Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a

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based in

La Nucía La Nucia (; es, La Nucía) is a municipality in the '' comarca'' of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. It borders the municipalities of Altea, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Benidorm, Polop and L'Alfàs del Pi. La Nucia is located ...

, in the autonomous community of

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

. Founded in 1995, it plays in Segunda Federación - Group 3, holding home games at ''

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'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Team colours are red shirt, black shorts and socks.

History

''Club de Fútbol La Nucía'' rose from the ashes of several teams that were successively created in the city, receiving this denomination in 1995. In 1998–99, the club promoted to the first regional division for the first time, returning again to that level five years later. The 2006–07 season was full of unexpected events. After qualifying to the promotion playoffs for

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, La Nucía was eliminated by

CD Olímpic de Xàtiva Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Regional Preferente, holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta. History Football in Xàtiv ...

(1–1 draw in the first leg and 0–1 loss in the second). During the summer, however, ''Club de Fútbol Dolores'' forfeited its berth in the competition, with La Nucía occupying its place, with a first-ever promotion to the national categories. In its first season in the fourth division, La Nucía finished in third position in the

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, thus qualifying for the promotion playoffs, being eliminated by

UD Las Palmas Atlético Las Palmas Atlético is the reserve team of UD Las Palmas, club based in Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. They play in Tercera Federación – Group 12, holding home games at ''Anexo del Estadio Gran Canaria'', which ...

(1–1 at home, 1–2 away loss). The team met the same fate in the following campaign, being ousted by RSD Alcalá in the third round (0–2 on aggregate). On 30 June 2019, La Nucía achieved their first promotion ever to the

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after beating

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in the last round of the promotion playoffs, with a latest goal in the 93rd minute. It was scored by San Julián, who gave the historic promotion to the club in the last game of his entire career.

Season to season

---- *1 season in Primera Federación *2 seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Fo ...

*2 seasons in Segunda Federación *10 seasons in

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Out of loan

Former Managers

* Manuel Jiménez González (1986–87) *

Pepe Soler Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name José (Josep). It is also a surname. * People Mononyms *Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer *Pepe (footballer, born 1983), real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, ...

(2009–11) * Miguel Ángel Martínez (2018–19) *

César Ferrando César Ferrando Jiménez (born 25 July 1959) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager. Playing career Born in Tavernes de la Valldigna, Valencian Community, Ferrando started his professional career with loc ...

(2018) (2019-23)

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history
{{DEFAULTSORT:La Nucia Football clubs in the Valencian Community Association football clubs established in 1995 1995 establishments in Spain Primera Federación clubs