Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish

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based in

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, in the

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Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

. Its

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team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. The club was founded in 1886 and is one of the oldest

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. It has teams competing in

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and

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, but a football team was not formed until 1914. The team enjoyed a three-year

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spell in its beginnings (1947–50). Since 1972, the team has played home games at '' Nou Estadi'', which seats 14,591 spectators.

History

The club was founded on 1 March 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at the ''Cafè del Centre'' on ''Rambla Nova''. The majority of the club's early members belonged to the upper middle class and, as the club name suggests, was initially founded to promote

. Later the club members began to organise

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and

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. In 1914, the club absorbed a local football club called the ''Club Olímpic de Tarragona'' and consequently formed its own football team using the former colours of Olímpic: red, white and black. In those days the team played home matches in the ''Avenida Catalunya'' stadium. In January 1918, Gimnàstic made its debut as a football team in the ''

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'' and by 1927 were crowned champions in the second division. In the 1943–44 season the team appeared in the

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and in the following season moved up to the

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. In the 1946–47 season Nàstic finished second in the second division and entered the

. In 1947 it also reached the ''

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'' semi-final but lost to the

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, having beaten the

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in the previous round. The team finished its debut first division season in seventh place, with the highlight of the season coming on 11 January 1948 with a 3–1 win against the

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at the Bernabéu, thus becoming the first team ever to do so. The club played two further seasons in the top level, being relegated in 1949–50 after losing a play-off to the

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. The team moved to the new '' Nou Estadi'' in 1972. Fifty-six years later, for the 2006–07 season, Gimnàstic returned to the top flight. Along with coach Luis César Sampedro, some of the players responsible for

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included veterans

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and Albano Bizarri.

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and Javier Portillo (eventually the team's top scorer) were also brought in. The club was placed in the relegation zone for 33 of the 38 rounds, eventually dropping down a division. Sampedro was replaced mid-season by

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who improved the team's numbers. In the middle of 2007 the club was crowned the

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champions after a 2–1 win over

, with goals from Pinilla and Tati Maldonado. After returning to the second level Gimnàstic achieved a mid-table position in 2007–08 and 2008–09 with César Ferrando in charge of the team. However, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, the club only managed to rank one position above the relegation zone. In the 2011–12 campaign the team was relegated to the

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after only winning six games out of 42. On 12 September 2012 Nàstic won the second Catalan Cup in its history, after defeating the

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with an Eugeni goal. In the 2014–15 campaign, after finishing first in its group, the club returned to the second level after defeating the

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in the play-offs. In the 2018–19 campaign the team was relegated to the

ending a four-year run in the second division.

Supporters

There are two small

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groups: a right-wing political group called ''Ultras Tarraco'' and an antifa group called ''Nàstic Crew''.

Seasons

Season to season

---- *4 seasons in

*22 seasons in

*2 seasons in

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*28 seasons in

*25 seasons in

*3 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Players

Current squad

''The numbers are established according to the official website'
www.gimnasticdetarragona.com
an
www.lfp.es
.

Reserve team

Out on loan

Current technical staff

Joan Álvarez
Ernest Canete

Notable players

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

Player records

*Most appearances - 528, Santi Coch *Most goals - 181, Valero Serer

Honours

: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17 *

: 1996–97 *

: 1944–45, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1977–78 * Catalan Cup Second Division: 1926–27 *Segunda División B League Cup: 1983–84

Affiliated clubs

* CF Pobla de Mafumet *

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References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Soccerway.com team profile
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