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Club Polideportivo Almería is a
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club based in the city of
Almería Almería (, , ) is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean S ...
,
Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...
, in
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. It currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Juventud Emilio Campra'', which holds a capacity of 2,000 people.


History

Polideportivo Almería started to play in 1983 in Regional Preferente, fifth tier, achieving promotion to
Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...
in its first season. Two years later, the club promoted for the first time to
Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...
, third tier, where it would play from 1986 to 1989, when it was relegated again to Tercera. The club had serious economic problems that almost made the entity disappear. The team managed to play the season, but finished in the middle of the table. In 1994, Polideportivo Almería promoted again to Segunda División B, where it would play during seven seasons completing the best years of the history of the club. In 1999, ''Poli'' played the
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to
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, but it finished in the third position in its group, with Levante (promoted team), Real Madrid B and
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. During the
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, Polideportivo Almería faced
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in the second round. ''Poli'' earned a 0–0 draw in the first leg, played at home, but lost 2–0 at
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with the two goals scored in the last minutes. In 2001, due to its financial trouble, Poli Almería would withdraw from
Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...
and ceased in activity. Two years later, the club registered again to play in the Provincial leagues but in 2007 retired its teams from competition. In 2012, Polideportivo Almería returns again to competition controlled by a new board, that gave it a new philosophy based on a claim of popular football. The club is democratically run by its members who have equal voting rights and own one share in the club each. In 2016, the club promoted to the fifth tier, this time called División de Honor. Two years later, ''Poli'' came back to Tercera División 24 years after their last participation. In the 2018–19 season the club finished 13th in Tercera División, Group 9. On July 9, 2019, the club officially presented its new head coach Alvaro García Búrdalo.


Season to season

---- *10 seasons in
Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...
*10 seasons in
Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...
*2 seasons in
Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...


References


External links

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Profile at BDFutbol
{{DEFAULTSORT:Polideportivo Almeria Football clubs in Andalusia Sport in Almería Association football clubs established in 1983 Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol clubs 1983 establishments in Spain Fan-owned football clubs in Spain