Atlético Levante Unión Deportiva is a Spanish football team based in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, in the namesake community. Founded in 1962, it is the

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Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

, and for the 2022–23 season plays in the

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisions ...

– Group 6.

History

The club was founded on 10 November 1962 after a merger between ''Club Deportivo Portuarios'' (founded in 1952) and ''Unión Deportiva Malvarrosa'' (founded in 1926), with the latter already having partnerships with

. The new side was named ''Club Atlético Levante'' until 1976, when it changed to ''Levante UD Aficionados''. In 1994, after the first team became a

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, the reserve side was renamed ''Levante UD B''. In 2014, the club returned to the name of ''Atlético Levante'' in an attempt to return to the name of the club in their foundation.

Club names

*''Club Atlético Levante'' - ''(1962–76)'' *''Levante UD Aficionados'' - ''(1976-94)'' *''Levante UD B'' - ''(1994–2014)'' *''Atlético Levante UD'' - ''(2014– )''

Season to season

As ''Unión Deportiva Malvarrosa''

---- *2 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

As ''Club Deportivo Portuarios''

---- *5 seasons in

As ''Atlético Levante'' / ''Levante B''

*''As a farm team'' *''As a

'' ---- *11 seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

*1 season in Segunda División RFEF *17 seasons in

*1 season in

Honours

: 2017–18

Players

Current squad

Club officials

Current technical staff

Notable players

* Isaac Danzo * Dani Cárdenas

Notable coaches

* José Ángel Moreno *

José Luis Oltra José Luis Oltra Castañer (born 24 March 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC. Playing career Born in Valencia, Oltra spend the vast majority of his 14-year senior car ...

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile
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