Unión Deportiva Salamanca "B", also known as Club Deportivo Salmantino, was a Spanish football team based in

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

, in the autonomous community of

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

. Founded on 22 October 1952, it was the

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UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

, and last played in Tercera División – Group 8, holding home games at '' Pistas del Helmántico'', which seats 5,500 spectators.

History

The club was founded as

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, named ''Club de Fútbol Salmantino'' on 30 July 1943. This first club project only lasted four seasons and UD Salamanca had to set it aside for a while in 1947, probably because of economical reasons. It wasn't until the 1953–54 season that the project was resumed. The club had to be named ''Club Deportivo Salmantino'', and it acted as the reserve team, for players that did not use to play with the main team of UD Salamanca. The colours chosen to play were purple for the T-shirt and white for the pants, even though Salmantino came back to the traditional black and white at the request of some UDS presidents. In 1997 both entities merged, the team was renamed Unión Deportiva Salamanca B, became the main side's

and started competing 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 ...

. With the dissolution of UD Salamanca on 18 June 2013 due to accumulated debts, Salamanca B also dissolved with the main side, immediately after it was forcibly relegated to the Primera División Regional of Castila & León. A new club was later formed, taking the name Club de Fútbol Salmantino. It played in Tercera División its two first seasons, inheriting the place of Salamanca B, before being relegated to the last tier as it is considered a completely different club.

Club background

*''CD Salmantino'' (1952–97) *''UD Salamanca "B"'' (1997–2013)

Season to season

*As

*Merger with

---- *45 seasons in

Former players

* Jorge Alonso * Toti *

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* Carlos Valverde * David Montero * Juanpa * Víctor Chou * Gianfranco Di Julio

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile
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