Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS, previously known as ''CF Salmantino'', is a Spanish football team based in

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

, in the autonomous community of

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

. Founded in 2013 after the dissolution of

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at the ''

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'' with a 17,341-seat capacity.

History

After the dissolution of UD Salamanca in 2013, some managers of the entity decided to refound the farm team to preserve the legacy of the historical club. With that aim, they created CD CF Salmantino. At first, it started playing in the same division as the old reserve team of Salamanca. Nevertheless, 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 ...

decided in 2015 to relegate all the teams of the club to the lowest tier, as they considered the new CF Salmantino to be a newly-founded club, completely independent of UDS. In the 2015–16 season, the first after the administrative relegation, the club was promoted to fifth tier, and repeated success for coming back to Tercera División two years after the judicial statement. CFSHelmantico

On 24 June 2018, just in their first season after the comeback, Salmantino 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 ...

by eliminating Compostela in the last round of the

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. On 4 July 2018 José Miguel Campos was appointed the new head coach of the club. On 24 July, the club requested the Royal Spanish Football Federation to change the name to Salamanca CF UDS, recovering the name of former side UD Salamanca, and to use their logo. However, this change was initially not admitted, arguing that the request was presented out of date, but was finally approved on 14 September 2018. On 18 September 2019 it was announced that Pablo Cortes would be the coach for the entire 2019-20 season. But on 28 October 2019 the club has fired him.

Club background

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'' (1923–2013) ;Club naming *''CD CF Salmantino'' (2013–2017) *''CF Salmantino UDS'' (2017–2018) *''Salamanca CF UDS'' (2018–)

Season to season

---- *3 seasons in

*1 season in Segunda División RFEF *3 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 ...

Stadium

Salamanca UDS plays in the

, with capacity for 17,341 spectators. After the dissolution of the Union Deportiva Salamanca, in the process of liquidation of the bankruptcy, the stadium went to auction, and finally was acquired by Desarrollos Empresariales Deportivos S.L., directed by the Mexican entrepreneur Miguel Alejandro Miranda which shares with Salmantino the sports project and allows them the use of the stadium.

Fans

During the summer of 2016, the club launched a campaign of subscribers directed especially to former members of the UD Salamanca, which promises to reserve the seat that they occupied during the matches of UD Salamanca once the Helmático is fully reopened (probably for the 2017–18 season). At the end of 2016 the club counted with 4,000 subscribers.

Current squad

Former coaches

Rivalries

Salamanca UDS has a strong rivalry with

Unionistas de Salamanca CF Unionistas de Salamanca Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013, the club plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Campo de Fútbol Re ...

, another team in the city formed after the collapse of the original club. While Salamanca UDS claims to be the continuation of the former

, Unionistas was born as a homage of the former club, dissolved in 2013.

References

External links

Official website

La Preferente team profile
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