Unión Deportiva Melilla is a
Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of
Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in
Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at ''
Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with a 8,000 capacity.
History
Founded in 1976 as ''Gimnástico Melilla Club de Fútbol'' after a merger of
Melilla CF and ''Club Gimnástico de Cabrerizas'', the club immediately took Cabrerizas' place 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 ...
. Renamed ''Unión Deportiva Melilla'' (as an honour to the club founded in the 1940s) in 1980, they reached
Segunda División B in 1987, and has remained there until 2021 when the Spanish football structure changed.
Club background
*''Juventud Español'' — ''(1940–43)''
*''Melilla Fútbol Club'' — ''(1921–43)''
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''Unión Deportiva Melilla'' — ''(1943–56)''
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''Club Deportivo Tesorillo'' — ''(1940–56)''
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''Melilla Club de Fútbol'' – ''(1956–76)''
*''Club Gimnástico de Cabrerizas'' – ''(1973–76)''
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''Sociedad Deportiva Melilla'' – ''(1970–76)''
*''Gimnástico Melilla Club de Fútbol'' – ''(1976–80)''
*''Unión Deportiva Melilla'' – ''(1980–)''
Other clubs from Melilla
*''Club Deportivo Real Melilla'' — ''(1939–)''
*''Club de Fútbol Melilla Industrial'' – ''(1968–74)''
*''Club de Fútbol Industrial Melilla'' – ''(1975–85)''
*''Melilla Fútbol Club'' — ''(1985–91)''
Rivalry
The Ceuta-Melilla derby was between Melilla and
AD Ceuta
Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last season was 2011–12 in Segunda División B, holding home matches at ''Estadio Alfonso Murube'', with a capacity of 6,500. ...
, who were dissolved in 2012. The two clubs travelled to face each other via the
Spanish mainland to avoid entering Morocco.
Season to season
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*34 seasons in
Segunda División B
*1 season in
Segunda División RFEF
*11 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 ...
Current squad
Famous players
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Munir
Famous coaches
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Alvarito
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Juan Ramón López Caro
Reserve team
Their reserve team,
UD Melilla B, played for several years in ''Primera Autonómica Melilla'' and 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 ...
before ceasing activities in 2012. In 2013,
Casino del Real CF became their reserve side, and was subsequently renamed to Melilla B in 2014.
References
External links
Official websiteFutbolme team profile
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Football clubs in Melilla
Association football clubs established in 1976
1976 establishments in Spain
Segunda División clubs