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Club de Fútbol Benidorm is a
Spanish football team The Spain national football team ( es, Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football i ...
based in
Benidorm Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though ...
, in the
Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous comm ...
. Founded in 2016, they play in the , holding home matches at the ''
Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor Estadio Municipal de Guillermo Amor is a stadium in Benidorm, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. Its former name was Estadio Municipal de Foietes or simply Foietes, but its name was changed in 2010 because of Guillermo Amor, one of the most fa ...
'', with a capacity of 5,383 people.


History

Founded in 2016 under the name of ''Club de Fútbol Calvari Benidorm'' as an honour to dissolved
Benidorm CF Benidorm Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Benidorm, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1964 and dissolved in 2011 it held home matches at ''Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor'', which had a capacity of 6,000. ...
, the club started playing in the Segunda Regional in the following year, winning promotion as champions. In July 2019, after another promotion, the club reached an agreement with CD Polop to become their
reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
. On 6 July 2020, it was announced that Calvari would be renamed to ''Club de Fútbol Benidorm'', but would be registered as ''Racing Club de Fútbol Benidorm'' in the
Valencian Community Football Federation The Valencian Community Football Federation ( ca-valencia, Federació de Futbol de la Comunitat Valenciana, es, Federación de Fútbol de la Comunidad Valenciana; FFCV) is the football association that has organized football competitions in the V ...
. On 25 March 2023, the club was bought by ''DV7 Group'', owned by
David Villa David Villa Sánchez (; born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish retired professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Villa is regarded by pundits as one of the best forwards of his ge ...
and Víctor Oñate. On 29 April 2024, Benidorm achieved a first-ever promotion to
Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisio ...
with two rounds to go.


Season to season

---- *1 season in
Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisio ...


See also

* CF Benidorm B, reserve team


References


External links

*
Soccerway team profile
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