Real Jaén

Real Jaén

Full name	Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los Blancos (The Whites) Los Lagartos (The Lizards)
Founded	12 June 1929 (12 June 1929) as Sociedad Olímpica Jiennense
Ground	Nuevo La Victoria
Capacity	12,569
President	Ildefonso Ruiz
Head coach	Manolo Chumilla
League	3ª Federación – Group 9
2021–22	3ª RFEF – Group 9, 13th of 17
Home colours Away colours colours

Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF, holding home matches at Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria, with a capacity of 12,569 spectators. The club's biggest achievement has been playing 3 seasons in La Liga, the Spanish top tier, during the 1950s.

History

The club was founded in 1929 as Sociedad Olímpica Jiennense, and in 1947 it changed its name to Real Jaén Club de Fútbol. The team did not enroll in a national division until 1943 when it promoted to the Tercera Division. It immediately became a dominant team in the Spanish third division usually finishing in the top four.

After nine seasons in the Tercera Division, the "Lizards" were promoted to the Segunda Division in 1952. Their good form continued in the second division, as Real Jaén managed to win the 1952–53 Segunda Division group south, and managed to promote to La Liga for the first time ever. They won all of their home games that season including a 9–0 home win over fellow Andalusians Granada CF.

During Real Jaén's first ever season in the Spanish top tier (1953–54) the team finished 14th with 11 wins, 6 draws, and 13 defeats, meaning they obtained 28 points. This meant the team would be placed in the relegation group along with CA Osasuna and four teams from the Segunda Division. Jaén finished in last place with only one win and were relegated after just one season in the Spanish top flight.

Following their relegation from La Liga in 1954, key players departed from the team and Jaén finished in 7th place the following season. The next season was a lot better for Jaén. They managed to win the group South of Segunda Division, this time in the season 1955–56. This meant that La Liga again awaited the Real Jaén.

In their second top flight season, Jaén barely avoided relegation, finishing 14th, one point above relegated Deportivo de La Coruña. Jaén managed to stay in the Spanish elite. Their third top flight season was less successful and the team finished last with only 20 points collected. Real Jaén was relegated after two years in La Liga. The biggest highlight of the season was probably when Jaén managed a 1–0 home win over powerhouse FC Barcelona.

Following their second top flight relegation, Real Jaén never managed to compete for a return to the elite. Their best season was 1959–60, when the team managed a 3rd place finish coming up two points behind the second placed Cordoba CF, which qualified the team for the promotion playoffs. Following the 1962–63 season, the "Lizards" were relegated to the Tercera Division. This was the first time the team played there since 1952.

For the following 12 seasons, Jaén only made one return to the Segunda, in 1967, but were immediately relegated. They managed to return to the second tier in 1976 and remained there for three seasons until 1979 when they were relegated to the newly created Segunda Division B, the new third tier in Spanish football. Jaén stayed in the third level until 1986, when the team was relegated to the Tercera Division, this time the fourth tier. They bounced between the Segunda B and the Tercera the following years.

In 1997, the team returned to the Segunda Division for the first time since 1979. The 1997–98 season was bad however, as they finished last and went back to the Segunda B. Real Jaén managed to return to the Segunda in 2000. They achieved a 10th place finish in the 2000–01 season, but finished last the following season and were relegated again. The following 11 seasons were spent in the Segunda B, until 2013, when Jaén again returned to the Segunda. The "Lizards" finished second to last, in 21st place, meaning relegation followed again.

In 2017, Jaén finished 19th in the Segunda B, and were relegated to the Tercera Division for the first time since 1991.

Here, being in the 4th level of the Spanish football, the club finished 3rd in the 2017–18 season and remained in that category. On July 5, 2019 Real Jaén presented Alberto González as a new coach for the 2019–20 season.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1928–1943 ? Regional 1943–44 3 3ª 2nd Fourth round 1944–45 3 3ª 4th 1945–46 3 3ª 2nd 1946–47 3 3ª 2nd 1947–48 3 3ª 8th Third round 1948–49 3 3ª 10th First round 1949–50 3 3ª 11th 1950–51 3 3ª 3rd 1951–52 3 3ª 1st 1952–53 2 2ª 1st Third round 1953–54 1 1ª 14th 1954–55 2 2ª 7th 1955–56 2 2ª 1st Quarterfinals 1956–57 1 1ª 14th Round of 16 1957–58 1 1ª 16th Quarterfinals 1958–59 2 2ª 9th First round 1959–60 2 2ª 3rd First round 1960–61 2 2ª 14th First round 1961–62 2 2ª 9th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1962–63 2 2ª 14th Round of 16 1963–64 3 3ª 4th 1964–65 3 3ª 1st 1965–66 3 3ª 5th 1966–67 3 3ª 1st 1967–68 2 2ª 11th First round 1968–69 3 3ª 5th 1969–70 3 3ª 8th First round 1970–71 3 3ª 8th Second round 1971–72 3 3ª 3rd First round 1972–73 3 3ª 9th First round 1973–74 3 3ª 10th Second round 1974–75 3 3ª 12th Third round 1975–76 3 3ª 1st Second round 1976–77 2 2ª 4th First round 1977–78 2 2ª 15th Second round 1978–79 2 2ª 17th Third round 1979–80 3 2ªB 12th First round 1980–81 3 2ªB 7th 1981–82 3 2ªB 15th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1982–83 3 2ªB 12th 1983–84 3 2ªB 3rd 1984–85 3 2ªB 7th Second round 1985–86 3 2ªB 18th Second round 1986–87 4 3ª 5th 1987–88 4 3ª 1st First round 1988–89 3 2ªB 11th 1989–90 3 2ªB 17th 1990–91 4 3ª 4th First round 1991–92 3 2ªB 10th Second round 1992–93 3 2ªB 4th Round of 16 1993–94 3 2ªB 4th First round 1994–95 3 2ªB 4th Third round 1995–96 3 2ªB 1st First round 1996–97 3 2ªB 3rd First round 1997–98 2 2ª 20th Second round 1998–99 3 2ªB 8th First round 1999–2000 3 2ªB 4th 2000–01 2 2ª 10th Round of 32 2001–02 2 2ª 22nd Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2002–03 3 2ªB 12th Round of 64 2003–04 3 2ªB 12th 2004–05 3 2ªB 9th 2005–06 3 2ªB 13th 2006–07 3 2ªB 6th 2007–08 3 2ªB 9th Second round 2008–09 3 2ªB 2nd 2009–10 3 2ªB 3rd First round 2010–11 3 2ªB 8th Second Round 2011–12 3 2ªB 4th Second Round 2012–13 3 2ªB 1st Round of 32 2013–14 2 2ª 21st Round of 32 2014–15 3 2ªB 11th First Round 2015–16 3 2ªB 10th 2016–17 3 2ªB 19th 2017–18 4 3ª 3rd 2018–19 4 3ª 1st Second round 2019–20 4 3ª 4th Second round 2020–21 4 3ª 7th / 1st 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 13th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2022–23 5 3ª Fed.

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• 3 seasons in La Liga
• 16 seasons in Segunda División
• 31 seasons in Segunda División B
• 28 seasons in Tercera División
• 2 seasons in Tercera Federación

Honours

• Segunda División

Winners (2): 1952–53, 1955–56

• Segunda División B

Winners (2): 1995–96, 2012–13

• Tercera División

Winners (6): 1951–52, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1975–76, 1987–88, 2018–19

• Copa Federación

Winners (2): 1951–52, 2008–09

Current squad

As of 8 November 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	VEN	Luis Arellano
—	GK	ESP	Emilio
—	DF	ESP	Higinio
—	DF	ESP	Ismael
—	DF	ESP	Juanlu
—	DF	ESP	Ramón
—	DF	ESP	Cristian Rentero
—	MF	ESP	Álvaro García
—	MF	ESP	José Cervera

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Adri Paz
—	MF	ESP	Manolo
—	MF	POL	Łukasz Skrzybski
—	MF	ESP	Antonio Vera
—	MF	ESP	Víctor Armero
—	FW	ESP	Juan Carlos
—	FW	ESP	Antonio Lopez Garcia
—	FW	ESP	Zacarias El Manssouri Ahmed

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Gianni Devoto José Basualdo Claudio García Jorge Serna Tano Iván Zarandona Joel Johnson Carlos Torres Juan Antonio Anquela Jesús Castellanos

Diego Cascón Manolo Herrero Manolo Jiménez Fran Machado Javi Moyano Iñigo Ros Antonio Rueda Francisco Sutil Adel Sellimi

See also: Category:Real Jaén footballers

Women's football

Real Jaén was represented in the 2009–10 Superliga Femenina by FCF Atlético Jiennense.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Unofficial website (in Spanish)
• La futbolteca team profile (in Spanish)