CD Numancia de Soria: Rekindling an Old Flame

Unrestricted scouting!!!!!!!!!!!! Great pre-season, what a win over Chelski

Squad Registration

(U19 players don't need to be registered.)
Goalkeepers: Dimitar Evtimov, Jesse Joronen, Jerome Idir
Defenders: Oriol Rosell, Levi Opdam, Wilfried Kanon, Bernardo, Emiliano Velazquez, Senah Mango, Jordy Kimuwidi Diakubama
Midfielders: Ruben, Jack Baldwin, Kevin Pannewitz, Eddy, Boyd Stevens, Lars Gulpen, Thomas Agyiri, Victor Camarasa
Wingers: Yohan Croizet, Ibrahima Tandis, Jesper Drost
Forwards: Sergi Enrich, Yovany van der Stelt, Adrian Rybaczuk

Numancia's Commitment to Youth Continues

Mauro Signorini has been signed from Instituto (Argentina) for 540K in compensation. He will make a great advanced playmaker, and we need one to fill the role since Eddy likely won't make it back the same as he was before.


Philip Jacobsson, who will hopefully be our right back of the future, has been signed from Kalmar FF for 550K in compensation.

Unai Emery on Numancia's Foreign Bias

Real Sociedad's manager, Unai Emery, was asked about Numancia's reliance on foreign players. Here's what he had to say:

August Matches

Real Sociedad 1 - 2 Numancia

Budding American superstar Adrian Rybaczuk has scored his first La Liga goal in his first match, but he was merely along for the ride, a beneficiary of this great piece of creativity by Sergi Enrich:

Transfer Deadline Day

Once again, it's all the players I didn't sign, and all the money I didn't spend, the top deals:


In addition, Real Madrid made a nice piece of business this window:

September Matches

Numancia 2 - 1 Valladolid

Here is Rybaczuk's second goal, much more skillful than the first:

Evtimov Tears Ankle Ligaments

Numancia suffered a terrible blow as Dimitar Evtimov, who had been lights out in goal for Numancia, will be out 5-6 weeks with torn ankle ligaments.

Getafe 0 - 3 Numancia

Here is the luckiest goal of the year, a Yohan Croizet shot that hit woodwork, bounced off Getafe's goalkeeper, and into the net for a Numancia goal. It loosened us up and led to a big result!

Valencia 0 - 0 Numancia

Numancia 1 - 0 Espanyol

The Table

Manager's Comments

Wait, 2nd in La Liga? This is much better than I could have expected, and unbeaten, to boot! There are some mysteries going on. How did a defense that gave away 58 Liga Adelante goals last season only give away 2 goals in 5 La Liga matches this season? With two own goals to their benefit, and several missed against them, have Numancia benefitted from a great deal of luck? (Yes.) Things are rosy now, but with Real Madrid coming to Nuevo Los Parajitos next, will things start to turn south? Just what kind of wizardry is being performed here on a 100,000 Euro a week budget?

An astounding start to the season, honestly would never have thought I'd see you joint top and unbeaten 5 games in. Long may it continue. Some quality youth pulls there, too.

2013-12-12 19:01#149075 Rablador : An astounding start to the season, honestly would never have thought I'd see you joint top and unbeaten 5 games in. Long may it continue. Some quality youth pulls there, too.

What Rab said

Matches

Numancia 2 - 5 Real Madrid

Athletic Bilbao 0 - 0 Numancia

Deportivo 1 - 4 Numancia

Numancia 1 - 1 Real Betis

The Table

Transfers

We've signed Philippe Martineau from Nimes for 675K in compensation. When he joins up he will do lots of time in the U19 team, but he should replace Pannewitz sooner rather than later.


Danish midfielder prospect Michael Olsen has agreed to a free transfer from FC Nordsjaelland, he looks amazing and will eventually rotate with and replace Jack Baldwin.

Manager's Comments

The table is out of whack right now due to games being unbalanced, but even though this wasn't as good of a month with only one win (but only one loss), things are still going great for us. Dimitar Evtimov and Eddy are ready to come back so that makes things even better for us.

To be up and about there as a newly promoted side is fantastic, keep it up!

Oooo that good start you:>! Very well, good luck .

€24 M in TV money!! That a lot of cash. What was your transfer budget for the season?

Love the signings, especially Aldo Jaime looks to have lots of potential. Sorry to see Carlos Akapo leave.

Fantastic results to start the new season.

Keep it up.

It was about 1-1.5 million, although I got 3 million from player sales. My wage budget cap is 110,000 a week. It's sad to see players leave, but you've got to keep the pipeline moving.

Matches

Numancia 0 - 2 Malaga

Numancia 1 - 1 Barcelona

Almeria 2 - 0 Numancia

Numancia 0 - 3 Atletico Madrid

Sergi Enrich Tears ACL and MCL

Numancia striker Sergi Enrich has torn his ACL and MCL, and is done for the rest of the season. Since his injury is long-term, Numancia manager Shylo Elliott has taken the option to unregister him. Enrich said, "I am going to try to come back. I love football. I'd like to continue playing for Numancia, but I'm not sure that option will be given to me." When Elliott was asked about it, he said, "It would be a great tragedy if Enrich never returned to form after his injury. He is a fine player and I'm glad to have him on my team. It would be foolish for me to give him a place on the team when he's finished his rehab, but if he works hard and seems like he's going to return, I will definitely consider him."

Elliott was looking to sell Enrich in the summer, but now he's unsellable and there are major doubts he will recover his value. Just a sad story all around.

Elia Nobile Called Up

16 year old striker/winger Elia Nobile has been called up to the senior team by manager Shylo Elliott. He has 18 goals and 11 assists in 22 U19 appearances, and with the injury crisis, he feels that it's a good time to get Nobile some work in the field.

Levante 1 - 3 Numancia

The Table

Transfers

I'm glad to announce that Kim Petterson will join us at the end of his contract with Kalmar FF, he is young but more developed than my other signees and he could start tomorrow if I had to. He will rotate in at center and right back.

Manager's Comments

It wasn't the best of months, but injuries hurt us and hopefully the big win against Levante has righted the ship a little bit. We should comfortably avoid relegation, but how high up we finish depends on luck and how the young players develop.

not the best month but your draw with Barcelona! wtg! keep it up results will turn properly nice call up for that player too

Nice results against Barcelona.

Really like the 20 “Determination” on youngster Kim Petterson.

Also make me happy so see that RCD Mallorca was relegated again.

Keep Your Pimp Hand Strong

Numancia manager Shylo Elliott has rumored to have gotten some serious concessions from the board, leveraging Numancia's incredible league position. The wage budget has been nearly doubled, to 180,000 Euros a week! The board also agreed to action a training facility upgrade, aiding the development of future Numancia players. In addition, the board has increased the transfer budget to 3.71 million Euros. This should help in getting some forward help during winter break.

Matches

Numancia 6 - 3 Sevilla

Copa del Rey 4th Round Leg 1
Sabadell 0 - 3 Numancia

Sporting 1 - 3 Numancia

The Injuries Pile Up for Numancia

Numancia's center back Bernardo will miss 2-3 months with a torn hamstring he suffered during a match against Sporting. It's a terrible injury for him, but Numancia seems to be well-stocked with Senah Mango and Kim Pettersson waiting in reserve.

Copa del Rey 4th Round Leg 2
Numancia 2 (5) - 0 (0) Sabadell

Numancia 3 - 1 Elche

- Yovany van der Stelt had his second hat trick this season, and it was former Numancia player Fegor Ogude who conceded the penalty for van der Stelt's hat trick goal.

New Feeder Club

We've set up FC Hansa Rostock as our new feeder club, they have great youth facilities and I'd like to get a chance at some of the best youth talent in Germany. (Plus, if I steal all their good youths, they won't beat St. Pauli! :P) We will have the first option to buy their players.

The Table

Transfers

We've bought Torben Poggenberg from Paderborn for 1.2 million. He's very raw, but the potential is very undeniable. He has 18 pace and 16 acceleration, and is kind of miscast as an AMC, we'll retrain him as an AML due to his right-footedness. He's very raw but should develop nicely.

Manager's Comments

We won every game and had a perfect month, and we're still in continental football contention at the halfway point. Hopefully the squad depth I'll bring over in January can boost the team and keep it up the rest of the way!

Nice results, along with the new feeder club! Pick them off clean off their talent!

Good results