Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in

Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (in ), or simply Castellón (), is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Costa del Azahar by the Mediterranean Sea. Th ...

, in the

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. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at '' Nou Estadi Castàlia'', which has a capacity of 15,500 seats.

History

Football first appeared in the town in 1911, and after a period of time under the consecutive denominations "Deportivo", "Castalia", "Gimnástico", "Cultural" and "Cervantes", Club Deportivo Castellón was founded on 22 July 1922. The club featured periodically in the top flight, finishing fifth in 1972–73 and adding a

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final appearance with a team featuring Vicente del Bosque, who later moved to

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, serving the club as both a player and coach. On 29 August 1991, in an extraordinary assembly, the conversion of the club to S.A.D. was approved. The first team had just

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into division two, and would drop another level to

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three years later, in a spell which would last more than one decade. In the 2004–05 season, Castellón finished fourth in ''Segunda B'', eventually winning its promotion playoffs (both matches) and achieving a return to the silver category. The club's stint in the division would last five years, as relegation would befall in 2009–10, with the

outfit ranking last, 13 points behind the following team. On 18 July 2011, due to the team not paying its players, Castellón was excluded from the third division, being relegated to

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. In June 2017, former player Pablo Hernández became joint owner of the club, leading a consortium alongside Angel Dealbert, businessman Vicente Montesinos and others. On 21 March 2018, Castellón beat the record of seasonal tickets in the fourth division previously held by Real Oviedo with 12,700, establishing the new record at 12,867. On 24 June 2018, it returned to the third tier after a seven-year absence. On 26 July 2020, Castellón promoted back to second division after 10 years by beating Cornellà in final play off promotion, but they were immediately relegated in the 2020–21 season. On 5 May 2024, Castellón promoted back to second division after three years in third division, after Córdoba was defeated by already relegated Recreativo Granada.

Season to season

---- *11 seasons in

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*43 seasons in

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*3 seasons in Primera Federación *14 seasons in

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*21 seasons in

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Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Current technical staff

Honours

: 1940–41, 1980–81, 1988–89 *

: 2002–03 *

: 1929–30, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69 (third level until 1976–77) *Campeonato de Valencia: 1928–29, 1929–30 * Copa de la Liga (second division): 1983–84 *

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: Runner-up 1972–73

Notable players

* Leonardo Ulloa * Mario Cabrera * Dani Pendín * Gustavo Reggi * Ihar Hurynovich * Bernard Barnjak * Mauricio Romero * Mladen Mladenović * Sergio Barila * Juan Epitié *

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* José Luis Rondo * Henri Dumat * Kenji Fukuda * Nduka Ugbade * Igor Dobrovolski * Dragan Punišić * Rade Tošić * Pichi Alonso *

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* Pascual Babiloni * Luis Cela * Ángel Dealbert * Božur Matejić * Vicente del Bosque *

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* Miguel Ángel Lotina * César Martín * Gaizka Mendieta * Miguel Ángel * Juan Planelles * Roberto * Antonio Ruiz * Enrique Saura * Rubén Torrecilla * Pablo Hernández * Walter Peletti * Đorđe Vujkov * Florin Andone

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castellon Football clubs in the Valencian Community Association football clubs established in 1922 Sport in Castellón de la Plana 1922 establishments in Spain Segunda División clubs La Liga clubs Primera Federación clubs