Palamós Club de Futbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in

Palamós Palamós () is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the ''comarca'' of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Palamós is located at the northern end of a large bay. The town is by-passed by th ...

, a town and commercial port in the ''

Costa Brava The Costa Brava (; ; "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Sources differ on the exact definition of the Costa Brava. Usually it can be regarded as stretching from the town of Blanes, northeas ...

'', in the autonomous community of

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

. Founded in the late 19th century, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadi Palamós Costa Brava'', with a 5,824-seat capacity.

History

The oldest club in

and the one of oldest in the country, Palamós was born in 1898, founded by ''Gaspar Matas i Danés'' who had studied in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

, as ''Palamós Foot-Ball Club''. The club changed its name several times in its beginnings: in 1926 it became ''Palamós Sport Club'', being renamed ''Palamós Club de Fútbol'' 15 years later. By 1954, it changed names again, now for ''Palamós Sociedad Cultural''; it did not play any official competition for the following six years. In 1973, in the 75th anniversary of football in the city, the

Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation (; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. Founded on 29 September 1913, it is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas de Madrid, Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. RFEF organizes the natio ...

allowed the club to recapture the name ''Palamós CF''. In 1989–90, Palamós made its ''

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

'' débuts, and managed to go into the final rounds with a chance for top level promotion. In spite of its modesty, the side managed a further five seasons in level two, after which it relegated in 1995 to the fourth division - two in the same year due to financial irregularities. 11 years after Ukrainian- American businessman Dmitry Piterman had bought the club, saving it from certain bankruptcy, Palamós returned 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 ...

'' in 2002, but only lasted two seasons.

Season to season

---- *6 seasons in

*4 seasons in

*20 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 ...

Honours

* Catalonia Cup: 1992 * Third Division: 1988–89 * Fourth Division: 1987–88, 1996–97, 2001–02

Current squad

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Famous players

* Carlos Alfaro Moreno *

Antoni Lima Antoni "Toni" Lima Solà (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Early life Born in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia to an Andalusian father and a Catalan mother, Lima's family moved to Andor ...

* Juan Epitié * Vladislav Lemish * Jordi Condom * Juan Carlos Rojo *'

References

External links

Futbolme team profile

''Penya Sport'', fansite
(archived 1 May 2009)
''Penya Barnagroga'', fansite
(archived 29 December 2004)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palamos Football clubs in Catalonia Association football clubs established in 1898 1898 establishments in Spain Segunda División clubs Baix Empordà