Recreativo de Huelva

Real Club Recreativo de Huelva is a Spanish football club. The club was starting in 1889. It is the oldest football team in Spain.

 The Club 
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva is a Spanish football team formed on December 23 1889. This makes it the oldest football team in Spain, formed by Dr McKay and overseas British workers at the Rio Tinto mines. Originally named Huelva Recreation Club. Due to its long-standing existence (it is the oldest surviving team of Spanish professional soccer), the team is often referred to as El Decano ("the dean") of the Spanish football fraternity.

Commonly known as Recre, they play in white with blue vertical stripes and white shorts. Their home ground is the Nuevo Colombino stadium that seats 19,860.

After three seasons in Segunda División (Spanish second division), Recre achieved promotion to top flight after beating Numancia Soria on June 4, 2006, mathematically securing promotion with two matches left to be played. El Decano is again among the elite of Spanish football for the 2006/07 season.

 Name 
 1889-? Huelva Recreation Club
 ?-present R.C. Recreativo de Huelva

 Honours 
 Champions of Andalucía from 1903 to 1914.
 Reached Primera División for 1978-79 (under coach Eusebio Ríos), 2002-2003 (under coach Lucas Alcaraz) and 2005-2006 (under coach Marcelino Garcia Toral).
 Defeated finalists in Copa del Rey in 2003.

 League position 
SeasonLeaguePosition2000/01Segunda División6th2001/02Segunda División3rd2002/03La Liga18th2003/04Segunda División6th2004/05Segunda División5th2005/06Segunda DivisiónChampions2006/07La Liga8th2007/08La Liga16th2008/09La Liga20th

 Former position 

 Foreigners 2006/07 
Only three non-EU nationals can be on the pitch at anytime. Those with European ancestry can claim a passport from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 3 years.

  and Europe Bertrand Laquait
  and Europe  Florent Sinama-Pongolle
  and Europe  Beto
 and Europe  Laurenţiu Roşu
  and Europe Ikechukwu Uche

 Famous players 
 Antonio Valencia
 Santi Cazorla
   Mariano Pernía
  Gastón Casas
  Joaozinho
  Franz Platko
  Yago Alonso
  Nelson Zelaya
  Manuel Almunia
  Luis Aragonés
  Curro Torres 
  Óscar Arpón
  Raúl Molina
  Xisco Muñoz
  Alex Pereira

 Famous Coaches 
  Eusebio Ríos
  Víctor Espárrago
  Joaquín Caparrós
  Lucas Alcaraz
  Marcelino García Toral

 Other websites 
 Recreativo de Huelva Official Website

Category:1889 establishments in Europe
Category:19th-century establishments in Spain
Category:Spanish football clubs
Category:Province of Huelva