Unión Deportiva Pájara Playas de Jandía was a
Spanish football team based in
Pájara
Pájara is a municipality in the southwestern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands as well as the name of its largest town. Its population is 20,931 (2013),[Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the coast of North Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO i ...]
, in the autonomous community of
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
. Founded in 1996 and dissolved in 2011, it held home games at ''
Estadio Benito Alonso'', with a capacity of 3,000 seaters.
History
''Unión Deportiva Pájara Playas de Jandía'' was founded in 1996, after buying ''Unión Deportiva La Pareds berth, a club founded 20 years earlier. It promoted to the
third division at the first attempt, going on to remain there 12 consecutive years – in
2003–04 it finished second in its group, but failed in the promotion playoffs.
Pájara was dissolved on 12 July 2011, due to economic limitations.
Ya es oficial: adiós a la UD Pájara Playas de Jandia (It's official: goodbye to UD Pájara Playas de Jandia)
Canarias7, 13 July 2011
Season to season
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*12 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 ...
*3 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 ...
Famous players
References
External links
Official website
Futbolme team profile
Association football clubs established in 1996
Association football clubs disestablished in 2011
Defunct football clubs in the Canary Islands
1996 establishments in Spain
2011 disestablishments in Spain
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