Recreativo Huelva
Recreativo Huelva is a football (soccer) club from Spain.
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Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish Football League Teams based in Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, it is the oldest football team in Spain, and currently plays in the Segunda División, holding home games at the
Estadio Nuevo Colombino, which has a 21,600 capacity. ıts greatest success was finishing La Liga 8th in 2006-2007 season.
Team colours are white shirts with blue vertical stripes and white shorts.
History
Foundation/Early years
It all began courtesy of Dr. Alexander Mackay and overseas England workers at the Rio Tinto (Company) mining, and it was originally named
Huelva Recreation Club. Due to its long-standing existence (it is the oldest surviving team of Spanish professional football), Recreativo Huelva is often referred to as
El Decano ("The Dean," i.e. the oldest one) of the Spanish football fraternity.
During the 1910's, Recreativo Huelva won several Andalusian regional leagues, and became the first Spanish side to defeat a Portugal team, winning against Sporting Clube de Portugal. In 1940, it first reached
Segunda División, only lasting however one year and not returning until 1957. Since 1965, Recreativo Huelva also began hosting the
Trofeo Colombino.
Later years
In Segunda División 1977-78, led by, amongst others, former Real Madrid youth graduate Hipólito Rincón, Recreativo first gained promotion to La Liga. After just one season, it returned to level two, staying there until 1990, the year of a
Segunda División B relegation.
Recre would play again in the first division in La Liga 2002-03, in another short-lived experience. In Segunda División 2005-06, after beating CD Numancia on 4 June 2006, it mathematically secured promotion with two matches left to be played.
The new season in the top level was one of overachievements. They finished eighth in the table, at 54 points. Among the victories was a 3-0 win against Real Madrid C.F. at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and a 2-0 success against Valencia CF. The club's leading goalscorer was Florent Sinama-Pongolle with 12 goals to his name. Coach Marcelino García Toral announced on 30 May 2007 that he would leave Recreativo Huelva at the end of the season, subsequently joining Racing de Santander - he had also been the coach that previously achieved the 2006 promotion.
"Everything in life has a beginning and an end, and this is the moment to end my time at Recre," Marcelino told a news conference.
This fueled speculation in June 2007 that Recreativo had offered Denmark legend Michael Laudrup a contract to coach Recreativo Huelva in La Liga 2007-08. According to Laudrup's agent, the negotiations were ongoing and "very serious." However, Laudrup turned down the offer, and took the vacant manager's job at Getafe CF in July 2007.
Recre season was a rocky one, as they only achieved to maintain first division status in the very last matchday, drawing with Real Valladolid 1-1. Also, RCD Mallorca's 3-2 success against Real Zaragoza, contributed to Huelva's final 16th position.
In La Liga 2008-09, Recreativo de Huelva lived in the mid-table regions for the vast majority of the campaign. However, after just one win in its last 15 matches (this included losing the last four) and one draw, it was finally relegated back, ranking last.
Honours/promotions
- Andalusia champions: 1903-14
- La Liga: promotion in 1977-78 (under coach Eusébio Ríos), 2001-02 (under Lucas Alcaraz) and 2005-06 (under Marcelino García Toral).
- Copa del Rey: Runners-up 2002-03
Season to season
- 32 seasons in
Segunda División- 8 seasons in
Segunda División B- 23 seasons in
Tercera División- 2 seasons in
Divisiones Regionales de FútbolAs of 16 July 2009
(captain (football))
Non-EU players
- Andrés Lamas
- Jerónimo Barrales
- Sebastián Nayar
Related pages
Almería, Athletic Club Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña, Espanyol, FC Barcelona, Getafe CF, Málaga CF, Mallorca, Numancia, Osasuna, Racing Santander, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Recreativo Huelva, Sevilla FC, Sporting Gijón, Valencia CF, Valladolid, Villarreal CF