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Real Zaragoza (or
Real Saragossa) is a
Spanish football team from
Zaragoza in
Aragón. Founded on
March 18,
1932, it'll play the 2008/09 season in the
Segunda División. They play in white with blue shorts. The home stadium is the
La Romareda that seats 34,596 spectators.
History
Real Zaragoza was originally formed out of two rival teams,
Iberia SC and
Real Zaragoza CD. By the
1930s, the team was making headway in
La Liga, but the
Civil War put a brake on a lot of the progress made.
On
September 8,
1957 the team left their original stadium (the
Torrero) for the
La Romareda. It wasn't until the
1960s that Zaragoza would see their first successes, in the
Copa del Rey and in the
Fairs Cup. The Real Zaragoza side of this era contained
los Magnificos (
the Greats), an attacking line of Canario, Santos, Marcelino, Villa and Lapetra. Other notable players included Reija and Violeta in defence. Fans of the side had to wait until the
1980s to experience another victory in the cup competition.
Real Zaragoza have played the majority of their history, a total of 45 seasons, in the
Primera División. Being more of a specialist cup side, they've not managed to win the league, although they've come second on one occasion. In the 2001-02 season they were relegated from the
Primera for the first time in 25 years; however, they earned promotion back to the
Primera the following season.
In late May 2006,
Agapito Iglesias bought
Alfonso Solans' shares and took the control of Real Zaragoza. Agapito promised to build one of the strongest team in Spain and Europe. In his first year owning Real Zaragoza, Agapito bought Pablo Aimar for 11 million euros to reinforce the midfield. In a poll in 2007, Zaragoza fans voted Aimar the teams greatest ever player.
Thanks to
Diego Milito's 23 goals in 2006/07 (he finished third to
AS Roma's
Francesco Totti and
Real Madrid CF's
Ruud Van Nistelrooy, 26 and 25 goals, respectively, for the
European Golden Shoe), Real Zaragoza managed a very respectable 6th place finish, qualifying for Europe. However, despite having nearly the same squad as they'd during the previous campaign, the 2007/08 season would finish with this Zaragoza team becoming one of the most disappointing and underachieving teams in
La Liga history. They crashed out in the first round of the
UEFA Cup. By the turn of the year, they found themselves slipping further and further down the table. Gaffer
Víctor Fernández was sacked, and 3 different managers, culminating with former Zaragoza standout
Manolo Villanova, were brought in from January to May in a desperate attempt to change Zaragoza's fortunes. Largely due to having managed only a dismal 8 points from 18 away fixtures (despite having managed 34 from all their games at
La Romareda), they went into their final fixture of the season needing a win to guarantee their
Primera División survival. Kickoff was delayed for over an hour due to a torrential downpour, but not even the rain could keep Zaragoza from relegation as they fell to
Real Mallorca 3-2, despite 2 goals from
Ricardo Oliveira and at 1-1 looking like they might stay up.
Honours
Current squad
The numbers are established according to the official website: www.realzaragoza.com
and www.lfp.es
As of March 1 2008
Out on loan
Statistics 2007/08
Top Scorers:
- Ricardo Oliveira - 17 goals
- Diego Milito - 15 goals
- Sergio García - 4 goals
Top Goalkeepers
- César - 57 goals in 37 Matches
- López Vallejo - 4 goals in 2 Matches
Recent History
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