REAL MADRID CASTILLA
Full name: Real Madrid Castilla
Commonly referred to as: Castilla
Name changes:
Agrupación Deportiva Plus Ultra (1943-1972)
Castilla Club de Fútbol (1972-1990)
Real Madrid Deportivo (1990-1991)
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol “B” (1991-2005)
Real Madrid Castilla (2005-present)
Foundation date: September 20th, 1943
Stadium (capacity): Alfredo di Stefano inaugurated in 2006 (6,053 people)
Titles:
Segunda División A: 1 Championship (1983/84)
Segunda División B: 3 Championships (1990/91, 2001/02, 2004/05)
Tercera División: 6 Championships (1948/49, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1965/66, 1967/68)
Timeline of Important dates:
20/09/1943 - Registers at the Federación Castellana as “Agrupación Deportiva Plus Ultra”
1946/47 - Debut in Tercera División
1947 - Agreement of affiliation with Real Madrid C.F.
1967 - The Velodrome of Ciudad Lineal (home ground) becomes Estadio “Antonio Borrachero”
21/06/1972 - A.D. Plus Ultra dissolves and Real Madrid C.F. acquires their rights, changing its name to Castilla Club de Fútbol and playing at the Ciudad Deportiva.
76/77 - Promoted to the newly created Segunda División B, obtains the 2º place and is promoted to Segunda División.
1980 - Faces Real Madrid’s first team in the Copa del Rey Final, being beaten 6-1, but also celebrating the title.
1983/84 - Champions of Segunda División
01/07/1990 - Becomes Real Madrid Deportivo
1991 - Promoted to Segunda División becoming Real Madrid “B”
26/06/2005 - After 8 years in Segunda B, Castilla is promoted to Segunda División. This promotion being the latest is commonly referred to as “El ascenso” (“The Promotion”)
In recent years:
2000/01- Segunda División B 7º
2001/02- Segunda División B 1º
2002/03- Segunda División B 6º
2003/04- Segunda División B 2º
2004/05- Segunda División B 1º
2005/06- Segunda División 11°
2006/07- Segunda División 19°
2007/08- Segunda División B 5°
2008/09- Segunda División B 6°
2009/10- Segunda División B 8°
2010/11- Segunda División B 3º
SQUAD:
Goalkeepers:
Tomás Mejías - 30/01/1989
Jesús Fernández - 11/06/1988
Isaac Becerra - 18/06/1988
Defenders:
Daniel Carvajal - 11/01/1992
José Ignacio Fernández “Nacho” - 18/01/1990
Pablo Gil - 08/10/1988
Iván González - 15/02/1988
Pedro Mendes - 01/10/1990
José Antonio Ríos - 10/05/1990
Jorge Casado - 26/06/1989
Midfielders:
Armando Sosa “Mandi” - 01/03/1989
Alejandro Fernández “Álex” - 15/10/1992
Antonio Martínez - 07/03/1990
Víctor Merchán -14/01/1990
Omar Mascarell - 02/02/1993
José Zamora - 20/08/1988
Lucas Vásquez -01/07/1991
Raúl Ruiz - 25/03/1990
Juan Francisco Moreno “Juanfran” - 11/09/1988
Denis Tcheryshev - 26/12/1990
Strikers:
Jose Luis Mato “Joselu” - 27/03/1990
Álvaro Morata - 23/10/1992
Óscar Plano - 11/02/1991
Jesé Rodríguez - 26/02/1993
