Full name | Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | ||
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Nickname(s) | La Cultu La Leonesa | ||
Founded | 5 August 1923 | ||
Ground | Estadio Reino de León | ||
Capacity | 13,346 | ||
Owner | Aspire Academy (more than 99.74%) 4 minority stockholders (less than 0.26%) | ||
President | Mohd Khalifa Al Suwadi | ||
Head coach | Raúl Llona | ||
League | Primera Federación – Group 1 | ||
2023–24 | Primera Federación – Group 1, 6th of 20 | ||
Website | cydleonesa | ||
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Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (Spanish pronunciation: [kultuˈɾal i ðepoɾˈtiβa leoˈnesa]), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio Reino de León, with a capacity of 13,346 seats.[1]
Ahead of the 2014–15 season, the club released a kit designed to look like a tuxedo. The kit, which attracted huge attention in the media and social networking sites, was worn in a pre-season charity match in support of local charities for mining families.