Real Burgos Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...

, in the autonomous community of

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

. Founded in 1983, it ceased to compete in 1996 and returned in 2011, holding home games at ''Complejo Deportivo San Amaro'', with a capacity of 1,000 spectators. The team's greatest success in its short history came in 1990, when they managed to promote to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

for the first time. Their spell in the top tier lasted three seasons, ending with relegation in 1993.

History

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1985, it started to play in 1994. It currently plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ''Esta ...

was founded in 1936, also known as ''Gimnástica Burgalesa Club de Fútbol''. In 1983, the club disappeared due to serious economic problems and the reserve team, ''Burgos Promesas'', was renamed Real Burgos Club de Fútbol. 1990 proved to be a historic year for Real Burgos. In the 1989–90 Segunda Division season, Real Burgos managed to finish in first place and promote to

for the first time, just seven years after its foundation as a professional club. In its first season in the top tier, Real Burgos surprised many by finishing in the 11th place, with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +5. The team even managed to steal points from the best in the league, by beating

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at home 2–1, and drawing against

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away 0-0. The following season was even more successful for Real Burgos, as they managed to finish in the ninth place, with 37 points again. Burgos again showed skills against Barcelona, managing two draws against the eventual champions. This was the golden era of the club, as it received the nickname of ''Matagigantes'' (''Killers of giants''), as the club defeated Real Madrid and earned points away against Barcelona and

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. The third season in La Liga, however, was a failure as Real Burgos eventually finished last, with only four wins in the entire season, and collecting only 22 points. In 1994, Real Burgos was relegated to the fourth tier due to the debts owed to its players. It did not enter any competition for the 1994–95 season, being readmitted in the league for the 1995–96 season. After this season, the club definitively ceased in activity until 2011, when Real Burgos returned to competition, taking part in the Provincial League of Burgos. Six years later, in April 2017, the club was promoted to

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 ...

where it played 21 years after the last time. However, the club could not avoid relegation in its comeback season. In 2018, Real Burgos sued the

Castile and León Football Federation The Castile and León Football Federation ( es, Federación de Castilla y León de Fútbol; FCYLF) is the delegation to RFEF of Castile and León, and is responsible for conducting the work of this organization and football events in Castile and ...

, claiming a place in Tercera División alleging irregularities in the announcement of the fixtures during the last rounds of the 2017–18 season. Finally, the place was not given and Real Burgos did not enter any competition as they were later expelled from the Regional Preferente. In May 2019, the judge of a court in Majadahonda ordered the club's reinstatement in the Tercera División.

Background

*''Burgos Promesas CF'' - (1970–1983) (reserve team of

Burgos CF (I) Burgos Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football club based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1936, it managed six seasons in the first division, mainly in the late 1970s. Due to serious economic debts, it ...

) *''Real Burgos CF'' - (1983–present)

Season to season

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*4 seasons in

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*2 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 ...

*6 seasons in

Detailed list of seasons

Selected former players

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* Ivica Barbarić *

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Zsolt Limperger Zsolt Limperger (born 13 September 1968) is a Hungarian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a central defender. Active in both Hungary and Spain, Limperger made over 200 career appearances. Career Born i ...

* Agustín Elduayen *

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* Javier Olaizola

References

External links

Official websiteReal Burgos forum
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