Nickname and Mascot
The team is nicknamed El Submarino Amarillo (the Yellow Submarine) because of their yellow strip. The mascot (named Groguet, "Little Yellow") is characterised as a submarine in human form. He made his debut on 26 October 2001 and was named in December 13 that year by a local 12 year-old, Javier Fuster Almela, following a province-wide competition open to under-15s.
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