Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

, holding home games at ''

Estadio Cartagonova Estadio Cartagonova is a multi-purpose stadium in Cartagena, Spain, Cartagena, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and hosts the home matches of Segunda División club, FC Cartagena. The capacity of the st ...

'', with a capacity of 15,105 spectators. The club is considered to be a continuation of

Cartagena CF Cartagena Club de Fútbol was a football club based in Cartagena, Region of Murcia. The club played 7 seasons in Segunda División. Cartagena CF disappeared at the end of the 1951–52 season for not paying its players. Immediately after Cartag ...

, founded in 1919.

History

Cartagena was founded on 25 July 1995, in the place of '' Club Deportivo Balsicas'', due to serious economic problems of the first team of the city,

Cartagena FC Cartagena Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the autonomous community of Murcia. They were formerly called UD Cartagenera. Founded in 1940, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 13, holding home games at ' ...

, the first president Florentino Manzano was the founder. In the first eight years it was known as ''Cartagonova Fútbol Club'', and first played in the

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in the 1998–99 season. The club then changed its name to ''Fútbol Club Cartagena'' and Luis Oliver took over as president, starting his tenure with the club immerse in economic problems and close to relegation. Being saved from folding by local entrepreneur Francisco Gómez after the 2002–03 campaign, it consolidated itself in the third level and achieved another promotion, now to

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, in

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. Historic side

, which was founded much earlier, acted as

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between 2003 and 2009, eventually re-gaining its independence. In 2009–10's second division season ''Efesé'' nearly achieved another promotion, finishing eventually in fifth position; all promotion hopes were dashed in the 41st and penultimate matchday, with a 0–1 away loss against Recreativo de Huelva. Cartagena was relegated from the second tier at the end of 2011–12. In May 2015, a late goal from Carlos Martínez saved the club from a further drop by winning a play-off on the

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against Las Palmas Atlético. Three years later, the team fell at the final promotion hurdle to Extremadura UD by a single goal. On 19 July 2020, Cartagena was promoted to Segunda Division after an 8-year absence.

Season to season

---- *6 seasons in

*19 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 ...

*2 seasons 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 ...

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Current technical staff

Reserve team

FC Cartagena B Fútbol Club Cartagena B is the reserve team of FC Cartagena, a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cartagena, Spain, Cartagena, in the autonomous community of Region of Murcia, Murcia. Founded in 2015, it currently pla ...

is FC Cartagena's

since 2015. It was founded in that year and plays in

. In the past, other sides such as Cartagena Promesas,

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and

CD Algar Escuela de Fútbol Club Deportivo Algar is a Spanish football club based in El Algar, Cartagena in the Region of Murcia. Founded in 1930, they play in Preferente Autonómica de Murcia – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Sánchez Luengo ...

were the club's B-team.

Stadium

Cartagena holds home matches at ''

''. Inaugurated on 7 February 1988, it has a capacity of 14,532 spectators, measuring 105 x 68 meters; it underwent renovation in January 2000. The ground's biggest attendance was recorded 30 June 1999 in a second division promotion playoff match against

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

, with 20,000 spectators in the stands. On 26 January of the following year, the first Spain national team game ever hosted in the Region of Murcia took place, a

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with

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Kit evolution

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Famous coaches

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* Francisco Jémez *

José Murcia José 'Pepe' Murcia González (born 3 December 1964) is a Spanish association football, football manager (association football), manager who manages Qatari Second Division side Muaither SC. Career Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Murcia never playe ...

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

''Peña Goto Cartago'', fansite
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