Tuesday 14 April 2009

Hercules & Football

Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team formed in 1922, playing in 2008-09 in Segunda División. The team is based in the city of Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencia, and holds home games at the Estadio José Rico Pérez, which seats 30,000 spectators.


Hércules was too a professional soccer team that played in San Salvador, El Salvador. Hércules was a powerhouse during the late 1920's and early 1930's, winning titles in 1927, 1928 and in the 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34 seasons. Although the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional in El Salvador didn't exist at that time, and the Salvadoran Sports Comission (Comisión Nacional de Educación Física) didn't conduct an official national tournament during those years, the championships they won are often considered the national titles.

Finally, the USV Hercules is one of the oldest clubs in the Netherlands. In 1882 Hercules is now a healthy and still growing sports with about 2500 members of tennis, football (futsal + field), badminton, cricket and goalbal to practice sports.

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