Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , 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

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, finishing fifth in 1972–73 and adding a

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final appearance with a team featuring Vicente del Bosque, 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 relegated into

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, 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. 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. On 5 May 2024, Castellón promoted back to second division after three years after Córdoba was defeated by already relegated

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Season to season

---- *11 seasons in La Liga *42 seasons in

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*3 seasons in

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*14 seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

*21 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Honours

: 1940–41, 1980–81, 1988–89 *

: 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 *

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(second division): 1983–84 * Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1972–73

Notable players

Leonardo Ulloa José Leonardo Ulloa Fernández (; born 26 July 1986) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After starting out with CAI, he joined San Lorenzo in 2005, going on to spend the better part of the following year ...

Mario Cabrera Luis Mario Cabrera Molina (born 9 July 1956) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker. He spent almost his entire career in Spain – 12 seasons in representation of three teams, mainly Atlético Madrid. Club career Cabrera wa ...

* Dani Pendín *

Gustavo Reggi Gustavo Enrique Reggi (born 28 May 1973 in San Martín, Mendoza) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker. He played for six clubs in his country, also having abroad spells in Italy (two-and-a-half years) and Spain (six-and-a- ...

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 * Mauricio Romero *

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Sergio Barila Sergio Javier Barila Martínez (born 15 March 1973) is a former professional footballer who played as a left back. He amassed Segunda División B totals of 157 matches and 17 goals, during seven seasons. Born in Spain, Barila represented Equa ...

Juan Epitié Joan Ramón 'Juan' Epitié Dyowe Roig (born 12 October 1976) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Spain, he played for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career Born in Manresa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Ep ...

* Juvenal *

Emilio Nsue Emilio Nsue López (born 30 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for Primera División RFEF club CF Intercity. Born in Spain, he captains the Equatorial Guinea national team. A versatile player, he plays mainly as a right-back ...

José Luis Rondo José Luis Rondo Polo (born 19 March 1976) is a former professional footballer. Born in Spain, he played for the Equatorial Guinea national team. He started his career as a forward, subsequently moving to right winger and finally right-back. ...

* Henri Dumat *

Kenji Fukuda is a former Japanese football player. He is a left-footed forward. Club career After graduating from Narashino High School in Chiba in 1996, he joined J1 League side Nagoya Grampus Eight. He played many matches from 1997 and became a regular pl ...

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Igor Dobrovolski Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski (russian: Игорь Иванович Добровольский, ua, Ігор Іванович Добровольський, ''Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi''; born 27 August 1967) is a football manager and a former ...

Dragan Punišić Dragan Punišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Пунишић; born 1 March 1966 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian footballer. Punišić began his career in the Yugoslav First League with Red Star Belgrade. In 1991, he moved from NK Rijeka to C ...

Rade Tošić Rade Tošić (, born March 31, 1965) is a former Bosnian football player. He was born in the Ugljevik region of Yugoslavia, now a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Club career Tošić played for FK Sloboda Tuzla, NK Hajduk Split and Red Star Belgra ...

Pichi Alonso Àngel "Pichi" Alonso Herrera (born 17 December 1954) is a Spanish retired football striker and manager. A player with a prolific scoring rate, though he never won the Pichichi Trophy, he represented, amongst others, both Barcelona major clubs ...

* José Araquistáin * Pascual Babiloni * Luis Cela *

Ángel Dealbert Ángel Dealbert Ibáñez (born 1 January 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender. He spent most of his 17-year senior career at Castellón, representing the club in three levels of Spanish football while playing ...

Božur Matejić Božur Matejić (, born 20 December 1963 in Prokuplje) is a former Serbian Yugoslav footballer. Club career Matejić played for FK Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва ...

* Vicente del Bosque * José Ferrer *

Miguel Ángel Lotina Miguel Ángel Lotina Oruechebarría (; born 18 June 1957) is a Spanish professional manager and former footballer who played as a striker. Playing career Born in Meñaka, Biscay, Lotina started playing football with local Gernika Club, represe ...

César Martín César Martín Villar (born 3 April 1977) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central defender. Over the course of 13 seasons he appeared in 200 La Liga games, mostly in representation of Oviedo and Deportivo, after w ...

Gaizka Mendieta Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (, ; born 27 March 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A versatile player, with good technique, offensive capabilities and tackling skills, who was capable of creating goals both ...

* 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 *

Walter Peletti Wálter Luis Pelletti Vezzoso (born 31 May 1966) is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. He was an unused member of squad which won 1987 Copa América. Career Peletti played for Huracán, Banfield and Argentinos Juniors in th ...

Đorđe Vujkov Đorđe Vujkov (; born 19 August 1955) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a defender. Career Vujkov spent 10 seasons with Vojvodina from 1973 to 1983, winning the Mitropa Cup in 1976–77. He later played abroad in Belgium ...

Florin Andone Florin Andone (; born 11 April 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Segunda División club Eldense. Raised in Spain from the age of 12, Andone began competing in the country's lower divisions before making hi ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castellon Football clubs in the Valencian Community Association football clubs established in 1922 Sport in Castellón de la Plana 1922 establishments in Spain Segunda División clubs La Liga clubs Primera Federación clubs