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Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club. Founded on June 20, 1928, it is currently playing in the La Liga, after gaining promotion in Segunda División 2006-07. Valladolid currently ranks 13th on the franchises All-Time La Liga table.

Based in Valladolid, Castile and León, from which it derives the nickname Pucela, Valladolid holds home games at the Estadio José Zorrilla, which seats 26,512 spectators.

History

Early history

Founded from the amalgamation of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español (currently Real Unión), Valladolid first reached the La Liga in the 1947-48 season, as champions of Segunda División. In the following year, Valladolid pushed on from this success and reached the finals of the Copa del Rey in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu against Athletic de Bilbao, eventually losing 4-1.

The next ten years were spent in the first division, but relegation was short-lived and Valladolid gained promotion in 1958-59 with a 5-0 win over Terrassa FC under manager José Luis Saso, a legendary figure in the history of the team. He had originally been a goalkeeper for the club, and subsequently went on to perform many roles, ending up as president of the team.

Valladolid vacillated between the first and second divisions in the subsequent years, descending as low as Segunda División B in 1970-71. Promoted in Segunda División 1991-92, Valladolid was again sent down after the La Liga 2003-04. In 1984, Valladolid also won the Copa de la Liga (a competition only played in the early 80s), over Atlético de Madrid.

The side's highest position during this 11-year stint was 7th in La Liga 1996-97, being coached in the previous seasons by former Real Madrid Castilla's coach Rafael Benítez, as various players from there also would later appear for Valladolid.

The 2006-07 boom

In Segunda División 2006-07, after signing Basque Country (autonomous community) José Luis Mendilibar as coach, Valladolid performed one of their best years in history while playing in the second level. The side took the lead in the 15th game and went on to finish with a competition all-time high 88 points, winning the championship by a total margin of eight points, and holding an advantage of 26 points over the non-promotion zone (fourth and worse), both being all-time records in the league. They also achieved the honour of staying unbeaten 29 games in a row, from October 10, 2006 to May 6, 2007, being mathematically promoted after outscoring CD Tenerife 0-2 on April 22, 2007 (just the 34th day of the season), the earliest any club has achieved promotion in Spanish history.

Also remarkable was the side's role in the Copa del Rey 2006-07, getting as far as the quarter-finals after beating two top division teams: Gimnàstic de Tarragona (agg. 4-1) and UEFA Champions League 2005-06 contender Villarreal CF (agg. 3-1), while playing the whole competition with the reserve players.

Honours

- Segunda División: 1947-48, 1958-59, Segunda División 2006-07
- Copa de la Liga: 1983-84

Achievements
- European participation: 3 times
- - UEFA Cup: 1984-85 (1R) and 1997-98 (2R)
- - UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1989-90 (QF)
- Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1949-50, 1988-89
- La Liga: 4th in 1962-63

Records
- Most points in Segunda División - 88 in 2006-07
- Most games unbeaten in Segunda División - 29 in 2006-07
- Earliest promotion in Segunda División - Day 34 (out of 42), April 22, 2007
- Fastest goal in La Liga history - 7' 42", scored by Joseba Llorente on 20 January 2008, vs RCD Espanyol (f: 2-1)

Season to season

- 30 seasons in Segunda División
- 9 seasons in Tercera División

As of July 28, 2009

Notable players

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Famous coaches
- Esteban Platko, 1928-31, 1934-40
- Carlos Platko, 1941-43
- Helenio Herrera, 1948-49
- Heriberto Herrera, 1962
- Antoni Ramallets, 1962-63, 1965-66
- Emilio Aldecoa, 1966-67
- Enrique Orizaola, 1967-68, 1968-69
- Fernando Redondo, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1990, 1995
- Rafael Benítez, 1995-96
- Vicente Cantatore, 1985-86 to 1989-90, 1996-97
- José Luis Mendilibar, 2006-

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