Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before folding during the 2018–19 Segunda División season. It held its home games at Estadi Municipal, with a capacity of 4,700 seats.
History CD Reus was founded on 23 November 1909 after the dissolution of Reus Sport Club. On 29 September 1917, the club merged with Club Velocipedista and SC Olímpia becoming the multi-sports club Reus Deportiu.
In 1951, Reus Deportiu was restructured into two independent entities: CF Reus Deportiu, entirely dedicated to football, and Reus Deportiu, supporting the other sports, roller hockey being the most well known.
After several years playing in Segunda División B, Reus qualified in 2015 to the promotion play-offs for the first time in its history. It was defeated in the second round by Racing Ferrol.
In 2015, the club reached the round of 32 of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, where it was defeated by Atlético Madrid. In that season, the club also qualified to the promotion play-offs, this time as champion of the Segunda División B Group 3. In the first leg, Reus beat Racing de Santander by 3–0 away, and achieved the first promotion ever to Segunda División after a 1–0 home win in the second leg, played on 29 May 2016.
On 18 January 2019, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional suspended the rights of Reus to continue competing in the competition and ten days later the club was expelled from the competition for three years plus a fine of €250,000 due to the nonpayment of players' salaries.
In July 2019, after the draw of the groups for the 2019–20 Segunda División B, Reus was excluded again due to the non-payment and relegated to Tercera División, from which the club was expelled in September for the non-payment of its debt with the RFEF and non-appearance in the first two matches. It was also ruled that the club could not play in the three Catalan regional leagues until its debts were settled. In October 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ordered that Reus be reinstated to Segunda B but could not be implemented, and in July 2020, the club was kept out of league football yet again for non-payment of its reserve team players.
On 20 October 2020, Reus was liquidated by the court, after the club's owners failed to present a plan to pay off the debts, estimated in more than €9 million. In 2022, CF Reddis merged with the youth sides of Reus to create a unique football project for the city, and the new club was called Reus FC Reddis.
Season to season
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1940–4152nd1941–4235th1942–4331943–4433ª3rdSecond round1944–4533ª6th1945–4633ª3rd1946–4733ª9th1947–4833ª12thFourth round1948–4941949–5033ª12th1950–5133ª1951–52416th1952–5341953–5433ª13th1954–5533ª6th1955–5633ª8th1956–5733ª5th1957–5833ª1958–5942nd1959–6041960–6133ª3rdSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1961–6233ª4th1962–6333ª8th1963–6433ª11th1964–6533ª8th1965–6633ª18th1966–6733ª5th1967–6833ª11th1968–6933ª14th1969–7033ªSecond round1970–71412th1971–7248th1972–73415th1973–74413th1974–7546th1975–7641976–7733ª19thSecond round1977–7843ª6thSecond round1978–7943ª3rdFirst round1979–8043ª2ndFirst round1980–8143ªFirst round1981–8232ª B14thFirst round SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1982–8332ª B1983–8443ª15th1984–8543ª1985–8651986–8743ª19th1987–8843ª16th1988–8943ª6th1989–9043ª6th1990–9143ªFirst round1991–9251ª Cat.1992–9343ª9th1993–9443ª13th1994–9543ª1995–9651ª Cat.11th1996–9751ª Cat.10th1997–9851ª Cat.1998–9943ª12th1999–200043ª14th2000–0143ª14th2001–0243ªSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2002–0332ª B2003–0443ª2nd2004–0543ª2005–0632ª B2006–0743ª1st2007–0843ª3rdFirst round2008–0943ª2nd2009–1043ª2ndSecond round2010–1143ª2011–1232ª B8th2012–1332ª B14th2013–1432ª B12th2014–1532ª B3rd2015–1632ª BRound of 322016–1722ª11thSecond round2017–1822ª14thSecond round2018–1922ªThird round2019–2043ª2020–21DNP
3 seasons in Segunda División 10 seasons in Segunda División B 48 seasons in Tercera División
Retired numbers 7 – Jordi Pitarque MF (2009–10) – posthumous honour
Notable players
Players who appeared in more than 100 league matches for the club and/or reached international status. David Eto'o Aitor Embela Eliseu Cassamá Juan Luis Guirado Dejan Lekić Ángel Blasco Édgar Badía Fran Carbià Álex Colorado Ramón Folch Édgar Hernández José Juncosa José Fernando Martínez Rodilla Sergi Masqué Jesús Olmo David Querol David Sangrà Enric Socías Aleix Vidal Shaq Moore Mikel Villanueva
Coaches José Juncosa (1981–82) Josep Seguer (1983) José Juncosa (1985–87) Miguel Ángel Rubio (2001–02) Natxo González (2003–07) Ramón Calderé (2007–09) Santi Castillejo (2009–13) Emili Vicente (2013–14) Natxo González (2014–17) Aritz López Garai (2017–2018) Xavi Bartolo (2018–2019)
See also CF Reus Deportiu B, reserve team.
References
External links Official website Futbolme team profile Reus24, unofficial website