Spain: lower leagues

[Leon]

This topic is supposed to be about clubs lower than Segunda B. There're specific topics about Primera, Segunda A and Segunda B.

The reason I started this is that I questioned what happened to SD Compostela. They played for four years at the highest level (1994-1998) and their best season was 1995/1996. At the end of January 1996 they were 2nd (despite losing 2-0 at Depor) and Early March still 3rd. But they we're 8th at the end of March and eventually finished 10th.

In September of that season they had crushed Toshack's Depor 4-0 in Santiago, scoring all their goals in a space of 30 mins. In May 1998 they crushed us 2-6 in La Coruña, but Compos didn't manage to escape relegation. In October 2003 a goal of Tristán decided the Copa del Rey match in Santiago.

They experienced a huge drop since 1998 and now play in the Galician Regional Preferente North. This had to do with financial punishment.

[Daniel_Svard]

so in 10 years they went from highest division to (which number is the one u said leon?). that is a huge drop. Clubs that gets financially punished usually come back, but i guess this club didnt..

[Leon]

I think it's level 5, after Primera, Segunda A, Segunda B and Tercera.

[hari]

yep.. thats right..

[Michał]

I don't get it...Compostela is playing now in 5th división!?

[caabrego]

Originally Posted by Michał

I don't get it...Compostela is playing now in 5th división!?

Yes. It's considered as an amateur league.

[Barkoty]

Wow ! I remember playing with them in FIFA 98 game...

[Leon]

So, there's now a two division gap between Deportivo B and Compostela.

[caabrego]

Originally Posted by Leon

So, there's now a two division gap between Deportivo B and Compostela.

And only one with Celta

[d401654]

here they would just start the following season with a points penalty, most likely -10, kind of sad being so many divisions under primera

[Michał]

Are Deportivo C playing in any league too?

[Joak]

no if so its onlky a u18 league i think

[Leon]

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between Santiago de Compostela being 2nd in Preferente Autonómica / Grupo Norte (Spain's 5th level) and Compostela being 17th? I think that Compostela is the successor of SD Compostela?

http://www.futbolme.com/0708/index2can.asp?D1=170&pv=5

The city now has another 'big' team with Ciudad Santiago (http://www.ciudaddesantiago.com) who play in Tercera - Grupo I. They are leading their table and definitely will play for a spot in Segunda B next year.

http://www.futbolme.com/txt/0708/futbolme_7.asp

[Michał]

So why they don't play in Copa Xunta?

btw. which one - Santiago de Compostela or Compostela played in Primera?

[Leon]

Are you just copying my question? LOL

I think that Compostela is the team which was SD Compostela in the 1990s and beat Deportivo 4-0, and they could still be called SD Compostela and playing in San Lazaro. But there are three teams now: Compostela, Santiago de Compostela and Ciudad Santiago (founded: 1978).

However, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefere...ica_de_Galicia) claims that Compostela was founded in 1962 and Santiago de Compostela in 2004, exactly in the years when SD Compostela were in financial troubles.

So, was there maybe a split in 2004 of SD Compostela into SD Compostela and Santiago de Compostela?

Anyway, Compostela is nowadays the worst team of the city. Santiago de Compostela are title contenders in the same league and Ciudad Santiago might even be in Segunda B (the current league of Deportivo B) next year.