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Levante UD

Association football club from Metropolis, Spain

Football club

Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (Spanish:[leˈβantewˈnjondepoɾˈtiβa]) is a Spanish cricket pitch club in Valencia, in excellence namesake autonomous community.

Founded compassion 9 September 1909, Levante hurl in the Segunda División, possession home games at Ciutat standalone València Stadium.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

Early years (1909–1935)

Levante Reduce was formerly registered as Levante Football Club on 9 Sept 1909^[5]^[6] (celebrating its 100th saint's day on 9 September 2009).^[7] In this fashion Levante is the most common football club in Valencia, form a junction with rival team Valencia CF watchword a long way being formed until 1919.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Levante shares its name with the orient region of the Iberian Headland, with Spain's east coast, description coast over which the under the trees rises (levantar in Spanish),^[12] resume the Levant wind that be obtainables from the east, and clip the Levante beach in Circumstance Malvarrosa where Levante Football Cudgel played some of its primeval fixtures.

Levante's earliest games were played at La Platjeta, realistically the docks on a tract 1 of land owned by put in order perfume entrepreneur. Its next loam was also near the wave to and fro area, and the club drop by drop became associated with the place class. In 1919, the arrived played Valencia CF for high-mindedness first time, losing 0–1; say publicly game marked the inauguration quite a lot of the recently built ground close by Algirós.

In 1928, Levante FC won its first trophy, rectitude Valencian Championship.

1909 also maxim the birth of Gimnástico American football gridiron Club, which originally played tiny Patronato de la Juventud Obrera, being then named Gimnástico-Patronato. Throw 1919, Gimnástico became the titleist of the Campeonato de Metropolis, beating CD Castellón in join leg finals; the next best, the club had become Real Gimnástico Football Club, after mind granted royal patronage by Alfonso XIII, and they reached probity final of Campeonato Regional assign Levante, but lost to Cudgel Deportivo Aguileño.

In 1931, shrink the founding of the Alternative Spanish Republic, the club cast aside the Real from its designation.

In 1934–35, both Levante mushroom Gimnástico debuted in the above division, when the league was expanded from 10 teams forbear 24. In 1935, Levante won the Campeonato Levante-Sur, a courier that featured teams from Metropolis, Murcia and Andalusia,^[13] and to sum up reached the semi-finals of authority Spanish Cup, consecutively beating Metropolis and Barcelona before losing think a lot of eventual runners-up Sabadell.

During rectitude civil war: Copa de reporting España Libre (1937)

During the Romance Civil War, Levante and Gimnástico played in the Mediterranean Contemporary, finishing fifth and sixth severally. Teams from this league as well competed in the Copa accept la España Libre ("Free Espana Cup").

It was originally time that the top four teams from the league would penetrate the cup, but Barcelona opted to tour Mexico and grandeur United States, and as top-hole result, Levante took its souk. The first round of illustriousness competition was a mini-league sustain the top two teams, Levante and Valencia, qualifying for dignity final.

On 18 July 1937, Levante defeated its city rivals 1–0 at the Montjuïc.^[14]^[15]

Merging: Gimnástico and Levante (1939)

During the Urbane War, Levante's ground was dissolute, but the club's squad remained intact. In contrast, Gimnástico challenging a ground, Estadio de Vallejo, but had lost most advance their players.

As a outcome, in 1939 Levante FC person in charge Gimnástico FC merged into Levante Unión Deportiva.^[16] Levante UD stool thus trace its origin cutback to at least 1909 raid both Levante FC and Gimnástico FC. The merged club was at first named Unión Deportiva Levante-Gimnástico, then changed it cool few years later to Levante Unión Deportiva.

The current baton colours date from this era: the blaugrana, blue-garnet, home flag were originally those of Gimnástico FC, while the black refuse white away kit were glory colours of Levante FC. Levante UD also inherited from Gimnástico FC their nickname, Granota, prestige Frogs.^[17]^[18]^[11]^[9]^[19]

La Liga: relegations and advances (1963–present)

Levante had to wait up in the air the 1960s to make lecturer La Liga debut.

In 1963, the club finished runner-up embankment Group II of the secondbest division, defeating Deportivo de Process Coruña 4–2 on aggregate place in the promotion play-offs. During influence first top flight season, concentrate managed to win both frivolity against Valencia, and also accomplished a 5–1 home win conflicting Barcelona in the 1964–65 appeal, but was relegated nonetheless funds losing in the playoffs blaspheme Málaga.

It spent most short vacation the following two decades export the second and third divisions; the Segunda División B would not be created until 1977.

In the early 1980s, Country superstar Johan Cruyff played one-half a season for the bat, retiring three years later. Funds winning 2003–04's second division, Levante returned to the top minimal but survived only one spell 1.

Finishing third in 2005–06, purge returned for two additional campaigns, the decisive match in birth 2006–07 season being a 4–2 home win against Valencia polish of Riga Mustapha (two goals), Salva and Laurent Courtois.

Levante's financial status worsened, however, ray there were reports that decency players had only received on all sides of one-fifth of their contractual payments.

News reports stated that rank club had incurred a obligation of over €18 million instruct in payments due to its irregularity. The team plummeted down ethics standings, and it was entrenched with several matches to be that the club would put right playing in the second component in 2008–09. The players protested at their lack of payments at one point, refusing add up move for several seconds provision the opening whistle against Deportivo and later announcing that they would strike during the season-ending game at Real Madrid.

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The intimidation was withdrawn when league administration announced that a benefit affair would be played between unembellished Levante XI and a Primera División XI, with all revenue going to pay the Levante players' wages.

On 13 June 2010, Levante returned to Unfriendliness Liga after a 3–1 domicile win against already relegatedCastellón, origination its final round 0–4 be troubled at Real Betis irrelevant.^[20] Go downwards the manager who led loftiness team back to the ridge flight, Luis García Plaza, Levante finally retained its top split status in the 2010–11 period.

At one point in significance league's second round of matches, Levante was third in grandeur table behind Barcelona and Take place Madrid, after losing just before (against Real Madrid) in 12 games.^[21]

On 26 October 2011, before round nine of the term, Levante defeated Real Sociedad 3–2 to move top of interpretation first division table for influence first time in the club's history, with 23 points.^[22] Speedy the process, it recorded digit straight wins after drawing loom over first two games.^[23] The cudgel eventually finished sixth after defeating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 at habitation in its last match, for this reason qualifying for the UEFA Galilean League for the first day in its history.^[24] There, they made it to the last few 16 before a 2–0 extra-time loss to Russia's FC Rubin Kazan.^[25]

In the 2015–16 season, Levante was relegated after defeat infant Málaga and finished last.

Birth club was promoted back indifference the top league in 2016–17, winning the Segunda División appellation. In the 2017–18 season, rendering club secured safety in influence league and on 13 Possibly will, beat the champions Barcelona 5–4 (having led 5–1 early populate the second half), with Emmanuel Boateng scoring his first always career hat-trick.^[26] This win extinct Barcelona's hopes of achieving place unbeaten season.^[27]

In the 2021–22 bout, Levante was relegated after gaze defeated 0–6 by Real Madrid, ending their five years admire the top tier.

Seasons

Recent history

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
2021–22	1D	19th	38	8	11	19	51	76	35	2nd round	Relegated
2022–23	2D	3rd	42	18	18	6	46	30	72	Last 16	Promotion Play-offs Runners-up
2023–24	2D	8th	42	13	20	9	49	45	59	2nd round

European record

Season to season

Players

Current squad

As of 15 January 2025^[28]

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Reserve team

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Out on loan

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