Atlético Saguntino (

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for 'Athletic Club of Sagunto') is a Spanish football team based in

Sagunto Sagunto () is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre. It is located approximately north of the city of Valencia, close to the Costa ...

, in the

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. Founded in 1951, they play in , holding home games at ''Camp Nou de Morvedre'', with a 4,000-seat capacity.

History

On 1 July 1951, Atlético Club Saguntino was founded in the facilities of the Café Español with Enrique Aleixandre Calvo as president, Miguel Fuertes de la Asunción as vice president, José Felip in the position of secretary and José Mena as vice secretary. In April 2016, Atlético Saguntino finished for the first time as champion of the Group VI of the

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and qualified, subsequently, to play the promotion playoffs to Segunda División B. It achieved the promotion to

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after beating

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in a penalty shootout. In the next season, Atlético Saguntino achieved its first national title ever after defeating

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in the

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final.

Season to season

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*2 seasons in

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Fede ...

*26 seasons in

*2 seasons in

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/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

Honours

: 2015–16 *

: 2016–17

References

External links

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Futbolme team profile
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