Union Deportiva de Tánger, also known as Unión Deportiva España de Tánger, was a
football club
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
based in
Tangier
Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...
during its
Spanish protectorate.
History
The La Unión Deportiva España de Tánger ''UDET'' in Spanish, or Unión Deportiva de Tánger ''UDT'', also known as 'España de Tánger', was a Spanish football club founded in Tangier. The Unión Deportiva España de Tánger was one of the teams in the Spanish Second Division during the 1950s.
Until Moroccan independence, football competition in the Spanish protectorate (to which only Tangier belonged between 1940 and 1945) was run by the Spanish Football League. In Morocco there were other teams of Spanish origin, such as the Unión Deportiva Sevillana, the Unión Tangerina, the Fútbol Club Iberia or the Club Atlético Tetuán.
In 1956, after the independence of Morocco, the club merged with
Algeciras CF to form España de Algeciras CF before switching back to Algeciras CF in the following year.
Season to season
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* 3 seasons in
Segunda División
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* 5 seasons in
Tercera División
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Former players
See also
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Algeciras CF
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Real Federación de Fútbol de Ceuta
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EHA Tánger
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Unión Tangerina
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FC Iberia
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La Sevillana
External links
BDFutbol profile
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1956 disestablishments in Morocco
Association football clubs disestablished in 1956
Defunct football clubs in Andalusia
Algeciras CF
Sport in Tangier
Spanish Africa
Segunda División clubs