Racing Club Villalbés

Racing Villalbés

Full name	Racing Club Villalbés
Founded	1 November 1931 (1931-11-01)
Ground	A Magdalena, Vilalba, Galicia, Spain
Capacity	2,000
President	Francisco Ruiz Rey
Head coach	Simón Lamas Trinidad
League	Tercera Federación – Group 1
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 1, 14th of 18 (relegated)
Website	https://rcvillalbes.es/
Home colours Away colours

Racing Club Villalbés (Galician: Racing Club Vilalbés) is a Spanish football team based in Vilalba, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1931, it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Municipal A Magdalena, which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.

History

Founded on 1 November 1931 as Club Villalbés, the club only played regional football until ceasing activities in 1948. They only returned in 1953, playing for another eleven years before again going to inactivity.

In 1966, the club returned to an active status, now named Racing Club Villalbés. In 1992, they achieved their first promotion to Tercera División.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1941–1947 — Regional — 1947–48 4 Serie A 7th 1948–1953 DNP 1953–54 4 Serie A 8th 1954–55 4 Serie A 6th 1955–56 4 Serie A 8th 1956–57 4 Serie A 1957–58 4 Serie A 3rd 1958–59 4 Serie A 1959–60 5 1ª Reg. 1960–61 5 1ª Reg. 1961–62 5 1ª Reg. 1962–63 5 1ª Reg. 1963–64 5 1ª Reg. 1964–65 DNP 1965–66 DNP 1966–67 5 1ª Reg. 2nd 1967–68 5 1ª Reg. 1968–69 5 1ª Reg. 1st 1969–70 5 1ª Reg. 12th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1970–71 5 1ª Reg. 10th 1971–72 5 1ª Reg. 4th 1972–73 5 1ª Reg. 12th 1973–74 6 2ª Reg. 4th 1974–75 6 2ª Reg. 7th 1975–76 6 2ª Reg. 13th 1976–77 6 2ª Reg. 8th 1977–78 7 2ª Reg. 6th 1978–79 7 2ª Reg. 3rd 1979–80 7 2ª Reg. 2nd 1980–81 7 2ª Reg. 4th 1981–82 6 1ª Reg. 4th 1982–83 6 1ª Reg. 5th 1983–84 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 10th 1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 12th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1992–93 4 3ª 9th 1993–94 4 3ª 11th 1994–95 4 3ª 18th 1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1999–2000 4 3ª 9th 2000–01 4 3ª 13th 2001–02 4 3ª 13th 2002–03 4 3ª 18th 2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 8th 2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 11th 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 2006–07 5 Pref. Aut. 9th 2007–08 5 Pref. Aut. 3rd 2008–09 5 Pref. Aut. 1st 2009–10 4 3ª 9th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2010–11 4 3ª 4th 2011–12 4 3ª 5th 2012–13 4 3ª 10th 2013–14 4 3ª 13th 2014–15 4 3ª 9th 2015–16 4 3ª 5th 2016–17 4 3ª 5th 2017–18 4 3ª 3rd 2018–19 4 3ª 11th 2019–20 4 3ª 14th 2020–21 4 3ª 4th / 3rd 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 7th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 4th 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 14th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed.

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• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 19 seasons in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Alejandro Santomé
2	DF	ESP	Diego López
3	DF	ESP	David Buyo
4	DF	ESP	David Vérez
5	DF	ESP	Kiko González
6	MF	ESP	Javi Varela
7	MF	ESP	José Varela
8	MF	ESP	Alberto Lamas
9	FW	ESP	Izan Fernández
10	FW	ESP	Javi Rey
11	MF	ROU	Rareș Mezdrea
12	FW	SEN	Ibrahima Dieng

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Arturo Ramírez
14	MF	ESP	Pablo Rey
15	DF	NGA	Nathaniel Nicholas
16	DF	ESP	Fito
17	DF	ESP	Carlos Torrado
18	DF	ESP	Luis Castro
19	FW	ESP	Adri Carrión
20	FW	ESP	Álex Pérez
21	FW	ESP	Isaac González
22	MF	ESP	Diego Uzal
—	FW	ESP	Miguel Duque

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Club history; at Terra (in Spanish)