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Real Club Recreativo de Huelva is a Spanish football team formed on December 23
1889. This makes it the oldest football team in Spain, formed by a Dr McKay and overseas workers at the Rio Tinto mines. Originally named
Huelva Recreation Club. Due to its long-standing existence, the team is often referred to as
El Decano ("the senior member") of the Spanish football fraternity.
After three seasons in
Segunda División (Spanish second division),
Recre achieved promotion to top flight after beating Numancia on June 4, 2006, mathematically securing promotion with two matches left to be played.
El Decano, as Recreativo is styled (for being the oldest surviving team of Spanish professional soccer), will again feature among the elite of Spanish football in the 2006-2007 season.
Commonly known as
Recre, they play in white with blue vertical stripes and white shorts. Their home ground is the Nuevo Colombino stadium that seats 20,000.
Honours
*Champions of Andalucía from 1903 to 1914.
*Reached
Primera División for 1978-79 (under coach Eusebio Ríos) ,2002-2003 (under coach Lucas Alcaraz) and 2005-2006 (under coach Marcelino Garcia Toral) .
*Defeated finalists in Copa del Rey in 2003.
Current squad 2006/07
The numbers are established according to the official website:www.recreativohuelva.com and www.lfp.es
As of February 1
2006
Squad changes during 2006/07 season
In:
* Arzo - On Loan From Villarreal CF
* Jesus Vazquez - Signed From CD Tenerife
* Edu Moya - Signed From CD Tenerife
* López Vallejo - On Loan From Villarreal CF
* Santi Cazorla - Signed From Villarreal CF
* Iago Bouzon - On Loan From Celta de Vigo
* Dani Bautista - Signed From Sevilla FC
* Mario Alvarez - Signed From Real Valladolid
* Poli - Signed From Deportivo Alavés
Out
* Benitez - Transferred To Hércules CF
* Xavi Jimenez - On Loan To Ciudad de Murcia
* Mateo - Transferred To Deportivo Alavés
* Gaston Casas - Transferred To Elche CF
* Valencia - Return To Villarreal CF
* Iker Begoña - Transferred To Lorca Deportiva''
Famous players
* Franz Platko
* Manuel Almunia
* Luis Aragonés
* Curro Torres
* Óscar Arpón
* Raúl Molina
* Xisco Muñoz
* Mariano Andrés Pernía
Famous Coaches
* Eusebio Ríos
* Víctor Espárrago
* Joaquín Caparrós
* Lucas Alcaraz
External link
*
Recreativo de Huelva Official Website Category:Spanish football clubs
Category:La Liga
Category:Recreativo de Huelva
