One of the perennial yo-yo clubs of Spanish football, Rayo Vallecano spent many years during the 1980s and 1990s moving back and forth between the first and second divisions. They appeared to have consolidated their top flight status after promotion in 1998–99, and the team's most successful season came in 2000–01, when they reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals, going out only to eventual runners-up Deportivo Alavés (Rayo finished ninth in the previous season, but entered the competition via the fair play draw).

However, the club shortly thereafter fell on hard times, enduring successive relegations from the first (in 2002–03) and second divisions (2003–04). In 2005–06, the club hired Míchel, a legend for Real Madrid in the 1980s and 90s, as team manager.

The club finished the 2006–07 season in second place in third-tier, winning the promotion play-off semifinal, but losing in the final to SD Eibar (1–2 aggregate). The next season, Rayo returned to the second division after a four-year absence, winning the play-off, disposing of Benidorm CF in the semifinal, and Zamora CF in the last game (2–1 aggregate).

In the first season back in the second tier of Spanish football, Rayo finished comfortably, often either in or just outside the promotion places. That same year, its women's team was crowned league champions for the first time, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Women's Champions League, but were eliminated 2–5 on aggregate in the round-of-32, by Russia's WFC Rossiyanka.

In 2010–11, Rayo Vallecano finished in second position and returned to the top flight after an eight-year absence, only trailing champions Real Betis in spite of very serious economic problems.[1][2][3] In late March 2012, in support of the 2011–2012 Spanish protests, the squad decided to take one day off from training to join the demonstrations.[4]

Best players:

Toni Ploster

Elvir Bolic

Guilehrme

Jorge Valvidia

Laurie Cunningham

 Hugo Sánchez(not the president, lol)

Viktor Onopko

Mohamed Diamé

Josip Višnjić

Antonio Amaya

Iván Amaya

Javier Camuñas

Míchel

Michu (swansea's super striker)

Álvaro Negredo (Madrid player)

Kasey Keller

Fernando Morena

Actual manager is Paco Jeméz since July 2012.

Campo de Vallecás is a football stadium located on Calle Payaso Fofó 1, Vallecas. Opened on 10 May 1976, at first it was called "New Stadium Vallecas", but in January 2004, 13 years after the arrival of the Ruiz-Mateos family in 1991, it changed denominations, as the wife was also named by her husband, business man José María, the first woman president of an elite soccer team.

It has a capacity of 15,500 spectators in an all-seated format, and dimensions of 102x64m. Additionally, one of the goalends does not have a grandstand, just a big wall with information panels.

In June 2009, the club announced plans for the construction of a new stadium.

Nice profile..

Their coach Paco Jimenez, im a great fan of.. He promotes some good attacking football and is the reason why Rayo are in the CL spot atm

Pics?

you just copied wikipedia :(

lol dat wikipedia copy

@naman plz you must get responsibility of a club profile of any club because you are awesome pic and info poster. I want to see a club profile from you.

I can only think of Madrid .. which is already done :(

@naman

:( 

its ok tension not