Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a Spanish football team based in

Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...

, the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1997 it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9 (the 5th level of the

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), holding home matches at ''

Estadio Municipal de Marbella Estadio Municipal Antonio Lorenzo Cuevas is a stadium in Marbella, Spain. It is primarily used for football. Spanish football team Marbella FC holding home matches at this stadium. The capacity of the stadium is 7,300 people. It is a venue for t ...

''.

History

Unión Deportiva Marbella was founded in 1997 immediately after the defunction of Club Atlético Marbella, which was born 38 years before and was owned by

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, also the chairman of

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. The club was registered on 30 January 1998 as U.D. Marbella and San Pedro Alcántara. In 2000–01, the team won its

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 ...

group but came second to

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in the promotion play-offs. It subsequently qualified to the

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for the first time, losing 0–1 at home to

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in the preliminary round. In 2003, it was finally promoted to

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. Marbella was taken over by leading businessmen Ian Radford and Wayne Elliott of the HI Group, an international sports, leisure, property and travel company in September 2007. In

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, the club contested the play-offs for promotion to

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for the first time, losing 2–1 on aggregate to

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. In the ensuing domestic cup season, it reached the last 32 before an 8–0 aggregate loss to Atlético; the league campaign ended with relegation after seven years in the third tier. On 28 June 2013 Unión was renamed ''Marbella Fútbol Club'', by consent of the

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n ownership presided by Alexander Grinberg, in order to appeal to a wider foreign fanbase. At the end of the season, it ended four years in the fourth division with a 3–2 aggregate win over

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after extra time in the

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. By finishing second in the

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, Marbella played in the

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, and lost on penalties in the first round to

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Club background

*''

Atlético Marbella Club Atlético Marbella were a Spanish football team based in Marbella, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1947 and dissolved in 1997, it was also the reserve team of CD Málaga for a time. History Atlético Marbella had its hey ...

'': 1947–1997 *''UD Marbella'': 1997–2013 *''Marbella FC'': 2013–present

Season to season

*As ''UD Marbella'' *As ''Marbella FC'' ---- *13 seasons in

*9 seasons in

*2 seasons in

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Current squad

Honours

: (2) 2001–02, 2013–14

Former players

Former coaches

* Juan López Muñiz * Oli *

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Stadium

Marbella plays its home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Marbella'', which has a capacity of 7,300 spectators. It is a fairly basic oval-shaped stadium with one small covered stand.

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Marbella FC: *

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(2020–present)

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Official youth academy websiteClub & stadium history
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