Ciudad de Lorca Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football club based in Lorca in the

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. Founded in 1969 as Abarán CF and refounded in 1999 as Atlético Abarán, it disappeared in 2009; the club's home ground was '' Estadio Alfonso Embarre'', which held 2,000 spectators.

History

''Abarán Club de Fútbol'' was founded in 1969 to replace

CD Abarán Club Deportivo Abarán was a Spanish football club based in Abarán, in the Region of Murcia. Created in 1948, the club first reached the Segunda División in 1963, playing two seasons but being dissolved only four years later. Season to season ...

which were dissolved two years earlier. They first reached

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in 1988, and spent eight consecutive seasons in the division before being renamed to ''Club Deportivo Abarán'' in 1996. In 1999, CD Abarán suffered relegation due to debts, and their place in the fourth division was bought by ''Atlético Abarán''; CD Abarán still played one further season in the Territorial Preferente before being dissolved. In 2001, Atlético Abarán changed name back to ''Abarán Club de Fútbol'', but were bought by

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

in 2004, being renamed to ''Cartagena Promesas Club de Fútbol'', moving to Cartagena and becoming their

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. In 2006, the affiliation agreement with Cartagena ended, and the club played the season under the name of ''Club Imperial Promesas Rincón de Seca'' in . In 2007, a local businessman named Gregorio Muñoz (Gori) bought the club, moved it to Lorca and renamed it to ''Ciudad de Lorca Club de Fútbol''. In 2009, after suffering relegation from the fourth division and having a

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40,000 debt, Gori unsuccessfully tried to sell the club to other businessmen, at they later were dissolved.

Club background

*''Abarán Club de Fútbol'' (1969–1996; 2001–2004) *''Club Deportivo Abarán'' (1996–2000) *''Atlético Abarán'' (1999–2001) *''Cartagena Promesas Club de Fútbol'' (2004–2006) *''Club Imperial Promesas Rincón de Seca'' (2006–2007) *''Ciudad de Lorca Club de Fútbol'' (2007–2009)

Season to season

Abarán CF/CD Abarán

---- *11 seasons in ''

Atlético Abarán/Abarán CF

---- *4 seasons in ''

Cartagena Promesas

---- *2 seasons in ''

Imperial Promesas

---- *1 season in ''

Ciudad de Lorca

---- *2 seasons in ''

External links

Futbolme team profile
{{FC Cartagena Defunct football clubs in the Region of Murcia Association football clubs established in 1969 Association football clubs established in 1999 Association football clubs disestablished in 2000 Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 1969 establishments in Spain 1999 establishments in Spain 2000 disestablishments in Spain 2009 disestablishments in Spain FC Cartagena Lorca, Spain