After a long journey, Racing is waiting for an oasis called the Second League

Sixteen years have passed since the Racing venture of the Veiga brothers, which catapulted the team into the silver category and into professional football for the last time. Since then there have been fifteen seasons for a complicated and intense journey through the desert. The journey in which the club traveled between the old Second B and the Treća well, which could end this afternoon. After the 90 minutes against Celta B that Cristóbal Parral’s players have before them, a green and fertile oasis of ardent racing spirit is hidden, where football and the city communicate and walk hand in hand.

Ephemeral fame in A Malata: 2006-2008

Suffered and tasted in equal parts. This was how the promotion phase of the 2006-07 campaign was experienced, where a 2-0 win against Alicante in A Malata compensated for a subsequent 1-0 defeat at Rico Pérez and freed euphoria in Ferrol. Just a year later, the team led by Juan Veiga showed that the glory of the return to professional football was short-lived. Despite signing a brilliant second round of the championship, a paltry 17 points from the first stage condemned the home side to the final day depending on third parties and, despite doing their homework against Castellón in A Malata, they ran into an unexpected result. Celta, who had the salvation of the greens in their hands, fell in Balaídos against Alavés 2-3 and sent the navy team back to relegation from Second B.

A project that does not set fire to the club and joins the club in the Third League: 2008-2010.

Racing then bet on the Asturian Manolo Sánchez Murias direct the racinguist bench. Isidro Silveira tried to emulate the formula for success achieved in 2000 by moving Luis César from the squad to command staff. This bet is in the 2008-2009 season. opened, on the other hand, a time of instability in the coaching staff, in which Michel Alonso who came from directing O Val in the First Regional would eventually take over directing the wardrobe. Staying in Segunda B was not enough for the Racing team, which wanted to return to the silver category of Spanish football and which, after an ephemeral return from Veig, trusted Luisito, who finished in the third division in 2010 in his first season.

Aira effect to restore the illusion: 2010-2013

Teo’s coach counted on continuity, despite the failure, to make up for it in the 2010-2011 campaign. places his team in the fight for promotion to the second B. A fateful afternoon in June in A Malata against Izarra postponed to return and motivate the change of the cycle. Namely, one of the football players who was in charge of redirecting the situation in that unsuccessful phase of advancement. Jose Manuel Aira he took the reins in midfield and then, in his second campaign on the bench, was named Third League champion and took Racing to second B after beating Laudi in the promotion stage. The waters returned to their flow in the mouth of Ferrol.

Years of stability until falling into the hole Third: 2013-2018

Aira enjoyed success in Racing’s return to the bronze category. The team that already included people who will go down in the history of the club like Pablo Rey or Fernando Pumaro was the second. After two and a half years on the bench (with the promotion of i.a play), the coach from Berciano and Racing parted ways and Ferrolac took over the leadership of the team manolo garcia. That campaign brought another indispensable figure to A Malati, Joselu. Despite a very hesitant start to the campaign, a spectacular second round catapulted the green team to third place with 69 points, behind Real Oviedo and Real Murcia. But two heavy defeats against Huesca in the second stage of the tournament play they put an end to their dream of reaching professional football. Again, there was turbulence on the bench like any other emblematic coach would take over, Miguel Angel Tena. Campaign 2015-2016. it was successful, but with a bitter end. Racing appeared to be on course for the title and added a record 16 game unbeaten run. But the last regular day could not have been more complicated. The Greens were defeated in La Eragudina (2-1) against Astorga, with the misfortune of Racing Santander beating Coruxo at El Sardinero to snatch the group championship from Ferrol. The time has come for a new phase of promotion in which Cádiz will become the executioner. The coaches stepped up in the complicated 2016-2017 season, a year that started with Michel Alonso in front, but in October she replaced Tena again. The performance of the track was not as expected and for the first time Racing failed to qualify to play a play finishing in seventh place. The situation only worsened in the league in 2017-2018, when the Elite Group entered the shareholding. The team didn’t start badly, but fell into a very negative dynamic with 13 games without a win, falling into a dangerous zone. During the winter break, the Osasuna exporter Ricardo Lopez He was the one chosen to correct the course. A goal he failed to achieve, completing the fall in the third hole.

Emilio Larraz pulls the team out of the well: 2018-2019

Only a dealer could pull Racing out of the well: Emilio Larraz from Zaragoza. With Carlos Mouriz in sports management, current banners such as Diego Rivas, Álex López, Jon García or Quique Fornos. He had to row on smaller pitches, but against opponents who wanted to justify themselves against a Racing team that started as a rival to beat. So much so that the track started with failure: 4-0 at the home of Somozas. But, after a few weeks of merging, Racing adapted, assimilated Larraz’s commands and brought it to the top in his special Tourmalet. In a painful match against Jaén, Josel he scored a goal that returned Racing to the bronze category.

The rise to professional football: 2019-2023

With the team in Segunda B, the new goal is professional football. But the additional sports complicated Larraz’s second year in Ferrol with the coronavirus pandemic and the creation of the First Federation. He landed in February 2021 Christopher Parralo in A Malata to qualify for the new category. The races have restarted. After a year of hard work and ups and downs, he achieved his goal of returning to the game last season play promotion in Segundo, which ended bitterly against Nàstico. Until today.

2007. Last promotion in Segundo

A 1-0 defeat at Rico Pérez sealed promotion. A 2-0 win against Alicante in the first leg in A Malata was worth a return to professional football.

2010. Descent into Hell

After an ephemeral campaign in the Second League, the club was slow to find the right key to recovery, eventually falling into the hole of the Third League in 2010.

In 2013, Racing believes again

With José Manuel Airo at the helm and a record season in the Third Division, Racing managed to reappear like a phoenix in the “play offs” after beating Laudi at home.

2018. Fall into the Third Well

In the course of two coach changes, Racing failed to react and ended up losing the category, which seemed unimaginable at the beginning of the league.

2019. Bring back the illusion

Emilio Larraz joins the Racing bench to lay the first stone of the project with an eye to the future and manage to return to Segunda B in his first year.

Joselu Gómez, the legend of 119 goals with the green elastic

On the lawn of La Planille a year and a month ago Josel Gomez he wrote his name in golden letters in the history of Racing de Ferrol. The captain scored his 110th goal against Calahorra with an elastic racing uist and thus surpassed club legends such as Pablo Rey and Pazolo. “It’s an honor to be up there with two great players in the club’s history,” he extolled at the time.

His specialty is to define the area. And his magic comes, above all, with his left foot. The shadow of the assassin did nothing but increase until it set that record bar to a not inconsiderable record of 119 targets. He last scored against Alcorcón this season, nine seasons after his Racing debut. He made his debut at a much younger age, in 2014, showing his stripes in a Copa del Rey match where Racing beat Atlético Astorga 5-1. Another memorable moment, his goal in Jaén to pull Racing out of the Third League hole.

your injury

Joselu’s path in this course was not easy at all. Chronic knee injury made him say enough in the middle of the season.

He took the field for the last time on Sunday, February 5, in the morning draw against Cultural Leonesa. Although he was already touched there and could only last five minutes. Their last regular league game dates back to January in a 3-0 win against Sanse. And that is that the captain’s injury is, without a doubt, the biggest misfortune for racinguismo in an impeccable campaign.

Since then, every 22nd minute of the matches that Racing plays belongs to Joselu. The fans applaud and praise the captain who had to learn to help the team from the sidelines. And the club dedicated that moment to him with nice gestures at the stadium and on social networks.

always decided to stay

Predictably, the player who has always opted for Racing will hang up his boots today. In the bad moments of the club, despite sweet offers, the man from Palmeira always decided to stay in his second home, his Ferrol. Nàstic from Tarragona or Racing from Santanderamong others, there were powerful clubs trying to tempt him.

He started the summer before this course with the goal between the eyebrows, promotion to second place that it took so long. “When I signed for Racing, it was with the idea of ​​going to second place, although he resists,” he admitted after last season’s play-off loss to Nàstico. So this afternoon will be even more special for the man from Ribeira.

Will they step onto the green of A Malate this afternoon? Fans are clamoring for him to give him a final ovation at the racinguista theater.