Real Leon

Real Leon is a football club team in the city of Leon, Spain. The Real Leon play in 1rfef

## General Dates

### Nickname(s)

Los cagados, Los leones, Las fieras, Los dictatoriales

### Funadtion

13.4.1942 (81 years) with the name of Leon FC

# History

### **The Start of the club (1942-1968)**

It was founded on April 13, 1942, created by former soldiers in the Spanish civil war on the Franco side in the city of León, Spain and thanks to the German president "Hatz Sünderlf" the stadium of the sun was able to be built. He arrived in the Spanish Second Division in 1959/1960 where one of Real Leon's best matches took place in a derby against Cultural Leonesa, ending in a 7-3 in favor of Real Leon at the Estadio del Sol and finishing in 7th place. of the second division, it would remain in the Second until in 1965/1966 they signed the Spanish midfielder Andrés Guardado from Orense. He became one of the best players in the club where they were promoted to the first division for the first time after the 67/68 season and their first second division title.

### **Glories of the club (1968-1981)**

In the first season of the Spanish first division he would be in 10th position in the league where he would have a success in the generalissimo cup, finishing in the quarterfinals and José Guardado would be the Cup's assist leader. In 1973 they would reach the final of the generalissimo cup against Athletic Club but losing 3-1. In 1975/1976 they could reach their first European competition and debut the Spanish goalkeeper Andrés Zamora who was in the club all his life and in that year they would win 1-0 against Atlético de Madrid, winning the first official title in their history, making , in the Europa League of 76/77 they would beat Újpest Dózsa 1-3, in the round of 16 where they would draw 2-2 and then win 1-0 against Basel, and in the round of 16 they would face AC Milan where they would surprise and win by 2 -1 and 1-0 and would reach the quarterfinals where they would lose 5-4 on aggregate against FC Barcelona, ​​this was known as the Euro Leon. In 79/80 the legend José Guardado would leave the club and in that season the club would enter into a great debt until being relegated to the second division in 81/82.

### **Debts and Decline (1981-1998)**

On their return to the second division they almost promoted to the first division but ended up in 4th place. Between 1983-1987 they would be in the middle of the Second Division but in 1987/1988 the investigation into the Farinho Leao case would end and they would be relegated to 2b due to debts and alleged corruption. They would return to second in 1990-1991 and would be relegated again but the goalkeeper Andrés Zamora would retire being a source of pride in the club and the quarry. They almost fell to the third division in 1993-1994 but in 1996-1997 they returned to the second division.

### Little Stage of Glory (1998-2005)

In 1998-1999 they won the second division championship again and after 19 years they returned to the first division, after their return they would be in 15th place and then in 13th but the signing of the Brazilians Joao Sebastian and Farminho Bubamencano would make them return to the Europa League in 2002-2003, in the 2003-2004 Europa League where they would beat Nicosia by 2-5, in the second round they would beat Copenghagen again by 1-0 and in the round of 16 also winning by a 1-3 against Spartak Moscow and in the round of 16 they would lose 4-2 on aggregate against Newcastle, due to playing in Europe and focusing a lot they would be relegated in 2004-2005 and the two Brazilian stars would leave the club.

### Stagnation in second division and descent to 1rfef (2005-actuality)

Real Leon would be in decline from the mid-table second division by 2007-2020, in 2019-2020 Real Leon would descend to 1rfef and in the last season remaining in 7th position.

# **Club information**

### Honors

Honors:
 Copa del rey
 Europa League

### **Logos**

First logo of Real Leon, used from the 1942-1957

Second logo of Real Leon, used from 1957-1960, where it already looks like the current shield

Logo of Real Leon used from the 1960-1975, this logo is because of the Franco dictatorship that existed in Spain, that is why the ultras are called "ultra franco" and a nickname for the club is "the dictators"

Logo of Real Leon used from the 1975-2008, is the actual shield but withouth the crown in the leon

Logo of Real Leon used from the 2008-Actuallity, is the logo of Real Leon in the actuallity

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