Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in

Logroño Logroño () is the capital of the province of La Rioja, situated in northern Spain. Traversed in its northern part by the Ebro River, Logroño has historically been a place of passage, such as the Camino de Santiago. Its borders were disputed b ...

, in the autonomous community of

La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and N� ...

. Founded in 1940, it last played in ''

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''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club has not played in any competition. The club, who appeared in nine

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seasons, was replaced by

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas ...

and

SD Logroñés Sociedad Deportiva Logroñés is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. Team colours are white-and-red shirts and black shorts. Hist ...

History

After '' Club Deportivo Logroño'', the new ''Club Deportivo Logroñés'' saw the light of day after the

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, on 30 May 1940. Until 1950, it played in ''

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth 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 Di ...

'', after which it achieved a second level promotion. After falling short of reaching the

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in 1952, Logroñés fluctuated between various levels of Spanish football. On 14 June 1987, already promoted

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

visited

Estadio Las Gaunas Estadio Las Gaunas is a football stadium in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. The stadium holds 16,000 spectators and was opened on 28 February 2002. It is the home ground of Segunda División club UD Logroñés, and the women's Primera División team ...

, and were defeated 1–0, as the Riojans gained first division rights for the first time ever. In 1989–90, the team finished an all-time best seventh, just two points short of a

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qualification, and would remain in the top level until 1997, save for a short return to level two in 1995–96, after it finished last the previous season with just 13 points. After a double relegation in 1999–2000 (on the pitch and off it), it quickly returned to the third level, but new and worse economic problems arose, and the club was again relegated to ''Tercera'' in July 2004. At the end of 2007–08, Logroñés returned once more to the fourth division due to its substantial salary commitments, in spite of the club's 13th-place finish in the season. Financial troubles continued into the first weeks of 2009, as only nine players took the field for its 4 January 2009 match against

CD Arnedo Club Deportivo Arnedo is a football team based in Arnedo in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1949, it plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 2. Its stadium is '' Sendero'' with a capacity of 5,000 seats. History In the ...

, in protest against still overdue payments. This was Logroñés' last match in the competition, as the side did not present itself at all for the next match, against CD Tedeón,Un gran VACÍO en la historia del Logroñés (A great VOID in Logroñés' history)
and were therefore retired from the competition, being consequently relegated to ''

'' by the

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Season to season

---- *9 seasons in

*18 seasons in

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 Lig ...

*11 seasons in

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*29 seasons in

Famous coaches

Javier Irureta Javier Iruretagoyena Amiano (born 1 April 1948), Irureta for short, is a Spanish retired football attacking midfielder and manager. He had a distinguished playing career with Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, playing in 344 La Liga games ...

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 ...

Víctor Muñoz Víctor Muñoz Manrique (born 15 March 1957), known simply as Víctor in his playing days, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a manager. An all-around midfield unit, he was best known for his great physical strengt ...

Juande Ramos Juan de la Cruz "Juande" Ramos Cano (born 25 September 1954) is a Spanish former footballer and manager. After playing and managing at an amateur level, Ramos led Rayo Vallecano to promotion to La Liga, followed by reaching the quarter-finals o ...

Quique Setién Enrique "Quique" Setién Solar (; born 27 September 1958) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder. He is the current manager of La Liga club Villarreal. As a player, he was nicknamed ''El Maestro'', an ...

* Blagoje Paunović

References

External links

Official website

Documentation Project of CD Logroñés

Unofficial fansite
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