Recreativo de Huelva

Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal ˈkluβ rekɾeaˈtiβo ðe ˈwelβa]) is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play in Segunda Division B – Group 4, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo Colombino, which has a 21,670 capacity.

Team colours are white shirts with blue vertical stripes and white shorts.

History

Foundation/Early years

Two Scots, Alexander Mackay and Robert Russell Ross, overseas workers at the Rio Tinto mines, founded Huelva Recreation Club to provide their employees with physical recreation. Then they were invited by Sevilla F.C. to play their first football match. Very little is officially reported, being one of the most notable games of the time a knock-out stage in 1896 against Locomotoras Albacete Balon-Pie, precursor of the latter Albacete Balompie, in a national cup championship.

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