Real Jaén

Real Jaén
Full name	Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los Blancos (The Whites) ; Los Lagartos (The Lizards)
Founded	13 August 1922; 102 years ago ; as Jaén Football Club
Ground	Nuevo La Victoria
Capacity	12,569
President	Ildefonso Ruiz
Head coach	Roberto Peragón
League	Tercera Federación – Group 9
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 9, 2nd of 18
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1922 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9, holding home matches at Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria, with a capacity of 12,569 spectators.^[2] The club's biggest achievement has been playing 3 seasons in La Liga, the Spanish top tier, during the 1950s.

History

The club was founded in 1922 as Jaén Football Club and reconstituted in 1929 as Sociedad Olímpica Jiennense. They changed their name to Real Jaén Club de Fútbol in 1947.^[3] The team did not enroll in a national division until 1943 when it promoted to the Tercera Division. It immediately became a dominant team in the Spanish third division usually finishing in the top four.

After nine seasons in the Tercera Division, the "Lizards" were promoted to the Segunda Division in 1952. Their good form continued in the second division, as Real Jaén won the 1952–53 Segunda Division group south, and were promoted to La Liga for the first time ever. They won all of their home games that season including a 9–0 home win over fellow Andalusians Granada CF.

During Real Jaén's first ever season in the Spanish top tier (1953–54) the team finished 14th with 11 wins, 6 draws, and 13 defeats, meaning they obtained 28 points. This meant the team would be placed in the relegation group along with CA Osasuna and four teams from the Segunda Division. Jaén finished in last place with only one win and were relegated after just one season in the Spanish top flight.

Following their relegation from La Liga in 1954, key players departed from the team and Jaén finished in 7th place the following season. The next season was a lot better for Jaén. They won the group South of Segunda Division, this time in the season 1955–56. This meant that La Liga again awaited the Real Jaén.

In their second top flight season, Jaén barely avoided relegation, finishing 14th, one point above relegated Deportivo de La Coruña. Jaén stayed in the Spanish elite. Their third top flight season was less successful and the team finished last with only 20 points collected. Real Jaén was relegated after two years in La Liga. The biggest highlight of their season was probably a 1–0 home win over powerhouse FC Barcelona.

Following their second top flight relegation, Real Jaén were never able to compete for a return to the elite. Their best season was 1959–60, when the team achieved a 3rd-place finish coming up two points behind the second placed Cordoba CF, which qualified the team for the promotion playoffs. Following the 1962–63 season, the "Lizards" were relegated to the Tercera Division. This was the first time the team played there since 1952.

For the following 12 seasons, Jaén only made one return to the Segunda, in 1967, but were immediately relegated. They returned to the second tier in 1976 and remained there for three seasons until 1979 when they were relegated to the newly created Segunda Division B, the new third tier in Spanish football. Jaén stayed in the third level until 1986, when the team was relegated to the Tercera Division, this time the fourth tier. They bounced between the Segunda B and the Tercera the following years.

In 1997, the team returned to the Segunda Division for the first time since 1979. The 1997–98 season was bad however, as they finished last and went back to the Segunda B. Real Jaén returned to the Segunda in 2000. They achieved a 10th-place finish in the 2000–01 season, but finished last the following season and were relegated again. The following 11 seasons were spent in the Segunda B, until 2013, when Jaén again returned to the Segunda. The "Lizards" finished second to last, in 21st place, meaning relegation followed again.

In 2017, Jaén finished 19th in the Segunda B, and were relegated to the Tercera Division for the first time since 1991.

Here, being in the 4th level of the Spanish football, the club finished 3rd in the 2017–18 season and remained in that category.^[4] On July 5, 2019, Real Jaén presented Alberto González as a new coach for the 2019–20 season.^[5]

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1941–42	3	1ª Reg.	3rd
1942–43	3	1ª Reg.	4th
1943–44	3	3ª	2nd	Fourth round
1944–45	3	3ª	4th
1945–46	3	3ª	2nd
1946–47	3	3ª	2nd
1947–48	3	3ª	8th	Third round
1948–49	3	3ª	10th	First round
1949–50	3	3ª	11th
1950–51	3	3ª	3rd
1951–52	3	3ª	1st
1952–53	2	2ª	1st	Third round
1953–54	1	1ª	14th
1954–55	2	2ª	7th
1955–56	2	2ª	1st	Quarterfinals
1956–57	1	1ª	14th	Round of 16
1957–58	1	1ª	16th	Quarterfinals
1958–59	2	2ª	9th	First round
1959–60	2	2ª	3rd	First round
1960–61	2	2ª	14th	First round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1961–62	2	2ª	9th	First round
1962–63	2	2ª	14th	Round of 16
1963–64	3	3ª	4th
1964–65	3	3ª	1st
1965–66	3	3ª	5th
1966–67	3	3ª	1st
1967–68	2	2ª	11th	First round
1968–69	3	3ª	5th
1969–70	3	3ª	8th	First round
1970–71	3	3ª	8th	Second round
1971–72	3	3ª	3rd	First round
1972–73	3	3ª	9th	First round
1973–74	3	3ª	10th	Second round
1974–75	3	3ª	12th	Third round
1975–76	3	3ª	1st	Second round
1976–77	2	2ª	4th	First round
1977–78	2	2ª	15th	Second round
1978–79	2	2ª	17th	Third round
1979–80	3	2ª B	12th	First round
1980–81	3	2ª B	7th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1981–82	3	2ª B	15th	First round
1982–83	3	2ª B	12th
1983–84	3	2ª B	3rd
1984–85	3	2ª B	7th	Second round
1985–86	3	2ª B	18th	Second round
1986–87	4	3ª	5th
1987–88	4	3ª	1st	First round
1988–89	3	2ª B	11th
1989–90	3	2ª B	17th
1990–91	4	3ª	4th	First round
1991–92	3	2ª B	10th	Second round
1992–93	3	2ª B	4th	Round of 16
1993–94	3	2ª B	4th	First round
1994–95	3	2ª B	4th	Third round
1995–96	3	2ª B	1st	First round
1996–97	3	2ª B	3rd	First round
1997–98	2	2ª	20th	Second round
1998–99	3	2ª B	8th	First round
1999–2000	3	2ª B	4th
2000–01	2	2ª	10th	Round of 32

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2001–02	2	2ª	22nd	Round of 32
2002–03	3	2ª B	12th	Round of 64
2003–04	3	2ª B	12th
2004–05	3	2ª B	9th
2005–06	3	2ª B	13th
2006–07	3	2ª B	6th
2007–08	3	2ª B	9th	Second round
2008–09	3	2ª B	2nd
2009–10	3	2ª B	3rd	First round
2010–11	3	2ª B	8th	Second Round
2011–12	3	2ª B	4th	Second Round
2012–13	3	2ª B	1st	Round of 32
2013–14	2	2ª	21st	Round of 32
2014–15	3	2ª B	11th	First Round
2015–16	3	2ª B	10th
2016–17	3	2ª B	19th
2017–18	4	3ª	3rd
2018–19	4	3ª	1st	Second round
2019–20	4	3ª	4th	Second round
2020–21	4	3ª	7th / 1st

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2021–22	5	3ª RFEF	13th
2022–23	5	3ª Fed.	2nd
2023–24	5	3ª Fed.	2nd	First round
2024–25	5	3ª Fed.		First round

3 seasons in La Liga
16 seasons in Segunda División
31 seasons in Segunda División B
28 seasons in Tercera División
4 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Honours

Segunda División
- Winners (2): 1952–53, 1955–56
Segunda División B
- Winners (2): 1995–96, 2012–13
Tercera División
- Winners (6): 1951–52, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1975–76, 1987–88, 2018–19
Copa Federación
- Winners (2): 1951–52, 2008–09

Current squad

As of 12 August 2024^[6]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Javi Sánchez
2	DF	ESP	Sergio Fernández
3	DF	ESP	Sergio Rodríguez
4	DF	ESP	José Antonio Espín
5	MF	GHA	Wisdom Awusi
6	MF	ESP	Álvaro Muñiz
7	MF	ESP	Juan Cámara
9	FW	ESP	Fernando Rodríguez
10	MF	ESP	Adri Paz
11	FW	ESP	Mario Martos
13	GK	ESP	Alejandro Palop
14	FW	ESP	Carlos Fernández


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ESP	Pablo de Castro
16	MF	ESP	Juanma Segura
17	DF	ESP	Javi Moyano
18	FW	ESP	Migue García
19	FW	URU	Agus Alonso
20	DF	ESP	Mauro Cabello
22	MF	ESP	Óscar Lozano
23	DF	ESP	Curro Burgos
24	MF	ESP	Miguel Carrillo
25	DF	ESP	Pedro Fernández
—	GK	ESP	Adrián Solera

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Manu López (at Torreperogil until 30 June 2025)

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Women's football

Real Jaén was represented in the 2009–10 Superliga Femenina by FCF Atlético Jiennense.

References

^ "The latest news from Real Jaén: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
^ "Real Jaén - Tercera División G 9". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
^ "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). Real Jaén. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "Histórico Real Jaén – Tercera División G 9". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
^ JAmador (5 July 2019). "Alberto González, presentado como nuevo entrenador del Real Jaénjaenenjuego | jaenenjuego" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-17.
^ "Squad". 21 December 2021.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
Unofficial website (in Spanish)
La futbolteca team profile (in Spanish)

[1] "The latest news from Real Jaén: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

[2] "Real Jaén - Tercera División G 9". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

[3] "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). Real Jaén. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[4] "Histórico Real Jaén – Tercera División G 9". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.

[5] JAmador (5 July 2019). "Alberto González, presentado como nuevo entrenador del Real Jaénjaenenjuego | jaenenjuego" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-17.

[6] "Squad". 21 December 2021.

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v t e Real Jaén Club de Fútbol
History Players Managers Seasons Statistics Honours
Teams	Real Jaén Real Jaén B
Home stadium	Nuevo La Victoria (2001–) La Victoria (1944–2001)
Seasons	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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