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CD Olímpic de Xàtiva

CD Olímpic de Xàtiva

Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 3, holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta.

Olímpic de Xàtiva
Full nameClub Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva
Founded1932
GroundLa Murta, Xàtiva,
Valencia, Spain
Capacity9,000
PresidentAlfonso Rus
Head coachGuillermo Fernández Romo
League3ª – Group 6
2017–183ª – Group 6, 7th
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

History

Football in Xàtiva can be traced back to 1924 when a number of clubs from the city played in the Valencian regional leagues. Club Deportivo Olímpic was founded in 1932, and from that date on remained the main representative of the city. During the Spanish Civil War, it played in many regional competitions and won promotion to the Tercera División in 1943, lasting one season, but being promoted again in 1945; due to financial difficulties the club forfeited from the competition in 1951, only returning five years later.

For the next decade Olímpic was a dominant force in the third level, successively finishing in the top five and reaching the Segunda División promotion play-offs three times, being ousted by Gimnàstic de Tarragona in 1959, CD Málaga in 1960 and CD Atlético Baleares in 1961. These disappointments led to a slow descent which culminated in relegation to the regional championships, following the restructuring of the divisions in 1968.

Olímpic returned to the third division – renamed Segunda División B – in 1977, finishing in eighth position in its debut season but bottom of the charts in the following campaign, eventually slipping back to Preferente in 1982. It returned to the third tier in 1987–88 under the guidance of coach Benito Floro (later of Real Madrid), and the club finished in a best-ever fourth position in the category, missing out on promotion in the final day of the season against UD Alzira. In 1991 it returned to level four, remaining there for the vast majority of the following two decades, with five years spent in the regional leagues.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, after three unsuccessful attempts in the playoffs, Olímpic de Xàtiva returned to the third division after an absence of 20 years, after successively ousting Atlético Malagueño, CD Anguiano and CD Izarra.[1] On 7 December 2013, with the side still in that level, it faced Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey's round-of-32, managing a 0–0 home draw in the first leg.[2]

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1940/4132nd
1941/424Regional
1942/434Regional
1943/4433rd
1944/454Regional
1945/4634th
1946/4734th
1947/4837th
1948/49311th
1949/5034th
1950/51316th
from 51–52Regional
to 55–56Regional
1956/5734th
1957/5834th
1958/5931st
1959/6031st
1960/6131st
1961/6235th
1962/6336th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1963/6438th
1964/6535th
1965/66316th
1966/67313th
1967/68317th
1968/694Regional
1969/704Regional
1970/714Reg. Pref.1st
1971/72315th
1972/73315th
1973/7436th
1974/75312th
1975/7634th
1976/7735th
1977/7832ªB8th
1978/7932ªB20th
1979/80416th
1980/81412th
1981/82418th
1982/835Reg. Pref.9th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1983/845Reg. Pref.9th
1984/855Reg. Pref.1st
1985/8644th
1986/8741st
1987/8832ªB4th
1988/8932ªB10th
1989/9032ªB10th
1990/9132ªB20th
1991/92410th
1992/935Reg. Pref.2nd
1993/945Reg. Pref.1st
1994/9548th
1995/96416th
1996/9744th
1997/9844th
1998/99414th
1999/00419th
2000/015Reg. Pref.5th
2001/025Reg. Pref.2nd
2002/035Reg. Pref.3rd
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
2003/045Reg. Pref.2nd
2004/055Reg. Pref.3rd
2005/065Reg. Pref.4th
2006/075Reg. Pref.1st
2007/08419th
2008/095Reg. Pref.1st
2009/1047th
2010/1142nd
2011/1232ªB9th
2012/1332ªB5th
2013/1432ªB10thRound of 32
2014/1532ªB8th
2015/1632ªB16th
2016/1741st
2017/1847thFirst round
2018/1943rd
  • 11 seasons in Segunda División B

  • 43 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 11 February 2015

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

No.PositionPlayer
SpainGKDavid Rangel
SpainGKJacobo
Equatorial GuineaDFSipo
SpainDFLuis Acosta
SpainDFPepín
SpainDFKike Alcázar
SpainDFPablo Revert
SpainDFVicente Mendoza
SpainDFMario
SpainDFAlejandro Belda
SpainMFCarlos Pifarré
No.PositionPlayer
SpainMFJosé Luis Valiente
SpainMFJordi Mareñá
SpainMFEduardo Rifaterra
SpainMFÁlex Vaquero
SpainMFDiego Jiménez
SpainMFVíctor Ruiz
SpainMFToni Vela
AlgeriaMFMuhammad Mounir
SpainFWDani Gómez
SpainFWÁlex Cortell
SpainFWSamuel López

Selected former players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x|Colombia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Edwin Congo

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x|Equatorial Guinea|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Alberto

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x|Equatorial Guinea|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Raúl Fabiani

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x|Equatorial Guinea|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Nata

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x|Philippines|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Ángel Guirado

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x|Spain|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Francis

Selected former coaches

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x|Spain|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Benito Floro

Stadium

Olímpic Xàtiva holds home matches at Campo de Futbol La Murta, with a capacity of 9,000 spectators, 2,000 seated. The pitch dimensions are 103 x 63m, and the site served as a football field since the late 1920s/early 1930s, being the only home ground the club used.

Until 1960 the ground was very basic, consisting of a simple uncovered tribune on the east side of the ground and a single step around the pitch. In the 1960–61 season leading player Richart was transferred to Sporting de Gijón, and it is said that this money was used to build the popular terrace at the north end of the ground. Simple improvements to the terracing occurred during the 1980s, but the next major improvement was the building of a new covered main stand in 2000; plastic seats and an electronic scoreboard were added in 2002, and artificial turf was installed in October 2005.

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.lasprovincias.esEl CD Olímpic de Xàtiva, en el último asalto del ascenso (CD Olímpic de Xàtiva, in promotion's final push); Las Provincias, 18 June 2011 (in Spanish)
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[2]
Citation Linkwww.marca.comUn Madrid desangelado (Madrid without angels); Marca, 7 December 2013 (in Spanish)
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[3]
Citation Linkwww.olimpicxativa.comOfficial website
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[4]
Citation Linkwww.futbolme.comFutbolme team profile
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[5]
Citation Linkwww.lasprovincias.esEl CD Olímpic de Xàtiva, en el último asalto del ascenso (CD Olímpic de Xàtiva, in promotion's final push)
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[6]
Citation Linkwww.marca.comUn Madrid desangelado (Madrid without angels)
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[7]
Citation Linkwww.olimpicxativa.comOfficial website
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[8]
Citation Linkwww.futbolme.comFutbolme team profile
Sep 30, 2019, 12:32 AM
[9]
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