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Deportivo Rayo Cantabria was a Spanish football team based in Santander, in the autonomous community of
Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...
. Founded in 1993 it last played in Tercera División – Group 3, holding home games at the Campo Municipal Mies de Cozada sports ground, which they share with a Segunda Regional football side ( Juventud Atlético San Román) and a División de Honor
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club (
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). Before they played at the '' Campos de San Juan de Monte''.


History

The original Rayo Cantabria was founded in 1926 as Gimnástica de Miranda, later being renamed Sociedad Deportiva Rayo Cantabria and acting as
Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...
's
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from 1951. The club spent 20 consecutive years in the old
Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...
when it was the third tier of Spanish football, then dropped down the levels, competing for just one further season at that level (
Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...
) after restructuring – that was in 1987–88, and they were relegated. In 1993, the original Rayo was dissolved in a national move to formally absorb affiliated teams into the professional clubs' structure, and
Racing de Santander B Rayo Cantabria, formerly known as Real Racing Club de Santander "B" is the reserve team of Racing de Santander, a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Santander, Cantabria, Santander, in the autonomous community of Cant ...
took its place. The new Deportivo Rayo Cantabria, who started playing as an independent club in the regional leagues from 1993, was also affiliated to Racing four seasons, from 2003–04 to 2006–07.Rayo Cantabria
La Futbolteca (in Spanish)
The reformed Rayo have never achieved promotion to Segunda B, although they took part in the promotion playoffs three times (having finished ahead of Racing B in the table each time). The club was excluded from competing in the
2018–19 Tercera División The 2018–19 Tercera División was the fourth tier in Spanish football. It began in August 2018 and ended in late June 2019 with the promotion play-off finals. Competition format *The top four eligible teams in each group would play the promoti ...
due to unpaid debts, and did not enter any competitions in 2019–20 either. In their absence, in summer 2019 Racing de Santander successfully applied to have their B-team renamed as Rayo Cantabria going forward.El Racing B volverá a ser el Rayo Cantabria
(Racing B will be Rayo Cantabria again), Aqui Hay Pelotas, 20 June 2019 (in Spanish)
El filial racinguista adopta oficialmente la denominación ‘Rayo Cantabria’
(The racinguista subsidiary officially adopts the designation 'Rayo Cantabria'),
Real Racing Club de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...
, 3 July 2019 (in Spanish)
In September 2018, despite the recent problems at the club, chief executive Ángel Meñaca was recognised by the city of Santander for his lifetime efforts and contributions towards the running both the 'original' Rayo up to 1993 and the new Rayo from then on.Santander premia a los jóvenes deportistas más destacados de 2017 y reconoce a Ángel Meñaca
(Santander rewards the most outstanding young athletes of 2017 and recognizes Ángel Meñaca), Santander.es, 26 September 2018 (in Spanish)


Season to season

---- *14 seasons in
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Famous players

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Iván Bolado Iván Bolado Palacios (born 3 July 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Spain, he played for his country of birth and Equatorial Guinea at youth and senior levels, respectively. Club career Born in San ...
* Mikaël Cantave * Jorzolino Falkenstein * Saša Kolman * Edwin Muñoz * Yefri Reyes


Related teams

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Racing de Santander B Rayo Cantabria, formerly known as Real Racing Club de Santander "B" is the reserve team of Racing de Santander, a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Santander, Cantabria, Santander, in the autonomous community of Cant ...


References


External links

* (archived)
Futbolme team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rayo Cantabria Football clubs in Cantabria Association football clubs established in 1993 1993 establishments in Spain Association football clubs disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in Spain