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Real Valladolid Club de Futbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (pronounced [re'al bayado'lid]) or Valladolid is a professional soccer club located within Valladolid, Castile and Leon, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top league in the Spanish league system.

The colours of the club are white and violet, that are used on the kit in stripes since its founding on June 20, 1928. The team plays home matches in the Estadio Jose Zorrilla, which has seating for 27,846 fans. Valladolid's honors include one trophy that is of significant importance that was lost, the Copa de la Liga 1983-84. It was runner-up at the Copa del Rey on two occasions (1949-50 and 1988-89) as well as participating in two seasons of the UEFA Cup (1984-85 and 1997-98) and one version of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1989-90). The team's subsidiary club is The Real Valladolid Promesas, currently are with the Primera Division RFEF.

From the club's La Liga debut in the 1948-49 season (in which it was the first club from the region to participate with La Liga - five others have also done it since then), Valladolid is the most successful soccer team in Castile and Leon in terms of honours and historical records and has played 45 years within the First Division, 36 in the Second Division and Ten in the Third. In terms of historical records, Valladolid is the 13th-best team in Spain in terms of overall league points. Two players from the team have been awarded the Pichichi Trophy: Manuel Badenes and Jorge da Silva; and 10 were internationals for the Spain national team. The 21st century has seen a change in the way that they perform the performance of the club in domestic play is based on a yo-yo pattern of club that has seen numerous promotions to (and being relegated out of) to the premier division.

On the 3rd of September, 2018 the club announced the Brazilian ex-international footballer Ronaldo Nazario had become the majority shareholder following the purchase of 51% of the controlling share in the team. At the time of April, 2020 Ronaldo held 82% of shares owned by the club.

1. History

Detail as below.

1.1. 20th-century history (1928–2001)

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.

1.2. Carlos Suárez era (2001–2018)

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.

1.3. Ronaldo Nazario, new owner (2018–present)

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.

2. Stadium

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.

3. Season to Season

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.

Season Tier Division Place President Coach Accomplishments
1929 3 5th Pedro Zuloaga
Santos Rodríguez
 István Plattkó  
1929–30 2nd Santos Rodríguez  
1930–31 2nd José Cantalapiedra Antón Achalandabaso  
1931–32 3rd  
1932–33 1st  
1933–34 1st  István Plattkó tekio Promoted to 2ª
1934–35 2 2nd  
1935–36 4th  
1936–37 No competition No competition was held
due to Spanish Civil War
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40 2 6th  István Plattkó
Manuel M. Ordax
 
1940–41 10th Juan Bilbao "Juanín"  
1941–42 5th  Károly Plattkó  
1942–43 2nd  
1943–44 14th José Cantalapiedra
José González
Alfonso Martínez
José Planas
Relegated to 3ª
1944–45 3 3rd Germán Adánez
Ángel Soria
Quirico Arteaga Runner-up Copa Federación
1945–46 1st Ángel Soria Antonio Barrios  
1946–47 1st Juan Represa Promoted to 2ª
1947–48 2 1st Promoted to La Liga
1948–49 1 12th  Helenio Herrera  
1949–50 9th Antonio Barrios
Julián Vaquero
Antonio Barrios
Spanish Cup: Runners-up
(4–1 v. Athletic Bilbao)
1950–51 6th Manuel González Aquiso Juan Antonio Ipiña  
1951–52 8th Ramón Pradera  
1952–53 12th José Iraragorri Winner Copa Federación
1953–54 12th Luis Miró  
1954–55 9th  
1955–56 9th  
1956–57 8th Rafael Yunta  
1957–58 15th Rafael Yunta
José Luis Saso
Relegated to 2ª
1958–59 2 1st Carlos del Río Hortega José Luis Saso Promoted to La Liga
1959–60 1 13th  
1960–61 15th José Luis Saso
Pedro Eguiluz
Paco Lesmes
Relegated to 2ª
1961–62 2 2nd José Miguel Arrarte Paco Lesmes
Manuel Soler
 Heriberto Herrera
Promoted to La Liga
1962–63 1 4th Antonio Ramallets  
1963–64 16th Ángel Zubieta
Paco Lesmes
Relegated to 2ª
1964–65 2 3rd  Janos Kalmar
Julián Vaquero
 
1965–66 4th José Luis Saso Antonio Barrios
Antonio Ramallets
 
1966–67 9th Pedro Torres
Héctor Martín
Emilio Aldecoa
Héctor Martín
Emilio Aldecoa
Héctor Martín
 
1967–68 2nd Antonio Alfonso José Molinuevo
Enrique Orizaola
 
1968–69 10th Antonio Barrios
Enrique Orizaola
 
1969–70 17th José Antonio Olmedo
José Luis Saso
Gerardo Coque
Relegated to 3ª
1970–71 3 2nd Santiago Gallego Gerardo Coque
Héctor Martín
Promoted to 2ª
1971–72 2 7th Héctor Martín  
1972–73 5th  
1973–74 7th Gustau Biosca
Fernando Redondo
 
1974–75 11th Fernando Alonso Fernando Redondo
Santiago Vázquez
 Rudi Gutendorf
 
1975–76 4th  Héctor Núñez  
1976–77 12th Luis Aloy
José Luis Saso
 
1977–78 7th Francisco García "Paquito"  
1978–79 4th Gonzalo Alonso Enrique Pérez "Pachín"  
1979–80 2nd Eusebio Ríos Promoted to La Liga
1980–81 1 12th Gonzalo Alonso Francisco García "Paquito"  
1981–82 9th  
1982–83 12th Manuel Esteban  Felipe Mesones
Santi Llorente
José Luis García Traid
 
1983–84 14th Pedro San Martín
Mariano Hernández
Gonzalo Alonso
José Luis García Traid
Fernando Redondo
League Cup: Winners
(Agg. 3–0 vs. Atlético)
1984–85 13th Gonzalo Alonso Fernando Redondo  
1985–86 10th  Vicente Cantatore  
1986–87 10th Gonzalo Alonso
José Agad
Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán
 Vicente Cantatore
Xabier Azkargorta
Antonio Sánchez Santos
José Pérez Garcia
 
1987–88 8th Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán   Vicente Cantatore  
1988–89 6th Spanish Cup: Runners-up
(1–0 vs. Real Madrid)
1989–90 16th Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán
Carlos García Zúñiga
 Josip Skoblar
José Moré
Fernando Redondo
 
1990–91 9th Gonzalo Gonzalo  "Pacho" Maturana  
1991–92 19th Gonzalo Gonzalo
Andrés Martín
Marcos Fernández Fernández
 "Pacho" Maturana
Javier Yepes Peñas
Relegated to 2ª
1992–93 2 2nd Marcos Fernández Fernández Marco Antonio Boronat
José Luis Saso
 Felipe Mesones
Promoted to La Liga
1993–94 1 18th  Felipe Mesones
José Moré
 
1994–95 19th  Víctor Espárrago
José Moré
Fernando Redondo
Antonio Sánchez Santos
 
1995–96 16th Rafael Benítez
Antonio Sánchez Santos
Vicente Cantatore
 
1996–97 7th Vicente Cantatore  
1997–98 11th Marcos Fernández Fernández
Marcos Fernández Fermoselle
Vicente Cantatore
Antonio Sánchez Santos
Sergije Krešić
 
1998–99 12th Marcos Fernández Fermoselle Sergije Krešić  
1999–2000 8th Marcos Fernández Fermoselle
Ángel Fernández Fermoselle
Ignacio Lewin
Gregorio Manzano  
2000–01 16th Ignacio Lewin
Carlos Suárez
 Francisco "Pancho" Ferraro
José Moré
 
2001–02 12th Carlos Suárez José Moré  
2002–03 14th  
2003–04 18th Fernando Vázquez
Antonio Sánchez Santos
Relegated to 2ª
2004–05 2 6th  Sergije Krešić
Marcos Alonso
 
2005–06 10th Marcos Alonso
Alfredo Merino
 
2006–07 1st José Luis Mendilibar Promoted to La Liga
2007–08 1 15th  
2008–09 15th  
2009–10 18th José Luis Mendilibar
Onésimo Sánchez
Javier Clemente
Relegated to 2ª
2010–11 2 7th Antonio Gómez
Abel Resino
Qualified for Promotion play-off
2011–12 3rd  Miroslav Đukić Qualified for Promotion play-off
Promoted to La Liga
2012–13 1 14th  
2013–14 19th Juan Ignacio Martínez Relegated to 2ª
2014–15 2 5th Rubi Qualified for Promotion play-off
2015–16 16th Gaizka Garitano
Miguel Ángel Portugal
Alberto López
 
2016–17 7th Paco Herrera  
2017–18 5th Luis César Sampedro
Sergio González
Qualified for Promotion play-off
Promoted to La Liga
2018–19 1 16th Ronaldo Sergio González  
2019–20 13th  
2020–21 19th Relegated to 2ª
2021–22 2 2nd Pacheta Promoted to 1ª
2022–23 1  

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

3.1. European competition history

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
 

3.2. UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1989–90 Round of 32 v.  Ä¦amrun Spartans 5–0 1–0 6–0
Round of 16 v.  Djurgårdens IF 2–0 2–2 4–2
Quarter-finals v.  Monaco 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.) 1–3 (pen.)

4. Current Squad

As of 15 July 2022.

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Jordi Masip (captain)
2 DF  ESP Luis Pérez
5 DF  ESP Javi Sánchez
7 FW  ESP Sergio León
8 MF  ESP Monchu
9 FW  ISR Shon Weissman
10 MF  ESP Óscar Plano
13 GK  ESP Roberto
15 DF  MAR Jawad El Yamiq
16 MF  ESP Álvaro Aguado
17 MF  ESP Roque Mesa
19 MF  ESP Toni Villa (3rd captain)
21 MF  ESP Iván Sánchez
24 DF  ESP Joaquín
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF  MAR Anuar Tuhami
27 FW  ESP Hugo Vallejo
GK  ESP Sergio Asenjo
DF  URU Lucas Olaza
MF  ESP Víctor García
MF  ESP Kike Pérez
MF  ESP Waldo Rubio
MF  ESP Fede San Emeterio
FW  ESP Sergio Benito
FW  SEN Sekou Gassama
FW  ESP Sergi Guardiola
FW  ECU Stiven Plaza
FW  ECU Gonzalo Plata

4.1. Reserve team

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF  ESP Kike Ríos
42 FW  ESP Slavy
46 DF  ESP Iván Fresneda
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ESP Adri Carrión
DF  ESP Adri Gómez
 

4.2. Out On Loan

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  GAM Saidy Janko (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2023)
DF  ESP Raúl García (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2023)
 

5. Technical staff

Last updated: 9 November 2021

Position Staff
Head coach  Pacheta
Assistant coach  Chema Monzón
Second assistant coach  Álvaro Rubio
Fitness coach  Jorge Trigueros
Goalkeeper coach  José Manuel Santisteban
Analyst  Guillem Galmés

6. Honours

  • 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)

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