Gimnástico Fútbol Club is a team that united with

Levante FC Levante Football Club was a football club in Valencia, Spain. It was a predecessor of current Levante UD. History The club was founded in 1909 as "Levante Football Club". In 1939 Levante FC and Gimnástico FC merged into " Levante Unión Deportiv ...

to become Union Deportiva Levante-Gimnástico with current name of Levante Union Deportiva

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club based in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, Spain. Historically backed, Levante Union Deportiva is the most senior football club in Valencia.

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

having origin from 1909 from both teams that formed its sports union: Levante Football Club and Gimnástico Football Club. As a matter of fact, Levante UD took their nickname, the Frogs,
Granota
in Valencian, from their Gimnástic FC heritage.

History

Gimnástico F.C. was founded in 1909. In 1939

and Gimnástico united to become current team

. In 1980, a club called Gimnástico CF was founded to bring back the history of Gimnástico. In 2002, the club was sold to

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

and became their C-team, before being dissolved in 2004. Gimnástico returned to an independent status in 2003, but as a football school, after incorporating Tiris CF; the club was later incorporated into CD Malilla's structure in 2006.

Background

''Levante FC'' - ''(1909–1939)'' → ↓ ::::::'' UD Levante-Gimnástico'' (renamed Levante UD) - ''(1939–Present)'' ''Gimnástico FC'' - ''(1909–1939)'' → ↑

Seasons

---- * 2 seasons 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 ...

'' * 5 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 ...

'' *12 seasons in Regional League

References

External links

Levante UD Official website

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