football club
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. ( spanish : [ leˈβante uˈnjon depoɾˈtiβa ], Valencian : Llevant Unió Esportiva [ ʎeˈvant uˈnjo espoɾˈtiva ] ) is a spanish football club in Valencia, in the namesake autonomous community.
Reading: Levante UD
Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante looseness in La Liga, holding home games at Ciutat de València Stadium. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
history [edit ]
early years ( 1909–1935 ) [edit ]
Levante UD was once registered as Levante Football Club on 9 September 1909 [ 5 ] [ 6 ] ( celebrating its hundredth anniversary on 9 September 2009 [ 7 ] ). Levante Union Deportiva ( Football Club ) has the eastern region of the iberian Peninsula as its namesake. Levante is Spain ‘s east seashore, the slide where the sun constantly rises ( arise in spanish being levantar ). [ 8 ] Levante UD ‘s appoint is besides attributed to the Levant wind that comes from the east and evocative of the Levante beach in La Malvarrosa, where Levante Football Club ( as Levante Union Deportiva was originally named ) clashed some of its earliest fixtures. historically backed, Levante Union Deportiva is the most aged football clubhouse in Valencia. Local rival team Valencia CF was not formed until 1919. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Levante ‘s earliest games were played at La Platjeta, near the docks on a plot of land owned by a perfume entrepreneur. Its adjacent grind was besides near the interface area, and the clubhouse gradually began to become consort with the working class. In 1919, the side played Valencia CF for the first time, losing 0–1 ; the crippled marked the inauguration of the recently formed raw reason at Algirós. In 1928, Levante FC won its foremost trophy, the Valencian Championship. 1909 besides saw the birth of Gimnástico Football Club, which originally played at Patronato de la Juventud Obrera, being then named Gimnástico-Patronato. In 1919, Gimnástico became the champion of the Campeonato de Valencia, beating four hundred Castellón in two peg finals ; the following class, the club had become Real Gimnástico Football Club, after being granted royal patronage by Alfonso XIII, and they reached the final of Campeonato Regional de Levante, but lost to Club Deportivo Aguileño. In 1931, with the emergence of the Second Spanish Republic, the baseball club dropped the Real from its diagnose. In 1934–35, both Levante and Gimnástico debuted in the second division, when the league was expanded from 10 teams to 24. In 1935, Levante won the Campeonato Levante-Sur, a competition that featured teams from Valencia, Murcia and Andalusia, [ 13 ] and subsequently reached the semi-finals of the spanish Cup, consecutively beating Valencia and Barcelona before losing to eventual runner-up Sabadell .
During the civil war : Copa de la España Libre ( 1937 ) [edit ]
During the spanish Civil War, Levante and Gimnástico played in the Mediterranean League, finishing one-fifth and sixth respectively – teams from this league besides competed in the Copa de la España Libre ( “ Free Spain Cup ” ). It was in the first place intended that the top four teams from the league would enter the cup, but Barcelona opted to tour Mexico and the United States, and as a consequence, Levante took its plaza. The foremost round of the rival was a mini-league with the top two teams, Levante and Valencia, qualifying for the final examination. On 18 July 1937, Levante defeated its city rivals 1–0 at the Montjuïc. [ 14 ]
Merging : Gimnástico and Levante ( 1939 ) [edit ]
During the Civil War, Levante ‘s land was destroyed, but the club ‘s squad remained intact. In contrast, Gimnástico had a ground, Estadio de Vallejo, but had lost most of their players. As a solution, in 1939 Levante FC and Gimnástico FC merged into Levante Unión Deportiva. [ 15 ] Levante UD frankincense having origin from at least 1909 from both Levante FC and Gimnástico FC. At foremost being named Unión Deportiva Levante-Gimnástico, then changing it a few years late to Levante Unión Deportiva, with current club color besides dating from this earned run average ( the blaugrana, blue-garnet, home colours were in the first place those of Gimnástico FC, while the black and white away kit, were the colours of Levante FC ). furthermore, Levante UD not only inherited their colors from Gimnástico FC but besides their nickname, “ Granota “, the Frogs. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 12 ] [ 10 ] [ 18 ]
La Liga : relegations and promotions ( 1963–present ) [edit ]
Levante had to wait until the 1960s to make its La Liga introduction. In 1963, the club finished runner-up in Group II of the second division, defeating Deportivo de La Coruña 4–2 on aggregate in the forwarding play-offs. During the first top flight season, it managed to win both games against Valencia, managing a 5–1 home plate win against Barcelona in the 1964–65 crusade but being relegated however after losing in the playoffs against Málaga. It spent most of the following two decades in the second gear and third divisions ; the Segunda División B would not be created until 1977 .
In the early on 1980s, Dutch ace Johan Cruyff played half a season for the clubhouse, retiring three years later. After winning 2003–04 ‘s second division, Levante returned to the lead level but survived only one season. Finishing third in 2005–06, it returned for two extra campaigns, the decisive peer in the 2006–07 season being a 4–2 family win against Valencia courtesy of Riga Mustapha ( two goals ), Salva and Laurent Courtois. Levante ‘s fiscal status worsened, however, and there were reports that the players had only received approximately one-fifth of their contractual payments. News reports stated that the club had incurred a debt of over €18 million in payments due to its players. The team plummeted down the standings, and it was confirmed that the club would be playing in the second division in 2008–09, with respective matches to go. The players protested at their miss of payments at one target, refusing to move for several seconds after the opening whistle against Deportivo and late announcing that they would issue a job action during the season -ending game at Real Madrid. The action was resolved when league officials announced that a benefit plot would be played between Levante team members, and a team made up of players from the first division, with all benefits going to pay the wages due to the players. On 13 June 2010, Levante returned to La Liga after a 3–1 home winnings against already relegated Castellón. It lost in the final examination round 0–4 at Real Betis, but its opponents only managed to finish with the same points as fourth. [ 19 ] Under the director who led the team back to the top escape, Luis García Plaza, Levante finally retained its division condition in the 2010–11 temper. During one item of the league ‘s second rung of matches, Levante was in third base stead in the Liga table, only behind Barcelona and Real Madrid after losing precisely once in 12 games, against Real Madrid. [ 20 ] On 26 October 2011, during rung nine of the season, Levante defeated Real Sociedad 3–2 to move crown of the board with 23 points. [ 21 ] It was the first meter in the cabaret ‘s history it reached the highest rate in the crown division. In the serve, it recorded seven-straight wins after drawing its first two games. [ 22 ] The club finally finished in sixth position after defeating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 at home in its last equal, frankincense qualifying for the UEFA Europa League for the first prison term in its history. [ 23 ] There, they made it to the last 16 before a 2–0 extra-time loss to Russia ‘s FC Rubin Kazan. [ 24 ] In the 2015–16 season, Levante was relegated after get the better of by Málaga and finished survive. The club was promoted second to the foremost league in 2016–17, winning the Segunda División claim. In the 2017–18 temper, the golf club secured guard in the league and on 13 May, beat the champions Barcelona by a scoreline 5–4 ( initially leading 5–1 ), with Emmanuel Boateng scoring his first ever career hat-trick. [ 25 ] This win ended Barcelona ‘s hopes of achieving an unbeaten season. [ 26 ]
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Seasons [edit ]
late history [edit ]
Before a game in March 2013
Season
Div
Pos.
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pts
Cup
Notes
2003–04
2D
1st
42
22
13
7
59
33
79
Last 16
Promoted
2004–05
1D
18th
38
9
10
19
39
58
37
Relegated
2005–06
2D
3rd
42
20
14
8
53
39
74
1st round
Promoted
2006–07
1D
15th
38
10
12
16
37
53
42
Last 16
2007–08
1D
20th
38
7
5
26
33
75
26
Last 16
Relegated
2008–09
2D
8th
42
18
10
14
59
59
64
2009–10
2D
3rd
42
19
14
9
63
45
71
Promoted
2010–11
1D
14th
38
12
9
17
41
52
45
Last 16
2011–12
1D
6th
38
16
7
15
54
50
55
Quarter-finals
Qualified to UEFA Europa League
2012–13
1D
11th
38
12
10
16
40
57
46
Last 16
Last 16 UEFA Europa League
2013–14
1D
10th
38
12
12
14
35
43
48
Quarter-finals
2014–15
1D
14th
38
9
10
19
34
67
37
Last 16
2015–16
1D
20th
36
7
8
21
34
66
29
1st round
Relegated
2016–17
2D
1st
42
25
9
8
57
32
84
2nd round
Champions and Promoted
2017–18
1D
15th
38
11
13
14
44
58
46
Last 16
2018–19
1D
15th
38
11
11
16
59
66
44
Last 16
2019–20
1D
12th
38
14
7
17
47
53
49
Last 32
2020–21
1D
14th
38
9
14
15
46
57
41
Semi-finals
european phonograph record [edit ]
Season to temper [edit ]
- As Levante FC
- As Levante UD
Levante FC
- 2 seasons in Segunda División
- 5 seasons in Tercera División
- 1 season in Categorías Regionales
Gimnástico FC
- 2 seasons in Segunda División
- 5 seasons in Tercera División
- 1 season in Categorías Regionales
Levante UD
Players [edit ]
stream squad [edit ]
- As of 25 October 2021[27]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Reserve team [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on loan [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
golf club officials [edit ]
stream technical foul staff [edit ]
last updated : 11 April 2019
Source : Levante UD
noteworthy former players [edit ]
note : this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status .
Coaches [edit ]
Honours [edit ]
National competitions [edit ]
regional competitions [edit ]
- Campeonato de Valencia
- Winners: 1927–28
- Campeonato Levante-Sur
- Winners: 1934–35
friendly tournaments [edit ]
- Trofeo Costa de Valencia [29]
- Winners: 1972, 1974, 1977
- Trofeo Comunidad Valenciana [30]
- Winners: 1986
- Trofeo Ciutat de València
- Winners: 1995
- Trofeo Ciudad de Valencia
- Winners: 1997
- Trofeo de la Generalitat Valenciana
- Winners: 2000
stadium [edit ]
Estadi Ciutat de València [ 4 ] [ 3 ] was opened on 9 September 1969, with capacity for 25,354 spectators. Dimensions are 107×69 meters. due to the 2019–20 season ‘s late complete because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and renovation work at their stadium, Levante concluded the campaign behind close doors at the Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano in La Nucia, Province of Alicante. [ 31 ]
Rivals [edit ]
Levante contest the Derbi Valenciano, besides known as the Derbi del Turia or Derbi Valentino, with local rivals Valencia. [ 32 ] The regular has only been played 33 times competitively, however, with Valencia presently holding 19 wins to Levante ‘s seven .
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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