The city ofHuesca is one of the pioneers in the introduction of football inAragon. In the beginning of the 20th century (in 1903), the city already had a society named "Foot-ball Oscense".[4]
Huesca Fútbol Club was founded in 1910 with Jorge Cajal as the first president.[5] On 10 April 1910 the first formal match was played in the city ofHuesca between the teams of the Sertorius Club, formed by high school students, and El Ideal de Magisterio Oscense. The match was organized by Huesca Sport Club.
In 1913, Huesca Sport Club became Huesca Fútbol Club. At this time other teams also emerged, among them Atlético Osca and the Stadium, which later merged with Huesca FC. The Stadium wore blue and red colors ofBarcelona and the team acquired those colors for their T-shirts.[4]
16 years later it folded – after it had joined theRoyal Spanish Football Federation in 1922 (its department in the Aragon autonomous community in Spain - the Aragonese Football Federation, founded in 1922).[4] But in 1929 reappeared asCD Huesca, being renamedUnión Deportiva in 1943,[4] but the club again disappeared in 1956 due to financial problems. The first president after official registration of the Huesca Fútbol Club was Santos Solana.[4] Lorenzo Lera was the first associate of the club, which was enrolled in the Federation with theblaugrana colours as its founding members were FC Barcelona supporters.
One of the first games of written reference was alocal derby againstBosco FC, a 3–5 loss. In the mid-1920s the club turned professional and, in 1926, a match against FC Barcelona was played at theVilla Isabel, in a 2–2 draw. Following the serious incidents that occurred on 23 October 1927 in the match againstReal Zaragoza in the Regional Championship, with a field invasion by fans due to lousy arbitration and consequent sanctions of the Regional Federation for three months, the club was withdrawn from the championship and passed its players to other teams.[4] In early 1930s emerged the Huesca Sports Club (Club Deportivo Huesca) which won the Regional Fans Championship (Campeonato Regional de Aficionados) in the 1930–31 season, reaching the final of the National Championship, where lost to Ciosvín in theEstadio Chamartín in Madrid. During the Civil War, football was still played in Huesca and in 1939 the Huesca Fútbol Club instantly reappeared. From the 1943–44 season and after being renamed to Unión Deportiva Huesca the club played for seven consecutive seasons in Tercera División. In 1950, Huesca first reachedSegunda División.[4]
On 29 March 1960 Sociedad Deportiva Huesca evolved, first playing inSegunda División B in 1977. The 1960–61 season Huesca played in Regional category and achieved promotion toTercera División, where remained for 12 consecutive seasons.[6] Huesca were champions of their Tercera División group for two years running for the1966-67 and1967-68 seasons but were defeated in the playoff promotions each time.
In the 1972–73 season the club was relegated to Primera Regional, which is a regional level competition. But the next year it returned to Tercera División. The club headed Tercera División in the 1989–90 season and as a result was promoted to Segunda División B.[6]
In the 2005–06 season, SD Huesca was relegated to Tercera División.[7] In 2006 the club finished second in theCopa Federación de España, losing toPuertollano; in that same season it narrowly avoided relegation to Tercera División, after a play-off againstCastillo.
In the2006–07 campaign the club reached the play-offs for promotion to the second level, having lost a two-legged final againstCórdoba CF. Inthe following season, it returned to the "silver category". It happened on 15 September 2008 after the win over Écjija in the promotion play-off.[7]
2008–09's second division was a regular one for Huesca led by coachAntonio Calderón, with the new league status being maintained with many rounds left. Huesca finished that season in the 11th position.Rubén Castro, loaned byDeportivo La Coruña, was one of the most important players during the campaign, scoring 14 times, ninth-best in the league. In its second season in the Segunda División, the team struggled to remain there. Huesca finished in 13th position, just 2 points away from being relegated.[8] The best scorer in the team that season wasJuanjo Camacho, who scored 8 goals in the competition.[9]
Chart of SD Huesca league performance 1929-present
In the 2010–11 season Huesca retained its place in the Segunda División finishing in the 14th position.[10] The result was achieved by the good defensive performance. The goalkeeperAndrés Fernández was awarded with theZamora Trophy for having the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio in the division.
Relegation followed at the end of the2012–13 season, but the club returned to theSegunda División in 2015 after a first-place finish and eventually a two-leg play-off victory overHuracán Valencia.
Huesca won promotion back to La Liga on 17 July 2020, after a 3–0 win overNumancia and secured the league title on the last matchday.[15] On 22 May 2021, despite winning two of their last five fixtures of the2020–21 season, the club was relegated back to the second tier once more after drawing 0–0 on the last matchday againstValencia,[16] the same team who had beaten them 6–2 to cause their relegation two years earlier.[14] A month later, the club had its firstSpanish international, goalkeeperÁlvaro Fernández, who stepped in along with his under-21 teammates after the senior squad became unavailable due to aCOVID-19 case.[17]
Outside view ofEl Alcoraz in the outskirts of Huesca
During the 1971–72 season Huesca decided to build a new football stadium,Estadio El Alcoraz, the team's third in its history, located in the hills of San Jorge with a capacity of 9,100 seats. The 1974 Amateur Cup of Spain final took place there.
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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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.