Levante UD

Early years (1909–1935)

Levante UD was formerly registered as Levante Football Club on 9 September 1909 (celebrating its 100th anniversary on 9 September 2009). Thus Levante is the oldest football club in the city of Valencia, with rival team Valencia CF not being formed until 1919. Levante shares its name with the eastern region of the Iberian Peninsula, with Spain's east coast, the coast over which the sun rises (levantar in Spanish), with the Levant wind that comes from the east, and with the Levante beach in La Malvarrosa where Levante Football Club played some of its earliest fixtures. Levante's earliest games were played at La Platjeta, near the docks on a plot of land owned by a perfume entrepreneur. Its next ground was also near the port area, and the club gradually became associated with the working class. In 1919, the side played Valencia CF for the first time, losing 0–1; the game marked the inauguration of the recently built ground at Algirós. In 1928, Levante FC won its first trophy, the Valencian Championship. 1909 also saw the birth of Gimnástico Football Club, which originally played at Patronato de la Juventud Obrera, being then named Gimnástico-Patronato. In 1919, Gimnástico became the champion of the Campeonato de Valencia, beating CD Castellón in the two-leg finals; the next year, the club became Real Gimnástico Football Club, after being granted royal patronage by Alfonso XIII, and they reached the final of Campeonato Regional de Levante, but…

National competitions

Copa del Rey Winners (1): 1937 Segunda División Winners (3): 2003–04, 2016–17, 2024–25 Segunda División B Winners (5) - joint record: 1978–79, 1988–89, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99 Tercera División Winners (7): 1931–32, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1972–73, 1975–76

Regional competitions

Campeonato de Valencia Winners: 1927–28 Campeonato Levante-Sur Winners: 1934–35

Friendly tournaments

Trofeo Costa de Valencia Winners: 1972, 1974, 1977 Trofeo Comunidad Valenciana Winners: 1986 Trofeo Ciutat de València Winners: 1995 Trofeo Ciudad de Valencia Winners: 1997 Trofeo de la Generalitat Valenciana Winners: 2000