Club Atlético Osasuna founded in 1920, play their football in Estadio Reyno de Navarra, in the historic town Pamplona, made famous by Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Always Rises.

For Basque nationalists, Pamplona is the historical capital of the Basque Country.

The city is worldwide famous for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls or encierro is one of the main attractions. This fiesta, known as Sanfermines to the local population

In recent years Osasuna have been a real force in Spanish football. A Spanish Cup victory in 2005 was followed up by a highly impressive 4^th place finish in the 2005/2006 La Liga campaign.

In the 2006/2007 Uefa Cup competition Osasuna reached the semi finals, beating the likes of Rangers and and German side Bayern Leverkusen along the way and were only defeated in the semi - finals by eventual winners and defending champions Sevilla, then managed by current Spurs boss Juande Ramos.

Yet Osasuna could not continue there recent form last season and a very disappointing season ended in a lowly 17^th position and José Ángel "Cuco" Ziganda and his team will be looking to improve fortunes and reach the highest they achieved under previous manager Javier Aguirre.