Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, often abbreviated to Rayo, is a Spanish Segunda División B football club based in Vallecas, a neighborhood in South East Madrid. Their home ground is the 15,500 seater Teresa Rivero stadium. One of the perennial yo-yo clubs of Spanish football, they spent many years during the 80's and 90's moving back and forth between the Primera División and the Segunda División A. Having appeared to consolidate their Primera División status with promotion in 1998-9, their most successful season came in 2000-2001, when they were UEFA Cup quarter-finalists, going out only to the eventual runners-up Deportivo Alavés. Since then, the club has fallen on hard times, with successive relegations from the Primera División in 2002-3 and the Segunda División A in 2003-4. Rayo Vallecanos badge Image by http://www. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Vallecas is a neighborhood of Madrid composed of two districts: Puente de Vallecas (population 240,917) and Villa de Vallecas (population 65,162). ... Madrid is the capital and the largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ... UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ... Deportivo Alavés, usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vitoria (Gasteiz) in the Basque Country. ...

Last season 2005-06, the coach manager has been the famous Spanish Real Madrid's player from the 80's and 90's José Miguel González Martín, usually known simply as Míchel. José Miguel González Martín del Campo, also known as Míchel, (born March 23, 1963 in Madrid) is a Spanish football midfielder. ...

Rayo Vallecano was Laurie Cunningham's last club - he was killed in a car crash just outside of Madrid. Laurie Cunningham (March 8, 1956 - July 15, 1989) was an England international association footballer, the first black player to represent England in a competitive football match. ...

Spanish anarchist band Ska-P are outspoken supporters of the club and have dedicated a whole song to it. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising off of a musical arrangement. ... SKA-P is a ska punk band formed in Madrid, Spain, in 1994, that could be categorized, politically, as an extreme leftist musical group. ...

Famous Players

• Hugo Maradona
• Toni Polster
• Elvir Baljić
• Elvir Bolić
• Hernán Medford
• Laurie Cunningham
• Idan Tal
• Hugo Sánchez
• Viktor Onopko
• Kasey Keller

Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Hugo Maradona (born circa May 9, 1969) is an Argentine Association football coach who was also a star player for various clubs internationally. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Anton Toni Polster (born March 10, 1964 in Vienna) is a former Austrian football (soccer) striker, the all-time leading goalscorer for the Austria national team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. ... Elvir Baljić Elvir Baljić (born July 8, 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football (soccer) player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. ... Elvir Bolić Elvir Bolić (born October 10, 1971 in Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a Bosnian football (soccer) forward, the all-time leading scorer and appearance leader for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica_(state). ... Hernán Medford Bryan (born May 23, 1968) was a Costa Rican soccer player who is now coach in that country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Laurie Cunningham (March 8, 1956 - July 15, 1989) was an England international association footballer, the first black player to represent England in a competitive football match. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Idan Tal (born October 13, 1975 in Petah Tikva) is an Israeli association football (soccer) player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born July 11, 1958 in Mexico City) is a former football (soccer) striker, considered the best Mexican player ever. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Viktor Onopko (Виктор Савельевич Онопко, born October 14, 1969 in Voroshilovgrad, USSR) is a Russian football defender, the all-time cap leader for the Russian national team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Kasey Keller (born November 29, 1969 in Olympia, Washington) is an American football (soccer) goalkeeper, four time World Cup participant and one of the first American goalkeepers to become a starter in the English FA Premier League. ...

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Stadium Guide: Estadio Teresa Rivero
• Rayo Herald - Updated info about Rayo Vallecano (in Spanish)

Segunda División B - Grupo 1 2005/06 clubs
Rayo Vallecano | Leganés | Alcalá | Pontevedra | Vecindario | Las Palmas | Castillo | Ourense | Mostoles | Atletico B | Negreira San Isidro | Lanzarote | Alcorcón | S.S. Reyes | Fuenlabrada | Melilla | Celta Vigo B | Universidad de Las Palmas | Pájara Playas edit