Sevilla Atlético is a Spanish football team based in

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in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1950, it is the

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Sevilla Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville ...

. It plays in and holds home games at the Estadio Jesús Navas, which has a 7,500-seat capacity. Reserve teams in

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play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. Reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team, so Sevilla Atlético is not eligible for promotion to

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, the division in which Sevilla's first team plays. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the

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History

Founded in 1950, Sevilla Atlético quickly reached

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, winning the competition in 1961 and 1962 and also spending the 1962–63 season in

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. After three years in the regional leagues in the early 1970s, the club returned to the third level in 1976. In 1977, the

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was created as the new third division, and Sevilla B spent time in that and the fourth categories. In 1999, it fell short in the second level promotion play-offs, after finishing the regular season as runner-up – earlier, in 1991, the club changed its name to ''Sevilla Fútbol Club B''. In the following decade, in spite of three consecutive top-three finishes, the team underachieved in the playoffs. In the 2006–07 season, however, after a 1–0 aggregate win against

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, courtesy of a Lolo goal in the second leg at home, it returned to division two after more than 40 years of absence. In 2006, it was again renamed Sevilla Atlético. After two seasons in division two, with a ninth place in the first year, in a campaign which also saw manager Manuel Jiménez leave to take the reins of the first team, Sevilla Atlético returned again to the third. Sevilla Atlético finished their 2015–16 campaign in third place in Group 4 and qualified for the promotion play-offs, they beat

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in the penalties 5–4 and therefore promoted back to Segunda División after seven years. In the 2016-17 season, the club finished 13th among 22 teams, never occupying a relegation spot. In the 2017-18 season, after losing manager Diego Martínez as well as key players Borja Lasso, Antonio Cotán, and Diego González and with ex-Sevilla player Luis Tevenet as manager, Sevilla Atlético were relegated from the second division, finishing last placed 22nd with 32 points.

Club names

*''Club Deportivo Puerto'' (1950–1960) *''Sevilla Atlético Club'' (1960–1991) *''Sevilla Fútbol Club "B"'' (1991–1992) *''Sevilla Fútbol Club, S.A.D. "B"'' (1992–2006) *''Sevilla Atlético'' (2006–present)

Season to season

*As ''CD Puerto'' *As ''Sevilla Atlético Club'' (

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) * ''As

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

'' ---- *5 seasons in

*3 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF *31 seasons in

*2 seasons in

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*27 seasons in

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Current technical staff

Selected former players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Selected former coaches

* Francisco Antúnez (1968–70) * Antonio López Habas (1977–78) * José Ángel Moreno (1988–94) * Juan Carlos Álvarez (1994–95) * Julián Rubio (1996–97) * José Ángel Moreno (1997) * Juan Carlos Álvarez (1998–99), (1999–00) *

Manuel Ruiz Sosa Manuel Ruiz Sosa (10 April 1937 – 12 December 2009) was a Spanish Association football, football midfielder and Manager (association football), manager. Honours Player Atlético Madrid *La Liga: 1965–66 La Liga, 1965–66 *Copa del Rey, ...

(2000) * Manolo Jiménez (2000–07) * Diego (2009–10) * Diego Martínez (2014–17) * Luis Tevenet (2017–18) * Luci (2018–19) * Paco Gallardo (2019–21) * Juan Acejo (2021–present)

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

La futbolteca team profile
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