Club Deportivo Torrevieja was a Spanish football team based in

Torrevieja Torrevieja (; ca-valencia, Torrevella ) is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in the southern part of the Valencian Community, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. Torrevieja l ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1993 and dissolved in 2020, they played 14 seasons in

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, and held home games at '' Estadio Vicente García'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats.

History

, football started to become popular during the time of the

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. The first official ground was inaugurated in 1920, near the town's

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, with a statue of a footballer being erected in the small plaza behind it in later years. The first reference to Torrevieja CF is in 1923 and, although there was no official league for the team to play in,

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and summer cup competitions were arranged against other teams in the

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region. During the

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football came to a standstill, and it was not until the mid-1950s that Torrevieja again had an official team, with both ''Español Frente de Juventudes'' (known as el Hueso) and ''Club Deportivo Torrevejense'' (known as el Remiendo) being formed, with the peculiarity that no admission was charged, with fans making whatever contribution they could. Over the next 15 years, both of the clubs folded, leaving a void which was filled in 1971 with the foundation of ''Torrevieja Club de Fútbol''. The town's mayor, Vicente García García, and his administration, took on the task of building the football ground, which was named after the

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, being inaugurated with a match with neighbouring

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. In 1978, Torrevieja reached the

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–the first national category–for the first time, competing in that level for ten years after which it promoted again, now to the

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, a spell that ended in the 1992–93 campaign, with the club suffering another relegation in 1994 due to financial irregularities. A new football club was set up in the town in 1993, ''Club Deportivo Torrevieja'', which started playing in the second regional league. By 1996, the new side promoted to the competition's top level, as the original club dropped to the second, and was also renamed ''Fútbol Club Torrevieja'', promoting to division four in 1997, but being relegated two seasons after. In the 2002–03 season, Restituto Marroquí was elected as club president by the local council (Torrevieja was a municipal club owned by the

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). The new manager was Croatian Vlado Macan, which achieved a mid-table finish with a squad made up of young local players. In January 2003, at a meeting in the “Total Football Bar” owned by founder member Rob Palmer in the ''Urbanización San Luis'', a group of mainly British fans met and agreed to set up a supporters' club. This group had been following the team all season (both home and away matches), and had helped to increase crowds at the ground from 100 or so to 5000. The name chosen was “The Torry Army”, and the first president was Eduardo "Eddie" Cagigao. In 2005, new manager Riquelme (formerly of

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and

Jumilla CF Jumilla Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Jumilla, Region of Murcia. Founded in 1975 and dissolved in 2011, it held home games at '' Estadio Municipal de La Hoya'', with a 3,000-seat capacity. History Jumilla was founded in 19 ...

), in charge since the previous year, led Torrevieja to a third division return. Subsequently, the team turned professional for the first time, but the manager was sacked before

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, after a 0–1 home loss against CD Castellón B; the side eventually finished in mid-table. In two of the following four seasons, Torrevieja managed to appear twice in the third division promotion playoffs, falling in 2007 against

UD Fuerteventura Unión Deportiva Fuerteventura was a Spanish football team based in Fuerteventura, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Founded in 2004, it played its last season ( 2009–10) in Tercera División, and held home games at '' Estadio ...

(after disposing of

Utebo FC Utebo Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Utebo, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1924 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Estadio Santa Ana'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. ...

) and in 2009 against

Haro Deportivo Club Haro Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Haro, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1914, it plays in Tercera División - Group 16, holding home matches at ''Estadio El Mazo'', with a capacity of 4,300 seats. His ...

(1–2 on aggregate). Following approval by the socios, starting in the 2014–15 season, the club reverts to its original name–Club Deportivo Torrevieja. On 29 September 2020, the club announced that would not play in any competition,

Season to season

---- *14 seasons in

Famous players

Rubén Belima Rubén Belima Rodríguez (born 11 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger. Born and raised in Spain to an Equatoguinean father and a Spanish mother, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career ...

* Alex Ricard

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Official international website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Torrevieja Defunct football clubs in the Valencian Community Association football clubs established in 1993 Association football clubs disestablished in 2020 1993 establishments in Spain 2020 disestablishments in Spain