CA Osasuna
Club Atlético Osasuna (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aðˈletiko osaˈsuna], Osasuna Athletic Club), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,516-capacity El Sadar Stadium. The team's regular home kit is a red shirt with navy blue shorts. Osasuna is one of four professional La Liga clubs to be owned by its members with an elected president.
| Full name | Club Atlético Osasuna | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Gorritxoak Los Rojillos | |||
| Short name | OSA | |||
| Founded | 24 October 1920 | |||
| Ground | El Sadar | |||
| Capacity | 23,516 | |||
| President | Luis Sabalza | |||
| Head coach | Jagoba Arrasate | |||
| League | La Liga | |||
| 2022–23 | La Liga, 7th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Osasuna is the sole Navarrese club to have played in La Liga. Although the club has never won a national trophy, it reached the Copa del Rey final in 2005 and 2023. The club’s best league finishes were fourth in 1990–91 and 2005–06.
"Los Rojillos" or "Gorritxoak" is the club nickname, meaning "The Little Reds". The word "osasuna" means "health" in Basque, used in a sense of "strength" or "vigour", which makes Osasuna the only team in La Liga with a Basque name. For different reasons, rivalries exist between Osasuna and Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid, and some other Basque clubs, particularly Athletic Bilbao.
Osasuna has a cantera which has produced several successful players similar to other clubs in the greater Basque region.