Rayo Cantabria Explained

Clubname:Rayo Cantabria
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Fullname:Rayo Cantabria
Founded:1926
Ground:Campo Santi Gutiérrez Calle, Santander,
Cantabria, Spain
Capacity:1,000
Chairman:Manuel Higuera S.A.
Chrtitle:President
Manager:Ezequiel Loza
Mgrtitle:Head coach
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Rayo Cantabria, formerly known as Real Racing Club de Santander "B" is the reserve team of Racing de Santander, a Spanish football team based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria.

Founded in 1926 as a separate club, affiliated with Racing de Santander from 1951 and incorporated formally into the professional club's structure in 1993, the team currently plays in, holding home games at La Albericia, with a capacity of 1,000 spectators.[1]

History

Rayo Cantabria was founded in 1926 as Gimnástica de Miranda, later being renamed Sociedad Deportiva Rayo Cantabria. Having competed independently in the Cantabrian Regional Championship, in 1946 they were promoted to the third tier of Spanish football, the old Tercera División, for the first time; the following campaign, they faced the biggest local club Racing de Santander (or Real Santander as they were known at the time), Rayo being relegated and Racing promoted. In the 1950–51 Tercera División season, Rayo came up against the Racing youth team, Juventud RS with both entering the relegating playoffs; Juventud went down and folded soon after, and from that time Rayo became the Racing farm team.

They went on to spend 20 consecutive years at the third level, coming close to promotion on a few occasions, also performing the important task in developing young local players, some of whom (including Paco Gento, Marquitos, Ico Aguilar, Pedro Zaballa, Vicente Miera and Nando Yosu) went on to great success. They temporarily disassociated from Racing in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons when both were in the same division. After league restructuring in the mid 1970s, Rayo played just one further season at the third level (now Segunda División B) – that was in 1987–88, and they were relegated. Further elite players produced via a spell in the team included Tuto Sañudo, Juan Carlos, Manolo Preciado, Pedro Munitis and José María Ceballos.

In 1993 the original Rayo was dissolved in a national move to formally absorb affiliated teams into the professional clubs' structure, and Racing de Santander B took its place.[2] A new Rayo Cantabria, who started playing as an independent club in the regional leagues from 1993, was also affiliated to Racing for four seasons, from 2003–04 to 2006–07.[3] Racing B have since played nine seasons in Segunda B, lasting no more than two years in any single spell at that level; they would usually meet Dep. Rayo when relegated back to the fourth tier, and finished below their 'sibling' club on three occasions.

In 2018, previous manager Ángel Meñaca was recognised by the city of Santander for his lifetime efforts and contributions towards the running of both the original Rayo up to 1993 and the 'new' Rayo from then on.[4]

In summer 2019, Racing de Santander successfully applied to have their B-team renamed as Rayo Cantabria going forward;[2] the other Rayo club had been removed from the league a year earlier due to unpaid debts.[5] [6]

Club names

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1940–4145th
1941–4232nd
1942–4334th
1943–444
1944–454
1945–464
1946–4734th
1947–48313th2nd round
1948–4947th
1949–50317th
1950–51316th
1951–5233rd
1952–53313th
1953–5437th
1954–5535th
1955–5635th
1956–5739th
1957–5833rd
1958–5932nd
1959–6037th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1960–6131st
1961–6234th
1962–6337th
1963–6439th
1964–6538th
1965–6632nd
1966–6735th
1967–6839th
1968–69314th
1969–70317th1st round
1970–7144th
1971–7242nd
1972–734
1973–74318th2nd round
1974–7545th
1975–7642nd
1976–7742nd
1977–78416th3rd round
1978–7946th
1979–80410th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1980–81418th
1981–8251st
1982–8344th
1983–84417th2nd round
1984–8545th
1985–8644th2nd round
1986–8741st2nd round
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1987–8832ª B19th2nd round
1988–8943rd1st round
1989–9042nd
1990–9145th
1991–9249th
1992–9342nd
SeasonTierDivisionPlace
1993–9442nd
1994–9541st
1995–9642nd
1996–9742nd
1997–9832ª B17th
1998–9941st
1999–200043rd
2000–0132ª B17th
2001–0242nd
2002–0332ª B11th
2003–0432ª B17th
2004–0541st
2005–0632ª B8th
2006–0732ª B20th
2007–0842nd
2008–0932ª B14th
2009–1032ª B17th
2010–1143rd
2011–1243rd
2012–1332ª B17th
SeasonTierDivisionPlace
2013–1448th
2014–1543rd
2015–1643rd
2016–1745th
2017–1845th
2018–1945th
2019–2043rd
2020–214
2021–2242ª RFEF4th
2022–2342ª Fed.10th
2023–2442ª Fed.5th
2024–2542ª Fed.
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Current squad

Current technical staff

Honours

1998–99

Related teams

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The latest news from Rayo Cantabria: squad, results, table. 16 October 2020. BeSoccer. en-EN.
  2. https://aquihaypelotas.es/el-racing-b-volvera-a-ser-el-rayo-cantabria/amp El Racing B volverá a ser el Rayo Cantabria
  3. http://lafutbolteca.com/rayo-cantabria/ Rayo Cantabria
  4. https://santander.es/content/santander-premia-jovenes-deportistas-mas-destacados-2017-reconoce-angel-menaca Santander premia a los jóvenes deportistas más destacados de 2017 y reconoce a Ángel Meñaca
  5. https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/deportes/futbol/regional/rayo-cantabria-queda-20180630212621-ntvo.html El Rayo Cantabria se queda fuera de la competición oficial
  6. http://www.proliga.futbol/comunicado-el-rayo-cantabria-pide-amparo-a-proliga/ El Rayo Cantabria pide amparo a ProLiga
  7. Web site: El filial racinguista adopta oficialmente la denominación 'Rayo Cantabria'. Racing de Santander. es. 3 July 2019. The racinguista subsidiary officially adopts the designation 'Rayo Cantabria'.