Club Deportivo Benicarló, commonly referred to as Benicarló, is a Spanish football team based in

Benicarló Benicarló () is a city and municipality in the north of the province of Castelló, part of the Valencian Community, in the Mediterranean Coast between the cities of Vinaròs and Peníscola, not too far south from the Ebre River. Tourism, ag ...

in the autonomous

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...

. Founded in 1921, it plays in ''Regional Preferente – Group 2'', holding home games at ''Estadio Ángel "Pichi" Alonso'', with a capacity of 2,000 people.

History

Founded in 1921, Benicarló first reached the

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 ...

in 1965, and played five consecutive seasons in the category before suffering relegation. After fluctuating between ''Tercera'' and the ''Regional Preferente'', the club suffered relegation to the ''Primera Regional'' in 2010. In 2012, Benicarló merged with neighbouring CF Sporting Benicarló, regaining their ''Preferente'' place. They returned to Tercera División after 29 years in 2020, but immediately suffered relegation.

Season to season

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Notable players

Juan Ignacio Martínez Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez (; born 23 June 1964), is a Spanish football coach and former player, who played as a left back, and is a current head coach. Playing career Martínez was born in Alicante. After playing youth football for both ...

References

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BDFutbol team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benicarlo 1921 establishments in Spain Association football clubs established in 1921 Football clubs in the Valencian Community Province of Valencia