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Gimnástico FC

Full name	Gimnástico Football Club
Founded	1909
Dissolved	1939
Ground	Estadio Vallejo, Valencia, Spain
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Gimnástico Fútbol Club is a team that united with Levante FC to become Union Deportiva Levante-Gimnástico with current name of Levante Union Deportiva football club based in Valencia, Spain. Historically backed, Levante Union Deportiva is the most senior football club in Valencia. Levante UD having origin from 1909 from both teams that formed its sports union: Levante Football Club and Gimnástico Football Club. As a matter of fact, Levante UD took their nickname, the Frogs, "Granota" in Valencian, from their Gimnástic FC heritage.

History

Gimnástico F.C. was founded in 1909. In 1939 Levante FC and Gimnástico united to become current team Levante UD.

In 1980, a club called Gimnástico CF was founded to bring back the history of Gimnástico. In 2002, the club was sold to Valencia CF and became their C-team, before being dissolved in 2004. Gimnástico returned to an independent status in 2003, but as a football school, after incorporating Tiris CF; the club was later incorporated into CD Malilla's structure in 2006.

Background

Levante FC - (1909–1939) → ↓

UD Levante-Gimnástico (renamed Levante UD) - (1939–Present)

Gimnástico FC - (1909–1939) → ↑

Seasons

• 2 seasons in Segunda División
• 5 seasons in Tercera División
• 12 seasons in Regional League

References

1. "Levante UD".
2. "Granotas.net". Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. "Why are Levante called the 'granotas'?".
4. "El Levante cumple cien años... Más dos". 31 August 2009.
5. http://files.laliga.es/pdfs_estadios/estadio-ciutat-de-valencia.pdf
6. "La historia más enorme jamás contada". 28 November 2011.
7. "El nacimiento del fútbol en Valencia". Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
8. González, Emilio Nadal (2014). Siempre Tuyo, Levante Ud. Obrapropia Editorial. p. 23. ISBN 978-84-16048-72-4.
9. "Las diez leyendas del Levante". 25 October 2011.

External links

• Levante UD Official website (in Spanish and Catalan)
• Regional Titles at RSSSF
• Copa de España Libre, at RSSSF

• Levante UD
• Association football clubs established in 1913
• Association football clubs disestablished in 1939
• Defunct football clubs in the Valencian Community
• 1913 establishments in Spain
• 1939 disestablishments in Spain
• Segunda División clubs
• Football clubs in Valencia