Albacete Balompié
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Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches at Estadio Carlos Belmonte, with a capacity of 17,524.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
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After years of amateur and regional development of football, it would not appear formally until the end of the Spanish Civil War, due to the merger of 'Club Deportivo Nacional' and 'Albacete Foot-Ball Club'. The club was founded in 1939 under the name Sociedad Deportiva Albacete Foot-ball Association, being later changed due to the forced castellanization of all football names imposed by Francoist Spain in 1941. Albacete debuted in Segunda División in 1949, being relegated due to economic problems, but returning ten years later.
In 1989, Benito Floro consecutively promoted the club from the third division to La Liga, overachieving for a seventh place in the first season in the top level. Floro would later coach Real Madrid, returning to Alba two seasons later as the club was relegated in 1995–96.
After years in the second division facing serious economic and sporting difficulties, Albacete returned to the top flight in the 2002–03 campaign, led by César Ferrando (later of Atlético Madrid). However, Albacete dropped in 2004–05 after posting just 6 wins from 38 matches, going on to stabilize in the subsequent seasons in the second level.
The 2010–11 season brought two coaching changes, with both Antonio Calderón and David Vidal (who returned to the club only a few months after leaving) being fired, as Albacete returned to the third division after 21 years. That season the club finished last in Segunda División with only 32 points in 42 matches.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 6 December 2011, Andrés Iniesta – who played for the club in his youth before joining Barcelona – became the club's major shareholder, donating €420,000 to the cash-strapped club.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The club managed to reach the round of 16 of the 2011–12 Copa del Rey, notably beating Atlético Madrid 3–1 on aggregate.<ref>Template:Usurped; ESPN Star Sports, 23 December 2011</ref>
In March 2013, Agustín Lázaro, chief executive officer (CEO) of Andrés Iniesta's winery enterprise, was appointed as Albacete's chairman.<ref>Agustín Lázaro, gerente de Bodegas Iniesta, nuevo presidente del Albacete Balompié (Agustín Lázaro, Iniesta Winery manager, new president of Albacete Balompié); ABC, 5 March 2013 Template:In lang</ref> In June, Iniesta loaned the club a further €240,000 to cover unpaid wages, thus preventing its administrative relegation to the fourth tier.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2014, Albacete returned to the Segunda División, but was relegated two seasons later after finishing the season in the 21st position. The club again returned to the Segunda División in the 2016–17 season after winning against Valencia Mestalla in the last round of the promotion play-offs. Albacete finished the 2018–19 season in 4th position of the Segunda División, but then lost to RCD Mallorca in the La Liga play-offs and remained in Segunda División for the 2019–20 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On next season, Albacete finished last in second division and were relegated to the third division. Thus ending their four-years stay in the second division.
Albacete were promoted to Segunda in the 2021–22 Primera RFEF season playoffs, after defeating Deportivo de La Coruña at the Estadio Riazor. The team came back from a 1–0 deficit, winning 2-1 with a goal in extra time.<ref name="ddesevilla">Template:Cite web</ref>
Seasons
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- 7 seasons in La Liga
- 28 seasons in Segunda División
- 1 season in Primera División RFEF
- 11 seasons in Segunda División B
- 29 seasons in Tercera División
- 9 seasons in Categorías Regionales
Current squad
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Reserve team
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Out on loan
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Current technical staff
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Honours
[edit]- Segunda División: (1) 1990–91
- Segunda División B: (2) 1989–90, 2013–14, 2016–17
- Tercera División: (8) 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1981–82
- La Liga promotion: (2) 1990–91, 2002–03
- Segunda División promotion: (2) 1984–85, 1989–90
- Copa de la Liga winners: (2) 1982–83 Segunda División B – Group II, 1984–85 Segunda División B – Group II
Stadium
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The club plays its home matches at the Estadio Carlos Belmonte, which has an all-seated capacity of 17,524. Originally built in 1960, the stadium underwent two major redevelopments, the last being in 1998.
International players
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- Template:Flagicon Óscar Dertycia
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Roa
- Template:Flagicon Andy Bernal
- Template:Flagicon Vali Gasimov
- Template:Flagicon Ronny Gaspercic
- Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry
- Template:Flagicon Zago
- Template:Flagicon Ivaylo Andonov
- Template:Flagicon Albert Meyong
- Template:Flagicon Mark González
- Template:Flagicon Danny Carvajal
- Template:Flagicon Luis Conejo
- Template:Flagicon Keylor Navas
- Template:Flagicon Nenad Bjelica
- Template:Flagicon Ivan Jurić
- Template:Flagicon Trésor Kandol
- Template:Flagicon Javier Balboa
- Template:Flagicon Rachid Rokki
- Template:Flagicon Moussa Yahaya
- Template:Flagicon Abass Lawal
- Template:Flagicon Rommel Fernández
- Template:Flagicon Nelson Cuevas
- Template:Flagicon Andrés Iniesta
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Morientes
- Template:Flagicon Cătălin Munteanu
- Template:Flagicon Roman Zozulya
- Template:Flagicon Joe Bizera
- Template:Flagicon Darío Delgado
- Template:Flagicon Nicolás Olivera
- Template:Flagicon Antonio Pacheco
- Template:Flagicon Horacio Peralta
- Template:Flagicon José Luis Zalazar
Coaches
[edit]- Template:Flagicon Dagoberto Moll (1960–61)
- Template:Flagicon Enrique Orizaola (1976–78)
- Template:Flagicon Máximo Hernández (1979–80)
- Template:Flagicon Ignacio Bergara (1981–84)
- Template:Flagicon Julián Rubio (1984–85)
- Template:Flagicon Pachín (1985–86)
- Template:Flagicon Pepe Carcelén (1988–89)
- Template:Flagicon Julián Rubio (1989)
- Template:Flagicon Benito Floro (1989–92)
- Template:Flagicon Julián Rubio (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Ginés Meléndez (interim) (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Víctor Espárrago (1992–94)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Suárez (1994)
- Template:Flagicon Ginés Meléndez (interim) (1994)
- Template:Flagicon Benito Floro (1994–96)
- Template:Flagicon Iñaki Sáez (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Manolo Jiménez (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Mariano García Remón (1996–97)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Sánchez Duque (1997)
- Template:Flagicon Ginés Meléndez (1998)
- Template:Flagicon Luigi Maifredi (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Julián Rubio (1999–01)
- Template:Flagicon Paco Herrera (2001–02)
- Template:Flagicon César Ferrando (2002–04)
- Template:Flagicon José González (2004–05)
- Template:Flagicon César Ferrando (2005–07)
- Template:Flagicon Quique Hernández (2007–08)
- Template:Flagicon Máximo Hernández (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Martínez (2008–09)
- Template:Flagicon Máximo Hernández (2009)
- Template:Flagicon José Murcia (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Julián Rubio (2009–10)
- Template:Flagicon David Vidal (2010)
- Template:Flagicon Antonio Calderón (2010–11)
- Template:Flagicon David Vidal (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Mario Simón (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Antonio Gómez (2011–13)
- Template:Flagicon Luis César (2013–16)
- Template:Flagicon César Ferrando (2016)
- Template:Flagicon José Manuel Aira (2016–17)
- Template:Flagicon Enrique Martín Monreal (2017–18)
- Template:Flagicon Luis Miguel Ramis (2018–20)
- Template:Flagicon Lucas Alcaraz (2020)
- Template:Flagicon Aritz López Garai (2020–)
See also
[edit]- Atlético Albacete, Albacete Balompié's reserve team
- Fundación Albacete, Albacete Balompié's women's team.
- Albacete FS, a futsal club from the same city.