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Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Full name	Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Nàstic Granes (Maroons) Tarraconenses
Founded	1914
Ground	Nou Estadi Costa Daurada, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Capacity	14,591
President	Josep María Andreu
Head coach	Dani Vidal
League	Primera Federación – Group 1
2023–24	Primera Federación – Group 1, 2nd of 20
Website	http://www.gimnasticdetarragona.cat
Home colours Away colours
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Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera Federación – Group 1.

The club was founded in 1886 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Spain. It has teams competing in athletics, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, table tennis and futsal, but a football team was not formed until 1914. The team enjoyed a three-year La Liga spell in its beginnings (1947–50).

Since 1972, the team has played home games at Nou Estadi Costa Daurada, which seats 14,591 spectators.

History

The club was founded on 1 March 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at the Cafè del Centre on Rambla Nova. The majority of the club's early members belonged to the upper middle class and, as the club name suggests, was initially founded to promote gymnastics. Later the club members began to organise fencing, hiking, boxing and cycling. In 1914, the club absorbed a local football club called the Club Olímpic de Tarragona and consequently formed its own football team using the former colours of Olímpic: red, white and black. In those days the team played home matches in the Avenida Catalunya stadium.

In January 1918, Gimnàstic made its debut as a football team in the Campionat de Catalunya and by 1927 were crowned champions in the second division. In the 1943–44 season the team appeared in the Tercera División and in the following season moved up to the Segunda División.

In the 1946–47 season Nàstic finished second in the second division and entered the La Liga. In 1947 it also reached the Copa del Generalísimo semi-final but lost to the RCD Espanyol, having beaten the FC Barcelona in the previous round.

The team finished its debut first division season in seventh place, with the highlight of the season coming on 11 January 1948 with a 3–1 win against the Real Madrid at the Bernabéu, thus becoming the first team ever to do so. The club played two further seasons in the top level, being relegated in 1949–50 after losing a play-off to the CD Alcoyano. The team moved to the new Nou Estadi in 1972.

Fifty-six years later, for the 2006–07 season, Gimnàstic returned to the top flight. Along with coach Luis César Sampedro, some of the players responsible for the promotion included veterans Antonio Pinilla and Albano Bizarri. Rubén Castro, Ariza Makukula and Javier Portillo (eventually the team's top scorer) were also brought in. The club was placed in the relegation zone for 33 of the 38 rounds, eventually dropping down a division. Sampedro was replaced mid-season by Paco Flores who improved the team's numbers. In the middle of 2007 the club was crowned the Copa Catalunya champions after a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona, with goals from Pinilla and Tati Maldonado.

After returning to the second level Gimnàstic achieved a mid-table position in 2007–08 and 2008–09 with César Ferrando in charge of the team. However, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, the club only managed to rank one position above the relegation zone. In the 2011–12 campaign the team was relegated to the Segunda División B after only winning six games out of 42.

On 12 September 2012 Nàstic won the second Catalan Cup in its history, after defeating the AEC Manlleu with an Eugeni goal. In the 2014–15 campaign, after finishing first in its group, the club returned to the second level after defeating the SD Huesca in the play-offs.

In the 2018–19 campaign the team was relegated to the Segunda División B ending a four-year run in the second division.

Supporters

There are two small ultras groups: a right-wing political group called Ultras Tarraco and an antifa group called Nàstic Crew.

Seasons

Season to season

• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 22 seasons in Segunda División
• 4 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
• 28 seasons in Segunda División B
• 25 seasons in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Players

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.gimnasticdetarragona.com and www.lfp.es

As of 2 September 2024.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Alberto Varo 2 MF  ESP Biel Vicens (on loan from Barcelona) 3 DF  ESP Gorka Pérez 4 DF  ESP Pol Domingo 5 DF  ESP Unai Dufur 6 MF  ESP Ander Gorostidi 7 DF  ESP Nil Jiménez 8 MF  ESP Marc Montalvo (vice-captain) 9 FW  ESP Antoñín 10 FW  ESP Jaume Jardí 11 FW  ESP Marc Fernández 13 GK  ESP Dani Rebollo

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Óscar Sanz 15 DF  ESP Antonio Leal 16 MF  ESP Álex López 17 FW  ESP Pablo Fernández 18 FW  ESP Alex Jiménez 19 FW  ESP Mario Rodríguez 20 DF  ROU Alexandru Țîrlea 21 DF  ESP Joan Oriol (captain) 22 FW  ESP Víctor Narro 23 FW  ESP David Concha 26 GK  ESP Joan Salvà

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  ESP Arnau Sans 31 FW  ESP Teo Pozo

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 FW  ESP Santi Guzmán

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Marc Álvarez (at Tarazona until 30 June 2025)

Current technical staff

Last updated: 28 February 2023
Source: Gimnàstic

Notable players

Players who appeared in more than 100 league matches for the club and/or reached international status.

Player records

• Most appearances - 528, Santi Coch
• Most goals - 181, Valero Serer

Honours

National

• Segunda División B: 1996–97
• Segunda División B League Cup: 1983–84
• Tercera División: 1944–45, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1977–78
• Copa de la Liga: 1983–84 Segunda División B – Group I

Regional

• Copa Catalunya: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17
• Catalan Cup Second Division: 1926–27

Affiliated clubs

• CF Pobla de Mafumet
• Kitchee SC
• C.D. Olimpia
• Fuerte San Francisco

See also

• Ciutat de Tarragona Trophy

References

1. "Nou Estadi de Tarragona - Gimnastic - The Stadium Guide". Retrieved 3 February 2020.
2. ¡El Nàstic, salvado! (Nàstic, saved!) Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Diario AS, 29 May 2011 (in Spanish)
3. El Nàstic recibe al Hércules con los ánimos renovados tras empatar en Riazor (Nàstic hosts Hércules with high spirits after Riazor draw); El Comercio, 21 October 2011 (in Spanish)
4. Spain – List of foundation dates of clubs; at RSSSF
5. "Gimnàstic Tarragona - Segunda División B G 3". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
6. "El Nàstic y el CF Pobla de Mafumet seguirán de la mano". diaridetarragona.com. 28 June 2020.
7. Moya, Helder (26 August 2009). "El Kitchee SC es farà soci del Gimnàstic de Tarragona i de La Pobla de Mafumet". hemerotecatarragonadigital.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish and Catalan)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Soccerway.com team profile (in English)

• Gimnàstic de Tarragona
• Football clubs in Catalonia
• Association football clubs established in 1914
• 1914 establishments in Spain
• Segunda División clubs
• La Liga clubs
• Primera Federación clubs
• Sport in Tarragona