Racing de Ferrol

Racing de Ferrol

Full name	Racing Club de Ferrol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Os Departamentais Os Diaños Verdes (Green Devils)
Founded	5 October 1919; 104 years ago (5 October 1919)
Ground	Estadio Municipal de A Malata Ferrol (La Coruña), Galicia, Spain
Capacity	11 922
Owner	Ferrol City Council
President	Manolo Ansede
Head coach	Cristóbal Parralo
League	Segunda División
2022–23	Primera Federación – Group 1, 1st of 20 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Racing Club de Ferrol 2023–24.

Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.

Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio da Malata. Club colours are green shirts with white shorts, though during the early years of its existence green and white shirts with vertical stripes were used.

Although Racing has never played in Spain's top division of La Liga, the club has spent many years in the second tier before being in the third tier more recently. Racing holds the record for most seasons in the second tier without making La Liga (35).

History

The history of football in Ferrol is associated with the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and drydocks and the British technical advisors,^[1][2][3] hired to work locally who used to play against each-other at first, but later on, local workers and military personnel stationed in Ferrol. The renewal of the shipyards and the creation, in town of the "school of Naval Engineers"^[4] meant that from the mid-nineteenth century, a mostly French at first but, latter on mostly British, Engineers and Technicians, a constant influx was developed; bringing to Ferrol not only new technologies (paid for by the Spanish state),but also, political ideas and ways for workers to unite against unfair salaries and working conditions (let's not forget that the creator of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Spanish General Workers' Union (UGT) was a man born in Ferrol at this time) and of course, football as well. This influx of Britons will increase exponentially from 1909 when Spain signed a massive contract with Vickers-Armstrong, John Brown and a few others though mostly Vickers-Armstrong for the renewal of the local dry-docks and dockyards and foundries after the Naval disaster of 1898. From those early years to these days many football clubs came and go over the decades but only one of them actually survived for a considerable time and for that, only as an amalgamation of some other previous teams and this is el Racing de Ferrol.

Racing Ferrol Football Club, can trace back its origins back to July 1919, but starting very strongly from the beginning on a massive winning all matches spree that allow the team to play against the best national squads in the country so only ten years after its creation Racing Ferrol Football Club was taking part on its first national championships competition and fluctuating later over the decades between first and second divisions as follows: the second – first presence in 1939–40 – and third divisions. In 1977–78 the Galicians won the inaugural edition of Segunda División B and promoted again, only to be immediately relegated back.

Chart of Racing Club de Ferrol league performance 1929–present.

It would not until the year 2000 that Racing would again reach the second level, going on to spend there five of the following six years. In the 2006–07 campaign the club gained promotion to the category in the playoffs, with a 2–1 aggregate win against Alicante CF. In the following season the team finished fourth from the bottom and dropped back to the third division, and to the fourth only two years later. In the 2012–13 campaign, the club achieved promoted to third division. Five years later, the club was relegated to fourth division. But one year later the club achieved promotion back to third division.

In the 2022-23 campaign, Ferrol promoted back to second division after spending 15 years in third and fourth division.

Racing Club de Ferrol 1919–1920.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929–30 3 3ª 1st 1930–31 3 3ª 3rd 1931–32 3 3ª 1st 1932–33 3 3ª 4th Round of 32 1933–34 3 3ª 5th Round of 32 1934–35 2 2ª 8th Third round 1939–40 2 2ª 2nd Runners-up 1940–41 2 2ª 4th 1941–42 2 2ª 3rd 1942–43 2 2ª 6th 1943–44 3 3ª 1st 1944–45 2 2ª 10th Round of 16 1945–46 2 2ª 7th First round 1946–47 2 2ª 10th First round 1947–48 2 2ª 3rd Round of 16 1948–49 2 2ª 14th Fourth round 1949–50 2 2ª 12th 1950–51 2 2ª 8th 1951–52 2 2ª 3rd 1952–53 2 2ª 9th Second round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1953–54 2 2ª 8th 1954–55 2 2ª 12th 1955–56 2 2ª 6th 1956–57 2 2ª 16th 1957–58 2 2ª 12th 1958–59 2 2ª 10th First round 1959–60 2 2ª 16th Round of 32 1960–61 3 3ª 1st 1961–62 3 3ª 2nd 1962–63 3 3ª 1st 1963–64 3 3ª 3rd 1964–65 3 3ª 1st 1965–66 3 3ª 1st 1966–67 2 2ª 7th First round 1967–68 2 2ª 7th First round 1968–69 2 2ª 4th 1969–70 2 2ª 10th Quarter-finals 1970–71 2 2ª 8th Round of 32 1971–72 2 2ª 18th Third round 1972–73 3 3ª 9th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1973–74 3 3ª 4th Third round 1974–75 3 3ª 3rd 1975–76 3 3ª 9th Fourth round 1976–77 3 3ª 6th First round 1977–78 3 2ª B 1st Second round 1978–79 2 2ª 20th Third round 1979–80 3 2ª B 16th 1980–81 3 2ª B 11th 1981–82 3 2ª B 17th 1982–83 3 2ª B 9th 1983–84 3 2ª B 20th 1984–85 4 3ª 3rd 1985–86 4 3ª 8th 1986–87 4 3ª 17th 1987–88 4 3ª 1st 1988–89 3 2ª B 13th 1989–90 3 2ª B 17th 1990–91 4 3ª 5th 1991–92 4 3ª 1st 1992–93 3 2ª B 12th Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1993–94 3 2ª B 13th 1994–95 3 2ª B 1st 1995–96 3 2ª B 2nd 1996–97 3 2ª B 7th 1997–98 3 2ª B 5th 1998–99 3 2ª B 4th 1999–2000 3 2ª B 3rd Preliminary 2000–01 2 2ª 16th Round of 64 2001–02 2 2ª 9th Round of 32 2002–03 2 2ª 20th Round of 32 2003–04 3 2ª B 2nd Round of 64 2004–05 2 2ª 16th Round of 64 2005–06 2 2ª 20th Second round 2006–07 3 2ª B 3rd Second round 2007–08 2 2ª 19th Second round 2008–09 3 2ª B 7th First round 2009–10 3 2ª B 19th 2010–11 4 3ª 2nd 2011–12 4 3ª 8th 2012–13 4 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2013–14 3 2ª B 2nd First round 2014–15 3 2ª B 3rd Second round 2015–16 3 2ª B 2nd Third round 2016–17 3 2ª B 7th Second round 2017–18 3 2ª B 18th Second round 2018–19 4 3ª 1st 2019–20 3 2ª B 11th First round 2020–21 3 2ª B 5th / 1st 2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 3rd First round 2022–23 3 1ª RFEF 1st First round 2023–24 2 2ª 10th Round of 32 2024–25 2 2ª TBD

Estadio Municipal da Malata.

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• 36 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Primera División RFEF
• 27 seasons in Segunda División B
• 27 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 18 January 2024.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Gianfranco Gazzaniga 2 DF  ESP Julián Delmás 3 FW  ESP Óscar Pinchi (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor) 4 DF  ESP Jon García 5 DF  ESP Enrique Clemente (on loan from Las Palmas) 6 MF  ESP Jesús Bernal 7 FW  ESP Héber Pena 8 MF  ESP Álex López (captain) 9 FW  ESP Manu Justo 10 MF  ESP Josep Señé 11 FW  ESP Nacho Sánchez 12 DF  ESP Álex Martín (on loan from Elche) 13 GK  ESP Emilio Bernad 14 FW  ESP Álvaro Vadillo

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ESP David Castro 16 MF  ESP Fran Manzanara 17 MF  ESP Chuca (on loan from Miedź Legnica) 18 DF  ESP Brais Martínez 19 FW  ESP Sabin Merino (on loan from Zaragoza) 20 FW  ESP Álvaro Giménez 21 DF  ESP Moi Delgado 22 MF  ESP Iker Losada 23 FW  ESP Nico Serrano (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 24 DF  ESP Sergio Cubero (on loan from Eibar) 25 GK  ESP Ander Cantero — DF  ITA Luca Ferrone — DF  ESP Fernando Pumar

From Youth Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  ESP David Criado

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Cristóbal Parralo
Assistant coach	Javier Manjarín
Goalkeeping coach	César Caamaño Cambón
Fitness coach	Luis Rodríguez Fandiño
Rehab fitness coach	Óscar Ares Legaspi
Delegate	Manuel Ángel Mesa García
Kit man	José M. Alcudia Fernández
Doctor	Carlos Brage Rodríguez
Physiotherapist	Jorge Méndez Rodríguez
Nutritionist	Alicia Villegas

Last updated: October 2023
Source: Cuerpo Técnico

Honours / Achievements

Regional

• Galician Championships: 1928–29, 1937–38, 1938–39^[6]

Domestic

• Campeonato de España / Copa del Generalísimo: Runner-up 1938–39
• Segunda División B: Promotion 1999–00, 2006–07

Notable former players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Samuel Piette Raúl Palacios Dubravko Pavličić Dwight Pezzarossi Kaba Diawara Nabil Baha Samir Boughanem Ikechukwu Uche Nenad Grozdić José Manuel Aira Gabriel Alonso José Bello Amigo

Ángel Cuéllar Guillermo Gorostiza Joselu Manel Jonathan Martín Nacho Novo Carlos Rodríguez Pablo Rodríguez Luis César Sampedro Jonay Hernández James Langtry Ante Razov

See also: Category:Racing de Ferrol footballers

Stadium

Estadio da Malata holds 12,043 spectators, and was built in 1993.^[7] The pitch dimensions are 105 x 68 metres.

Racing used three main stadiums over the years, starting with Campo de Futbol O Inferniño, which was utilized until a move to Estadio Manuel Rivera in 1954 took place. This was an oval-shaped enclosure with a single cantilever stand. In the 1970s, a cover was erected over the popular terrace.

In 1993, the metropolitan area of Ferrol built Estadio da Malata to the west of the town, near the valley of Serantes. The total cost of the development was 1700 million pesetas. The first match on the new grounds was played on 18 April 1993, in a 3–2 friendly win over Atlético Madrid B. The official inauguration took place on 29 August, in a triangular tournament featuring the home side and neighbours Celta de Vigo and Deportivo de La Coruña.

See also

• Ferrol
• SECN
• Vickers-Armstrong
• SDC Galicia Mugardos, reserve team

References

1. "SPANISH NAVY: Huge Contract in British Hands" (1909) The Manchester Guardian, 1 February 1909, Page 12: Manchester <<... Vickers, Armstrong and Brown... it has been determined to put down a new shipyard at Ferrol in Spain... Mr A J Campbell... has been appointed manager of the Ferrol yard... Mr Peter Muir ... has been appointed assistant manager. A considerable number of expert shipbuilders have sign on to go to Spain... there is a reason to believe that employment will be found to some hundreds of British shipbuilders, engineers, electricians, and other tradesmen in the new Spanish yard for several years to come.>>
2. "British Vice-Consulate at Ferrol": General Correspondence FO 63/1041. The National Archives – Official website
3. "British Vice-Consulate at Ferrol": General Correspondence FO 72/1689. The National Archives – Official website
4. "The Armies of Europe - Spain as a War-making power". The New York Times. 6 February 1858.
5. "Plantilla 2020/2021". Racing Club de Ferrol (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
6. Spain – List of Champions of Galicia; at RSSSF
7. "Racing Ferrol - Segunda División B G 1". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• The British School @ Ferrol (1909–1936)
• Aerial Views of Ferrol in North Western Spain 2004
• Soccerway profile