Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the autonomous city of

Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta is one of th ...

. Founded in 1956, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. After being crowned champions of this league, they will play in

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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

, remaining in the category for six campaigns. After a one-year spell in

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, 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

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. 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

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season, Ceuta won with an added-time goal in the

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final against

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to win promotion to the new Segunda División RFEF, albeit still the fourth tier of Spanish football. The team stayed in that league for only one season, achieving promotion to the

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with a 2–0 playoff final win away to

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; this put them in the third tier for the first time since 1970. Manager Chus Trujillo, who oversaw the promotion, was dismissed on 19 September 2022 having lost all of the first four games of the

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season. He was replaced by José Juan Romero in his second spell at the club. The team defeated UD Ibiza of the

(3–2) and

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(1–0) to reach a best-ever last 16 of the

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in the same season; there, they lost 5–0 at home to

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. Striker Rodri finished the season with 20 goals, the most in the league. In the 2024–25 campaign, Ceuta won their Primera Federación group and gained promotion to the second division 57 years since their last appearance, after defeating

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on 11 May 2025; it will also but the first time the city of Ceuta will have a representative in the category in 45 years.

Club background

*'' Ceuta Sport Club'' — (1932–41); renamed in 1941 to ''Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta'' *'' Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta'' — (1941–56); in 1956 merged with the Spanish elements of Club Atlético Tetuán to form '' Club Atlético de Ceuta''

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

*'' Club Imperio de Ceuta Sociedad Deportiva'' — (1958–) *'' Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta'' — ''(1969–91)'' *''Club Ceutí Atlético'' – ''(1996–97)'' *'' Asociación Deportiva Ceuta'' (1997–2012)

Season to season

As Club Atlético de Ceuta

---- *11 seasons in

*10 seasons in

As Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club

---- *1 season in

*3 seasons in

*1 season in Segunda División RFEF *8 seasons in

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

References

External links

Futbolme team profile

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Futbol regional profile
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