Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic,¡El Nàstic, salvado! (Nàstic, saved!) ; Diario AS, 29 May 2011 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 is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in .
The club was founded in 1886 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Spain.Spain – List of foundation dates of clubs; at RSSSF 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 ultras groups: Orgull Grana 1886, a catalanist ultra group that has expressed political solidarity with the palestinian cause, and Alterats 1886, an antifa ultra group with active presence and sometimes involved in fights with right wing ultras.
There are also two supporters' groups that don't identify themselves as ultras: Furia Grana and Tarraco Firm Supporters.
Seasons Season to season Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1939–40 6 1st 1940–41 4 10th 1941–42 4 3rd 1942–43 3 2nd 1943–44 3 3ª 2nd 1944–45 3 3ª 1st 1945–46 2 2ª 3rd Round of 16 1946–47 2 2ª 2nd Semi-finals 1947–48 1 1ª 7th Round of 16 1948–49 1 1ª 9th Quarter-finals 1949–50 1 1ª 13th 1950–51 2 2ª 15th 1951–52 2 2ª 13th 1952–53 2 2ª 14th First round 1953–54 3 3ª 10th 1954–55 3 3ª 1st 1955–56 3 3ª 4th 1956–57 3 3ª 6th 1957–58 3 3ª 8th 1958–59 3 3ª 2nd Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1959–60 3 3ª 9th 1960–61 3 3ª 1st 1961–62 3 3ª 3rd 1962–63 3 3ª 6th 1963–64 3 3ª 3rd 1964–65 3 3ª 3rd 1965–66 3 3ª 1st 1966–67 3 3ª 2nd 1967–68 3 3ª 3rd 1968–69 3 3ª 2nd 1969–70 3 3ª 7th 1970–71 3 3ª 13th First round 1971–72 3 3ª 1st 1972–73 2 2ª 16th Fourth round 1973–74 2 2ª 6th Fourth round 1974–75 2 2ª 13th Round of 32 1975–76 2 2ª 20th Third round 1976–77 3 3ª 11th Second round 1977–78 4 3ª 1st Second round 1978–79 3 2ª B 2nd Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1979–80 2 2ª 19th Fourth round 1980–81 3 2ª B 9th First round 1981–82 3 2ª B 11th Second round 1982–83 3 2ª B 5th 1983–84 3 2ª B 5th Second round 1984–85 3 2ª B 13th First round 1985–86 3 2ª B 14th 1986–87 4 3ª 4th 1987–88 3 2ª B 8th Second round 1988–89 3 2ª B 9th First round 1989–90 3 2ª B 17th 1990–91 4 3ª 2nd 1991–92 3 2ª B 9th Third round 1992–93 3 2ª B 10th First round 1993–94 3 2ª B 11th First round 1994–95 3 2ª B 16th Third round 1995–96 3 2ª B 2nd 1996–97 3 2ª B 1st First round 1997–98 3 2ª B 15th First round 1998–99 3 2ª B 16th Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1999–2000 3 2ª B 9th 2000–01 3 2ª B 2nd 2001–02 2 2ª 20th Round of 16 2002–03 3 2ª B 9th Round of 64 2003–04 3 2ª B 3rd 2004–05 2 2ª 7th Third round 2005–06 2 2ª 2nd Third round 2006–07 1 1ª 20th Round of 32 2007–08 2 2ª 14th Second round 2008–09 2 2ª 10th Second round 2009–10 2 2ª 18th Second round 2010–11 2 2ª 18th Second round 2011–12 2 2ª 22nd Second round 2012–13 3 2ª B 6th First round 2013–14 3 2ª B 4th Round of 32 2014–15 3 2ª B 1st Second round 2015–16 2 2ª 3rd Third round 2016–17 2 2ª 14th Round of 32 2017–18 2 2ª 15th Second round 2018–19 2 2ª 20th First round Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2019–20 3 2ª B 14th Second round 2020–21 3 2ª B / 2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 4th First round 2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 8th Round of 32 2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 2nd First round 2024–25 3 1ª Fed. 5th Second round 2025–26 3 1ª Fed. 14th First round 2026–27 3 1ª Fed.
4 seasons in La Liga 22 seasons in Segunda División 6 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF 28 seasons in Segunda División B 25 seasons in Tercera División 4 seasons in Categorías Regionales
Players Current squad
Reserve team
Out on loan
Current technical staff
Notable players Players who appeared in more than 100 league matches for the club and/or reached international status. Liassine Cadamuro Marc Bernaus Justo Ruiz Samuel Galindo Gil Mohammed Djetei Achille Emaná Fabrice Ondoa Juan Delgado Lévy Madinda Giorgi Aburjania Oto Kakabadze Mohammed Rabiu Jean Luc Daisuke Suzuki Stole Dimitrievski Abdulrazak Ekpoki Ike Uche Julio Cáceres Ariza Makukula Papakouli Diop Jordi Alba Ángel Rafael Arumí Ismael Bañeras Abel Buades Alejandro Campano Andrés Català Santi Castillejo Lluis Codina Santi Coch Ángel Cuéllar Román Cunillera Curro Torres David Medina Eloy Pérez Felip Font Jordi Gálvez José Antonio Gordillo Jordi Grabulosa José Mari Juanmi Pedro Mairata Manolo Herrero Manolo Martínez Manu del Moral Marcos de la Espada Ramón Masqué Menchi Xavi Molina Jordi Masnou Mingo Xavi Molina Fernando Morán Mossa José Antonio Naranjo Ángel Oribe Joan Pallarès Manuel Parejo Sergi Parés Santi Palanca Paulino Alfonso Perdomo Antonio Pinilla Félix Prieto Quique Estévez Kiko Ramírez Manolo Reina Pedro Robles David Rocha Camilo Roig Rubén Pérez José Manuel Rubio Valero Serer Txus Serrano Antonio Torres Diego Torres Xisco Campos Juan Vizcaíno Tobias Grahn Adrián Luna Miku
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
External links
Soccerway.com team profile