CASTELLON PROMOTED TO SECOND | CD Castellón is now a second division team!!!
Castellon This Sunday afternoon he achieved a mathematical promotion to Second Division after the defeat of Cordoba on the field of relegated Granada B. The team led by Dick Schroeder, which on Saturday won their visit to Real Murcia (2-3) He put all the pressure on the Cordoba team, who could only win on the field of subsidiary Granada.delay the advance of the Castellón inhabitants for a week.
But it wasn’t like that. Cordoba could not win and with this Castellon mathematically confident that he will become the champion of group II First Federation and thanks to this he gets a ticket to play in the Second Division next season. 2024/25, and will also play the final of champions against the champion of Group I of this category. This is just so that there is a champion who will lift the title.
Castellon distinguished himself in the second group of the First Federation, where they had to deal with historical clubs such as Malaga, Recreativo de Huelva, Cordoba, Real Murcia, Merida and branches of potential real Madrid Castile or Atlético Madrid. In addition, relegated Ibiza started as the toughest team due to the heavy investment made last summer when they were relegated from the second division and changed 99% of their squad.
Castellon fans celebrate one of Granada’s goals. / MANOLO SKY
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The team has 81 points after 35 games played, ending with 26 wins, three draws and six losses.. Having scored 72 goals and conceded 34. With a very risky playing system, accumulating many people from midfield to striker and few in defense. This is how this magnificent season turned out with a record number of mathematical entries into the second division.
And there are three games left until the end of the current campaign.. Next Sunday the stadium Castalia will party in the match against Ibiza at 12:00.they will then visit Algeciras and the successful season will again end at home against Atlético Sanluceño.
Albinegro fans celebrate promotion. / MANOLO SKY
The Albinegro will return to the second division 1,076 days after relegation in 2021.
The Orellutes recorded a loss of category in the penultimate match of the championship. That disastrous 2020/21 season marked COVID-19took place behind closed doors.
This Sunday, May 5th, This will go down in Castellon history because the mathematical promotion to the second division was achieved just 1076 days after that brutal match against Castellon. Vallecano Ray from May 24, 2021 in Castalia, where a defeat to Rayo Vallecano (0–2) sent Castellón’s team to the First RFEF. It was a bad year. The planning was disastrous and ended badly, although this was foreseen months ago.
Castellon played in the second division in the 2020-21 season, with almost all games played behind closed doors, and a club like Castellon, which has a fan base that really promotes the Orellutan fiefdom, is very visible. Of the 42 games, only 11 were won., eight were drawn and a whopping 23 were lost, 35 goals were scored (none in the game) and 54 conceded. In the penultimate round they lost to Rayo, and the loss of category was recorded. The last game at Malaga’s home stadium was not serious and was also lost with a resounding score of 3:0. He said goodbye to the class led by Sergi Escobar, suffering five defeats in a row.
The Albinegros return to a category they know very well, having played in it up to 38 times.. The 2024/25 season will be the 39th season in the silver category of Spanish football. He also has 11 seasons in the First Division, 19 in the Third Division and 17 in the Second Division B and First Federation. It was Second Division champion in the 1980–81 and 1988–89 seasons.
Very powerful category
Castellon will have high-level opponents with a great football history.. For example, this season in the silver division there are teams such as Levante. Valladolid, Real Oviedo, Racing Santander, Elche. Sporting Gijon, SpanishAlbacete, Zaragoza or Tenerife after Primera. Almeria and Granda, for example, come from Primera and will certainly visit Castalia next season.
Haralabos Voulgaris, Dick Schroeder, a great team and loyal fans – four ingredients for success
The ambitions of the club keeper led to the development solvent and reliable project, and his ambitions are clear: he wants a First Division team in two or three years.
How lucky Castellón was when he landed in the capital of Plana almost two summers ago.unknown to many, Haralabos Voulgaris, who is ready to invest in the revival of the club, which the owners have left featherless for the last 15 years and cackling, or one hand in front and the other behind. The Greek Canadian got rid of Vicente Montesinos and little by little what he wanted was realized to move this Castellon forward.
He began to surround himself with people he trusted, got rid of those who did not fit into his plans, and his project was this. The creation of a pleasant atmosphere and the composition of the team, mainly consisting of unknown players, brought to a coach like Dick Schroeder, who came up with a game system that they never thought would produce such good results, and there is a result. Bob Voulgaris also made it clear a year ago that his goal was to take Castellon to the top of Spanish football within four to five years. He invested two, and a great leap was made to the Second.
Great team
Castellon is the champion of its Group II First Federation and has a spot to play in the silver division starting in the 2024–25 season. Castellon, who got off to a great start and did not lose any of the first nine league games (eight wins and one draw). This beginning allowed him to go his own way. Twice he managed to win five victories in a row.. They have now gone seven in a row without losing, and this has been the key to entering the final stretch with a big lead over their closest pursuers, Cordoba. With three games remaining until the end of the 2023-24 season, they will face professionalism, but without as much pressure and with many first-team players who have featured less throughout the championship.
The next meeting will take place on Sunday the 12th. against powerful Ibiza at the Castalia Stadium, kick-off at 12:00.