Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a
Spanish football team based in
La Nucía
La Nucia (; es, La Nucía) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. It borders the municipalities of Altea, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Benidorm, Polop and L'Alfàs del Pi.
La Nucia is located in ...
, in the autonomous community of
Valencia
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. Founded in 1995, it plays in
Segunda Federación
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- Group 3, holding home games at ''
Estadio Camilo Cano'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.
Team colours are red shirt, black shorts and socks.
History
''Club de Fútbol La Nucía'' rose from the ashes of several teams that were successively created in the city, receiving this denomination in 1995. In 1998–99, the club promoted to the first regional division for the first time, returning again to that level five years later.
The 2006–07 season was full of unexpected events. After qualifying to the promotion playoffs for
Tercera División
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, La Nucía was eliminated by
CD Olímpic de Xàtiva
Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Regional Preferente, holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta.
History
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(1–1 draw in the first leg and 0–1 loss in the second). During the summer, however, ''Club de Fútbol Dolores'' forfeited its berth in the competition, with La Nucía occupying its place, with a first-ever promotion to the national categories.
In
its first season in the fourth division, La Nucía finished in third position in the
regular season
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, thus qualifying for the promotion playoffs, being eliminated by
UD Las Palmas Atlético (1–1 at home, 1–2 away loss). The team met the same fate in
the following campaign, being ousted by
RSD Alcalá
Real Sociedad Deportiva Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 7, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal del Val'', with a capac ...
in the third round (0–2 on aggregate).
On 30 June 2019, La Nucía achieved their first promotion ever to the
third division after beating
Linares in the last round of the
promotion playoffs
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, with a latest goal in the 93rd minute. It was scored by San Julián, who gave the historic promotion to the club in the last game of his entire career.
Season to season
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*1 season in
Primera Federación
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*2 seasons in
Segunda División B
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*2 seasons in
Segunda Federación
Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda División RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B-Segunda Federación, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by t ...
*10 seasons in
Tercera División
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Players
Current squad
.
Reserve team
Out of loan
Former Managers
*
Manuel Jiménez González
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* M ...
(1986–87)
*
Pepe Soler (2009–11)
* Miguel Ángel Martínez (2018–19)
*
César Ferrando (2018) (2019-23)
References
External links
Official websiteFutbolme team profileClub & stadium history
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Football clubs in the Valencian Community
Association football clubs established in 1995
1995 establishments in Spain
Primera Federación clubs