Recreativo de Huelva
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| Full name | Real Club Recreativo de Huelva | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Recre El Decano (The Dean) | ||
| Founded | 1889 | ||
| Ground | Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 19,860 | ||
| Chairman |  Francisco Mendoza | ||
| Manager | Víctor Muñoz | ||
| League | La Liga | ||
| 2006-07 | La Liga, 8th | ||
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Real Club Recreativo de Huelva is a Spanish football team formed on December 23 1889. This makes it the oldest surviving football team in Spain, formed by Dr McKay 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 soccer), the team is often referred to as El Decano ("the dean") 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.
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 managers job at Getafe CF in July 2007.
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 2007/08
The numbers are established according to the official website:www.recreativohuelva.com and www.lfp.es
As of June 18, 2007 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Future transfers for 2007/2008
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Non-EU foreigners 2006/07
Only three non-EU nationals can be on the pitch at anytime. 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.
Famous players
see also Category:Recreativo de Huelva footballers