Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

. Founded in 1999 it plays in

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, holding home games at ''

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'', with a capacity of 6,500 spectators.

History

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Club de Fútbol was founded in 1999 and had previously a team which played in Tercera División from 2000 to 2005. In parallel was founded in 2004 the ''Club de Fútbol Los Garres'', making its first appearance 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 ...

in 2008–09 as Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol. In 2009 a businessman from Beniaján,

, acquired the club and moved it to his local town; one year later the club relocated again, now to Sangonera la Verde, and, in 2011, UCAM became its new owner. At the end of the 2011–12 season, after

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suffered relegation from Segunda División B due to irregularities, UCAM Murcia took its place. After suffering relegation, the club bounced back to the third level immediately, and achieved a respectable second place in his group during the 2014–15 campaign; it missed out promotion in the play-offs, after being knocked out by

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B, which would later achieve promotion. In the 2015–16 season, UCAM Murcia finished the regular season as champions of the Group 4, six points ahead of neighbours

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 ...

. The club achieved the promotion to Segunda División in the

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after beating Real Madrid Castilla 4–3 on aggregate. The first season of UCAM in the second flight would be short-lived, as they ended in the 19th position, and subsequently relegated to the third tier, after being defeated in a do-or-die game by

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in the last matchday. In the 2018-19 season the club finished 5th with 66 points in the Segunda División B, Group 4.

Club names

*''Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol'' (1999-2005) *''Murcia Deportivo-Rincón de Seca Club de Fútbol'' (2007-2008) *''Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol-UCAM'' (2008-2009) *''Costa Cálida-Beniaján Club de Fútbol'' (2009-2010) *''Costa Cálida-Sangonera Club de Fútbol'' (2010-2011) *''UCAM Murcia Club de Fútbol'' (2011-2015) *''UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol'' (2015-)

Season to season

New UCAM Murcia CF

---- *1 season in Segunda División *1 season in

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*7 seasons in Segunda División B *8 seasons in

Support

UCAM Murcia’s highest home attendance is 5,877, in a 2016–17 Segunda División match against

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

. The club’s two main supporters groups are ''Los T-UCAM'' who were founded in 2015 and ''Los Blue Gold'' who were founded in 2016.

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Honours

* Segunda División B (1): 2015–16 *

(2):

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, 2013–14

Coaches

* Luis Tevenet (2012–13) * Gabriel Correa (2013–14) * Eloy Jiménez (2014–15) * José María Salmerón (2015–16) *

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(2016–17) *

Lluís Planagumà Lluís Planagumà Ramos (born 25 October 1980) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Japanese club Vissel Kobe. Career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Planagumà started his managerial career with RCD Espanyol's youth categorie ...

(2017) * José Miguel Campos (2017–2018) *

Pedro Munitis Pedro Munitis Álvarez (born 19 June 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a forward, currently a manager. He was one of the shortest players in La Liga, and was best known for his fighting spirit. His professional career ...

(2018–2019) * Juan Merino (2019) * Rubén Albés (2019) * Miguel Rivera (2019–2020) * Sergio Aracil (2020) * Asier Santana (2020) * José María Salmerón (2020–present)

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Trecera profile
{{Primera División RFEF Football clubs in the Region of Murcia Association football clubs established in 1999 1999 establishments in Spain Sport in Murcia University and college association football clubs in Spain Segunda División clubs Primera Federación clubs