Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa

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Cultural Leonesa
Logo of Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.svg
Full nameCultural y Deportiva Leonesa
Nickname(s)La Cultu
La Leonesa
Founded5 August 1923; 98 years ago (5 August 1923)
GroundReino de León, León,
Castille and León, Spain
Capacity13,346
OwnerAspire Academy more than 99.74%. 4 minority stockholders less than 0.26%.
PresidentMohd Khalifa Al Suwadi
Head coachIñigo Idiakez
League1ª RFEF – Group 1
2020–212ª B – Group 1 (B), 2nd of 10
2ª B – Group 2 (C), 6th of 6
WebsiteClub website

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (Spanish pronunciation: [kultuˈɾal i ðepoɾˈtiβa le.oˈnesa]), better known as Cultural Leonesa, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio Reino de León, with a capacity of 13,346 seats.[1]

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, the club released a kit designed to look like a tuxedo. The kit, which attracted huge attention in the media and social networking sites, was worn in a pre-season charity match in support of local charities for mining families.

History[]

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa was founded on 5 August 1923.[2]

In 1926, Cultural Leonesa won the Regional championship and in 1929 Cultural played the Segunda División B and promoted to the second division.

In 1931, the club ceased activity and several teams were created in the city with the aim to replace them, but after the Spanish Civil War, Cultural Leonesa came back to the competition.

In 1955, Cultural was promoted for the first time to La Liga, but they could only play one season in the Spanish top tier.

In 2011, the club was relegated to Tercera División due to unpaid debts to the players[3] and took two years to recover the place in the third tier. In 2015, the Qatari Aspire Academy bought a controlling 99% of the shares of the club, thus avoiding its dissolution.[4]

On 28 May 2017, Cultural was promoted to Segunda División after 42 years by defeating Barcelona B in the promotion play-offs. On 3 January 2018, Leeds United announced an official partnership with Cultural Leonesa's owners Aspire Academy in Qatar.[5] The link up saw Leeds players Yosuke Ideguchi and Ouasim Bouy both join Cultural Leonesa on loan as part of the unique partnership.[6]

On 2 June 2018, Cultural was relegated to the third level, after being defeated by Numancia on the last matchday. In the 2018–19 season the club played in Segunda División B, Group 1 and fought to be promoted back to the second tier. But it finished only in the 5th position.[7] The club had a good start on the 2019–20 season, being in the 2nd position after first 16 games.[8] In the 2019–2020 season, they upset Atletico de Madrid in the Copa del Rey Round of 32.[9]

On 2 December 2020, Cultural hired Iñigo Idiakez as Head Coach who came from Luton Town in EFL Championship and previously Leicester City and Derby County.

Club structure[]

Position Name
President Mohd Khalifa Al Suwadi
Vice-President Iván Bravo
Managing Director Felipe Llamazares Díez
Sports management
Director Delegate Ignacio Álvarez Martínez
Advisory Board Antonio Martín Espina
José Lasa
Jassim Mohammed AA Al-Ansari
Fundation culturalista Manuel Carnero
Technical secretary Santi Santos
Juan Carlos Valiño (adjunto)
César Villafañe (adjunto)
Social area Juan Luis Diez Mata

Season to season[]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1929 3 3ª 1st Round of 32
1929–30 2 2ª 10th Round of 32
1930–31 3 3ª 6th Round of 32
1931–1939 DNP
1939–40 3 3ª 8th
1940–41 3 3ª 6th
1941–42 3 3ª 3rd First round
1942–43 2 2ª 10th
1943–44 2 2ª 9th Round of 32
1944–45 2 2ª 13th First round
1945–46 3 3ª 3rd
1946–47 3 3ª 2nd
1947–48 3 3ª 8th Fifth round
1948–49 3 3ª 7th Second round
1949–50 3 3ª 5th
1950–51 3 3ª 5th
1951–52 3 3ª 3rd
1952–53 3 3ª 2nd
1953–54 2 2ª 4th
1954–55 2 2ª 1st Round of 16
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1955–56 1 1ª 15th Round of 16
1956–57 2 2ª 6th
1957–58 2 2ª 16th
1958–59 2 2ª 16th
1959–60 3 3ª 1st Round of 16
1960–61 2 2ª 12th First round
1961–62 2 2ª 16th First round
1962–63 3 3ª 4th
1963–64 3 3ª 3rd
1964–65 3 3ª 7th
1965–66 3 3ª 2nd
1966–67 3 3ª 3rd
1967–68 3 3ª 1st
1968–69 3 3ª 4th
1969–70 3 3ª 2nd Second round
1970–71 3 3ª 1st Fourth round
1971–72 2 2ª 5th Fifth round
1972–73 2 2ª 19th Fourth round
1973–74 3 3ª 1st Third round
1974–75 2 2ª 20th Fifth round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1975–76 3 3ª 6th Second round
1976–77 3 3ª 2nd First round
1977–78 3 2ª B 6th Second round
1978–79 3 2ª B 5th Second round
1979–80 3 2ª B 4th Second round
1980–81 3 2ª B 4th First round
1981–82 3 2ª B 19th Second round
1982–83 3 2ª B 19th
1983–84 4 3ª 2nd
1984–85 4 3ª 2nd First round
1985–86 4 3ª 1st First round
1986–87 4 3ª 2nd Third round
1987–88 3 2ª B 14th First round
1988–89 3 2ª B 8th First round
1989–90 3 2ª B 7th
1990–91 3 2ª B 9th Second round
1991–92 3 2ª B 6th Second round
1992–93 3 2ª B 10th Second round
1993–94 3 2ª B 17th Third round
1994–95 4 3ª 1st Third round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1995–96 3 2ª B 4th Second round
1996–97 3 2ª B 8th First round
1997–98 3 2ª B 4th
1998–99 3 2ª B 1st First round
1999–00 3 2ª B 9th Preliminary
2000–01 3 2ª B 2nd
2001–02 3 2ª B 2nd Round of 32
2002–03 3 2ª B 5th Round of 32
2003–04 3 2ª B 4th Round of 32
2004–05 3 2ª B 10th Round of 32
2005–06 3 2ª B 14th
2006–07 3 2ª B 11th
2007–08 3 2ª B 11th
2008–09 3 2ª B 2nd
2009–10 3 2ª B 12th Round of 32
2010–11 3 2ª B 14th
2011–12 4 3ª 3rd
2012–13 4 3ª 2nd
2013–14 3 2ª B 14th
2014–15 3 2ª B 7th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2015–16 3 2ª B 7th Second round
2016–17 3 2ª B 1st Round of 32
2017–18 2 2ª 19th Third round
2018–19 3 2ª B 5th Round of 32
2019–20 3 2ª B 2nd Round of 16
2020–21 3 2ª B 2nd / 6th Second round
2021–22 3 1ª RFEF

Current squad[]

As of 1 September 2021[10]

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 Spain ESP Dani Sotres
2 DF Venezuela VEN
3 DF Portugal POR Pedro Empis
4 MF Spain ESP Jon Gaztañaga
5 DF Spain ESP
6 MF Spain ESP Marc Rovirola
7 MF Spain ESP
8 MF Spain ESP Galder Cerrajería
9 FW Spain ESP Ander Vitoria
10 FW Spain ESP Sergio Buenacasa
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Spain ESP Nahuel Arroyo
13 GK Spain ESP
14 DF Spain ESP Julen Castañeda (captain)
15 DF Spain ESP
16 DF Spain ESP
17 MF Cameroon CMR
18 MF Spain ESP
19 FW Russia RUS Nikolay Obolskii
20 MF Spain ESP Álvaro Juan (on loan from AD Alcorcón)
22 DF Slovenia SVN Denis Klinar

Reserve team[]

Main article: Júpiter Leonés

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 Spain ESP
27 DF Spain ESP
28 FW Spain ESP

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
— FW Spain ESP (at UP Langreo until 30 June 2022)

Coaching Staff[]

Position Name
Head Coach Ramón González
Assistant Coach & Scouting Brais Acebal
Assistant Coach & Scouting Ángel Minguélez
Goalkeeper Coach Daniel Lozano
Chief Physical Trainer Pedro Gómez
Physical Trainer Jesús Guerra
Doctor Salustiano López-Contreras
Retrainer Javier Madinabeitia
Physiotherapist Manu Sexmilo
Team Delegate Eduardo Álvarez
Team Manager Javier Barrioluengo
Material Manager Manuel Martínez
Material Manager Carlos Gómez

Notable former players[]

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

See also: Category:Cultural Leonesa footballers

Famous coaches[]

Stadium[]

C. Leonesa vs. Sabadell, in the 2008–09 Segunda División promotion playoffs
Main article: Estadio Reino de León

Reserve team[]

Júpiter Leonés is the reserve team of the club.

Founded in 1929, later known as Cultural de León and finally changed to its current name Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa "B" Jupiter Leonés. After the 2009–10, the team was dissolved after Cultural was relegated to Tercera División due to its debts. In 2014, it was re-founded as the reserve team and after three promotions it currently plays in Tercera División, the fourth tier, after gaining promotion in the Primera División Regional de Aficionados 2017–2018 season.

References[]

  1. ^ "Estadio Reino de León". Football Tripper. October 5, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Historia de la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa" (in Spanish). Nos Gusta León. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "Doce equipos descienden por impagos a futbolistas" (in Spanish). ABC.es. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Aspire compra la Cultural Leonesa y evita su desaparición" (in Spanish). As.com. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on June 4, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "LEEDS UNITED LAUNCH ASPIRE ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP". www.leedsunited.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  6. ^ "Aspire-owned Cultural Leonesa hope to shock Real". gulf-times.com. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "Histórico Cultural Leonesa - Segunda División B G 1 2018/2019". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Resultados de Fútbol: Segunda División B Grupo 2". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  9. ^ "Cultural Leonesa 2 Atlético Madrid 1". ESPN FC. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  10. ^ https://www.cydleonesa.com/primer-equipo/plantilla/cultural-leonesa

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