Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in

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, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its

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competed in the Tercera Division) before folding during the

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season. It held its home games at '' Estadi Municipal'', with a capacity of 4,700 seats.

History

''CD Reus'' was founded on 23 November 1909 after the dissolution of ''Reus Sport Club''. On 29 September 1917, the club merged with ''Club Velocipedista'' and ''SC Olímpia'' becoming the multi-sports club Reus Deportiu. Foto plantilla

In 1951, Reus Deportiu was restructured into two independent entities: CF Reus Deportiu, entirely dedicated to football, and

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, supporting the other sports, roller hockey being the most well known. After several years playing 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 ...

, Reus qualified in 2015 to the

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for the first time in its history. It was defeated in the second round by

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. In 2015, the club reached the round of 32 of the

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, where it was defeated by

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. In that season, the club also qualified to the

, this time as champion of the Segunda División B Group 3. In the first leg, Reus beat

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by 3–0 away, and achieved the first promotion ever to

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after a 1–0 home win in the second leg, played on 29 May 2016. On 18 January 2019, the

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suspended the rights of Reus to continue competing in the competition and ten days later the club was expelled from the competition for three years plus a fine of €250,000 due to the nonpayment of players' salaries. In July 2019, after the draw of the groups for the

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, Reus was excluded again due to the non-payment and relegated to Tercera División, from which the club was expelled in September for the non-payment of its debt with the RFEF and non-appearance in the first two matches. It was also ruled that the club could not play in the three Catalan regional leagues until its debts were settled. In October 2019, the

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ordered that Reus be reinstated to Segunda B but could not be implemented, and in July 2020, the club was kept out of league football yet again for non-payment of its reserve team players. On 20 October 2020, Reus was liquidated on the Court, after the club's owners failed to present a plan to pay off the debts, estimated in more than €9 million.

Season to season

---- *3 seasons in

*10 seasons in

*48 seasons 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 ...

Retired numbers

7 – Jordi Pitarque MF (2009–10) – ''posthumous honour''

Notable players

''Players who appeared in more than 100 league matches for the club and/or reached international status.''

Coaches

* José Juncosa (1981–82) *

Josep Seguer Josep Seguer Sans (6 May 1923 – 1 January 2014) was a Spanish football defender and manager. Playing career Born in Parets del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Seguer played 14 La Liga seasons with FC Barcelona, becoming a senior in 1942 and b ...

(1983) * José Juncosa (1985–87) * Miguel Ángel Rubio (2001–02) *

Natxo González José Ignacio 'Natxo' González Sáenz (born 29 July 1966) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. After a brief playing career as an amateur, he began coaching and led Alavés to the Segunda División in 20 ...

(2003–07) *

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(2007–09) *

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(2009–13) * Emili Vicente (2013–14) *

(2014–17) *

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(2017–2018) * Xavi Bartolo (2018–2019)

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Reus24, unofficial website
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