CD Castellón

Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at Nou Estadi Castàlia, which has a capacity of 15,500 seats.

Castellón

Full name	Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Orelluts Albinegres Albinegros
Founded	20 July 1922; 100 years ago (1922-07-20)
Ground	Nou Estadi Castàlia
Capacity	15,500^[1]
Owner	Haralabos Voulgaris
President	Haralabos Voulgaris
Head coach	Albert Rudé
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2021–22	Primera División RFEF – Group 2, 13th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Football first appeared in the town in 1911, and after a period of time under the consecutive denominations "Deportivo", "Castalia", "Gimnástico", "Cultural" and "Cervantes", Club Deportivo Castellón was founded on 22 July 1922.

The club featured periodically in the top flight, finishing fifth in 1972–73 and adding a Cup final appearance with a team featuring Vicente del Bosque, who later moved to Real Madrid, serving the club as both a player and coach.

On 29 August 1991, in an extraordinary assembly, the conversion of the club to S.A.D. was approved. The first team had just relegated into division two, and would drop another level to the third three years later, in a spell which would last more than one decade.

In the 2004–05 season, Castellón finished fourth in Segunda B, eventually winning its promotion playoffs (both matches) and achieving a return to the silver category. The club's stint in the division would last five years, as relegation would befall in 2009–10, with the Valencian Community outfit ranking last, 13 points behind the following team.

On 18 July 2011, due to the team not paying its players, Castellón was excluded from the third division, being relegated to the fourth.^[2] In June 2017, former player Pablo Hernández became joint owner of the club, leading a consortium alongside Angel Dealbert, businessman Vicente Montesinos and others.^[3][4]

On 21 March 2018, Castellón beat the record of seasonal tickets in the fourth division previously held by Real Oviedo with 12,700,^[5] establishing the new record at 12,867.^[6] On 24 June 2018, it returned to the third tier after a seven-year absence.

On 26 July 2020, Castellón promoted back to second division after 10 years by beating Cornellà in final play off promotion, but they were immediately relegated in the 2020–21 season.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 3 3ª 3rd Quarter-finals 1929–30 3 3ª 1st Round of 16 1930–31 2 2ª 5th Quarter-finals 1931–32 2 2ª 7th Round of 16 1932–33 2 2ª 10th Round of 16 1933–34 4 1ª Reg. (R) — 1934–35 DNP — 1935–36 DNP — 1939–40 2 2ª 4th — 1940–41 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1941–42 1 1ª 8th Round of 16 1942–43 1 1ª 4th Round of 16 1943–44 1 1ª 5th Round of 16 1944–45 1 1ª 8th Quarter-finals 1945–46 1 1ª 8th First round 1946–47 1 1ª 14th Quarter-finals 1947–48 2 2ª 12th Quarter-finals 1948–49 2 2ª 8th Fourth round 1949–50 2 2ª 16th Second round 1950–51 3 3ª 3rd —

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1951–52 3 3ª 6th — 1952–53 3 3ª 1st — 1953–54 2 2ª 5th — 1954–55 2 2ª 12th — 1955–56 2 2ª 16th — 1956–57 2 2ª 20th — 1957–58 3 3ª 2nd — 1958–59 3 3ª 12th — 1959–60 3 3ª 2nd — 1960–61 2 2ª 13th Round of 32 1961–62 3 3ª 3rd — 1962–63 3 3ª 10th — 1963–64 3 3ª 1st — 1964–65 3 3ª 1st — 1965–66 3 3ª 1st — 1966–67 2 2ª 3rd Round of 32 1967–68 2 2ª 10th Round of 32 1968–69 3 3ª 1st — 1969–70 2 2ª 11th Round of 32 1970–71 2 2ª 6th Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1971–72 2 2ª 2nd Round of 16 1972–73 1 1ª 5th Runners-up 1973–74 1 1ª 16th Round of 16 1974–75 2 2ª 6th Fourth round 1975–76 2 2ª 12th First round 1976–77 2 2ª 14th Second round 1977–78 2 2ª 14th Third round 1978–79 2 2ª 11th First round 1979–80 2 2ª 5th Fourth round 1980–81 2 2ª 1st Fourth round 1981–82 1 1ª 18th Third round 1982–83 2 2ª 15th First round 1983–84 2 2ª 10th Round of 16 1984–85 2 2ª 12th Quarter-finals 1985–86 2 2ª 5th Round of 16 1986–87 2 2ª 4th Fourth round 1987–88 2 2ª 11th Quarter-finals 1988–89 2 2ª 1st Third round 1989–90 1 1ª 14th Second round 1990–91 1 1ª 19th Fourth round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1991–92 2 2ª 15th Round of 16 1992–93 2 2ª 10th Fourth round 1993–94 2 2ª 17th Fourth round 1994–95 3 2ª B 4th Second round 1995–96 3 2ª B 6th First round 1996–97 3 2ª B 9th First round 1997–98 3 2ª B 5th — 1998–99 3 2ª B 9th — 1999–2000 3 2ª B 7th — 2000–01 3 2ª B 10th First round 2001–02 3 2ª B 13th First round 2002–03 3 2ª B 1st — 2003–04 3 2ª B 4th Second round 2004–05 3 2ª B 4th Second round 2005–06 2 2ª 12th First round 2006–07 2 2ª 14th Round of 32 2007–08 2 2ª 5th Second round 2008–09 2 2ª 7th Round of 32 2009–10 2 2ª 22nd Second round 2010–11 3 2ª B 10th Second round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2011–12 4 3ª 9th — 2012–13 4 3ª 4th — 2013–14 4 3ª 15th — 2014–15 4 3ª 1st — 2015–16 4 3ª 3rd Second round 2016–17 4 3ª 4th — 2017–18 4 3ª 2nd — 2018–19 3 2ª B 15th Second round 2019–20 3 2ª B 1st First round 2020–21 2 2ª 21st Second round 2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 13th Second round 2022–23 3 1ª RFEF —

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• 11 seasons in La Liga
• 41 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Primera División RFEF
• 14 seasons in Segunda División B
• 21 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 3 February 2023.

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   ESP Alfonso Pastor (on loan from Sevilla) 2 DF   ESP Borja Granero 3 MF   GEO Giorgi Kochorashvili (on loan from Levante) 4 DF   ESP Javi Antón 5 DF   NED Roland Baas 6 MF   ESP Cristian Rodríguez 7 MF   ESP Israel Suero 8 MF   ESP Carles Salvador 9 FW   ESP David Cubillas (captain) 10 MF   CIV Kialy Abdoul Koné 11 MF   ESP Adrián Fuentes 12 FW   BRA Fabrício (on loan from Levante)

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK   SEN Cheikh Kane Sarr (on loan from Gimnàstic) 14 DF   ESP Óscar Gil 15 DF   NIG Yac Diori 16 DF   ESP Manu Sánchez 17 DF   ESP Salva Ruiz 18 DF   ESP Iago Indias 19 MF   ESP Pablo Hernández 20 FW   PUR Jeremy de León 21 FW   ESP Jesús de Miguel 22 FW   ESP Raúl Sánchez 23 MF   ESP Josep Calavera 24 GK   ESP Pablo García

Reserve team

Main article: CD Castellón B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 MF   ESP Mauro Costa 34 FW   ESP Albert Núñez

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 FW   ESP Nacho Gimeno

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ESP Cristian Galas (on loan at Zamora until 30 June 2023) — MF   ESP Bilal Kandoussi (on loan at Atlético Baleares until 30 June 2023)

Honours

• Segunda División: 1940–41, 1980–81, 1988–89
• Segunda División B: 2002–03
• Tercera División: 1929–30, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69 (third level until 1976–77)
• Campeonato de Valencia: 1928–29, 1929–30
• Copa de la Liga (second division): 1983–84
• Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1972–73

Notable players

•   Leonardo Ulloa
•   Mario Cabrera
•   Dani Pendín
•   Gustavo Reggi
•   Ihar Hurynovich
•   Bernard Barnjak
•   Mauricio Romero
•   Mladen Mladenović
•   Sergio Barila
•   Juan Epitié
•   Juvenal
•   Emilio Nsue
•   José Luis Rondo
•   Henri Dumat
•   Kenji Fukuda
•   Nduka Ugbade
•         Igor Dobrovolski
•   Dragan Punišić
•   Rade Tošić
•   Pichi Alonso
•   José Araquistáin
•   Pascual Babiloni
•   Luis Cela
•   Ángel Dealbert
•     Božur Matejić
•   Vicente del Bosque
•   José Ferrer
•   Miguel Ángel Lotina
•   César Martín
•   Gaizka Mendieta
•   Miguel Ángel
•   Juan Planelles
•   Roberto
•   Antonio Ruiz
•   Enrique Saura
•   Rubén Torrecilla
•   Pablo Hernández
•   Walter Peletti
•     Đorđe Vujkov
•   Florin Andone

See also: Category:CD Castellón footballers

References

1. "Estadio" (in Spanish). CD Castellón. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
2. Castellnou 2005 no paga y el CD Castellón militará la próxima temporada en Tercera División (Castellnou 2005 does not pay and CD Castellón will play in Tercera División next season); La Plana al Día, 18 July 2011 (in Spanish)
3. Dominic Booth (13 June 2017). "Former Swansea City and current Leeds United star Pablo Hernandez completes Spanish club takeover". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
4. Phil Hay (5 May 2018). "Big Interview: Leeds United's YEP Player of the Year Hernandez ... forged in the fires of Castellon". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
5. "El CD Castellón hace historia al superar el récord de abonados en Tercera División" (in Spanish). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
6. "El Castellón busca otro récord" (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Pam Pam Orellut, unofficial website (in Spanish)