RCD Carabanchel

Real Carabanchel

Full name	Real Club Deportivo Carabanchel
Nickname(s)	Carabancheleros, blanquinegros
Founded	1916
Ground	Campo de La Mina, Madrid, Spain
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Juan Medina Rando
Manager	Roberto Sánchez Martín
League	3ª RFEF – Group 7
2020–21	3ª – Group 7 (B), 6th of 11 3ª – Group 7 (D), 5th of 6
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Real Club Deportivo Carabanchel is a Spanish football club in the Carabanchel district in the city of Madrid, Spain that plays in the Tercera División RFEF – Group 7. It is the third oldest team in the capital, after Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, and the thirteenth oldest in Spain.

The highest level the club has reached is the Segunda División B.

History

Real Club Deportivo Carabanchel was officially founded on 8 September 1906. It started playing sports teams friendlies against others in the capital city in the Alto and Bajo quarters of the district.

In 1916, Pedro Arranz became president, who gives the team a charter officers. Carabanchel also signed the same year Castellana in the Federation Cup, which began as a regional tournament. In 1927 amounts to the First Regional club, and proclaimed champion Castilla at amateur level in 1936, before the start of the Civil War.

In 1955, Carabanchel was promoted, for the first time in its history, to the Third Division to become a champion of the regional division. In season 1966–67, the Madrid team was crowned champions of their group in the Tercera earning the right to play CD Badajoz in the first play-off round, which it lost 12–1 on aggregate.

During the 1970s and 1980s the team went through various sporting crises, which were not resolved until 1988 when it returned to the third division. Carabanchel then improved, and finished in third place in the Madrid group in 1990. After several varying seasons, in 1994–95 Carabanchel qualified for the second phase of promotion to B, eventually losing to Cultural Leonesa.

Finally, in the 1995–96 season, Carabanchel were promoted to Segunda División B to finish third in regular season champion and its group for promotion. The club spent two years in the category of bronze in its first season, the team from Madrid to enter into a good season when finishing eighth, but in 1998 consume their descent to the finish next to last group.

Since then, Carabanchel fell into a deep economic crisis and sports even threatened the existence of the system: in 2006 the Third down to black and white, and without professional staff fell in 2008 he First Regional.

In the 2009–10 season, the club renewed the project with a total change of the board after a motion of censure and creating a team to climb to third division two years. After achieving promotion to the Preferente, in the 2010–11 season the club promoted to Tercera División, along with CDC Moscardó.

Among its historic rivals are Moscardó in Usera, CD Puerta Bonita in Carabanchel, and Getafe CF.

Logo

The logo represents the Cross of Saint James, pattern Carabanchel, and the Royal Crown, granted by HM Juan Carlos I of Spain in 1997 in recognition of the club's history as one of the pioneers of football in Madrid. This coat is used since then as the officer.

Kit

Real Carabanchel's kit in season 2010–2011 is a white shirt and black shorts and socks, with the sponsorship of Limpiezas Garro, Joma and Junkers. Features of the shirt are the old coat and Cross of Saint James behind the current shield. At the same time they added the player's name.

The away kit is a shirt, shorts and blue socks. It also has a third kit of shirt, shorts and red socks.

Stadium

R.C.D. Carabanchel plays its games in the stadium known as Campo de La Mina, with a capacity for 2,000 spectators. This stadium is one of the oldest in the city. It was opened in 1916, when RCD Carabanchel obtained the official status.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1934–35 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1935–36 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1939–40 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1940–41 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1941–42 3 1ª Reg. 4th 1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 6th 1943–44 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1944–45 5 2ª Reg. 6th 1945–46 5 2ª Reg. 10th 1946–47 6 2ª Reg. 1st 1947–48 5 2ª Reg. P. 1st 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1953–54 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1954–55 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1955–56 3 3ª 5th 1956–57 3 3ª 8th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1957–58 3 3ª 10th 1958–59 3 3ª 14th 1959–60 3 3ª 15th 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1961–62 3 3ª 6th 1962–63 3 3ª 14th 1963–64 3 3ª 5th 1964–65 3 3ª 9th 1965–66 3 3ª 13th 1966–67 3 3ª 1st 1967–68 3 3ª 8th 1968–69 3 3ª 14th 1969–70 3 3ª 8th 1970–71 3 3ª 19th First round 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1973–74 3 3ª 13th Second round 1974–75 3 3ª 7th Third round 1975–76 3 3ª 12th Third round 1976–77 3 3ª 16th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1977–78 4 3ª 7th Third round 1978–79 4 3ª 9th Second round 1979–80 4 3ª 17th Second round 1980–81 4 3ª 10th 1981–82 4 3ª 10th 1982–83 4 3ª 9th 1983–84 4 3ª 18th 1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1987–88 4 3ª 9th 1988–89 4 3ª 6th 1989–90 4 3ª 3rd 1990–91 4 3ª 14th Third round 1991–92 4 3ª 12th 1992–93 4 3ª 12th 1993–94 4 3ª 17th 1994–95 4 3ª 3rd 1995–96 4 3ª 3rd 1996–97 3 2ª B 8th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1997–98 3 2ª B 19th 1998–99 4 3ª 12th 1999–2000 4 3ª 19th 2000–01 5 Pref. 8th 2001–02 5 Pref. 3rd 2002–03 5 Pref. 3rd 2003–04 4 3ª 19th 2004–05 5 Pref. 1st 2005–06 4 3ª 17th 2006–07 5 Pref. 10th 2007–08 5 Pref. 14th 2008–09 6 1ª Cat. 4th 2009–10 6 1ª Cat. 2nd 2010–11 5 Pref. 2nd 2011–12 4 3ª 7th 2012–13 4 3ª 6th 2013–14 4 3ª 20th 2014–15 5 Pref. 7th 2015–16 5 Pref. 6th 2016–17 5 Pref. 6th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2017–18 5 Pref. 1st 2018–19 4 3ª 14th 2019–20 4 3ª 12th 2020–21 4 3ª 5th / 5th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF

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• 2 seasons in Segunda División B
• 45 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

External links

• Official website