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Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish sports club from Soria. The club is named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near present-day Soria. Founded on 9 April 1945, the club competes in Spanish football's La Liga, after having been promoted from the Segunda División at the end of the 2007-08 season.
The club plays in red shirts and blue shorts, and holds home games at the Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, that seats 9,800 spectators. Besides football it has other departments in sports, such as volleyball, women's handball, and rhythmic gymnastics.
[edit] History
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.[1]
The club became first widely known in Spain in 1995-96, while still playing at the third level, for its extraordinary run at the Copa del Rey, eliminating three top flight clubs (Real Sociedad, Racing Santander and Sporting Gijón), only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Barcelona, after taking the lead.
Following a 1-3 loss at Sporting Gijón, on 2 November 2008, the club reached a total of 200 goals against in the first division, reaching 43rd in the all-time list.
[edit] Club milestones
[edit] League history
[edit] League achievements
- Tercera División champions in 1995-96 and 1999-00.
- Promotion to La Liga in 1998-99, 2003-04, 2007-08.
- Segunda División champions in 2007-08.[2]
[edit] Season to season
[edit] Current squad
The numbers are established according to the official website:www.cdnumancia.com and www.lfp.es
As of 1 July 2008
[edit] No squad number
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 32 |
 |
MF |
Álvaro Antón (unregistered due to long-term injury) |
|
[edit] Out on loan
[edit] Famous players
see also Cat:CD Numancia players
[edit] Famous coaches
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Sergije Krešić (2008-2009)
