Motril Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in

Motril Motril () is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the Granada, Spain. It is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 60,368 as of 2016. The town is located near the Guadalfeo River and is from Granada. Hi ...

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1984 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at ''

Estadio Escribano Castilla Estadio Municipal Escribano Castilla de Motril is a multi-purpose stadium in Motril, Spain, with a capacity of 4,400 people. It is used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of CF Motril. On 24 November, 2011, a qualifying match ...

'', with a capacity of 4,400 seats.

History

Motril first reached the third division in 1997, remaining six consecutive seasons in the category. In 2001–02 it inclusively finished the

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in first position (in group IV), but lost in the promotion playoffs against

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, 0–1 on aggregate. From 2003–12, Motril competed again in the fourth level, appearing in the promotion playoffs on five occasions, always without success. In July 2012 the team folded, due to heavy debts and financial difficulties.El Motril CF desaparece. Se pierde algo más que un equipo. "Se perderán muchas generaciones de futbolistas motrileños" (Motril CF folds. More than a club is gone. "Many generations of Motril-born footballers will be lost")
; Motril Digital, 31 July 2012

Season to season

---- *6 seasons in

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*16 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 ...

Former players

Pablo Paz Pablo Ariel Paz Gallo (born 27 January 1973) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a central defender. In a career that spanned 15 years he played more in Spain than in his homeland, notably with Tenerife for which he appeared in 127 ...

Noé Acosta Noé Acosta Rivera (born 10 December 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Pinto as a left midfielder. Safe for one year in Romania with Universitatea Cluj and another in India with Jamshedpur, he spent his entire pr ...

Enrique Enrique () is the Spanish language, Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich (given name), Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (given name), Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, D ...

Miguel Ángel Espínola Miguel Ángel Espínola Jiménez (born 5 April 1974) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right back. Club career Born in Guadix, Province of Granada, Espínola played mostly in his native Andalusia. In his first decade ...

Javi Guerra Javier "Javi" Guerra Rodríguez (; born 15 March 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He amassed Segunda División totals of 247 games and 86 goals over eight seasons, representing in the competition C� ...

* Juanlu *

Armando Lozano Armando Lozano Sánchez (born 16 December 1984), known simply as Armando, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. A veteran of 192 Segunda División matches over nine seasons, he totalled eight goals for ...

Luis Rubiales Luis Manuel Rubiales Béjar (born 23 August 1977) is a Spanish football official and former professional player who played as a defender. He is the current president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Known for not being a very skilled p ...

*Chupi *Dani Cara *Francisco Javier Linares Sánchez *

Manuel Lucena Manuel 'Manolo' Lucena Medina (born 18 November 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender. His professional career was mainly associated with Granada, with which he competed in all four major levels of Spanish foo ...

Rafael Wellington Rafael Wellington Pérez (born 27 April 1985), known as Rafael Wellington or Rafa Wellington, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Castellonense as a left back. Honours ; Milsami Orhei * Moldovan Cup The Moldovan Cup ( ro, ...

*Julio Caraffo

References

External links

Futbolme team profile
Defunct football clubs in Andalusia Association football clubs established in 1984 Association football clubs disestablished in 2012 1984 establishments in Spain 2012 disestablishments in Spain {{Spain-footyclub-stub