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Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in
El Universidad C.F. se disuelve (Universidad C.F. folds)
; Canarias Ahora, 7 July 2011
Official website
{{Segunda División de España Sport in Las Palmas Association football clubs established in 1994 Association football clubs disestablished in 2011 Defunct football clubs in the Canary Islands 1994 establishments in Spain 2011 disestablishments in Spain University and college association football clubs in Spain Segunda División clubs
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auton ...
, in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
. Founded in 1994 as Vegueta-Universidad, it was dissolved in 2011 due to insurmountable economic problems.
It acted as the club of University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, also known as the ULPGC (''Spanish'' Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish university located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital city of Gran Canaria island. It is the univ ...
.
History
Universidad was founded in 1994, following interactions betweenlawyer
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s and college
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students. It first began playing amateur football, under the name ''Vegueta-Universidad'', only appearing 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 ...
'' in 1997–98.
After two promotions in only two years, the club played in the second level in 2000–01, being relegated immediately. During the campaign, Universidad played at Maspalomas
Maspalomas () is a tourist resort in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, stretching from Bahía Feliz in the east to Meloneras in the west, including the resort towns of San Agustín and Playa del Inglés and San Fernando. ...
, as its grounds were only artificial then, and neighbours UD Las Palmas
Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...
did not wish to share its '' Estadio Insular''.
Subsequently, Universidad played as feeder club
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to ''Unión Deportiva'', after one of its founders and then chairman, Alfredo Morales, decided to merge after being installed into the latter's board of directors. It only lasted one season, as Francisco Gómez Cáceres returned (after being ousted by Morales) and rendered the club again independent, as it subsequently competed solely in the third division; in 2007, the club moved from the 2,000-seat ''Estadio Alfonso Silva'' to the ''Estadio Pepe Gonçalvez''.
At the end of the 2010–11 season, Universidad was relegated to the fourth level for failing to pay its players. On 7 July 2011, the club was dissolved due to its enormous debts.; Canarias Ahora, 7 July 2011
Season to season
---- *1 season inSegunda División
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*12 seasons in 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 ...
*1 season 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 ...
Former players
See also
*''Universidad de Las Palmas CF B
Universidad de Las Palmas Club de Fútbol "B" were a Spain, Spanish football (soccer), football club, founded in 1998, located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Due to the Universidad de Las Palmas CF, first team dissolution, the reserve team was forc ...
, reserve team.''
References
External links
Official website
{{Segunda División de España Sport in Las Palmas Association football clubs established in 1994 Association football clubs disestablished in 2011 Defunct football clubs in the Canary Islands 1994 establishments in Spain 2011 disestablishments in Spain University and college association football clubs in Spain Segunda División clubs