Those of Míchel face their fifth final in the promotion promotion and the third in a row
Girona’s only promotion to First Division came directly, after being second in the 16-17 season
Third time has to be the charm. That’s how many people think. Also Juanpe Ramírez and Valery Fernández. After experiencing the last two finals of the promotion play-off with a fateful outcome, they know what they are talking about.
The Canarian central defender and the lane player from l’Escala attended the media at Media Day before the match against Tenerife in Montiliv and both coincided with the same: The comeback in Ipurua has to be the boost the team needs to return to the First Division.
The Catalan team, with everything, has never risen through promotion promotion: in 2013 he fell in the final against Almería, in 2016 he lost to Osasuna and in 2020 and 2021 he kneeled cruelly against Elche and Rayo Vallecano. Girona’s only promotion to Primera came directly, after being second in the 16-17 season.
The King of the Playoffs
Girona is, by far, the club that has played the most finals. With five, they lead Valladolid (two finals won out of two) and Las Palmas, Huesca and Elche (one out of two). And it is, together with Zaragoza, the only club that has played the promotion three times or more and has never risen to the First Division this way.
The final against Tenerife will also be the fifth in a row of the promotion that is settled between the fifth and sixth classified of the regular league. In 2018 and 2019 he climbed the fifth (Valladolid and Mallorca) and in 2020 and 2021 he climbed the sixth (Elche and Rayo, both against Girona, in Montilivi).