Levante UD
Els Granotes · Valencia, Valencian Community · LaLiga EA Sports
Valencia's oldest club, with one of the strongest women's sections in Spain.
The club
Registered on 6 September 1909, Levante are the oldest football club in Valencia, a decade older than Valencia CF. The current club dates from a 1939 merger with Gimnástico FC, which brought the blue-and-claret colours and the Granota (frogs) nickname. Their best top-flight finish is sixth, in 2011–12, which took them into Europe for the first time. The women's section is among the strongest in Spain and was one of the founding forces of the professional game here.
Things worth knowing
- Won the Copa de la España Libre in July 1937, the Republican-zone cup played during the Civil War, beating Valencia 1–0.
- Ten years older than Valencia CF, the club it shares the city with.
- Johan Cruyff played half a season here in the early 1980s.
- Beat Barcelona 5–4 in May 2018 to end their hopes of an unbeaten league season.