Linares Deportivo

Linares Deportivo (Spanish pronunciation: [liˈnaɾes depoɾˈtiβo]) is a Spanish football team based in Linares, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares, it plays in Primera Federación – Group 1. The team's stadium is Estadio Municipal de Linarejos, with a capacity of 10,000 seats.[2]

Linares Deportivo
Full nameLinares Deportivo
Nickname(s)Azulillos (Little Blues)
Mineros (Miners)
Founded4 August 2009 (4 August 2009)
as Asociación Deportiva Linares
GroundLinarejos
Capacity10,000[1]
PresidentJesús Medina
Head coachÓscar Fernández
LeaguePrimera Federación – Group 2
2022–23Primera Federación – Group 1, 6th of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

Linares Deportivo was founded in 2009 under the name of Asociación Deportiva Linares, as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares.[3]

The club first reached the fourth division three years later, despite finishing second in the fifth level.[4] In 2014–15, after winning its group, Linares defeated CD Castellón 3–0 on aggregate to win promotion to Segunda División B.[5]

In doing so, Linares qualified for the first time to the Copa del Rey for the following season. They defeated FC Jumilla 2–1 at home in the first round on 2 September 2015, then lost by the same score at UD Logroñés.[6][7] On 28 May 2017, the team dropped back to the fourth tier after a 2–1 aggregate loss to Burgos CF in the play-offs.[8]

Club background
  • SG Linarense – (1909–20)
  • Linares FC – (1920–29)
  • Gimnástica Linarense – (1929–31)
  • Linares Deportivo (I) – (1940–46)
  • Atlético Linares – (1946–48)
  • CD Linares (I) – (1952–64)
  • Linares CF – (1961–90)
  • CD Linares (II) – (1990–2009)
  • Linares Deportivo – (2009–present)

Identity

Colors

Linares Deportivo, like its predecessors, has always played with a blue shirt, white shorts and blue socks at home. The use of the blue color in the kit comes from linarite, a deep blue tabular crystalline mineral that was first identified in 1822 in the Linares mining district.

Badge

Linares Deportivo's badge is in the shape of a rhombus cut in half and slightly convex outwards on the sides. It is divided diagonally by a red stripe with the name of the club. In the upper left part, in blue, is the interior of the city's coat of arms, in which the old fortress of Linares is represented. In the lower right part of white, there is a ball, representing the sporting character of the team.

Supporters

Linares Deportivo's supporters are nicknamed azulillos (blues) or mineros (miners), due to the historical importance of lead mining for the development of the city of Linares.

Rivalry

Linares Deportivo's historic rival is Real Jaén, which currently plays in Tercera Federación. The traditional rivalry between the cities of Jaén and Linares, which manifested itself between Real Jaén and the predecessors of Linares Deportivo, has been inherited by the new club. The historic rivalry between lagartos (lizards) and mineros (miners), nicknames of the teams from Jaén and Linares, respectively, has its origin in 1922.[9] The matches between Real Jaén and Linares Deportivo are usually called "the Jaén classic", because they are played between the two most important and historic teams in the province of the same name. These matches are usually very popular, although also the cause of some brawl at times between fans of both teams.

Season to season
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2009–10 7 1ª Prov. 1st
2010–11 6 Reg. Pref. 1st
2011–12 5 1ª And. 2nd
2012–13 4 3ª 5th
2013–14 4 3ª 2nd
2014–15 4 3ª 1st
2015–16 3 2ª B 16th Second round
2016–17 3 2ª B 16th
2017–18 4 3ª 7th
2018–19 4 3ª 2nd
2019–20 4 3ª 1st First round
2020–21 3 2ª B 2nd / 1st Second round
2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 5th Round of 32
2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 6th Round of 32
2023–24 3 1ª Fed.

Honours

Current squad
As of 7 February 2023.[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Lithuania LTU Ernestas Juškevičius
2 DF Argentina ARG Luciano Squadrone
3 DF Spain ESP Francisco Varela
4 DF Spain ESP Antonio Cañete
5 MF Spain ESP Lolo González
6 MF Spain ESP Álvaro Arnedo
7 FW Spain ESP Hugo Díaz
8 MF Spain ESP Rodri (captain)
9 MF Spain ESP Mawi Sánchez
10 MF Spain ESP Fermín López (on loan from Barcelona B)
11 MF Spain ESP Alfonso Fernández
13 GK Spain ESP Samu Casado
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Spain ESP Samuel Corral
15 MF Spain ESP Javi Duarte
16 DF Spain ESP José Antonio Caro
17 FW Spain ESP Ignacio Abeledo
18 DF Spain ESP Edu Campabadal
19 MF Spain ESP Aitor Gelardo (on loan from Villarreal B)
20 DF Spain ESP Edu Viaña
21 MF Spain ESP Francisco Callejón
22 FW Spain ESP Álex Sancris
23 DF Spain ESP Alfonso Candelas
— DF Spain ESP Dani Perejón

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW Spain ESP Eugenio Carruana
28 DF Spain ESP Juan Lorente

References
  1. "Linarejos, home to Linares - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  2. "Linares Deportivo - Segunda División B G 4". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  3. "El debut histórico del AD Linares da espectáculo (The historical debut from AD Linares is a show);". Ideal (in Spanish). 24 August 2009.
  4. Torres y Vilaseca ascienden a Tercera División con el Linares Deportivo (Torres and Vilaseca are promoted to Tercera División with Linares Deportivo); 28 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. "El Castellón no remonta ante el Linares y deberá pasar dos eliminatorias más" [Castellón fail to bounce back against Linares and must go through two more play-off rounds] (in Spanish). Castellón Confidencial. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  6. "El Linares Deportivo vence al Jumilla y pasa a la siguiente ronda de la Copa del Rey" [Linares Deportivo defeat Jumilla and advance to the next round of the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Jaén. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. "El Linares Deportivo cae de la Copa del Rey en Las Gaunas" [Linares Deportivo drop out the Copa del Rey in Las Gaunas] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Jaén. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. "El Linares Deportivo cae ante el Burgos y desciende a Tercera" [Linares Deportivo fall to Burgos and descend to Tercera] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Jaén. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  9. "¿Sabías que… la histórica rivalidad entre «lagartos» y «mineros» tiene su origen en 1922? (Did you know that... the historic rivalry between "lizards" and "miners" dates back to 1922?);". InfoLinares (in Spanish). 1 December 2020.
  10. "Plantilla - Linares Deportivo". linaresdeportivo.es. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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