Deportivo Rayo Cantabria is a Spanish football team based in

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, in the autonomous community of

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

. Founded in 1993 it last played in Tercera División – Group 3, holding home games at the

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sports ground, which they share with a Segunda Regional football side ( Juventud Atlético San Román) and a División de Honor

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club (

Independiente Rugby Club Independiente Rugby Club is a Spanish amateur rugby union club based in the Cantabrian city of Santander. The club was established in 1971 and competes in División de Honor; the top Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. Independiente ...

). Before they played at the Campos de San Juan de Monte''.

History

The original Rayo Cantabria was founded in 1926 as Gimnástica de Miranda, later being renamed Sociedad Deportiva Rayo Cantabria and acting as

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

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from 1951. The club spent 20 consecutive years in the old

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 ...

when it was the third tier of Spanish football, then dropped down the levels, competing for just one further season at that level (

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 ...

) after restructuring – that was in 1987–88, and they were relegated. In 1993, the original Rayo was dissolved in a national move to formally absorb affiliated teams into the professional clubs' structure, and

Racing de Santander B Rayo Cantabria, formerly known as Real Racing Club de Santander "B" is the reserve team of Racing de Santander, a Spanish football team based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1926 as a separate club, affiliated ...

took its place. The new Deportivo Rayo Cantabria, who started playing as an independent club in the regional leagues from 1993, was also affiliated to Racing four seasons, from 2003–04 to 2006–07.Rayo Cantabria
La Futbolteca (in Spanish) The reformed Rayo have never achieved promotion to Segunda B, although they took part in the promotion playoffs three times (having finished ahead of Racing B in the table each time). The club was excluded from competing in the

2018–19 Tercera División The 2018–19 Tercera División was the fourth tier in Spanish football. It began in August 2018 and ended in late June 2019 with the promotion play-off finals. Competition format *The top four eligible teams in each group would play the promoti ...

due to unpaid debts, and did not enter any competitions in 2019–20 either. In their absence, in summer 2019 Racing de Santander successfully applied to have their B-team renamed as Rayo Cantabria going forward.El Racing B volverá a ser el Rayo Cantabria
(Racing B will be Rayo Cantabria again), Aqui Hay Pelotas, 20 June 2019 (in Spanish)El filial racinguista adopta oficialmente la denominación ‘Rayo Cantabria’
(The racinguista subsidiary officially adopts the designation 'Rayo Cantabria'),

Real Racing Club de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syste ...

, 3 July 2019 (in Spanish) In September 2018, despite the recent problems at the club, chief executive Ángel Meñaca was recognised by the city of Santander for his lifetime efforts and contributions towards the running both the 'original' Rayo up to 1993 and the new Rayo from then on.Santander premia a los jóvenes deportistas más destacados de 2017 y reconoce a Ángel Meñaca
(Santander rewards the most outstanding young athletes of 2017 and recognizes Ángel Meñaca), Santander.es, 26 September 2018 (in Spanish)

Season to season

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Famous players

Iván Bolado Iván Bolado Palacios (born 3 July 1989) is an Equatoguinean retired footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Santander, Cantabria, Bolado made his professional debut with hometown club Racing de Santander's first team in 2007� ...

Mikaël Cantave Mikaël Gabriel "Miki" Cantave (born 25 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vancouver FC. Born in Canada, he represents the Haiti national team. Early life Born in Ottawa, Cantave began playing soccer at age ...

* Jorzolino Falkenstein * Saša Kolman * Edwin Muñoz * Yefri Reyes

Related teams

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rayo Cantabria Football clubs in Cantabria Association football clubs established in 1993 1993 establishments in Spain