AD Ceuta FC

Not to be confused with AD Ceuta or AgD Ceuta.

Ceuta
Full nameAgrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Caballas (Mackerels)
Founded9 July 1956; 68 years ago (9 July 1956)
GroundEstadio Alfonso Murube
Ceuta, Spain
Capacity6,500[1]
PresidentLuhay Hamido
Head coachJosé Juan Romero
LeaguePrimera Federación – Group 2
2023–24Primera Federación – Group 2, 5th of 20
Websitehttps://siempreadceutafc.wixsite.com/adceutafc

Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1956, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2.

History

The club was found in 1956, after a merger between Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta and Atlético Tetuán, under the name of Club Atlético de Ceuta. It eventually took the place of Tetuán in Segunda División, remaining in the category for six campaigns.

After a one-year spell in Tercera División, Atlético Ceuta returned to the second level and enjoyed a further five seasons before suffering relegation in 1968. The club subsequently fluctuated between the fourth and fifth levels, staying in the former for a short amount of time.

After being promoted to the fourth division in 2012 due to an administrative relegation, Atlético Ceuta tried to merge with AD Ceuta. However, due to the latter's high debts, the club remained under the same name, but with the staff and players of the Agrupación Deportiva.

In 2013, the club was officially named Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club, inheriting AD Ceuta's colours and logo.

After the 2020–21 Tercera División season, Ceuta won with an added-time goal in the playoff final against Xerez CD to win promotion to the new Segunda División RFEF, albeit still the fourth tier of Spanish football.[2] The team stayed in that league for only one season, achieving promotion to the Primera Federación with a 2–0 playoff final win away to AD Unión Adarve; this put them in the third tier for the first time since 1970.[3]

Manager Chus Trujillo, who oversaw the promotion, was dismissed on 19 September 2022 having lost all of the first four games of the 2022–23 Primera Federación season.[4] He was replaced by José Juan Romero in his second spell at the club.[5] The team defeated UD Ibiza of the Segunda División (3–2) and Elche CF of La Liga (1–0) to reach a best-ever last 16 of the Copa del Rey in the same season; there, they lost 5–0 at home to FC Barcelona.[6] Striker Rodri finished the season with 20 goals, the most in the league.[7]

Club background

Club naming

  • Club Atlético de Ceuta (1956–92)
  • Ceuta Atlético Club (1992-94)
  • Club Atlético de Ceuta (1994-2012)
  • Asociación Deportiva Atlético de Ceuta (2012-13)
  • Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club (2013–present)

Other clubs from Ceuta

Season to season

As Club Atlético de Ceuta

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1956–57 2 2ª 8th
1957–58 2 2ª 13th
1958–59 2 2ª 11th First round
1959–60 2 2ª 8th Round of 32
1960–61 2 2ª 2nd First round
1961–62 2 2ª 15th Round of 32
1962–63 3 3ª 1st
1963–64 2 2ª 14th First round
1964–65 2 2ª 5th First round
1965–66 2 2ª 14th First round
1966–67 2 2ª 13th Round of 32
1967–68 2 2ª 7th First round
1968–69 3 3ª 4th
1969–70 3 3ª 15th First round
1970–71 4 Reg. Pref. 6th
1971–72 4 Reg. Pref. 8th
1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 4th
1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 4th
1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 1st
1977–78 4 3ª 20th First round
1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
1989–90 4 3ª 20th
1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
1991–92 4 3ª 20th
1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
1993–94 4 3ª 5th
1994–95 4 3ª 20th
1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 8th
2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 1st
2006–07 4 3ª 18th
2007–11 DNP
2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
2012–13 4 3ª 5th

As Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2013–14 4 3ª 4th
2014–15 4 3ª 5th
2015–16 4 3ª 6th
2016–17 4 3ª 9th
2017–18 4 3ª 2nd
2018–19 4 3ª 2nd First round
2019–20 4 3ª 5th Second round
2020–21 4 3ª 3rd / 6th
2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 4th
2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 12th Round of 16
2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 5th
2024–25 3 1ª Fed.

Players

Current squad

As of 27 September 2024.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Pedro López
2 DF Spain ESP Fran Delgado (on loan from Farense)
3 MF Spain ESP Lolo González
4 DF Spain ESP Albert Caparrós
5 MF Argentina ARG Martin Belotti (on loan from Intercity)
6 DF Spain ESP Carlos Hernández
7 MF Spain ESP Aisar Ahmed
8 MF Spain ESP David Ramos
9 FW Spain ESP Rodri
10 MF Spain ESP Cristian Rodríguez
11 FW Spain ESP Dani Aquino
12 MF Spain ESP Victor Corral
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Spain ESP Guillermo Vallejo
14 MF Spain ESP Álex Blesa
15 DF Spain ESP Jacobo Guzman
16 DF Spain ESP Carlos Redru
17 MF Spain ESP Taufek Bayoud
18 FW France FRA Sofiane El Ftouhi
19 FW Spain ESP Rubén Díez
20 MF Spain ESP Andy Escudero
21 MF Spain ESP Jota López
22 FW Spain ESP Agüero
25 DF Spain ESP Yago Cantero

Reserve team

Main article: AD Ceuta B

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Spain ESP Jota López
26 FW Spain ESP Ivan Breñé

References

  1. ^ "El Ceuta quiere ampliar la capacidad del Alfonso Murube contra el Barça y tendrá VAR" [Ceuta want to increase the capacity of the Alfonso Murube against Barça and it will have VAR]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ "La AD Ceuta logra el ascenso en el último suspiro y ya es equipo de Segunda RFEF" [AD Ceuta achieves promotion at the last gasp and is now a Segunda RFEF team] (in Spanish). Ceuta al Día. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ^ Fernández, Raúl (29 May 2022). "El Ceuta hace historia ascendiendo a 1ª División RFEF" [Ceuta make history by being promoted to the Primera División RFEF]. El Faro de Ceuta (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ Castillo, Alejandro (19 September 2022). "Chus Trujillo, destituido como entrenador del Ceuta" [Chus Trujillo, dismissed as manager of Ceuta] (in Spanish). Ceuta al Día. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. ^ Castillo, Alejandro (20 September 2022). "José Juan Romero regresa al banquillo del Ceuta" [José Juan Romero returns to Ceuta's bench] (in Spanish). Ceuta al Día. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ^ Aranda, Rafa (19 January 2023). "Ceuta 0 – Barcelona 5: resumen, goles y resultado del partido" [Ceuta 0 – Barcelona 5: report, goals and result of the match]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. ^ Morcillo, Fernando (27 May 2023). "Rodri Ríos: "Este equipo se merece la permanencia"" [Rodri Ríos: "This team deserves to stay up"]. El Faro de Ceuta (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.