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This meant that relegation followed just one season after.įollowing another three years in Segunda, Numancia came back to La Liga for season 2008–09. Numancia'second spell in the Spanish top tier was not successful as it only won 6 games. Numancia spent three seasons in Segunda Division, before promotion again after the 2003–04 season, as the club finished third. However, that was eventually not enough to avoid a drop to Segunda, after a two-year spell in La Liga. Numancia again displayed strong results at home, winning eight of their ten wins at home. Their second season in the elite was less successful, as the team finished in last place. Numancia won 9 home games, drew 6, and lost only 4 games at home. Their survival was made possible because of unexpectedly good home results. Numancia eventually finished 17th, thus avoiding an immediate relegation to Segunda. Their first ever season in the Spanish elite proved to be challenging.
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In the 1998–99 season, Numancia finished third in Segunda, only behind Málaga CF and Atlético Madrid B, meaning the promotion to the top tier. Numancia's most important milestone came in 1999, when the team managed to promote to La Liga for the first time. The club became first widely known in Spain in 1995–96, while still playing at the third level, for its extraordinary run in the Spanish Cup, eliminating three top flight clubs ( Real Sociedad, Racing de Santander and Sporting de Gijón) and only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Barcelona, after Numancia drew in the first leg and took the lead in the second. Having spent a long time in the Tercera División, the club made consistent progress, reaching the first division on three occasions: 1999, 20. Numancia was named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near where Soria would be later founded.