UCAM Murcia CF

Association football club in Spain

For the basketball team, see UCAM Murcia CB.

Football club

UCAM Murcia

Full name| UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol
Nickname(s)| Universitarios
Founded| 1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Ground| La Condomina, Murcia, Spain
Capacity| 6,500
Owner| Universidad Católica de Murcia
President| José Luis Mendoza
Head coach| Alberto Monteagudo
League| Segunda Federación – Group 4
2022–23| Segunda Federación – Group 4, 5th of 18
Website| Club website

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Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 4, holding home games at Estadio de La Condomina, with a capacity of 6,500 spectators.

## History[edit]

A starting lineup in the 2013–14 season, that promoted to Segunda División B

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Club de Fútbol [1] was founded in 1999 and had previously a team which played in Tercera División from 2000 to 2005.[2] In parallel was founded in 2004 the Club de Fútbol Los Garres, making its first appearance in Tercera División in 2008–09 as Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol. In 2009 a businessman from Beniaján, Murcia, acquired the club and moved it to his local town; one year later the club relocated again, now to Sangonera la Verde, and, in 2011, UCAM became its new owner.[3]

At the end of the 2011–12 season, after Orihuela suffered relegation from Segunda División B due to irregularities, UCAM Murcia took its place.[4] After suffering relegation, the club bounced back to the third level immediately, and achieved a respectable second place in his group during the 2014–15 campaign; it missed out promotion in the play-offs, after being knocked out by Bilbao Athletic B, which would later achieve promotion.

In the 2015–16 season, UCAM Murcia finished the regular season as champions of the Group 4, six points ahead of neighbours Real Murcia. The club achieved the promotion to Segunda División in the play-offs after beating Real Madrid Castilla 4–3 on aggregate.

The first season of UCAM in the second flight would be short-lived, as they ended in the 19th position, and subsequently relegated to the third tier, after being defeated in a do-or-die game by Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the last matchday. In the 2018–19 season the club finished 5th with 66 points in the Segunda División B, Group 4.[5]

### Club names[edit]

* Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol (1999–2005)
* Murcia Deportivo-Rincón de Seca Club de Fútbol (2007–2008)
* Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol-UCAM (2008–2009)
* Costa Cálida-Beniaján Club de Fútbol (2009–2010)
* Costa Cálida-Sangonera Club de Fútbol (2010–2011)
* UCAM Murcia Club de Fútbol (2011–2015)
* UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol (2015-)

## Season to season[edit]

### Old UCAM Murcia[edit]

| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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1999–2000  | 5  | Terr. Pref. | 1st |
2000–01 | 4  | 3ª | 14th  |
2001–02 | 4  | 3ª | 10th  |
2002–03 | 4  | 3ª | 11th  |
2003–04 | 4  | 3ª | 16th  |
2004–05 | 4  | 3ª | 19th |

### Los Garres[edit]

Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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2004–05  | 6  | 1ª Terr. | 4th  |
2005–06  | 6  | 1ª Terr. | 1st |

### Murcia Deportivo[edit]

Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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2006–07  | 5  | Terr. Pref. | 10th  |
2007–08  | 5  | Terr. Pref. | 4th |
2008–09 | 4  | 3ª | 12th  |

### Costa Cálida[edit]

Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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2009–10 | 4  | 3ª | 4th  |
2010–11 | 4  | 3ª | 1st  |

### New UCAM Murcia CF[edit]

| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Place  | Copa del Rey

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2011–12 | 4  | 3ª | 6th | Second round
2012–13 | 3  | 2ª B | 17th |
2013–14 | 4  | 3ª | 1st |
2014–15 | 3  | 2ª B | 2nd  | Third round
2015–16 | 3  | 2ª B | 1st | Third round
2016–17 | 2  | 2ª | 19th | Round of 32
2017–18 | 3  | 2ª B | 7th  | First round
2018–19 | 3  | 2ª B | 5th  | Second round
2019–20 | 3  | 2ª B | 10th  | Second round
2020–21 | 3  | 2ª B | 1st / 2nd | First round
2021–22 | 3  | 1ª RFEF | 18th  | First round
2022–23 | 4  | 2ª Fed. | 5th  |
2023–24 | 4  | 2ª Fed. |  | First round

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* 1 season in Segunda División
* 1 season in Primera División RFEF
* 7 seasons in Segunda División B
* 2 seasons in Segunda Federación
* 8 seasons in Tercera División

## Support[edit]

UCAM Murcia's highest home attendance is 5,877, in a 2016–17 Segunda División match against Rayo Vallecano. The club's two main supporters groups are Los T-UCAM who were founded in 2015 and Los Blue Gold who were founded in 2016.[6][7]

## Current squad[edit]

As of 22 February 2022[8]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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6  | MF |  ESP | Mario Abenza
12  | DF |  ESP | Jesús Palomeque (on loan from Valladolid B)
16  | DF |  ESP | Felipe Chacartegui
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24  | GK |  ARG | Juan Amann
–  | DF |  ESP | Viti
\-  | MF |  ESP | Sergio Cortés

### Reserve team[edit]

Main article: UCAM Murcia CF B

#### Out on loan[edit]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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## Honours[edit]

* Segunda División B
* Champions (1): 2015–16
* Tercera División
* Champions (2): 2010–11, 2013–14

## Coaches[edit]

* Luis Tevenet (2012–13)
* Gabriel Correa (2013–14)
* Eloy Jiménez (2014–15)
* José María Salmerón (2015–16)
* Francisco (2016–17)
* Lluís Planagumà (2017)
* José Miguel Campos (2017–2018)
* Pedro Munitis (2018–2019)
* Juan Merino (2019)
* Rubén Albés (2019)
* Miguel Rivera (2019–2020)
* Sergio Aracil (2020)
* Asier Santana (2020)
* José María Salmerón (2020–present)

## References[edit]

1. ^ lafutbolteca
2. ^ Historia del UCAM Murcia (History of UCAM Murcia) Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine; UCAM Murcia website (in Spanish)
3. ^ Calasparra y Cartagena-La Unión se dan de baja (Calasparra and Cartagena-La Unión forfeit); La Verdad, 9 July 2011 (in Spanish)
4. ^ El UCAM Murcia ocupa la vacante del Orihuela y llega a la categoría de bronce (UCAM Murcia takes Orihuela's berth and arrives at the bronze category); La Opinión de Murcia, 19 July 2012 (in Spanish)
5. ^ "Histórico UCAM Murcia - Segunda División B G 4". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
6. ^ Murcia, La Opinión de. "'Los T-UCAM' abren camino". Retrieved 2017-03-02.
7. ^ "Los Blue Gold (@losbluegold) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
8. ^ "Plantilla para la temporada 2021/22 | UCAM Murcia Club de Fútbol". www.ucamdeportes.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Spanish)
* Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
* Trecera profile (in Spanish)

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