UD Melilla

Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, with a 8,000 capacity.[1][2]

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Full nameUnión Deportiva Melilla
Founded29 June 1976 (29 June 1976)
(as Gimnástico Melilla Club de Fútbol; re-founded)
GroundEstadio Municipal Álvarez Claro
Capacity8,000
PresidentLuis Manuel Rincón
Head coachMiguel Rivera
LeagueSegunda Federación – Group 5
2021–22Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, 9th of 18

History

Founded in 1976 as Gimnástico Melilla Club de Fútbol after a merger of Melilla CF and Club Gimnástico de Cabrerizas,[3] the club immediately took Cabrerizas' place in Tercera División. Renamed Unión Deportiva Melilla (as an honour to the club founded in the 1940s) in 1980, it reached Segunda División B in 1987, and has remained there until 2021 when the Spanish football structure changed.

Club background

Other clubs from Melilla
  • Club Deportivo Real Melilla — (1939–)
  • Club de Fútbol Melilla Industrial – (1968–74)
  • Club de Fútbol Industrial Melilla – (1975–85)
  • Melilla Fútbol Club — (1985–91)

Rivalry

The Ceuta-Melilla derby was between Melilla and AD Ceuta, who were dissolved in 2012. The two clubs travelled to face each other via the Spanish mainland to avoid entering Morocco.[4]

Season to season
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1976–77 3 3ª 16th 1st round
1977–78 4 3ª 4th 1st round
1978–79 4 3ª 2nd 1st round
1979–80 4 3ª 10th 1st round
1980–81 4 3ª 3rd 1st round
1981–82 4 3ª 8th 1st round
1982–83 4 3ª 4th
1983–84 4 3ª 10th 1st round
1984–85 4 3ª 3rd
1985–86 4 3ª 8th 1st round
1986–87 4 3ª 3rd
1987–88 3 2ª B 7th 2nd round
1988–89 3 2ª B 15th 1st round
1989–90 3 2ª B 2nd
1990–91 3 2ª B 6th 2nd round
1991–92 3 2ª B 14th 1st round
1992–93 3 2ª B 15th 3rd round
1993–94 3 2ª B 15th 2nd round
1994–95 3 2ª B 12th 1st round
1995–96 3 2ª B 12th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1996–97 3 2ª B 11th
1997–98 3 2ª B 5th
1998–99 3 2ª B 1st
1999–2000 3 2ª B 9th 1st round
2000–01 3 2ª B 8th
2001–02 3 2ª B 16th
2002–03 3 2ª B 14th
2003–04 3 2ª B 7th
2004–05 3 2ª B 8th First round
2005–06 3 2ª B 8th
2006–07 3 2ª B 9th
2007–08 3 2ª B 7th
2008–09 3 2ª B 6th Third round
2009–10 3 2ª B 2nd Second round
2010–11 3 2ª B 3rd Third round
2011–12 3 2ª B 5th First round
2012–13 3 2ª B 9th Round of 32
2013–14 3 2ª B 8th
2014–15 3 2ª B 7th
2015–16 3 2ª B 9th First round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2016–17 3 2ª B 6th
2017–18 3 2ª B 5th First round
2018–19 3 2ª B 3rd Round of 32
2019–20 3 2ª B 13th First round
2020–21 3 2ª B 7th / 1st
2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 9th

Current squad
As of 12 April 2021[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Spain ESP Pol Ballesté
— DF Spain ESP Pepe (captain)
— MF Spain ESP Sergio Parla
— DF Spain ESP Kike
— DF Spain ESP Ali Ali Al-Lal
— MF Spain ESP José Antonio González
— MF Spain ESP Borja López
— FW Uruguay URU Lucas Ligio
— MF Spain ESP Asier Parra
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF France FRA Baba Cissé
— DF Panama PAN Jan Carlos Vargas (on loan from Tauro)
— GK Spain ESP Gonzalo González
— FW Spain ESP Mohamed Chabboura
— FW Spain ESP Iker Hernández
— DF Spain ESP David Amez
— DF Spain ESP Jordan Hernández
— DF Spain ESP Karlos Mahugo
— FW Switzerland SUI Rubén del Campo (on loan from Famalicão)

Famous players

Famous coaches

Reserve team
Main article: UD Melilla B

Their reserve team, UD Melilla B, played for several years in Primera Autonómica Melilla and in Tercera División before ceasing activities in 2012. In 2013, Casino del Real CF became their reserve side, and was subsequently renamed to Melilla B in 2014.

References
  1. Patricio, Cynthia (6 April 2021). "El estadio Álvarez Claro pasa a convertirse en un complejo polideportivo municipal". El Faro de Melilla.
  2. "Así quedó el Sorteo de la Segunda Eliminatoria Fase de Ascenso a Segunda División y Segunda División B - Segunda B, Segunda División, Tercera". FutbolBalear.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  3. "Historial de la Unión Deportiva Melilla" [History of Unión Deportiva Melilla] (in Spanish). La Futbolteca. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. Hawkey, Ian (2009). Feet of the chameleon : the story of African football. London: Portico. ISBN 978-1-906032-71-5.
  5. "Plantilla". UD Melilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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