Vélez Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in

Vélez-Málaga Vélez-Málaga () is a municipality and the capital of the Axarquía comarca in the province of Málaga, in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the most important city in the comarca. Locally it is referred to as Vélez. Vélez- ...

, in the autonomous community of

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

. Founded on 22 September 1922 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Vivar Téllez'', with a capacity of 2,100 seats.

History

The club was founded in 1922 and officially registered in the South Regional Federation in 1940, spending its first years in provincial tournaments. On 17 June 2019 Vélez appointed Francis Parrado as a head coach for the 2019–20 season in Tercera División.

Club background

*''Sociedad Deportiva Vélez Fútbol Club'' (1922–1936) *''Vélez Fútbol Club'' (1940–1958) *''Club Deportivo Veleño Educación y Descanso'' (1958–1968) *''Club Deportivo Veleño'' (1968–1976) *''Vélez Club de Fútbol'' (1976–)

First-team squad

Updated 21 August 2022. Players listed on the First Team page on Vélez CF's club profile. ----

Season to season

---- *2 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 Segunda División RFEF *38 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 ...

Famous players

Fernando Hierro Fernando Ruiz Hierro (; born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a centre-back, sweeper or defensive midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Liga MX club C.D. Guadalajara. He won five La Liga ...

(Youth Academy) *

Angelo Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...

* Alfonso Vera * Thomas Gant

References

External links

Official website

Football team profile
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