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Jordi Xumetra
Jordi Xumetra Feliú (born 24 October 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for UE Olot. Club career Born in L'Estartit, Girona, Catalonia, Xumetra finished his development at FC Barcelona, but only played for Tercera División clubs in his first years as senior. In 2006, he signed with Girona FC also in that league, being part of the squads that achieved two consecutive promotions in two years. On 30 August 2008, Xumetra appeared in his first match as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win over RC Celta de Vigo in the Segunda División. His first goal came on 14 February of the following year, as he scored his side's last in a 3–3 home draw against Albacete Balompié. Xumetra moved to Elche CF also of the second tier on 3 July 2010. He scored seven goals in his second year, repeating the feat the following season as the Valencian Community side returned to La Liga after 24 years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Estartit
L'Estartit (; es, Estartit, link=no) is a small town and seaside resort on the Costa Brava, on the northeastern coast of Spain, located in the province of Girona, Catalonia. The town is situated between the foothills of the Montgrí Massif and the Mediterranean Sea, and is part of the municipality of Torroella de Montgrí, in the Baix Empordà county, Girona province, autonomous community of Catalonia. Geography L'Estartit stretches North-South from Cala Montgó, at the southern tip of the Bay of Roses (''Badía de Roses'') to the Ter River estuary in the Bay of Pals (''Badía de Pals''). East-West it extends three kilometers inland from the shoreline and includes the hills of Rocamaura and Torre Moratxa, and to the north of these the old farmhouse of Torre Ponça. The Montgrí Massif ( Massís del Montgrí) plunges into the sea forming about 9 kilometers of high, rocky and cut coast, in which we find several coves, including Cala Calella, Golfet del Falaguer, Cala Pedrosa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 22 teams, with the top two teams plus the winner of a play-off promoted to LaLiga and replaced by the three lowest-placed teams in that division. History This championship was created in 1929 by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The league has been national, single-table except for a period from 1949 to 1968 in which it was regionalized into two North and South groups. Since 1984 it has been organized by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. In 2006, the ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional'' agreed to a ten-year sponsorship agreement with the banking group BBVA. Segunda División was thereby rebranded as 'Liga BBVA'. Two years later, as the BBVA sponsorship was extended t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service known as Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española. It provides multi-station television ( TVE) and radio services ( RNE), as well as online and streaming services. Since the entry into force of the ''Ley de Financiación de RTVE'' in 2009, RTVE is primarily funded by a combination of subsidies from the General State Budget and a fee levied on the private agents' gross revenue (3.0 % for private free-to-air channels, a 1.5 % for private subscription channels and a 0.9 % for telecom companies). RTVE is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The corporation's central headquarters are located in Pozuelo de Alarcón. History Precedents Spanish state-wide public broadcasting services have undergone numerous restructurings and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CA Osasuna
Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El Sadar Stadium. The team's regular home kit is a red shirt with navy blue shorts. Osasuna is one of four professional Spanish clubs to be owned by its members with an elected president. Osasuna is the sole Navarrese club to have played in La Liga. Although the club has never won a national trophy it reached the Copa del Rey final in 2005. The club’s best league finishes were fourth in 1990–91 and 2005–06. "Los Rojillos" is the club nickname, meaning "The Little Reds". The word "''osasuna''" means "health" in Basque, used in a sense of "strength" or "vigour", which makes Osasuna the only team in La Liga with a Basque name. For different reasons, rivalries exist between Osasuna and Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid, and some Basque clubs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Football League System
The Spanish football league system consists of several professional, semi-professional and non-professional leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The top two tiers of the male league pyramid—La Liga, Primera División ( La Liga) and Segunda División—are administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, a sports association with independent legal status from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the governing body of football in Spain. Conversely, the top two tiers of the women's pyramid (Primera División (women), Primera División and Segunda División Pro (women), Segunda División Pro) are administered by the RFEF. The lower tiers (6th and below for the men's pyramid; 5th and below for the female one) are run by the regional federations. In addition to clubs from Spain, and under the purview of the additional provision 17 of the 1990 Law of Sport, Andorran clubs affiliated to a Spanish regional federation are allowed to compete in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN FC
ESPN FC (formerly ESPN SoccerNet) is a website and a U.S. television studio program covering soccer that is broadcast daily over the streaming service ESPN+. ESPN FC's origin was a website owned by ESPN Inc. Originally established in 1995 as SoccerNet, the website was acquired by ESPN in 1999. The domain ESPNFC.com now redirects to soccer news coverage on ESPN.com. History Originally titled SoccerNet, the website was established by Greg Hadfield and his then-teenage son Tom in 1995, initially providing live score updates, tables and news articles. Greg, at that time, worked for the ''Daily Mail'' and in order to gain capital, effectively rescinded ownership of the site to his bosses in return for £40,000 and a revenue sharing scheme. In 1999, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG) acquired a controlling interest of 60 percent in SoccerNet from the Daily Mail and General Trust for £15M. Television program ESPN eventually launched a U.S. television studio program on ESPNews, ESPN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario AS
''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football. Profile ''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of Madrid football teams: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Getafe CF, CD Leganés, and Rayo Vallecano. It competes directly with ''MARCA''. In addition to Madrid, the newspaper also has satellite bureaus in Barcelona, Bilbao, A Coruña, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari .... In May 2012 the newspaper launched aEnglish language sub-siteoffering original journalism and articles translated from the original Spanish by native English-language speakers. The circulation of ''Diario AS'' was 181,172 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavel
Vavel (stylized VAVEL) is a sports news website. It has 16 editions; Spain, United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Italy, France, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and an edition representing Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (Europ ...ern countries. VAVEL is able to readers in 7 different languages. In August 2016, VAVEL launched a daily digital broadcast available through Facebook and YouTube live channels. History Creation The site was created by Javier Robles, a sports journalist, while studying at the University of Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid (2008–2009). The website was launched in April 2009 as a social media platform revolving around sports where users could configure their profiles with te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season being relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division. Since its inception, a total of 62 teams have competed in La Liga. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Barcelona winning the inaugural La Liga and Real Madrid winning the title a record 35 times, most recently in the 2021–22 season. During the 1940s Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs, winning several titles. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated the champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with more than five million inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2020. Its homonymous capital Valencia is the third largest city and metropolitan area in Spain. It is located along the Mediterranean coast on the east side of the Iberian Peninsula. It borders with Catalonia to the north, Aragon and Castilla–La Mancha to the west, and Murcia to the south, and the Balearic Islands are to its east. The Valencian Community consists of three provinces which are Castellón, Valencia and Alicante. According to Valencia's Statute of Autonomy, the Valencian people are a ''nationality''. Their origins date back to the 1238 Aragonese conquest of the Taifa of Valencia. The newly-founded Kingdom of Valencia enjoyed its own legal entit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 Segunda División
The 2012–13 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd since its establishment. The season started on 17 August 2012 and the league phase of 42 rounds ended on 9 June 2013. The entire season ended on 22 June 2013 with the promotion play-off finals. Teams A total of 22 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2011–12 season, four promoted from the 2011–12 Segunda División B and three relegated from 2011–12 La Liga. Villarreal CF, Sporting de Gijón and Racing de Santander were the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Villarreal was relegated after 12 years in La Liga, Sporting de Gijón returned to the Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Racing de Santander ended ten consecutive seasons in La Liga, the longest period in its history. Deportivo de La Coruña was promoted the previous season and made their immediate return to the top level, Celta de Vigo after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Provincias
''Las Provincias'' is a Spanish language regional newspaper published in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 1886 it is one of the oldest publications in the country. History and profile ''Las Provincias'' was first published in Valencia in January 1886. The paper is part of the Vocento Group and is published by Federico Domenech SA. The daily has six local editions published in La Ribera, Camp de Morvedre, La Costera, La Safor, La Marina and Castellon. Its sister newspapers include ''ABC'', ''El Correo Español'', ''El Diario Vasco'' and '' La Verdad'', all of which are part of the Vocento Group. ''Las Provincias'' has a right-wing political stance. In the 1960s the paper opposed the attempts of intellectuals to revive the culture and language of the region. The paper has a supplement, namely ''XL Semanal''. Circulation ''Las Provincias'' sold 58,354 copies in 1993. Its circulation was 42,905 copies in 2002. It was 28,000 copies in 2011. The paper had a circulation of 20,771 copie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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