Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

"), is a Spanish football club based in

, in the

Región de Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; es, Región de Murcia ), is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean coast. The region is in area and had a population of 1,511,251 as at the st ...

. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing home matches at

Estadio Nueva Condomina Estadio Nueva Condomina, currently known as Estadio Enrique Roca de Murcia for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use stadium in Murcia, Spain. Completed in 2006, it is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and hosts the homes matche ...

, which holds 31,179 spectators. In domestic football, the club has won a record 8

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titles and 1

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. Home colours are mainly scarlet shirt and white shorts.

History

Officially founded in 1919 as ''Levante Foot-ball Club'' (records show earlier denominations, such as 1903's ''Foot Ball Club de Murcia'' and 1906's ''Murcia Football Club''), Real Murcia was named as such, in 1923–24, by

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. The following year, the

La Condomina La Condomina is a multi-use stadium in Murcia, Spain. The stadium holds 6,500 spectators and it is currently used mostly for football matches and music concerts. History La Condomina was built in 1924 with an initial capacity of 16,800 spectat ...

stadium was opened, with the club holding home games there for the next 82 years uninterrupted. In 1929 the club first competed in the

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 ...

(third tier), achieving its first ever promotion to

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in 1939–40. The highest position of 11th was reached in 1945, 1946, 1984 and 1987. Murcia holds the record for the most

titles with eight, most recently in 2002–03 under manager

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. In that season, the team also equalled its best run in the

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by reaching the quarter-finals before losing on the

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, despite a 4–3 win in the second leg at home. Following an immediate descent back to Segunda in last place, the team won promotion to the top flight for the last time under

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in 2007, again lasting only one year. In June 2010, the team fell into

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for the first time in a decade with a 1–1 draw at

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on the final day, with goalkeeper

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saving a

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from

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in added time before it deflected in off himself. Murcia returned immediately to the second tier, winning the

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title with a

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win over

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in June after a 1–1 aggregate draw. In 2014, the team finished fourth and was top seeded for the playoffs, losing 2–1 on aggregate to eventual winners

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; weeks later Murcia were relegated for non-compliance with

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regulations. In

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, Murcia won the

for the first time with a penalty shootout victory over

CD Tudelano Club Deportivo Tudelano is a Spanish football team based in Tudela, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1935 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at '' Estadio Ciudad de Tudela'', with a capacity of ...

Current squad

Reserve team

Season to season

Murcia Regional Championship

Honours

League

: * Winners (8): 1939–40, 1954–55, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 2002–03

Cups

Copa Federación de España The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes from the Preferent ...

: * Winners (1): 2019–20

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

''MurciaMania'', all about the club

''La Futbolteca'', Real Murcia CF
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