Real Valladolid

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Real Valladolid was founded from the union with Real Union Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Espanol, the club's inaugural game was on September 22, 1928. It was a victory over Alaves 2:1. Valladolid first made it to the top of the ladder in the 1947-48 season, and was Champions in the Segunda Division. The team became one of the very first Castile and Leon team to be a part of the Spanish top level. The next time, their team continued forward from their achievement and made it to an end of Copa Del Rey in Chamartin Stadium against Athletic Bilbao, losing 4-1.

The remainder of the decade was filled with the First Division and relegation came and went because Valladolid was promoted again in 1958-59 after an 5-0 victory against Terrassa in the hands of director Jose Luis Saso, a legend in the club's history. He was a goalkeeper at the club, and later was later able to take on a variety of duties, including being the vice-president of the club.

Valladolid moved between the second and first divisions in the following years, dropping into the third division in the 1970-71 season. In the following year, the club was elevated to the second division, and in 1980, it was promoted to the first division. Valladolid was a part of until 1992 after which the club was moved in the 2nd division once more. The club was promoted in 1992-93. However The club was dropped following its 2003-04 campaign. The year 1984 was the time that Valladolid additionally won also the Copa de la Liga (a event that was only played in the 1980s) over Atletico Madrid.

On the 14th of April, the year 1996 Valladolid was the 1,000th team to play during La Liga.

The club's top position in this period of 11 years was seventh in 1996-97. being coached during the prior seasons by the former Real Madrid Castilla coach Rafael Benitez and a number of players from the team would later play in Valladolid.

In the 2006-07 season after the club signed Basque Jose Luis Mendilibar as the head Coach, Valladolid had one of its most successful seasons in its history, while playing at the second level. The club took the lead in league play on matchday 15 and finished with a record-breaking with 88 points. They also won the title by a total amount of eight points and having an advantage of 26 points to the zone that is not promoted (fourth or below) which are both all-time records for the league. Valladolid also had the distinction of not losing in 29 consecutive games, from October 10 2006 to May 6, 2007 when it was mathematically promoted following a 2-0 win away against Tenerife on the 22nd of April (the third matchday on the calendar for the season's 34th) this was the first time that a club to the top of the league in Spanish history.

The team's performance in the season's Copa del Rey, reaching the quarterfinals following the defeat of two teams in the top division, Gimnastic de Tarragona (4-1 aggregate) as well as the team from 2005 and 2006. UEFA Champions League contender Villarreal (3-1) and playing all the way through the game using reserve team players.

Two fairly prosperous season in top Division were followed by finishing 15th and staying out of relegation following one draw on the last day of each season (against Recreativo de Huelva in 2007-08 and Real Betis in the following campaign).

After an unremarkable start to 2009-10 (three wins in the first 20 games), Mendilibar was sacked on February 1st, 2010, following a draw in the home match against Almeria. In the week after his dismissal, Valladolid dropped into the zone of relegation (something was not the case during the 138-match run of Mendilibar's tenure) The the club's former player Onesimo Sanchez in charge.

After just one win in 10 games, Sanchez was fired. Former Spain manager of the national team Javier Clemente was named Sanchez's replacement in an attempt to prevent relegation with just eight matches left. After a short break (16th place), Valladolid again returned to the bottom three. He and then had to win a crucial fixture at Camp Nou against a Barcelona squad that was in need of a victory to win victory to win the Liga championship. The team was on the same level as Racing de Santander, Malaga and Tenerife for the final two secure positions, Valladolid lost 0-4 and as a result was delegated after a period of three years in the top league.

This season witnessed Valladolid returning to La Liga under the management of Miroslav Dukic. They were promoted via play-offs after finishing third in the division.

Valladolid were relegated into Valladolid were relegated back to Segunda Division on the last gameday of the 2013-14 season.

In the 2017-18 season, Valladolid was promoted to the first division following four years in play-off after beating Sporting de Gijon and Numancia.

On the 3rd of September, 2018, it was announced that Brazilian ex-international football player Ronaldo was now the majority shareholder following the purchase of 51% control part of the team. 10. The club's first season as its new owners, Valladolid was ranked 16th on the table in La Liga. In April 2020 Ronaldo held 82% of shares in the club.

In August of 2020 in the midst of The Promesas (reserve group) set up within Segunda Division B, the club reached an arrangement with the local team Atletico Tordesillas, operating at the lower levels and acting as a second affiliated team for the club's young players. In the season 2020-21, Real Valladolid was relegated following the loss at home of 1-2 to Atletico and also won an at-large spot in the Colchoneros their La Liga title on the final day of the match which ended Valladolid's three-year stint in the first division.

In the 2021-22 campaign, Valladolid came back into La Liga by sealing a second place on the league chart (81 points, which was tied with points to the team that was first) and thus ensuring that the team's promotion straight to the top division.

Real Valladolid play at the 27,846-capacity Estadio Nuevo Jose Zorrilla, built in 1982 to replace the stadium with the same name that had been in place since. The two stadiums are named after Jose Zorrilla y Moral, poet of the 19th century from the city. The stadium was officially opened for the club on the 20th of February 1982, it was the venue for an event called the Copa del Rey Final on 13 April that year followed by three Group D games at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The stadium is part of the Ayuntamiento de Valladolid.

In 2010, it was revealed that there was a plan to increase the capacity of the stadium to accommodate 40,000 people. The project was referred to by the name of Valladolid Arena [baya'dolid a'rena] and was contingent upon Spain getting permission to host in 2018 the FIFA World cup.

The following list shows Valladolid's record as well as all the presidents and coaches for every season since its foundation in 1929. All presidents and coaches are Spanish unless otherwise noted.

• 46 seasons in La Liga
• 35 seasons in Segunda División
• 10 seasons in Tercera División

UEFA Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1984–85	Round of 64	v.  Rijeka	1–0	1–4	2–4
1997–98	Round of 64	v.  Skonto	2–0	0–1	2–1
	Round of 32	v.  Spartak Moscow	1–2	0–2	1–4

As of 15 July 2022.

• Copa del Rey: Runners-up 1949–50, 1988–89
• Copa de la Liga: 1984
• Segunda División: 1947–48, 1958–59, 2006–07[20]
• Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol: 1952–53
  • Runners-up: 1944–45

Best finishes

• La Liga: Fourth 1962–63
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finalists: 1989–90
• UEFA Cup Second Round: 1997–98

Records

• Most games unbeaten in Segunda División: 29 (2006–07)
• Earliest promotion in Segunda División: Day 34 (out of 42), 22 April 2007
• Fastest goal in La Liga history: 7.42 seconds, scored by Joseba Llorente on 20 January 2008, vs Espanyol (2–1 win)