Recreativo de Huelva

R.C. Recreativo de Huelva

Full name	Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D.
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

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

• 1889-? Huelva Recreation Club
• ?-present R.C. Recreativo de Huelva

Honours

• 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

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

1957/58 : Segunda División - 15th / Group B 1959/60 : Segunda División - 13th / Group B 1961/62 : Segunda División - 5th / Group B 1962/63 : Segunda División - 5th / Group B 1963/64 : Segunda División - 11th / Group B 1964/65 : Segunda División - 9th / Group B 1965/66 : Segunda División - 11th / Group B 1966/67 : Segunda División - 11th / Group B 1967/68 : Segunda División - 13th / Group B 1974/75 : Segunda División - 14th 1975/76 : Segunda División - 10th 1976/77 : Segunda División - 9th 1977/78 : Segunda División - 2nd 1978/79 : La Liga - 18th 1979/80 : Segunda División - 12th 1980/81 : Segunda División - 16th 1981/82 : Segunda División - 14th 1982/83 : Segunda División - 10th 1983/84 : Segunda División - 12th 1984/85 : Segunda División - 10th 1985/86 : Segunda División - 9th 1986/87 : Segunda División - 5th 1987/88 : Segunda División - 15th 1988/89 : Segunda División - 5th 1989/90 : Segunda División - 19th 1998/99 : Segunda División - 12th 1999/00 : Segunda División - 21st

Foreigners 2006/07

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

• 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

Famous Coaches

• Eusebio Ríos
• Víctor Espárrago
• Joaquín Caparrós
• Lucas Alcaraz
• Marcelino García Toral

Other websites

• Recreativo de Huelva Official Website