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| Full name | Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona S.A.D. | ||
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| Nicknames | Nàstic Granes (Maroons) Nastiquers | ||
| Founded | 1 March 1886; 139 years ago (1886-03-01) (gymnastic club) 1914; 111 years ago (1914) (football section) | ||
| Ground | Nou Estadi Costa Daurada,Tarragona,Catalonia, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 14,591[1] | ||
| President | Lluís Fàbregas | ||
| Head coach | Cristóbal Parralo | ||
| League | Primera Federación – Group 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Primera Federación – Group 1, 5th of 20 | ||
| Website | gimnasticdetarragona | ||
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Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known asGimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes justNàstic,[2][3] is a Spanishsports club based inTarragona, in theautonomous community ofCatalonia. Itsfootball team plays inPrimera Federación – Group 2.
The club was founded in 1886 and is one of the oldestfootball clubs in Spain.[4] It has teams competing inathletics,basketball,tennis,gymnastics,table tennis andfutsal, but a football team was not formed until 1914. The team enjoyed a three-yearLa Liga spell in its beginnings (1947–50).
Since 1972, the team has played home games atNou Estadi Costa Daurada, which seats 14,591 spectators.[5]
The club was founded on 1 March 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at theCafè del Centre onRambla Nova. The majority of the club's early members belonged to the upper middle class and, as the club name suggests, was initially founded to promotegymnastics. Later the club members began to organisefencing,hiking,boxing andcycling. In 1914, the club absorbed a local football club called theClub Olímpic de Tarragona and consequently formed its own football team using the former colours of Olímpic: red, white and black. In those days the team played home matches in theAvenida Catalunya stadium.
In January 1918, Gimnàstic made its debut as a football team in theCampionat de Catalunya and by 1927 were crowned champions in the second division. In the 1943–44 season the team appeared in theTercera División and in the following season moved up to theSegunda División.
In the1946–47 season Nàstic finished second in the second division and entered theLa Liga. In 1947 it also reached theCopa del Generalísimo semi-final but lost to theRCD Espanyol, having beaten theFC Barcelona in the previous round.
The team finished its debut first division season inseventh place, with the highlight of the season coming on 11 January 1948 with a 3–1 win against theReal Madrid at theBernabéu, thus becoming the first team ever to do so. The club played two further seasons in the top level, being relegated in1949–50 after losing a play-off to theCD Alcoyano. The team moved to the newNou Estadi in 1972.
Fifty-six years later, for the2006–07 season, Gimnàstic returned to the top flight. Along with coachLuis César Sampedro, some of the players responsible forthe promotion included veteransAntonio Pinilla andAlbano Bizarri.Rubén Castro,Ariza Makukula andJavier Portillo (eventually the team's top scorer) were also brought in. The club was placed in the relegation zone for 33 of the 38 rounds, eventually dropping down a division. Sampedro was replaced mid-season byPaco Flores who improved the team's numbers. In the middle of 2007 the club was crowned theCopa Catalunya champions after a 2–1 win overFC Barcelona, with goals from Pinilla andTati Maldonado.
After returning to the second level Gimnàstic achieved a mid-table position in2007–08 and2008–09 with César Ferrando in charge of the team. However, in the2009–10 and2010–11 seasons, the club only managed to rank one position above the relegation zone. In the2011–12 campaign the team was relegated to theSegunda División B after only winning six games out of 42.
On 12 September 2012 Nàstic won the second Catalan Cup in its history, after defeating theAEC Manlleu with anEugeni goal. In the2014–15 campaign, after finishing first in its group, the club returned to the second level after defeating theSD Huesca inthe play-offs.
In the2018–19 campaign the team was relegated to theSegunda División B ending a four-year run in the second division.
There are twoultras groups: Orgull Grana 1886, acatalanist ultra group that has expressed political solidarity with thepalestinian cause, and Alterats 1886, anantifa ultra group with active presence and sometimes involved in fights with right wing ultras.
There are also twosupporters' groups that don't identify themselves as ultras: Furia Grana and Tarraco Firm Supporters.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Cristóbal Parralo |
| Assistant manager | Javier Manjarín |
| Goalkeeper coach | Manolo Oliva |
| Fitness coach | Jordi Abella |
| Analyst | Yuriy Storozhuk |
| Doctor | Carles Hernández |
| Physio | Albert Samper Víctor Rodríguez Daniel Briones |
| Readapter | Sergi Salvadó |
| Nutritionist | Pau Balart |
| Match delegate | Xavi Roch |
| Kit man | Oscar Lara |
Last updated: 13 November 2025
Source:Gimnàstic
Players who appeared in more than 100 league matches for the club and/or reached international status.
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