Palamós Club de Futbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in

Palamós Palamós () is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the ''comarca'' of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Palamós is located at the northern end of a large bay. The town is by-passed by th ...

, a town and commercial port in the ''

Costa Brava The Costa Brava (, ; "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Whilst sources differ on the exact definition of the Costa Brava, it can be regarded as stretching from the town of Blanes, northeast o ...

'', in the autonomous community of

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

. Founded in the late 19th century, it currently plays in '' Tercera División – Group 5'', holding home matches at ''Estadi Palamós Costa Brava'', with a 5,824-seat capacity.

History

The oldest club in

and the one of oldest in

the country ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

, Palamós was born in 1898, founded by ''Gaspar Matas i Danés'' who had studied in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, as ''Palamós Foot-Ball Club''. The club changed its name several times in its beginnings: in 1926 it became ''Palamós Sport Club'', being renamed ''Palamós Club de Fútbol'' 15 years later. By 1954, it changed names again, now for ''Palamós Sociedad Cultural''; it did not play any official competition for the following six years. In 1973, in the 75th anniversary of football in the city, the

Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 ...

allowed the club to recapture the name ''Palamós CF''. In 1989–90, Palamós made its ''

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 ...

'' débuts, and managed to go into the final rounds with a chance for top level promotion. In spite of its modesty, the side managed a further five seasons in level two, after which it relegated in 1995 to the

fourth division Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...

- two in the same year due to financial irregularities. 11 years after

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

businessman

Dmitry Piterman Dmitry Piterman ( ua, Дмитро Пітерман; born 18 December 1963) is a Ukrainian-American businessman. He owned Spanish La Liga football clubs Racing de Santander and Deportivo Alavés in the 2000s. Early years Piterman was born to a Jew ...

had bought the club, saving it from certain bankruptcy, Palamós returned to ''

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 ...

'' in 2002, but only lasted two seasons.

Season to season

---- *6 seasons in

*4 seasons in

*20 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 ...

Honours

* Catalonia Cup: 1992 * Third Division: 1988–89 *

Fourth Division Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...

: 1987–88, 1996–97, 2001–02

Current squad

''The numbers are established according to the official websit

' }

Famous players

Carlos Alfaro Moreno Carlos Alejandro Alfaro Moreno (born 18 October 1964 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker. He played club football in Argentina, Spain, Ecuador and Mexico as well as representing the Argentina national foot ...

Antoni Lima Antoni "Toni" Lima Solà (born 22 September 1970) is a retired professional footballer who played as a central defender. Lima currently works as a scout for Premier League club Arsenal. Early life Born in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia to an And ...

* Juan Epitié *

Vladislav Lemish Vladislav Yuryevich Lemish (russian: Владислав Юрьевич Лемиш, az, latin: Vladislav Yuryeviç Lemiş, az, cyrillic: Владислав Јурјевич Лемиш; 20 August 1970 – 30 September 2021) was a Russian and ...

* Jordi Condom * Juan Carlos Rojo *'

References

External links

Futbolme team profile

''Penya Sport'', fansite

''Penya Barnagroga'', fansite

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palamos Football clubs in Catalonia Association football clubs established in 1898 1898 establishments in Spain Segunda División clubs