Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa
Full name | Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | ||
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Nickname(s) | La Cultu La Leonesa | ||
Founded | 5 August 1923 | ||
Ground | Estadio Reino de León | ||
Capacity | 13,346 | ||
Owner | Aspire Academy (more than 99.74%) 4 minority stockholders (less than 0.26%) | ||
President | Mohd Khalifa Al Suwadi | ||
Head coach | Raúl Llona | ||
League | Primera Federación – Group 1 | ||
2022–23 | Primera Federación – Group 1, 10th of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (Spanish pronunciation:
Ahead of the 2014–15 season, the club released a kit designed to look like a
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
On 2 June 2018, Cultural was relegated to the third level, after being defeated by
On 2 December 2020, Cultural hired
Club structure
Position | Name | ||||||||
President | Mohd Khalifa Al Suwadi | ||||||||
Vice-President | |||||||||
Managing Director | Felipe Llamazares Díez | ||||||||
Sports management | Ricardo Pozo Álvarez | ||||||||
Director Delegate | Ignacio Álvarez Martínez | ||||||||
Advisory Board | Antonio Martín Espina José Lasa Jassim Mohammed AA Al-Ansari | ||||||||
Fundation culturalista | Manuel Carnero Diego Calzado | ||||||||
Technical secretary | Santi Santos Juan Carlos Valiño (adjunto) César Villafañe (adjunto) | ||||||||
Social area | Juan Luis Diez Mata |
Season to season
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- 1 season in La Liga
- 15 seasons in Segunda División
- 3 seasons in Primera Federación
- 36 seasons in Segunda División B
- 33 seasons in Tercera División
Players
Current squad
- As of 22 January 2024.[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
Position | Name | ||||||||
Head coach | Raúl Llona | ||||||||
Assistant Coach | Odei Calzón | ||||||||
Fitness coach | David Madurga | ||||||||
Goalkeeper coach | Javier Pérez | ||||||||
Material Manager | Carlos Gómez Carballo | ||||||||
Material Manager | Manuel Martínez Sela | ||||||||
Doctor | Salustiano López-Contreras | ||||||||
Analyst | Pedro Gómez | ||||||||
Re-trainer | Álex Bienzobas | ||||||||
Physiotherapist | Pedro Vicente | ||||||||
Team Delegate | Eduardo Álvarez | ||||||||
Material Manager | Rubén Álvarez |
Notable former players
Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.
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Famous coaches
- Miguel Ángel Rubio
Stadium
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 2017–18 season.
References
- ^ "Estadio Reino de León". Football Tripper. October 5, 2017. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ "Historia de la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa" (in Spanish). Nos Gusta León. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "LEEDS UNITED LAUNCH ASPIRE ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP". www.leedsunited.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Histórico Cultural Leonesa - Segunda División B G 1 2018/2019". www.resultados-futbol.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Resultados de Fútbol: Segunda División B Grupo 2". Mundo Deportivo. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Cultural Leonesa 2 Atlético Madrid 1". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- ^ "PLANTILLA | Cultural Leonesa - Web Oficial". Archived from the original on January 30, 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
- Unofficial website (in Spanish)
- Club & Stadium History at Estadios de España Archived January 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (in English)