Caravaca Club de Fútbol was a
Spanish football team based in
Caravaca de la Cruz
Caravaca de la Cruz, often shortened to Caravaca, is a town and municipality of southeastern Spain in the region of Murcia, near the left bank of the River Argos, a tributary of the Segura. It is the capital of the northwest Region of Murcia. I ...
, in the
Region of Murcia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2011, it held home games at ''Estadio Antonio Martínez El Morao'', with a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
History
''Caravaca Club de Fútbol'' was founded in 1969 (after previous denominations as ''Deportiva Caravaqueña'' and ''Caravaca Football Club''), first reaching ''
Tercera División'' in 1980, and lasting six seasons.
The club returned to level four in 1991, consolidating in that division in the following decades; in the
2008–09 season, Caravaca led all teams in the group at 115 goals scored and, after defeating
CD Ourense in the promotion playoffs, its first promotion to
level three.
After the
2010–11 season, the club was forced to dissolve due to economic problems, and its place was bought by
CF La Unión
Caravaca Club de Fútbol , unofficial known as Club de Fútbol La Unión was a Spanish football team based in La Unión, Murcia, in the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2011, it played its only ever season (2011–12) in Segunda División B – Gro ...
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Season to season
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*2 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 ...
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*24 seasons in ''
Tercera División''
Last squad (2010–11)
Famous players
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Fernando Obama
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Iván Zarandona
Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatorial Guinean former footballer and a sports agent. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he also operated as a central defender.
He spent the better part of his career in Spain, representing V ...
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Antonio Martín
Antonio Martín Velasco (24 May 1970 – 11 February 1994) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from 1992 until his death in 1994.
Martín began his career in 1983 at Torrelaguna's cycling school. He remained there until 1985, atta ...
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Juan Antonio Chesa
Juan Antonio Chesa Camacho (born 1 February 1970 in Alicante, Valencian Community) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclus ...
External links
Official websiteFutbolme team profile{{in lang, es
Association football clubs established in 1969
Association football clubs disestablished in 2011
Defunct football clubs in the Region of Murcia
1969 establishments in Spain
2011 disestablishments in Spain