Editing Andalusia (section)

===Team sports===
[[File:Estado de la Rosaleda (Málaga C.F.).jpg|thumb|[[La Rosaleda]] is the stadium of [[Málaga CF]], one of four Andalusian clubs in [[Segunda División]].]]
In Andalusia, as throughout Spain, [[Association football|football]] is the predominant sport. Introduced to Spain by [[United Kingdom|British]] men who worked in mining for [[Rio Tinto Group|Rio Tinto]] in the province of Huelva, the sport soon became popular with the local population. As Spain's oldest existing football club, [[Recreativo de Huelva]], founded 1889, is known as ''El Decano'' ("the Dean").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfp.es/competiciones/2007-08/primera/equipo.asp?equ=rhu |title=Año fundación del Recreativo de Huelva |access-date=7 October 2008 |publisher=Liga de Fútbol Profesional (España) |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418072641/http://www.lfp.es/competiciones/2007-08/primera/equipo.asp?equ=rhu |archive-date=18 April 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

For the 2024–2025 season, two Andalusian clubs compete in Spain's First Division ''[[La Liga]]'': [[Real Betis]] and [[Sevilla FC]]. Betis won La Liga in [[1934–35 La Liga|1934–35]] and Sevilla in the 1945–46 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/clasificaciones/palmares.asp |title=Palmarés |publisher=Liga de Fútbol Profesional |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730224245/http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/clasificaciones/palmares.asp |archive-date=30 July 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/history/season=2006/intro.html 2006: Sevilla win big in Monaco] {{webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108100401/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/history/season%3D2006/intro.html |date=8 January 2010 }}, 25 August 2006, UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 December 2009.</ref> There are five Andalusian clubs playing in the [[Segunda División|second division]]: [[Málaga CF]], [[Cádiz CF]], [[Córdoba CF|Cordoba CF]], [[UD Almería|UD Almeria]], and [[Granada CF]].

The [[Andalusia autonomous football team]] is not in any league, and plays only [[exhibition game|friendly matches]]. In recent years, they have played mostly during the Christmas break of the football leagues. They play mostly against national teams from other countries, but would not be eligible for international league play, where Spain is represented by a single national team.

In recent decades, [[basketball]] has become increasingly popular, with [[CB Málaga]], also known as '''Unicaja Málaga''' who have won the [[Liga ACB]] in 2007 and the [[Korać Cup]] in 2001 and usually play the [[Euroleague]], [[CB Sevilla]] (Banca Cívica) and [[CB Granada]] competing at the top level in the [[Liga ACB]].<ref>For a detailed history of basketball in Andalucia, see: {{cite book |last=Gallardo Rodríguez |first=Miguel |title=75 años de historia del baloncesto andaluz |year=2006 |publisher=Junta de Andalucía. Consejería de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte. Instituto Andaluz del Deporte |isbn=84-689-6145-0 |language=es}}</ref>

Unlike basketball, [[Team handball|handball]] has never really taken off in Andalusia. There is one Andalusian team in the [[Liga ASOBAL|Liga Asobal]], Spain's premier handball league: [[BM Puente Genil]], playing in the [[Province of Córdoba (Spain)|province of Córdoba]].

Andalusia's strongest showing in sports has been in [[table tennis]]. There are two professional teams: [[Cajasur Priego TM]] and [[Caja Granada TM]], the latter being Spain's leading table tennis team, with more than 20 league championships in nearly consecutive years and 14 consecutive Copas del Rey, dominating the [[Liga ENEBÉ]]. Cajasur is also one of the league's leading teams.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081025075204/http://www.fttcv.org/webnueva/liga0708_eligamenu.asp?idm=2&idsm=0&IDNIVEL=11&IDGRUPO=%DANICO LIGAS NACIONALES / Liga "Arteal Ventanas" Superdivisión Masculina, Real Federación Española de Tenis de Mesa]. Retrieved 17 December 2009 cites for the current prominent status of these teams.</ref>{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} <!-- need citation for the championships -->