CA Osasuna

Osasuna
Full nameClub Atlético Osasuna
Nickname(s)Gorritxoak
Los Rojillos
Short nameOSA
Founded24 October 1920 (24 October 1920)[1][2]
GroundEl Sadar
Capacity23,516[3]
PresidentLuis Sabalza
Head coachJagoba Arrasate
LeagueLa Liga
2022–23La Liga, 7th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Club Atlético Osasuna (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aðˈletiko osaˈsuna], Osasuna Athletic Club), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,516-capacity El Sadar Stadium.[3] The team's regular home kit is a red shirt with navy blue shorts. Osasuna is one of four professional La Liga clubs to be owned by its members with an elected president.

Osasuna is the sole Navarrese club to have played in La Liga. Although the club has never won a national trophy, it reached the Copa del Rey final in 2005 and 2023. The club's best league finishes were fourth in 1990–91 and 2005–06.

"Los Rojillos" or "Gorritxoak" is the club nickname, meaning "The Little Reds". The word "osasuna" means "health" in Basque, used in a sense of "strength" or "vigour", which makes Osasuna the only team in La Liga with a Basque name. For different reasons, rivalries exist between Osasuna and Real Zaragoza,[4][5] Real Madrid,[6][7][8] and some other Basque clubs, particularly Athletic Bilbao.[9][10][11]

Osasuna has a cantera which has produced several successful players similar to other clubs in the greater Basque region.

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  3. ^ a b "Information of the stadium". osasuna.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Osasuna - Zaragoza: rivalidad de primera" [Osasuna - Zaragoza: premier rivalry]. Vavel (in Spanish). 20 February 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Odio, política e insultos a la virgen: tras la rivalidad más agria de la liga española" [Hate, politics and insults to the virgin: after the most sour rivalry of the Spanish league] (in Spanish). Playground. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Alta tensión: Diez historias que forjaron la rivalidad entre Real Madrid y Osasuna" [High tension: Ten stories that forged the rivalry between Real Madrid and Osasuna]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Osasuna-Real Madrid, una rivalidad clásica" [Osasuna-Real Madrid, a classic rivalry]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Osasuna-Madrid: Pamplona, territorio hostil" [Osasuna-Madrid: Pamplona, hostile territory]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 31 March 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Athletic Bilbao not afraid of Osasuna atmosphere". Goal.com. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  10. ^ A Orbaiz e Iraizoz sí les gusta el Reyno [Orbaiz and Iraizoz do like Reyno], Diario de Navarra (in Spanish), 9 April 2009
  11. ^ "'Es un partido especial por la afición y por la rivalidad sana'" [It is a special match for the fans and healthy rivalry] (in Spanish). EITB. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

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