Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional

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based in

Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló de la Plana), or simply Castellón ( ca-valencia, Castelló, link=no) is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east ...

, in the

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. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Nou Estadi Castàlia'', which has a capacity of 15,500 seats.

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

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final appearance with a team featuring

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, who later moved to

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, 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

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into

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, and would drop another level to

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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

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

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. In June 2017, former player Pablo Hernández became joint owner of the club, leading a consortium alongside Angel Dealbert, businessman Vicente Montesinos and others. On 21 March 2018, Castellón beat the record of seasonal tickets in the fourth division previously held by

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with 12,700, establishing the new record at 12,867. 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, but they were immediately relegated in the 2020–21 season.

Season to season

---- *11 seasons in

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*41 seasons in Segunda División *2 seasons in Primera División RFEF *14 seasons in

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*21 seasons in

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Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Honours

* Segunda División: 1940–41, 1980–81, 1988–89 *

: 2002–03 *

: 1929–30, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69 (third level until 1976–77) *Campeonato de Valencia: 1928–29, 1929–30 *

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(second division): 1983–84 *

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: Runner-up 1972–73

Notable players

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* Dani Pendín *

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Ihar Hurynovich Ihar Mikalayevich Hurynovich ( be, Iгар Мікалаевіч Гурыновiч, russian: Игорь Николаевич Гуринович, ''Igor Nikolayevich Gurinovich''; born 5 March 1960) is a Soviet and Belarusian former professional ...

Bernard Barnjak Bernard Barnjak (born 1 May 1965) is a retired Bosnian footballer who played as a centre forward. Club career Born in Sarajevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Barnjak played for FK Sarajevo and Hajduk Split in the Yugoslav First Le ...

* Mauricio Romero *

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* Nduka Ugbade * Igor Dobrovolski *

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* Rade Tošić * Pichi Alonso * José Araquistáin * Pascual Babiloni *

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* Miguel Ángel Lotina * César Martín * Gaizka Mendieta * Miguel Ángel *

Juan Planelles Juan Bautista Planelles Marco (born 26 January 1951 in Burriana, Valencian Community) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Honours Real Madrid *Copa del Generalísimo: 1969–70 *UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1970– ...

* Roberto * Antonio Ruiz * Enrique Saura *

Rubén Torrecilla Rubén Torrecilla González (born 24 May 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a current manager. He amassed Segunda División totals of 137 games and five goals over the course of seven seasons, representing ...

* Pablo Hernández *

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* Florin Andone

References

External links

*
Futbolme team profile

''Pam Pam Orellut'', unofficial website
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