Club Deportivo Linares was a Spanish football team based in

Linares, Jaén Linares (; ) is a city located in the Andalusian province of Jaén, Spain. It is considered the second-most important city in that province and had a population of 56,525 in the most recent census (2021). The altitude is and the total area of ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1990 and dissolved in July 2009, it played its last season in 2008–09, in Second Division B - Group 4. The team's stadium was ''

Estadio de Linarejos Estadio Municipal de Linarejos is a stadium in Linares, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and was the home stadium of Linares Deportivo Linares Deportivo () is a Spanish football team based in Linares, in the autonomous commu ...

'', with a capacity of 10,000 seats.

History

''Club Deportivo Linares'' was founded in 1990 with Miguel Hernández as its first president, first reaching the

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four years later, with a brief spell in the

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in 2000–01 – immediate relegation back. On 21 July 2009, after seven consecutive seasons in ''Segunda B'', the

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of Linares, Juan Fernández, announced the club's defunction, due to the impossibility of paying its debt (around

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4.7 million). It managed to play another seven seasons in division three. On 5 August, Linares' new managing board confirmed the registration in the fourth category but, eventually, the

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forced the team to disappear.La Federación no valida la inscripción del CD Linares y le obliga a desaparecer (RFEF renders CD Linares' registration invalid and forces it to fold)

Club background

*''SG Linarense'' – ''(1909–20)'' *''Linares FC'' – ''(1920–29)'' *''Gimnástica Linarense'' – ''(1929–31)'' *''Linares Deportivo (I)'' – ''(1940–46)'' *''Atlético Linares'' – ''(1946–48)'' *''CD Linares (I)'' – ''(1952–64)'' *''

Linares CF Linares Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football club based in Linares, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1961 it disappeared 29 years later due to serious economic problems, and held home matches at '' Estadio de Linarejo ...

'' – ''(1961–90)'' *''CD Linares (II)'' – ''(1990–2009)'' *''

Linares Deportivo Linares Deportivo () is a Spanish football team based in Linares, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares, it plays in Primera Federación – Group 1. The team's stadium is '' Estadio ...

(II)'' – ''(2009–present)''

Season to season

---- *8 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 ...

*7 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 ...

*4 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Last squad

Famous players

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Linares Defunct football clubs in Andalusia Association football clubs established in 1990 Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 1990 establishments in Spain 2009 disestablishments in Spain