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| Full name | Real Club Recreativo de Huelva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Recre El Decano (The Dean) |
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| Founded | December 23, 1889 (as Huelva Recreation Club) |
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| Ground | Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain (Capacity: 19,860) |
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| Chairman |  Francisco Mendoza |
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| Manager | Manolo Zambrano |
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| League | La Liga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | La Liga, 16th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Dr Alexander Mackay and overseas British workers at the Rio Tinto mines. Originally named Huelva Recreation Club. Due to its long-standing existence (it is the oldest surviving team of Spanish professional football), the team is often referred to as El Decano ("the oldest one") of the Spanish football fraternity.
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 19,860. They have hosted the Trofeo Colombino there since 1965.
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.
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Season 2006-2007
The new season in the Spanish top-flight has been a surprising one for the club. They finished the season sitting eighth in the table at 54 points. Among the victories was a 3-0 win against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu and 2-0 against Valencia. The clubs leading goalscorer was Florent Sinama-Pongolle with 12 goals to his name. The clubs coach Marcelino García Toral announced on May 30, 2007 that he would leave the club at the end of the season. He had success in his tenure with Recre, guiding them from Segunda División to the Spanish top-flight.
"Everything in life has a beginning and an end, and this is the moment to end my time at Recre," Marcelino told a news conference.
This fueled speculation in June 2007 that Recreativo had offered Danish legend Michael Laudrup a contract to coach the club in the new season 2007-2008. According to Laudrup's agent, the negotiations were ongoing and "very serious." However Laudrup turned down the offer, and took the vacant manager's job at Getafe CF in July 2007. 2007-2008 season was difficult for them and they remained in La Liga after drawing with Real Valladolid by 1-1 at Round 38. Also, Real Mallorca's 3-2 winning against Real Zaragoza, who relegated to Segunda Liga, secured 16th position.
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
The numbers are established according to the official website:www.recreativohuelva.com and www.lfp.es
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Non-EU foreigners 2006/07
In the Spanish league only three non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team. Those with European ancestry can claim a passport from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 3 years.
In addition, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas, due to the Kolpak ruling. However, Recre currently have no players on their first-team squad who are ACP nationals.
Famous players
see also Cat:Recreativo de Huelva footballers
Famous coaches
External links
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