Unión Deportiva Fuerteventura was a Spanish football team based in

Fuerteventura Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the North Africa region, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the northwestern coast of Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNES ...

, in the autonomous community of 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 2004, it played its last season ( 2009–10) 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 ...

, and held home games at ''

Estadio Los Pozos The Estadio Municipal de Los Pozos is the home stadium of both CD Unión Puerto and CD Herbania. It is situated in the Fuerteventura capital Puerto del Rosario Puerto del Rosario () is a town and a municipality in the eastern part of the island ...

'', with a capacity of 2,000 spectators.

History

Club Deportivo Corralejo was founded in 1975. In 2004, as the

team was playing 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 ...

'', it merged with ''Club Deportivo Fuerteventura'' (born in 1987) to create ''Unión Deportiva Fuerteventura''. The new club started also in level three, after taking Corralejo's berth, but was

relegated In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues. ...

immediately. In 2007–08, again in the third category, Fuerteventura achieved its best-ever position as third, but lost in the promotion playoffs to

Alicante CF Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. History ''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under t ...

(0–3 on aggregate). In the following season, although the club finished above the relegation zone, it was nonetheless relegated for failing to pay its players, and folded soon after.El Fuerteventura seguirá en Tercera y el Castillo espera por la plaza del Mérida (Fuerteventura remains in ''Tercera'' and Castillo waits for Mérida's berth)
La Provincia, 4 August 2009 For 2010–11, Fuerteventura tried to compete in the first regional division, taking the reserve team's license, but the club was finally dissolved due to the lack of funds.

Season to season

---- *3 seasons in

*3 seasons in

Famous players

* Alberto Monteagudo * Pedro Luis * Fali Benítez * Jonathan Sesma * Ibrahim Cruz * Antonio Valdivia * Lorenzo Zúñiga * Kike Gandul * Michael Pearcey *

Yaki Yen Yaki Aithany Yen Tavio (, born April 21, 1989) is a Spanish-born Taiwanese professional footballer who currently plays for China League One club Wuhan Three Towns. Personal life Yen was born in the city of Puerto del Rosario, Spain to a Taiwan ...

References

External links

Official website

Unofficial website
Association football clubs established in 2004 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Defunct football clubs in the Canary Islands 2004 establishments in Spain 2010 disestablishments in Spain {{Spain-footyclub-stub