''0''	''0''	''0''	''0''	''0''	'''0'''

Statistics 2006/07

★ 'Top Scorers':

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★ Victor - 19 'goals'

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★ Llorente - 17 'goals'

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★ Manchev - 6 'goals'

★ 'Top Goalkeepers'

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★ Alberto - '28 goals' In '35 matches'

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★ Jacobo - '7 goals' In '7 matches'

Famous players

★ Martín Cardetti ★ Gabriel Heinze ★ Diego Klimowicz ★ Albano Bizzarri ★ Pablo Richetti ★ Oscar Flores ★ Javier Muñoz ★ Pablo Paz ★ Juan Manuel Peña ★ Julio Cesar Santos Correa ★ Arílson ★ Rodrigo Fabri ★ Jose Veiga ★ Patricio Yañez ★ Jorge Aravena ★ Leonel Alvarez

★ René Higuita ★ Carlos Valderrama ★ Harold Lozano ★ Edwin Congo ★ Alen Peternac ★ Ariza Makukula ★ Iván Kaviedes ★ Jorge Gonzalez ★ Daniel Dutuel ★ Shoji Jo ★ Cuauhtemoc Blanco ★ Dragan Isailovic ★ Dragan Ciric ★ Gonzalo Colsa ★ David Aganzo ★ José Antonio García Calvo

★ Jesus María Pereda ★ Ramallets ★ José Luis Caminero ★ Eusebio Sacristán ★ Manuel Sanchís Martínez ★ Fernando Hierro ★ Gail ★ Luis García ★ Ricardo ★ Benjamín Zarandona ★ Tote ★ César Sánchez ★ Álvaro Felscher ★ Nicolas Olivera ★ Carlos Pavón ★ Amado Guevara

''see also ''

Famous coaches

★ Estaban Platko, 1928-31, 1934-40

★ Carlos Platko, 1941-43

★ Helenio Herrera, 1948-49

★ Heriberto Herrera, 1962

★ Antoni Ramallets, 1962-63, 1965-66

★ Emilio Aldecoa, 1966-67

★ Enrique Orizaola, 1967-68, 1968-69

★ Fernando Redondo, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1990, 1995

★ Rafael Benítez, 1995-96

★ Vicente Cantatore, 1985-86 hasta 1989-90, 1996-97

External links

★ Real Valladolid Official Website

★ Real Valladolid Fans Website

★ Real Valladolid Fans Website