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Salamanca UDS
Full name	Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS
Founded	12 August 2013; 11 years ago
Ground	Estadio Helmántico
Capacity	17,341
Owner	Desarrollos Empresariales Deportivos, S. L.
President	Manuel Lovato
Head coach	Jehu Chiapas
League	Segunda Federación – Group 1
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 8, 2nd of 18 (promoted via play-offs)
Website	https://salamancacfuds.es
Home colours	Away colours

Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS, previously known as CF Salmantino, is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013 after the dissolution of UD Salamanca, it currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, holding home games at the Estadio Helmántico with a 17,341-seat capacity.^[1]

History

After the dissolution of UD Salamanca in 2013, some managers of the entity decided to refound the farm team to preserve the legacy of the historical club. With that aim, they created CD CF Salmantino. At first, it started playing in the same division as the old reserve team of Salamanca. Nevertheless, the Royal Spanish Football Federation decided in 2015 to relegate all the teams of the club to the lowest tier, as they considered the new CF Salmantino to be a newly founded club, completely independent of UDS.^[2]

In the 2015–16 season, the first after the administrative relegation, the club was promoted to fifth tier,^[3] and repeated success for coming back to Tercera División two years after the judicial statement.

Salmantino players celebrate a goal in 2017.

On 24 June 2018, just in their first season after the comeback, Salmantino promoted to Segunda División B by eliminating Compostela in the last round of the promotion play-offs. On 4 July 2018 José Miguel Campos was appointed the new head coach of the club.^[4] On 24 July, the club requested the Royal Spanish Football Federation to change the name to Salamanca CF UDS, recovering the name of former side UD Salamanca, and to use their logo.^[5] However, this change was initially not admitted, arguing that the request was presented out of date,^[6] but was finally approved on 14 September 2018.^[7]

On 18 September 2019 it was announced that Pablo Cortes would be the coach for the entire 2019–20 season. But on 28 October 2019 the club has fired him.^[8]

Club background

UD Salamanca (1923–2013)

Club naming

CD CF Salmantino (2013–2017)
CF Salmantino UDS (2017–2018)
Salamanca CF UDS (2018–)

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place
2013–14	4	3ª	9th
2014–15	4	3ª	9th
2015–16	6	1ª Prov.	1st
2016–17	5	1ª Reg.	1st
2017–18	4	3ª	4th
2018–19	3	2ª B	12th
2019–20	3	2ª B	13th
2020–21	3	2ª B	9th / 2nd
2021–22	4	2ª RFEF	15th
2022–23	5	3ª Fed.	3rd
2023–24	5	3ª Fed.	2nd
2024–25	4	2ª Fed.

3 seasons in Segunda División B
2 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
3 seasons in Tercera División
2 seasons in Tercera Federación

Stadium

Salamanca UDS plays in the Estadio Helmántico, with capacity for 17,341 spectators. After the dissolution of the Union Deportiva Salamanca, in the process of liquidation of the bankruptcy, the stadium went to auction, and finally was acquired by Desarrollos Empresariales Deportivos S.L., directed by the Mexican entrepreneur Miguel Alejandro Miranda which shares with Salmantino the sports project and allows them the use of the stadium.^[9]

Fans

During the summer of 2016, the club launched a campaign of subscribers directed especially to former members of the UD Salamanca, which promises to reserve the seat that they occupied during the matches of UD Salamanca once the Helmático is fully reopened (probably for the 2017–18 season). At the end of 2016 the club counted with 4,000 subscribers.^[10]

Current squad

As of 24 January 2021^[11]

Former coaches

Rivalries

Salamanca UDS has a strong rivalry with Unionistas de Salamanca CF, another team in the city formed after the collapse of the original club.^[12]

While Salamanca UDS claims to be the continuation of the former UD Salamanca, Unionistas was born as a homage of the former club, dissolved in 2013.

References

^ "La Supercopa de España se disputará en el Estadio Helmántico de Salamanca". Marca.com (in Spanish). 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
^ "La RFEF desciende al Salmantino a Provincial" [The RFEF demotes Salmantino to Provincial] (in Spanish). La Gaceta de Salamanca. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "El Salmantino asciende a Regional" [Salmantino promoted to Regional]. www.noticiascyl.com (in Spanish). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ Horas, Salamanca 24 (4 July 2018). "José Miguel Campos se convierte en el nuevo entrenador del Salmantino". Diario Noticias Salamanca 24 Horas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "El Salmantino UDS recupera el nombre de la ciudad para el salto al fútbol profesional" [Salmantino UDS recover the name of the city to give the jump to professional football] (in Spanish). CF Salmantino. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "La Federación no admite el cambio de nombre del Salmantino a Salamanca CF UDS" [The Federation does not admit the name change of Salmantino to Salamanca CF UDS] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "La RFEF autoriza al CF Salmantino UDS el cambio de denominación al de Salamanca CF UDS y al uso de los símbolos solicitados" [The RFEF authorizes CF Salmantino UDS to change the name to Salamanca CF UDS and to use the requested symbols]. Salamanca CF. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ "Pablo Cortés le dura 40 días al Salamanca: despedido como entrenador del primer equipo". Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
^ "El Salmantino liderará el proyecto de los nuevos dueños del Helmántico" [The Salmantino will lead the project of the new owners of the Helmántico]. La Crónica de Salamanca. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ Salamanca, Deportes Cope (21 December 2016). "(Min 7) Cara a Cara con Carlos Martín". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ "Salamanca UDS 20/21". Salamanca CF UDS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Unionistas - Salamanca UDS: el derbi que separa una calle" [Unionistas-Salamanca: the derby separated by a street] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.