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Rayo Vallecano
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded on 29 May 1924, the club is known for its sociocultural tradition, recognized for representing the barrio-local culture and its working-class status. Its home matches have been played at the 14,708-capacity Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas stadium since 1976. During its history, Rayo has spent 22 seasons in the top-flight, and has played in one European competition, the UEFA Cup in the 2000–01 season. The club won the 2017–18 Segunda División. By historical performance, Rayo is the third best club in Community of Madrid, after Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. History Establishment and early years Rayo Vallecano was founded on 29 May 1924 in the hometown of Prudencia Priego, wife of the club's first president Julián H ...
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Sociedad Anónima Deportiva
Sociedad anónima deportiva ("Public limited sports company") is a special type of Spanish public limited company (known as in Spain). The new legal status was introduced in 1990 to improve financial management and transparency in sports clubs. Many Spanish Association football, football and basketball clubs add the suffix S.A.D. to the end of their official name, for example Atlético Madrid, Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. Every club which plays in La Liga, Segunda División or Liga ACB and remains in the league is obliged to convert to S.A.D. status. However, this obligation was eliminated in 2022. For historical reasons, Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid and CA Osasuna, Osasuna were allowed to retain their status as non-commercial sports associations. See also * List of football clubs in Spain * Sociedade Anónima Desportiva * Sociedade Anônima do Futebol References External links List of SAD at CSD website91360.co , spo ...
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Tercera División
Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda División B''. For the 2021–22 season, Tercera División was replaced by Tercera División RFEF, which became the fifth tier due to the creation of a new, semi-professional third division by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spanish federation (RFEF) called the Primera División RFEF. Format Tercera División featured 360 teams divided into 18 regional groups, corresponding to the autonomous communities of Spain (due to its size, Andalusia is divided into two groups, East and West; Ceuta is allocated to West Andalusia, while Melilla is allocated to the East). Each group was administered by a regional football federation. At the end of the season the first four teams in each group ...
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2003–04 Segunda División
The 2003–04 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. The teams that were promoted to La Liga were Levante UD, Getafe CF, and CD Numancia. The teams that were relegated to Segunda División B were CD Leganés, UD Las Palmas, Rayo Vallecano, and Algeciras CF. Teams (*) Relegated from La Liga. (**) Promoted from Segunda División B. Teams by Autonomous Community Final table Results {{DEFAULTSORT:2003-04 Segunda Division Segunda División seasons 2 Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
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2002–03 La Liga
The 2002–03 La Liga season was the 72nd since its establishment. It began on 31 August 2002, and concluded on 22 June 2003. Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Atlético Madrid, Racing Santander and Recreativo, returning to the top flight after an absence of two, one and twenty three years respectively. They replaced Las Palmas, Tenerife and Zaragoza after spending time in the top flight for two, one and twenty four years respectively. (*) Promoted from Segunda División. Personnel and sponsors League table Results Overall *Most wins - Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, and Deportivo de La Coruña (22) *Fewest wins - Rayo Vallecano (7) *Most draws - Málaga CF and Espanyol (13) *Fewest draws - Racing Santander (5) *Most losses - Racing Santander and Rayo Vallecano (20) *Fewest losses - Real Madrid (4) *Most goa ...
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