Counting since their first La Liga game, August 22, 1999. Beat Espanyol 1–0 at La Rosaleda on debut in 1999, six years after the club was refounded; a fourth-place finish in 2012 and a Champions League quarter-final the year after came just before a near-fatal financial collapse.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Boquerones have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first La Liga game.
They have never even reached the title race.
That's 27 La Liga seasons of waiting.
Since then: the iPod was unveiled, Bitcoin mined its first block, and ChatGPT launched.
5 U.S. presidencies have started.
Lamine Yamal wouldn't be born for another 8 years.