Cartagena FC

Cartagena FC
Full nameCartagena Fútbol Club UCAM
Nickname(s)Efesé
La Cebra (The Zebras)
Founded25 February 1940; 84 years ago (1940-02-25)
as Unión Deportiva Cartagenera
GroundCiudad Deportiva Gómez Meseguer
Cartagena, Spain
Capacity3,500[1]
ChairmanJosé Gómez Meseguer
ManagerJuanjo Tomás[2]
2021–223ª RFEF – Group 13, 15th of 18

Cartagena Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the autonomous community of Murcia. They were formerly called UD Cartagenera. Founded in 1940, they are focused on youth football, and hold home games at Ciudad Deportiva Gómez Meseguer, with a capacity of 3,500 seats.[3]

The club was a reserve team of FC Cartagena, during 2002–2009 and 2011–2014. In 2022, after suffering relegation from the Tercera División RFEF, the club closed their senior football department, only keeping their youth sides.

History

In the 1983–84 season Cartagena was nearly relegated to Segunda División B. The club finished 16th, just one point more than Linares and Algeciras, which moved one division down.[4]

Club names

  • Unión Deportiva Cartagenera(1940–61)
  • Club Deportivo Cartagena(1961–74)
  • Cartagena Fútbol Club(1974–)

Honours

Season to season

  • As an independent club
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1940–41 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1941–42 3 1ª Reg. 5th
1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 10th
1943–44 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1944–45 5 2ª Reg.
1945–46 4 1ª Reg. 9th
1946–47 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1947–48 5 2ª Reg.
1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 6th
1949–50 5 2ª Reg.
1950–51 5 2ª Reg.
1951–52 5 2ª Reg.
1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 9th
1953–54 3 16th
1954–55 3 4th
1955–56 3 2nd
1956–57 3 4th
1957–58 3 2nd
1958–59 3 3rd
1959–60 3 5th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1960–61 3 2nd
1961–62 2 11th
1962–63 2 13th
1963–64 3 2nd
1964–65 3 2nd
1965–66 3 2nd
1966–67 3 4th
1967–68 3 3rd
1968–69 3 2nd
1969–70 3 4th
1970–71 3 2nd
1971–72 3 2nd
1972–73 3 2nd
1973–74 3 3rd
1974–75 3 17th
1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 4th
1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 1st
1977–78 4 2nd
1978–79 4 5th
1979–80 4 1st
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1980–81 3 2ª B 5th
1981–82 3 2ª B 2nd
1982–83 2 16th
1983–84 2 16th
1984–85 2 8th
1985–86 2 14th
1986–87 2 15th
1987–88 2 20th
1988–89 3 2ª B 7th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1989–90 3 2ª B 11th
1990–91 3 2ª B 2nd
1991–92 3 2ª B 1st
1992–93 3 2ª B 5th
1993–94 3 2ª B 5th
1994–95 3 2ª B 16th
1995–96 4 2nd
1996–97 4 (R)
1997–2002 DNP
Season Tier Division Place
2002–03 6 1ª Reg. 13th
2003–04 6 1ª Reg. 4th
2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 8th
2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
2006–07 5 Reg. Pref. 9th
2007–08 5 Reg. Pref. 11th
2008–09 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
  • As an independent club
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2009–10 4 13th
2010–11 4 14th
Season Tier Division Place
2011–12 4 16th
2012–13 5 Pref. Aut. 3rd
2013–14 4 13th
  • As an independent club
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2014–15 4 16th
2015–16 5 Pref. Aut. 10th
2016–17 5 Pref. Aut. 10th
2017–18 5 Pref. Aut. 13th
2018–19 5 Pref. Aut. 2nd
2019–20 4 17th
2020–21 4 5th / 2nd
2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 15th

Selected former players

References

  1. ^ "The latest news from Cartagena F.C. UCAM: squad, results, table". besoccer.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Juanjo Tomás – Cartagena F.C. UCAM :: Fútbol de Andalucía ::". lapreferente.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Cartagena F.C. UCAM – Tercera División G 13". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Segunda División, Temporada 1983/1984 – liga smartbank, segunda division, campeonato nacional de liga de segunda división, segunda division española, laliga 2 española". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.