Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in
Murcia
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Estadio de La Condomina
La Condomina is a multi-use stadium in Murcia, Spain. The stadium holds 6,500 spectators and it is currently used mostly for football matches and music concerts.
History
La Condomina was built in 1924 with an initial capacity of 16,800 spectator ...
''.
Ciudad Murcia was relocated to
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
and renamed
Granada 74 CF
Granada 74 Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Granada 74, was a Spanish football team based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It has not registered in any competition since 2009, it held home matches at ''Estadio La ...
Ciudad de Murcia was formed in the heat of the summer of 1999, when Quique Pina, a former player of
Real Murcia
Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...
, started the club with the help of local businesses and influential friendships.
In the 2003–04 season, the new club first appeared in ''
Segunda División
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''. After reaching as high as a 12th place, it finished 17th, narrowly avoiding relegation, repeating the feat in the following campaign (18th).
Impressive performances, particularly towards the back end of the season, saw Ciudad attain a much higher league standing in 2005–06. Influential players such as
José Juan Luque
José Juan Luque Jiménez (born 16 October 1977) is a Spanish retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger.
Club career
Born in Cantillana, Province of Seville, Luque started playing profe ...
(20 goals) and Daniel Kome helped to keep the club in the promotion picture until the last day, eventually losing out to
Levante UD
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Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...
for the third place; in the 2006–07 season, more of the same, but now 13 points behind the last promotee, neighbouring Real Murcia.
On 6 June 2007, Ciudad de Murcia was acquired by an investor from
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
, transferring it to that city and renaming it
Granada 74 CF
Granada 74 Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Granada 74, was a Spanish football team based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It has not registered in any competition since 2009, it held home matches at ''Estadio La ...
Cadena SER
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, 6 June 2007
As the second division team moved to Granada, the reserve team,
CF Atlético Ciudad
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, playing in the fourth level, became the club's first team in 2007–08.
Season to season
*4 seasons in
Segunda División
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*2 seasons in
Segunda División B
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*1 season in
Tercera División
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Rolando Zárate
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Club career
Born in Haedo, Buenos Aires Province, Zárate spent most of his career for Clu ...
Luciano Becchio
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Ibán Espadas
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Daniel Güiza
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Mikel Lasa
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He played 267 La Liga matches over 13 seasons ( ...
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Mikel Labaka
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José Juan Luque
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Club career
Born in Cantillana, Province of Seville, Luque started playing profe ...
Roberto Merino
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Henok Goitom
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Ludovic Assemoassa
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Juan Manuel Lillo
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Abel Resino
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Nicknamed ''El Gato'' (The Cat) due to his reflexes,
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José Luis Oltra
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