Agrupación Deportiva Almería was a
Spanish football club based in
Almería, in the autonomous community of
Andalusia. Founded in 1971, it held home matches at ''
Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas
Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas is a rugby stadium in Almería, Spain. It was initially used as the stadium of football club AD Almería as well as UD Almería matches until it was replaced by Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in 2004. The capacit ...
'', with a 13,468-seat capacity.
History
In only two years, AD Almería were promoted from the
newly created 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 ...
to
La Liga, finishing ninth in their
debut season in the latter. The club had been founded just eight years earlier.
In 1982, however, due to severe economic problems, the team was forced to fold, being replaced in the city by
CP Almería
Club Polideportivo Almería is a football club based in the city of Almería, Andalusia, in Spain. It currently plays in División de Honor, holding home matches at ''Estadio Juventud Emilio Campra'', which holds a capacity of 2,000 people.
H ...
and, in 1989, by
UD Almería, which would also appear in the top flight, in the 2000s.
Season to season
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*2 seasons in
La Liga
*2 seasons in
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...
*1 season 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 ...
*5 seasons in
Tercera División
References
Defunct football clubs in Andalusia
Sport in Almería
Ad Almeria
Association football clubs established in 1971
Association football clubs disestablished in 1982
1971 establishments in Spain
1982 disestablishments in Spain
Segunda División clubs
La Liga clubs
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