Levante UD

Levante Union Deportiva is a football club that has won promotion to the Primera División (First Division) of the Spanish Football League for the 2004–2005 season as champions of the Segunda División (Second Division). They were relegated later that season and were sent straight back down to the Segunda Division.

History

Levante UD, or Llevant UE to give the team its name in the Valencian language, is the second team of the city of Valencia, Spain.

Related Topics:
Valencian - Language - Valencia, Spain

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Always in the shadows of Valencia, CF, Levante has been around since the early 1900s and originally played in their modest stadium Campo de Vallejo. In the early 1970s they moved into their current stadium, the 27 792 seater Ciudad de Valencia.

Related Topics:
Valencia, CF - 1900s - 1970s

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Before 2004, Levante UD had only been in the First Division for two seasons (1963–1964 and 1964–1965), although they came very close in 2003. The two most illustrious players to play for the team are Johan Cruijff and Caszely. Levante fans are known as Granotas, or frogs.

Related Topics:
1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 2003 - Johan Cruijff - Caszely - Frogs

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After gaining promotion, Levante had a postive start to the season, quickly gathering several points to challenge among the top ten for the first half of their season. But things went suddenly downhill as the season went on. A poor run of form saw them slip alarmingly down the pecking order until they found themselves needing a win to stay up on the last day. They didn't get it, and were relegated straight back down again, a surprise considering their earlier form.

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