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''. Besides football it had other departments in sports, such as volleyball, women's handball, and

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History

The club was founded on 9 April 1945. Numancia was named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near where Soria would be later founded. Having spent a long time in the '' Tercera División'', the club made consistent progress, reaching the first division on three occasions: 1999, 2004 and 2008. The club became first widely known in Spain in 1995–96, while still playing at the third level, for its extraordinary run in the

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, eliminating three top flight clubs ( Real Sociedad, Racing de Santander and Sporting de Gijón) and only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by

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, after Numancia drew in the first leg and took the lead in the second. Numancia's most important milestone came in 1999, when the team managed to promote to La Liga for the first time. In the 1998–99 season, Numancia finished third in Segunda, only behind Málaga CF and Atlético Madrid B, meaning the promotion to the top tier. Their first ever season in the Spanish elite proved to be challenging. Numancia eventually finished 17th, thus avoiding an immediate relegation to Segunda. Their survival was made possible because of unexpectedly good home results. Numancia won 9 home games, drew 6, and lost only 4 games at home. Their second season in the elite was less successful, as the team finished in last place. Numancia again displayed strong results at home, winning eight of their ten wins at home. However, that was eventually not enough to avoid a drop to Segunda, after a two-year spell in La Liga. Numancia spent three seasons in Segunda Division, before promotion again after the 2003–04 season, as the club finished third. Numancia'second spell in the Spanish top tier was not successful as it only won 6 games. This meant that relegation followed just one season after. Following another three years in Segunda, Numancia came back to La Liga for season 2008–09. Following a 1–3 loss at Sporting de Gijón on 2 November 2008, Numancia had conceded a total of 200 goals in the top division in slightly more than three seasons, reaching 44th in the all-time list. It battled bravely against relegation, but eventually returned to level two after just one year, as second from bottom, even though the season had started on a high note with a 1–0 home win against eventual champions Barcelona. Numancia was relegated to third division followed at the end of the 2019-20 season after 23 years playing between first and second division. On next season, due to restructuring of the Spanish football league system, Numancia failed to survive in the third-tier and finding themselves dropped in the fourth-tier, in the newly formed Segunda División RFEF, for the 2021–22 season. On next season, Numancia achieved promoted back to newly third division, Primera División RFEF.

Honours

* Segunda División: 2007–08 * Tercera División: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1988–89 *Promotion to La Liga: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08

Season to season

---- *4 seasons in La Liga *20 seasons in Segunda División *1 seasons in Primera División RFEF *9 seasons in Segunda División B *1 seasons in Segunda División RFEF *33 seasons in Tercera División *9 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

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Reserve team

Out on loan

Current technical staff

Former players

Coaches

José Antonio Saro José Antonio Saro Palleiro (born 10 January 1938) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a winger, and a current coach. Playing career Born in Santander, Cantabria, Saro joined Racing de Santander in 1954, aged 16, but only appeared as ...

(1989–90) *

Jesús Tartilán Jesús Tartilán Requejo (born 2 August 1940) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach. Playing career Born in Lugo, Galicia, Tartilán was a SD Ponferradina youth graduate, and made his senior debuts in ...

(1991) *

Manuel García Calderón Manuel García Calderón García Rama (born 28 September 1953) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of CD Móstoles B. Managerial career Born in Madrid, García Calderón made his managerial debuts with Real Madrid's youth system. ...

(1992–93) * Miguel Ángel Lotina (1993–96) *

Paco Herrera Francisco "Paco" Herrera Lorenzo (born 2 December 1953) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a manager. His managerial career of over a quarter of a century was spent mostly in Segunda División, where he led ...

(1998) * Miguel Ángel Lotina (1998–99) *

Andoni Goikoetxea Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (born 23 August 1956), Goiko for short, is a Spanish former football centre-back and manager. He was known for his aggressive play and was nicknamed "The Butcher of Bilbao". He mainly played for Athletic Bilbao; amo ...

(1999–00) *

(2000) * Mariano García Remón (2000–01) *

Celestino Vallejo Celestino Vallejo de Miguel (born 8 December 1960) is a Spanish football manager. Football career Born in Valdemaluque, Soria, Castile and León, Vallejo began his career at local CD Numancia, working as an assistant manager for nearly ten year ...

(2001) *

Luis Sánchez Duque Luis Sánchez Duque (born 13 November 1956) is a Spanish football manager. Manager career Born in Getafe, Madrid, Sánchez Duque began his managerial career with Getafe CF in 1993, after already representing the club's predecessor as a player ...

(2001–02) *

Manuel Sarabia Manuel 'Manu' Sarabia López (born 9 January 1957) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He amassed La Liga totals of 363 games and 101 goals over the course of 14 seasons, mainly with Athletic Bilbao but also ...

(2002) * Máximo Hernández (2002–03) * Quique Hernández (2003–04) *

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(2004–05) * Máximo Hernández (2004–05) * Enrique Martín (2005) *

(2005–07) * Gonzalo Arconada (2007–08) * Sergio Krešić (2008–09) * Pacheta (2009) * Gonzalo Arconada (2009–10) * Juan Carlos Unzué (2010–11) * Pablo Machín (2011–13) *

Juan Antonio Anquela Juan Antonio Albacete Anquela (born 11 September 1957) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a winger. Playing career Born in Linares, Jaén, Anquela spent the better part of his 17-year senior career in the lower leag ...

(2013–15) * Jagoba Arrasate (2015–2018) * Aritz López Garai (2018–)

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

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