CD Castellón

Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 20 July 1922, it currently plays in the Segunda División A, holding home games at Nou Estadi Castàlia, which has a capacity of 15,700 seats.[3]

Castellón

Full name	Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D.
Founded	20 July 1922
Ground	Nou Castàlia
Capacity	15,700[1]
Owner	Capital Albinegro[2]
President	Vicente Montesinos
Head coach	Óscar Cano
League	Segunda División
2019–20	Segunda División B – Group 3, 1st (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Football first appeared in the town in 1911, and after a period of time under the consecutive denominations "Deportivo", "Castalia", "Gimnástico", "Cultural" and "Cervantes", Club Deportivo Castellón was founded on 22 July 1922.

The club featured periodically in the top flight, finishing fifth in 1972–73 and adding a Cup final appearance with a team featuring Vicente del Bosque, who later moved to Real Madrid, serving the club as both a player and coach.

On 29 August 1991, in an extraordinary assembly, the conversion of the club to S.A.D. was approved. The first team had just relegated into division two, and would drop another level to the third three years later, in a spell which would last more than one decade.

In the 2004–05 season, Castellón finished fourth in Segunda B, eventually winning its promotion playoffs (both matches) and achieving a return to the silver category. The club's stint in the division would last five years, as relegation would befall in 2009–10, with the Valencian Community outfit ranking last, 13 points behind the following team.

On 18 July 2011, due to the team not paying its players, Castellón was excluded from the third division, being relegated to the fourth.[4] In June 2017, former player Pablo Hernández became joint owner of the club, leading a consortium alongside Angel Dealbert, businessman Vicente Montesinos and others.[5][6]

On 21 March 2018, Castellón beat the record of seasonal tickets in the fourth division previously held by Real Oviedo with 12,700,[7] establishing the new record at 12,867.[8] On 24 June 2018, it returned to the third tier after a seven-year absence.

On 26 July 2020, Castellón promoted back to second division after 10 years by beating Cornellà in final play off promotion.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 3 3ª 3rd Quarterfinals 1929/30 3 3ª 1st Round of 16 1930/31 2 2ª 5th Quarterfinals 1931/32 2 2ª 7th Round of 16 1932/33 2 2ª 10th Round of 16 1933/34 — — — — 1934/35 — — — — 1935/36 — — — — 1939/40 2 2ª 4th — 1940/41 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1941/42 1 1ª 8th Round of 16 1942/43 1 1ª 4th Round of 16 1943/44 1 1ª 5th Round of 16 1944/45 1 1ª 8th Quarterfinals 1945/46 1 1ª 8th 1st round 1946/47 1 1ª 14th Quarterfinals 1947/48 2 2ª 12th Quarterfinals 1948/49 2 2ª 8th 4th Round 1949/50 2 2ª 16th 2nd round 1950/51 3 3ª 3rd —

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1951/52 3 3ª 6th — 1952/53 3 3ª 1st — 1953/54 2 2ª 5th — 1954/55 2 2ª 12th — 1955/56 2 2ª 16th — 1956/57 2 2ª 20th — 1957/58 3 3ª 2nd — 1958/59 3 3ª 12th — 1959/60 3 3ª 2nd — 1960/61 2 2ª 13th Round of 32 1961/62 3 3ª 3rd — 1962/63 3 3ª 10th — 1963/64 3 3ª 1st — 1964/65 3 3ª 1st — 1965/66 3 3ª 1st — 1966/67 2 2ª 3rd Round of 32 1967/68 2 2ª 10th Round of 32 1968/69 3 3ª 1st — 1969/70 2 2ª 11th Round of 32 1970/71 2 2ª 6th Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1971/72 2 2ª 2nd Round of 16 1972/73 1 1ª 5th Runners-up 1973/74 1 1ª 16th Round of 16 1974/75 2 2ª 6th 4th Round 1975/76 2 2ª 12th 1st round 1976/77 2 2ª 14th 2nd round 1977/78 2 2ª 14th 3rd Round 1978/79 2 2ª 11th 1st round 1979/80 2 2ª 5th 4th Round 1980/81 2 2ª 1st 4th Round 1981/82 1 1ª 18th 3rd Round 1982/83 2 2ª 15th 1st round 1983/84 2 2ª 10th Round of 16 1984/85 2 2ª 12th Quarterfinals 1985/86 2 2ª 5th Round of 16 1986/87 2 2ª 4th 4th Round 1987/88 2 2ª 11th Quarterfinals 1988/89 2 2ª 1st 3rd Round 1989/90 1 1ª 14th 2nd round 1990/91 1 1ª 19th 4th Round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1991/92 2 2ª 15th Round of 16 1992/93 2 2ª 10th 4th Round 1993/94 2 2ª 17th 4th Round 1994/95 3 2ªB 4th 2nd round 1995/96 3 2ªB 6th 1st round 1996/97 3 2ªB 9th 1st round 1997/98 3 2ªB 5th — 1998/99 3 2ªB 9th — 1999/00 3 2ªB 7th — 2000/01 3 2ªB 10th 1st round 2001/02 3 2ªB 13th 1st round 2002/03 3 2ªB 1st — 2003/04 3 2ªB 4th 2nd round 2004/05 3 2ªB 4th 2nd round 2005/06 2 2ª 12th 1st round 2006/07 2 2ª 14th Round of 32 2007/08 2 2ª 5th 2nd round 2008/09 2 2ª 7th Round of 32 2009/10 2 2ª 22nd 2nd round 2010/11 3 2ªB 10th 2nd round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2011/12 4 3ª 9th — 2012/13 4 3ª 4th — 2013/14 4 3ª 15th — 2014/15 4 3ª 1st — 2015/16 4 3ª 3rd 2nd round 2016/17 4 3ª 4th — 2017/18 4 3ª 2nd — 2018/19 3 2ªB 15th 2nd round 2019/20 3 2ªB 1st 1st round 2020/21 2 2ª 2020–21 Copa del Rey

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• 11 seasons in La Liga
• 41 seasons in Segunda División
• 14 seasons in Segunda División B
• 21 seasons in Tercera División (third level until 1976–77)

Current squad

As of 16 August 2020, according to official website

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Álvaro Campos (3rd captain) 3 DF  ESP Adrián Lapeña 4 DF  ESP Francisco Regalón 5 DF  ESP Eneko Satrústegui 6 MF  ESP Marc Castells (vice-captain) 8 MF  ESP Carles Salvador 9 FW  ESP David Cubillas (captain) 10 MF  ESP Rubén Díez 11 FW  ESP Pablo Roig 12 FW  ESP César Díaz 14 FW  ESP Alfredo Gutiérrez

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ESP Iñigo Muñoz 16 MF  ESP Rafa Gálvez 17 MF  ESP Víctor García 18 FW  ESP Juanto Ortuño 21 MF  ESP Jorge Fernández 22 FW  ESP Joseba Muguruza — DF  ESP Carlos Delgado — MF  ESP Jesús Carrillo — MF  ESP Josep Señé (on loan from Mallorca) — FW  ESP Jairo Cárcaba — FW  USA Josh Pérez

Reserve team

Main article: CD Castellón B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ESP Álex Ligero 26 DF  ESP Jorge Veintimilla 27 DF  ESP Carlos Panadés

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  ESP Javier Salort 31 MF  ESP Bilal — GK  ESP Charly Florencio

Owners

Source:[9][10]

CD Castellón Co-Owners	Pablo Hernández
CD Castellón Co-Owners	Ángel Dealbert
CD Castellón Co-Owners	Vicente Montesinos
CD Castellón Co-Owners	Javier Heredia
CD Castellón Co-Owners	Jordi Bruixola
CD Castellón Co-Owners	Pepe Mascarell

Updated to match played 05 May 2018
Source: Yorkshire Evening Post

Honours

• Segunda División: 1940–41, 1980–81, 1988–89
• Segunda División B: 2002–03
• Tercera División: 1929–30, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69 (third level until 1976–77)
• Campeonato de Valencia: 1928–29, 1929–30
• Copa de la Liga (second division): 1983–84
• Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1972–73

Famous players

Leonardo Ulloa Mario Cabrera Dani Pendín Gustavo Reggi Ihar Hurynovich Bernard Barnjak Mauricio Romero Mladen Mladenović Sergio Barila Juan Epitié Juvenal Emilio Nsue José Luis Rondo

Henri Dumat Kenji Fukuda Nduka Ugbade Igor Dobrovolski Dragan Punišić Rade Tošić Pichi Alonso José Araquistáin Pascual Babiloni Luis Cela Ángel Dealbert Božur Matejić Vicente del Bosque

José Ferrer Miguel Ángel Lotina César Martín Gaizka Mendieta Miguel Ángel Juan Planelles Roberto Antonio Ruiz Enrique Saura Rubén Torrecilla Walter Peletti Đorđe Vujkov Florin Andone

References

1. "The latest news from CD Castellón: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. Dominic Booth (13 June 2017). "Former Swansea City and current Leeds United star Pablo Hernandez completes Spanish club takeover". Wales Online. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
3. "CD Castellón - Segunda División B G 3". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
4. Castellnou 2005 no paga y el CD Castellón militará la próxima temporada en Tercera División (Castellnou 2005 does not pay and CD Castellón will play in Tercera División next season); La Plana al Día, 18 July 2011 (in Spanish)
5. Dominic Booth (13 June 2017). "Former Swansea City and current Leeds United star Pablo Hernandez completes Spanish club takeover". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
6. Phil Hay (5 May 2018). "Big Interview: Leeds United's YEP Player of the Year Hernandez ... forged in the fires of Castellon". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
7. "El CD Castellón hace historia al superar el récord de abonados en Tercera División" (in Spanish). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
8. "El Castellón busca otro récord" (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
9. Dominic Booth (13 June 2017). "Former Swansea City and current Leeds United star Pablo Hernandez completes Spanish club takeover". Wales Online. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
10. Phil Hay (5 May 2018). "Big Interview: Leeds United's YEP Player of the Year Hernandez ... forged in the fires of Castellon". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Pam Pam Orellut, unofficial website (in Spanish)