Real Zaragoza Spanish professional football club in the city of Zaragoza

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Real Zaragoza is a Spanish professional football club in the city of Zaragoza, in Aragon. It was founded in 1932 with the union of Iberia S.C. Zaragoza and CD, the two biggest clubs in the city in that year. The origin is in 1903 with the creation of Zaragoza Football Club, the predecessor of Real Zaragoza SAD.

Is the 9 th team in the historical classification of the Spanish First Division football, having completed 55 seasons in that category.

On September 10, 2009, the IFFHS published ranking of the best twentieth-century European clubs, Real Zaragoza occupying the 37th position due to the European Championships made in the twentieth century, the Fairs Cup in 1964 and European Cup Winners' Cup in 1995.

Currently ranked No. 312 in the world ranking of clubs IFFHS and the No. 59 of the historical classification of the same organism. is the 7 th team in number of fans in Spain (2.7%) according to the CIS survey May 2007.

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The club's origins date back to 1903, which was founded in Zaragoza Football Club, current germ Real Zaragoza SAD On November 20, 1903 'Heraldo de Aragón' published a very interesting point saying that the designation of Zaragoza Foot-Ball Club was definitely constituted a society of fans to the game of football. Along with some familiar characters from the city Sobradiel Count is the first team in the city. Acted as a player and pioneer chairman of this club playing in a plaza next to the Campo station Sepulchre. The first match was played in the field of the Sepulchre on 26 December that year, and the first goal was scored by the Earl of Sobradiel, team captain and president of the same from January 1904.

For his part, another new team, S.C. Iberia (Iberia Cultural Society), also born in the early twentieth century and has become the ruler of the local football team due to a modern structure, away from an elitist sport that soccer gets closer to the population of the city. This team received the nickname of wasps because of their uniform colors, gualdinegra shirt and black pants. The Iberia S.C. was characterized by a manly game, leading many fans to their field of Torrero. 2 seasons was about to go up to 1st division.

Years later, Zaragoza tomato, so called because he wore red shirt with yellow collar and cuffs and white pants, started in 1921, founded by D. Ricardo Arribas and a group of friends medical students. The team is one of the founding clubs of the Football Federation of Aragon, who was born on September 13, 1922, under the chairmanship of D. José María Gayarre.

In 1924, Zaragoza Ricardo Arribas, which was experiencing financial difficulties had to join the team resulting Fuenclara and merged again, a year later, in 1925, the Stadium, giving rise to Zaragoza CD gaining power of football is the polarization of Aragon, hitherto dominated by the SC Iberia.

This coexistence of two great teams in the city, exciting for the fans, was soon challenged by a number of Zaragoza soccer personalities who advocated a merger. Although the first attempts were unsuccessful, the Wasps and tomatoes, were destined to join.

In December 1931, Zaragoza C.D. is withdrawn by the Federation because of financial difficulties, which acts as a trigger for the March 18, 1932, five representatives of each entity to sign a merger that will document the extinction of Iberia SC and the creation of a new club that would take up his federative rights.

Since then, a new club would bring together the Wasps with Zaragoza tomato white and blue of the Aragonese federation under the name FC Zaragoza