Unión Molinense Club de Fútbol is a

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team based in

Molina de Segura Molina de Segura is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia. It is located 10 km from the provincial capital, Murcia. It borders the towns of Las Torres de Cotillas, Alguazas, Lorquí, Ulea, Archena, A ...

Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. The region is in area and had a popul ...

. Founded in 2017 under the name of CF Molina, the team plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal Sánchez Cánovas''.

History

Background

Football in the city of

began in the 1920s with Sport Club Molinense, with Los Luíses Football Club and Club Deportivo Molinense Balompié also being active in the period. In the 1930s and after the

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, several clubs were created in the city, but none of them were able to establish themselves until the creation of CD Molinense in 1952. Molinense went on to play a small number of seasons in the 1950s before being refounded in 1971, playing for several seasons in

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before officially ceasing activities in 2009. Founded in 2017 as ''Club de Fútbol Molina Promesas'', a

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of CF Molina, the club were renamed to ''Club de Fútbol Molina Olimpic'' after Molina became Independiente de Ceutí FC. In 2019, after their promotion to the Preferente Autonómica, the club were renamed to ''Club de Fútbol Molina''. Two seasons later, the club were renamed to ''Club de Fútbol Molina San Miguel'', after establishing a partnership with ''Escuela de Fútbol San Miguel''; the latter club became their reserve team.

Establishment of Unión Molinense

On 30 July 2021, it was made official that CF Molina and EF San Miguel merged, creating Unión Molinense Club de Fútbol; the club still officially competed as CF Molina San Miguel in that season. On 10 June 2022, after missing out promotion to

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, the club acquired Archena Sport FC's place in the fifth tier; their place in the Preferente Autonómica went to their new reserve team. Unión Molinense is considered as an "heir" of CD Molinense, to honour the biggest club of the city.

Club names and overview

*''Club de Fútbol Molina Promesas'' (2017–2018);

of CF Molina *''Club de Fútbol Molina Olimpic'' (2018–2019); independent club *''Club de Fútbol Molina'' (2019–2021) *''Club de Fútbol Molina San Miguel'' (2021–2022); partnership with EF San Miguel and subsequent merger *''Unión Molinense Club de Fútbol'' (2022–)

Season to season

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Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Union Molinense Football clubs in the Region of Murcia Association football clubs established in 2017 2017 establishments in Spain