Sociedad Deportiva Ciudad de Santiago, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in

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, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1978 as Club Atlético Fátima, it played its last season in Tercera División - Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro'', with a capacity of 13,000 seats. Finally, the team disappeared in 2009, being re-founded as "Club Atlético Fátima" again.

History

The team began its existence as Club Atlético Fátima, a team from the O Castiñeiriño neighborhood, being founded on June 14, 1978, and was federated within a few days. Its first president was Manuel Paz Nogueira, and the new club would have lower categories within its initial purpose, the soccer education of the youth of the city. The team began its journey in the lower categories of Galician sport and remained in those divisions for much of its existence. However, the team underwent a great evolution from the year 2005, when the club promoted to Regional Preferente de Galicia and started a project to try to become the first club in

, receiving most of the money awarded by the Santiago City Council to sports clubs to the detriment of

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, and with the support of local sponsoring companies. The club converted to

Sociedad Anónima Deportiva Sociedad anónima deportiva ("Public limited sports company") is a special type of public limited company in Spain. The new legal status was introduced in 1990http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/asociaciones/6SAD/ (Spanish) to improve financial management ...

in a vote and was renamed Ciudad de Santiago from the 2005–06 season. In the 2006–07 season the club ascended to

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 ...

. The team moved to the '' Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro'' and signed for the occasion several players from other Galician teams and others with experience in the First Division such as Changui. After finishing first in the regular phase, it promoted 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 ...

after winning UD Almansa. In the 2008–09 season, the team finished in 13th position in ''

'', but in August was relegated to the fourth level, for failing to pay its players their due salaries.El Ciudad se inscribe en Tercera y empuja al Monta a Segunda B (Ciudad de Santiago registers in ''Tercera'' and pushes ''Monta'' to ''Segunda B'')
On 29 December, it didn't take the pitch against

Coruxo FC Coruxo Fútbol Club, is a Spanish football club based in the parish of Coruxo, Vigo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1930 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at ''O Vao'', with a capacity of ...

due to economic problems, thus being disqualified from the competition, and folding soon after.

Club names

*''Atlético Fátima'' – ''(1978–2005)'' *''SD Ciudad de Santiago'' – ''(2005–09)''

Season to season

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Famous players

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References

External links

Official website
Association football clubs established in 1978 Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 Defunct football clubs in Galicia Football clubs in Galicia (Spain) Sport in Santiago de Compostela 1978 establishments in Spain 2009 disestablishments in Spain {{Spain-footyclub-stub