Real Sociedad Gimnástica de Torrelavega is a Spanish football team based in Torrelavega, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded on 28 September 1907 it is the oldest football club in the region, and currently plays in , holding home matches at Campos del Malecón, with a capacity of 6,007 seats.

History Gimnasticá de Torrelavega was founded in 1907. This makes the club one of the oldest football teams in Spain, as well as the oldest professional team from Cantabria. The team played mostly friendly matches before 1925, as there were not any organized football leagues in Spain prior to that. The team first played in the regional league of Cantabria for three seasons, before being accepted into Tercera Division in 1929. Gimnastica played there for two years, before switching back to the regional league of Cantabria.

Their first touch of professional football came in 1939, when the team was promote for the first time to Segunda División, after league was expanded into 40 teams divide on five groups. They remained there only one season, and were relegated. Gimnastica did not return to the second tier until 1949, when they managed to finish in fifth place in the 1949–50 season. They remained there for five seasons, being relegated after the 1953–54 season.

Following their relegation, Gimnastica spent 12 seasons in Tercera, before promoting back to Segunda in 1966. Their third spell in the second division lasted two years. Following that, the team bounced between Segunda Division B, Tercera and the regional leagues. Gimnastica de Torrelavega currently plays in Tercera Division, following their immediate relegation from Segunda B at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Club background RS Gimnástica de Torrelavega – (1907–30) Club Deportivo Torrelavega – (1930–43) RS Gimnástica de Torrelavega – (1943–)

Honours Segunda División B: (1) 1999–2000 Tercera División: (12) 1933–34, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1989–90, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 Tercera División RFEF: (1) 2021–22 Cantabrian Championship: Runners-up (8): 1922–23, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33

Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1925–2611ª Reg.2ndGroup stage1926–2711ª Reg.2ndGroup stage1927–2811ª Reg.1stGroup stage192933ª4thRound of 161929–3033ª4thRound of 321930–3161st1931–3252ª Reg.1st1932–3341ª Reg.2ndRound of 321933–3433ª1st1934–3541ª Reg.3rd1935–3641ª Reg.3rd1939–4022ª8th1940–4133ª2nd1941–42DNP1942–4345th1943–4433ª5thFirst round1944–4533ª5th1945–4633ª2nd1946–4733ª6th1947–4833ª2ndThird roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1948–4933ª2ndSecond round1949–5022ª5thFirst round1950–5122ª10th1951–5222ª10th1952–5322ª12thFirst round1953–5422ª14th1954–5533ª2nd1955–5633ª9th1956–5733ª2nd1957–5833ª5th1958–5933ª12th1959–6033ª2nd1960–6133ª7th1961–6233ª1st1962–6333ª9th1963–6433ª2nd1964–6533ª1st1965–6633ª1st1966–6722ª10thRound of 321967–6822ª16thRound of 32 SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1968–6933ª8th1969–7033ª4thThird round1970–7133ª12thSecond round1971–7233ª6thSecond round1972–7333ª7thFirst round1973–7433ª5thFirst round1974–7533ª12thThird round1975–7633ª10thThird round1976–7733ª16thFirst round1977–7843ª19thSecond round1978–7951st1979–8043ª20thSecond round1980–8151st1981–8243ª14th1982–8343ª5th1983–8443ª6thFirst round1984–8543ª6thFirst round1985–8643ª8thFirst round1986–8743ª2nd1987–8832ª B20thThird roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1988–8943ª4thSecond round1989–9043ª1st1990–9132ª B12thThird round1991–9232ª B7thThird round1992–9332ª B3rdThird round1993–9432ª B11thThird round1994–9532ª B17thFirst round1995–9643ª1st1996–9732ª B10thFirst round1997–9832ª B7th1998–9932ª B8th1999–200032ª B1st2000–0132ª B13thRound of 162001–0232ª B16th2002–0332ª B6th2003–0432ª B8thRound of 322004–0532ª B19th2005–0643ª1st2006–0732ª B17thFirst round2007–0843ª1st SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2008–0943ª1stFirst round2009–1032ª B9thFirst round2010–1132ª B9th2011–1232ª B15th2012–1332ª B13th2013–1443ª1st2014–1543ª2ndFirst round2015–1643ª2nd2016–1743ª1st2017–1843ª1stFirst round2018–1932ª B19thFirst round2019–2043ª2nd2020–2143ª / First round2021–2253ª RFEF1st2022–2342ª Fed.8thFirst round2023–2442ª Fed.12th2024–2542ª Fed.16th2025–2653ª Fed.1st2026-2742ª Fed.TBD

8 seasons in Segunda División 21 seasons in Segunda División B 4 seasons in Segunda Federación 52 seasons in Tercera División 2 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

References

External links Official website Futbolme team profile