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Rayo Vallecano

الاسم الكامل	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D.
الكنية	Franjirrojos, Vallecanos
تأسس	1924
الملعب	Campo de fútbol de Vallecas, Madrid, Spain
السعة	15,500
الرئيس	Raúl Martín
المدير	José Ramón Sandoval
الدوري	La Liga
2010–11	Segunda División, 2nd (promoted)
الموقع الإلكتروني	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D., often abbreviated to Rayo, is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Founded on 29 May 1924, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home matches at the 15,500-seater Campo de fútbol de Vallecas.

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 History

One of the perennial yo-yo clubs of Spanish football, Rayo Vallecano spent many years during the 1980s and 1990s moving back and forth between the first and second divisions. They appeared to have consolidated their top flight status after promotion in 1998–99, and the team's most successful season came in 2000–01, when they reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals, going out only to eventual runners-up Deportivo Alavés (Rayo finished ninth in the previous season, but entered the competition via the fair play draw).

However, the club shortly thereafter fell on hard times, enduring successive relegations from the first (in 2002–03) and second divisions (2003–04). In 2005–06, the club hired Míchel, a legend for Real Madrid in the 1980s and 90s, as team manager.

The club finished the 2006–07 season in second place in third-tier, winning the promotion play-off semifinal, but losing in the final to SD Eibar (1–2 aggregate). The next season, Rayo returned to the second division after a four-year absence, winning the play-off, disposing of Benidorm CF in the semifinal, and Zamora CF in the last game (2–1 aggregate).

In the first season back in the second tier of Spanish football, Rayo finished comfortably, often either in or just outside the promotion places. That same year, its women's team was crowned league champions for the first time, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Women's Champions League, but were eliminated 2–5 on aggregate in the round-of-32, by Russia's WFC Rossiyanka.

In 2010–11, Rayo Vallecano finished in second position and returned to the top flight after an eight-year absence, only trailing champions Real Betis in spite of very serious economic problems.

 Club background

• Agrupación Deportiva El Rayo (29 May 1924 – 13 November 1947)
• Agrupación Deportiva Rayo Vallecano (13 November 1947 – 1995)
• Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (1995–present)

N.B. Affiliate of Club Atlético de Madrid in 1949–50

 Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1949/50 3ª 14th 1950/51 3ª 13th 1951/52 3ª 9th 1952/53 3ª 7th 1953/54 3ª 17th 1954/55 3ª 2nd 1955/56 3ª 1st 1956/57 2ª 12th 1957/58 2ª 6th 1958/59 2ª 14th 1959/60 2ª 5th 1960/61 2ª 16th 1961/62 3ª 3rd 1962/63 3ª 2nd 1963/64 3ª 3rd 1964/65 3ª 1st

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1965/66 2ª 9th 1966/67 2ª 6th 1967/68 2ª 4th 1968/69 2ª 9th 1969/70 2ª 6th 1970/71 2ª 5th 1971/72 2ª 8th 1972/73 2ª 11th 1973/74 2ª 14th 1974/75 2ª 8th 1975/76 2ª 9th 1976/77 2ª 3rd 1977/78 1ª 10th 1978/79 1ª 15th 1979/80 1ª 16th 1980/81 2ª 5th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1981/82 2ª 7th 1982/83 2ª 9th 1983/84 2ª 20th 1984/85 2ªB 1st 1985/86 2ª 15th 1986/87 2ª 5th 1987/88 2ª 5th 1988/89 2ª 2nd 1989/90 1ª 20th 1990/91 2ª 11th 1991/92 2ª 2nd 1992/93 1ª 14th 1993/94 1ª 17th 1994/95 2ª 2nd 1995/96 1ª 19th 1996/97 1ª 18th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1997/98 2ª 8th 1998/99 2ª 5th 1999/00 1ª 9th 2000/01 1ª 14th 2001/02 1ª 11th 2002/03 1ª 20th 2003/04 2ª 21st 2004/05 2ªB 3rd 2005/06 2ªB 5th 2006/07 2ªB 2nd 2007/08 2ªB 1st 2008/09 2ª 5th 2009/10 2ª 11th Round of 16 2010/11 2ª 2nd Third round 2011/12 1ª —

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• 13 seasons in La Liga
• 34 seasons in Segunda División
• 5 seasons in Segunda División B
• 11 seasons in Tercera División (third level before 1977–78)

• Federación Regional Castellana de Fútbol (1928–30; 1939–49)
  • 7 seasons in Primera Categoría
  • 3 seasons in Segunda Categoría

• Federación Obrera de Fútbol (1931–36)
  • 5 seasons

 Current squad

As of 1 February 2012.

الرقم المركز اللاعب 1 GK David Cobeño (vice-captain) 2 DF Tito 3 DF José Manuel Casado 4 DF Mikel Labaka 5 DF Alejandro Arribas 7 MF José María Movilla (3rd captain) 8 MF Míchel (captain) 9 FW Raúl Tamudo 10 FW Piti 12 DF Jorge Pulido (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 13 GK Dani Giménez 15 DF Raúl Bravo 16 MF Emiliano Armenteros (on loan from Sevilla)

الرقم المركز اللاعب 17 MF Roberto Trashorras 18 MF Javi Fuego (4th captain) 19 FW Diego Costa (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 20 MF Michu 22 DF Sueliton Pereira 23 FW Andrija Delibašić 24 FW Daniel Pacheco (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 25 GK Joel Robles (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 27 FW Alhassane Bangoura 29 MF Diego Benito 32 MF Pape Diamanka 33 MF Alberto Perea 34 FW Rayco

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 Staff

• Head coach:
  • José Ramón Sandoval

• Director of football:
  • Felipe Miñambres

 Notable former players

• Toni Polster
• Elvir Bolić
• Jorge Valdivia
• Laurie Cunningham
• Hugo Sánchez
• Viktor Onopko
• Josip Višnjić
• Antonio Amaya
• Iván Amaya
• Javier Camuñas
• Míchel
• Álvaro Negredo
• Kasey Keller
• Fernando Morena

 Club presidents

Period	President	Comments
1924–26	Julián Huerta
1926–27	José Montoya
1927–28	Galo Andrés
1929–30	José Antonio Sánchez
1930–31	Anastasio Sánchez
1931–36	Ángel Martínez
1939–43	Miguel Rodríguez Alzola	(2nd term)
1943–46	Ezequiel Huerta
1946–48	José Rodríguez Rubio
1948–55	Miguel Rodríguez Alzola	(2nd term)
1955–58	Jerónimo Martínez
1958–61	Tomás Esteras
1961–65	Iván Roiz
1965–73	Pedro Roiz
1973–78	Marcelino Gil
1978–80	Francisco Encinas
1980–81	Luis Quer
1981–89	Francisco Fontán
1989–91	Pedro García Jiménez
1991–94	José María Ruiz Mateos
1994–2011	Teresa Rivero Sánchez-Romate
2011–	Raúl Martín Presa

 Stadium

Estadio Teresa Rivero is a football stadium located on Calle Payaso Fofó 1, Vallecas. Opened on 10 May 1976, at first it was called "New Stadium Vallecas", but in January 2004, 13 years after the arrival of the Ruiz-Mateos family in 1991, it changed denominations, as the wife was also named by her husband, business man José María, the first woman president of an elite soccer team.

It has a capacity of 15,500 spectators in an all-seated format, and dimensions of 102x64m. Additionally, one of the goalends does not have a grandstand, just a big wall with information panels.

In June 2009, the club announced plans for the construction of a new stadium.

 Miscellaneous info

• Rayo Vallecano was Laurie Cunningham's last club – he was killed in a car crash just outside of Madrid in 1989, after a sole season. He also had represented neighbours Real Madrid four years.

• Spanish anti-fascist band Ska-P are outspoken supporters of the club (and the whole Vallecas neighbourhood) and have dedicated two songs to it, named Como un Rayo and Rayo Vallecano.

 وصلات خارجية

• Official website (بالإسپانية)
• Futbolme team profile (بالإسپانية)
• Rayo Herald – Updated club info (بالإسپانية)