Real Valladolid

Real Valladolid

Full name	Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Pucela / Pucelanos (Pucelle) Blanquivioletas / Albivioletas (White and Violets)
Founded	20 June 1928; 93 years ago (20 June 1928)
Ground	José Zorrilla
Capacity	27,846
Owner	Ronaldo (82%)[1]
President	Ronaldo
Head coach	Pacheta
League	Segunda División
2020–21	La Liga, 19th of 20 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (pronounced [reˈal βaʎaðoˈlið]) or Valladolid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Valladolid (Castile and León) from where the nickname Pucela – also the nickname of the city – is derived. The club colours are violet and white, used on the kit in stripes from its foundation on 20 June 1928.^[2] The team plays in the Segunda División, holding home games at the Estadio José Zorrilla, which seats 27,846 spectators.^[3]

Valladolid's honours include a single trophy of great relevance, the defunct Copa de la Liga 1983–84. It has been runner-up in the Copa del Rey on two occasions (1949–50 and 1988–89), and has participated in two editions of the UEFA Cup (1984–85 and 1997–98) and also one edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1989–90). The team subsidiary, the Real Valladolid B, currently play in the Segunda División B.^[4]

Since its La Liga debut in the 1948–49 season (in which it became the first club from the region to play in La Liga – five others have since done so), Valladolid is the most successful football club in Castile and León by honours and history, with a total of 44 seasons in the First Division, 35 in the Second and 10 in the Third.^[5] Historically, Valladolid is the 13th-best team in Spain by overall league points. Two of its players have won the Pichichi Trophy: Manuel Badenes and Jorge da Silva; and ten were internationals with the Spain national football team.

On 3 September 2018, it was announced that Brazilian former international footballer Ronaldo Nazario had become the majority shareholder after purchasing a 51% controlling stake in the club.^[6] As of April 2020, Ronaldo owned 82% of the club shares.

History[]

20th-century history (1928–2001)[]

Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid in 1927

Real Valladolid's league positions

Real Valladolid was founded from the merger of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español, the club played its first game on September 22, 1928. It was a win over Alavés 2:1.^[7] Valladolid first reached the top level in the 1947–48 season, as champions of the Segunda División. The club became the first Castile and León club to play in the Spanish top flight. The following year, the team pushed on from this success and reached the finals of the Copa Del Rey in Chamartín Stadium against Athletic Bilbao, losing 4–1.

The next ten years were spent in the first division, and relegation was short-lived as Valladolid gained promotion again in 1958–59 with a 5–0 win over Terrassa under manager José Luis Saso,^[8] a legendary figure in club history.^[9] He had originally been a goalkeeper for the club and went on to perform many roles, including serving as president of the club.

Valladolid swung between the first and second divisions in subsequent years, falling as low as to the third division in 1970–71. Next year the club was promoted to second division and in 1980 promoted to first division, where Valladolid played until 1992 when the club was relegated to the second division again. Promoted in 1992–93, the club was again sent down after the 2003–04 season. In 1984, Valladolid also won the Copa de la Liga (a competition only played in the early 1980s) over Atlético Madrid.

Real Valladolid uniform in the season 1983–84, when the club won its only official trophy: the 1984 Copa de la Liga.

On 14 April 1996, Valladolid played its 1,000th game in La Liga.

The side's highest position during this 11-year stint was seventh in 1996–97, being coached in the previous seasons by former Real Madrid Castilla coach Rafael Benítez, as various players from that team would also later appear for Valladolid.

Carlos Suárez era (2001–2018)[]

Real Valladolid players cruising the Río Pisuerga while celebrating the club's promotion to La Liga in April 2007

In the 2006–07 season, after signing Basque José Luis Mendilibar as head coach, Valladolid had one of its best years in its history while playing in the second level. The club took the league lead in the 15th matchday and went on to finish with a competition all-time high 88 points, winning the championship by a total margin of eight points, and holding an advantage of 26 points over the non-promotion zone (fourth and below), both being all-time records in the league. Valladolid also achieved the honour of going unbeaten in 29-straight matches, from 10 October 2006 to 6 May 2007, being mathematically promoted after a 2–0 away win against Tenerife on 22 April 2007 (the 34th matchday of the season), the earliest any club has achieved promotion in Spanish history.

Also remarkable was the side's role in the season's Copa del Rey, reaching the quarter-finals after defeating two top division teams, Gimnàstic de Tarragona (4–1 aggregate) and the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League contender Villarreal (3–1), while playing the entire competition with reserve players.

Two relatively successful seasons in the top division followed, finishing in 15th place while avoiding relegation after a 1–1 draw on the last matchday of both seasons (against Recreativo de Huelva in 2007–08 and Real Betis in the following campaign).

Valladolid against FC Barcelona, 2010.

Serbian manager Miroslav Đukić led Valladolid back into La Liga in 2012.

After a slow start to 2009–10 (three wins in the first 20 matches), Mendilibar was sacked on 1 February 2010 following a draw at home against Almería. The week following his sacking, Valladolid dropped into the relegation zone (something that never happened during Mendilibar's 138-match stint), with former player Onésimo Sánchez taking charge.

After only one win in 10 matches, Sánchez was fired. Former Spain national team manager Javier Clemente was named Sánchez's replacement in a desperate move to avoid relegation with only eight matches remaining. After a brief breather (16th position), Valladolid again returned to the bottom three, then faced a must-win last game at the Camp Nou against a Barcelona squad needing a win to secure the Liga championship. Level in the standings with Racing de Santander, Málaga and Tenerife for the two final safe positions, Valladolid lost 0–4 and consequently was relegated, ending a three-year stay in the top flight.

The 2011–12 season saw Valladolid return to La Liga under the management of Miroslav Đukić, promoted through the play-offs after finishing third in the division.

Valladolid were relegated back to the Segunda División on the last matchday of the 2013–14 season.^[10]

On 2017–18 season, Valladolid was promoted back to first division after four years via play-off defeating Sporting de Gijón and Numancia.

Ronaldo Nazario, new owner (2018–present)[]

On 3 September 2018, it was announced Brazilian former international footballer Ronaldo had become the majority shareholder after purchasing a 51% controlling stake in the club.^[11] In its first season with the new owner Valladolid finished in 16th position in La Liga.^[12] As of April 2020, Ronaldo owned 82% of the club shares.

In August 2020, with the Promesas (reserve team) well established in Segunda División B, the club made an agreement with local club Atlético Tordesillas, operating at the level below, to act as a further affiliated team for its young players.^[13][14] At the end of the 2020–21 season, Real Valladolid was relegated following a 1–2 home defeat by Atlético, which also secured the Colchoneros the La Liga title on the final matchday, ending Valladolid's three-year stay in first division.

Stadium[]

Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla

Real Valladolid play at the 27,846-capacity Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, finished in 1982 to replace the previous stadium of the same name which had stood since 1940. Both grounds are named after José Zorrilla y Moral, a 19th-century poet from the city. After opening for the club on 20 February 1982, it hosted the Copa del Rey Final on 13 April of that year, and then three Group D matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The venue is owned by the Ayuntamiento de Valladolid.^[15]

In 2010, it was announced that there were plans to expand the stadium to 40,000 spectators. This project was known as Valladolid Arena [baʎaˈðolið aˈɾena], but was contingent on Spain winning the right to host the 2018 FIFA World cup.^[16]

Season to season[]

The following list shows Valladolid's record as well as all the presidents and coaches for every season since its foundation in 1929.^[17] All presidents and coaches are Spanish unless otherwise noted.

Season	Tier	Division	Place	President	Coach	Accomplishments
1929	3	3ª	5th	Pedro Zuloaga Santos Rodríguez	István Plattkó
1929–30			2nd	Santos Rodríguez
1930–31			2nd	José Cantalapiedra	Antón Achalandabaso
1931–32			3rd
1932–33			1st
1933–34			1st		István Plattkó tekio	Promoted to 2ª
1934–35	2	2ª	2nd
1935–36			4th
1936–37	No competition				No competition was held due to Spanish Civil War
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40	2	2ª	6th		István Plattkó Manuel M. Ordax
1940–41			10th		Juan Bilbao "Juanín"
1941–42			5th		Károly Plattkó
1942–43			2nd
1943–44			14th	José Cantalapiedra José González	Alfonso Martínez José Planas	Relegated to 3ª
1944–45	3	3ª	3rd	Germán Adánez Ángel Soria	Quirico Arteaga	Runner-up Copa Federación
1945–46			1st	Ángel Soria	Antonio Barrios
1946–47			1st	Juan Represa		Promoted to 2ª
1947–48	2	2ª	1st			Promoted to La Liga
1948–49	1	1ª	12th		Helenio Herrera
1949–50			9th		Antonio Barrios Julián Vaquero Antonio Barrios	Spanish Cup: Runners-up (4–1 v. Athletic Bilbao)
1950–51			6th	Manuel González Aquiso	Juan Antonio Ipiña
1951–52			8th	Ramón Pradera
1952–53			12th		José Iraragorri	Winner Copa Federación
1953–54			12th		Luis Miró
1954–55			9th
1955–56			9th
1956–57			8th		Rafael Yunta
1957–58			15th		Rafael Yunta José Luis Saso	Relegated to 2ª
1958–59	2	2ª	1st	Carlos del Río Hortega	José Luis Saso	Promoted to La Liga
1959–60	1	1ª	13th
1960–61			15th		José Luis Saso Pedro Eguiluz Paco Lesmes	Relegated to 2ª
1961–62	2	2ª	2nd	José Miguel Arrarte	Paco Lesmes Manuel Soler Heriberto Herrera	Promoted to La Liga
1962–63	1	1ª	4th		Antonio Ramallets
1963–64			16th		Ángel Zubieta Paco Lesmes	Relegated to 2ª
1964–65	2	2ª	3rd		Janos Kalmar Julián Vaquero
1965–66			4th	José Luis Saso	Antonio Barrios Antonio Ramallets
1966–67			9th		Pedro Torres Héctor Martín Emilio Aldecoa Héctor Martín Emilio Aldecoa Héctor Martín
1967–68			2nd	Antonio Alfonso	José Molinuevo Enrique Orizaola
1968–69			10th		Antonio Barrios Enrique Orizaola
1969–70			17th		José Antonio Olmedo José Luis Saso Gerardo Coque	Relegated to 3ª
1970–71	3	3ª	2nd	Santiago Gallego	Gerardo Coque Héctor Martín	Promoted to 2ª
1971–72	2	2ª	7th		Héctor Martín
1972–73			5th
1973–74			7th		Gustau Biosca Fernando Redondo
1974–75			11th	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Redondo Santiago Vázquez Rudi Gutendorf
1975–76			4th		Héctor Núñez
1976–77			12th		Luis Aloy José Luis Saso
1977–78			7th		Francisco García "Paquito"
1978–79			4th	Gonzalo Alonso	Enrique Pérez "Pachín"
1979–80			2nd		Eusebio Ríos	Promoted to La Liga
1980–81	1	1ª	12th	Gonzalo Alonso	Francisco García "Paquito"
1981–82			9th
1982–83			12th	Manuel Esteban	Felipe Mesones Santi Llorente José Luis García Traid
1983–84			14th	Pedro San Martín Mariano Hernández Gonzalo Alonso	José Luis García Traid Fernando Redondo	League Cup: Winners (Agg. 3–0 vs. Atlético)
1984–85			13th	Gonzalo Alonso	Fernando Redondo
1985–86			10th		Vicente Cantatore
1986–87			10th	Gonzalo Alonso José Agad Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán	Vicente Cantatore Xabier Azkargorta Antonio Sánchez Santos José Pérez Garcia
1987–88			8th	Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán	Vicente Cantatore
1988–89			6th			Spanish Cup: Runners-up (1–0 vs. Real Madrid)
1989–90			16th	Miguel Ángel Pérez Herrán Carlos García Zúñiga	Josip Skoblar José Moré Fernando Redondo
1990–91			9th	Gonzalo Gonzalo	"Pacho" Maturana
1991–92			19th	Gonzalo Gonzalo Andrés Martín Marcos Fernández Fernández	"Pacho" Maturana Javier Yepes Peñas	Relegated to 2ª
1992–93	2	2ª	2nd	Marcos Fernández Fernández	Marco Antonio Boronat José Luis Saso Felipe Mesones	Promoted to La Liga
1993–94	1	1ª	18th		Felipe Mesones José Moré
1994–95			19th		Víctor Espárrago José Moré Fernando Redondo Antonio Sánchez Santos
1995–96			16th		Rafael Benítez Antonio Sánchez Santos Vicente Cantatore
1996–97			7th		Vicente Cantatore
1997–98			11th	Marcos Fernández Fernández Marcos Fernández Fermoselle	Vicente Cantatore Antonio Sánchez Santos Sergije Krešić
1998–99			12th	Marcos Fernández Fermoselle	Sergije Krešić
1999–2000			8th	Marcos Fernández Fermoselle Ángel Fernández Fermoselle Ignacio Lewin	Gregorio Manzano
2000–01			16th	Ignacio Lewin Carlos Suárez	Francisco "Pancho" Ferraro José Moré
2001–02			12th	Carlos Suárez	José Moré
2002–03			14th
2003–04			18th		Fernando Vázquez Antonio Sánchez Santos	Relegated to 2ª
2004–05	2	2ª	6th		Sergije Krešić Marcos Alonso
2005–06			10th		Marcos Alonso Alfredo Merino
2006–07			1st		José Luis Mendilibar	Promoted to La Liga
2007–08	1	1ª	15th
2008–09			15th
2009–10			18th		José Luis Mendilibar Onésimo Sánchez Javier Clemente	Relegated to 2ª
2010–11	2	2ª	7th		Antonio Gómez Abel Resino	Qualified for Promotion play-off
2011–12			3rd		Miroslav Đukić	Qualified for Promotion play-off Promoted to La Liga
2012–13	1	1ª	14th
2013–14			19th		Juan Ignacio Martínez	Relegated to 2ª
2014–15	2	2ª	5th		Rubi	Qualified for Promotion play-off
2015–16			16th		Gaizka Garitano Miguel Ángel Portugal Alberto López
2016–17			7th		Paco Herrera
2017–18			5th		Luis César Sampedro Sergio González	Qualified for Promotion play-off Promoted to La Liga
2018–19	1	1ª	16th	Ronaldo	Sergio González
2019–20			13th
2020–21			19th			Relegated to 2ª

• 45 seasons in La Liga
• 35 seasons in Segunda División
• 10 seasons in Tercera División

European competition history[]

UEFA Cup[]

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1984–85	Round of 64	v. Rijeka	1–0	1–4	2–4
1997–98	Round of 64	v. Skonto	2–0	0–1	2–1
	Round of 32	v. Spartak Moscow	1–2	0–2	1–4

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[]

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1989–90	Round of 32	v. Ħamrun Spartans	5–0	1–0	6–0
	Round of 16	v. Djurgårdens IF	2–0	2–2	4–2
	Quarter-finals	v. Monaco	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)	1–3 (pen.)

Current squad[]

As of 2 February 2022.^[18]

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 Jordi Masip (captain) 2 DF  ESP Luis Pérez 3 DF  ESP Raúl García 4 DF  ESP Kiko Olivas 5 DF  ESP Javi Sánchez 6 DF  ESP Josema (on loan from Elche) 7 FW  ESP Sergio León 8 MF  ESP Monchu (on loan from Granada) 9 FW  ISR Shon Weissman 10 MF  ESP Óscar Plano 11 MF  ESP Pablo Hervías 12 FW  ECU Gonzalo Plata (on loan from Sporting CP) 13 GK  ESP Roberto

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  MAR Jawad El Yamiq 16 MF  ESP Álvaro Aguado 17 MF  ESP Roque Mesa 18 DF  GAM Saidy Janko 19 MF  ESP Toni Villa (3rd captain) 20 FW  ESP Jon Morcillo (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 21 MF  ESP Iván Sánchez (on loan from Birmingham City) 22 DF  ESP Nacho (2nd captain) 23 FW  ESP Cristo González (on loan from Udinese) 24 DF  ESP Joaquín 25 MF  MAR Anuar Tuhami 27 FW  ESP Hugo Vallejo — MF  ESP Waldo Rubio

Reserve team[]

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 GK  ESP Samu Casado 31 DF  ESP 36 MF  BRA

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 MF  ESP Víctor Narro 42 FW  ESP Slavy 46 DF  ESP Iván Fresneda

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 — GK  ESP José Antonio Caro (at Burgos until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP (at Avilés until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP Diego Alende (at Lugo until 30 June 2022) — DF  URU Lucas Olaza (at Elche until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP (at Racing Rioja until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Víctor García (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Fede San Emeterio (at Cádiz until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Kike Pérez (at Elche until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Rubén Alcaraz (at Cádiz until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Sergi Guardiola (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Sergio Benito (at Badajoz until 30 June 2022) — FW  ECU Stiven Plaza (at Independiente del Valle until 30 June 2022) — FW  SEN Sekou Gassama (at Málaga until 30 June 2022)

Technical staff[]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Pacheta
Assistant coach	Chema Monzón
Second assistant coach	Álvaro Rubio
Fitness coach	Jorge Trigueros
Goalkeeper coach	José Manuel Santisteban
Analyst	Guillem Galmés

Honours[]

Valladolid players celebrating their 2007 promotion to La Liga on the balcony of the City Hall

• Copa del Rey: Runners-up 1949–50, 1988–89
• Copa de la Liga: 1984^[19]
• Segunda División: 1947–48, 1958–59, 2006–07^[20]
• Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol: 1952–53
  • Runners-up: 1944–45^[21]

Best finishes

• La Liga: Fourth 1962–63
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finalists: 1989–90
• UEFA Cup Second Round: 1997–98

Records

• Most games unbeaten in Segunda División: 29 (2006–07)
• Earliest promotion in Segunda División: Day 34 (out of 42), 22 April 2007
• Fastest goal in La Liga history: 7.42 seconds, scored by Joseba Llorente on 20 January 2008, vs Espanyol (2–1 win)^[22]

Notable players[]

See also[]

• Real Valladolid B – Valladolid's B team
• Real Valladolid (women)

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Real Valladolid at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• BDFutbol team profile