Club de Fútbol Palencia was a Spanish football team based in

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1975 and dissolved in 2012, it held home games at '' Estadio La Nueva Balastera'', with an 8,100-seat capacity.

History

Palencia has had many football clubs, the beginnings being in June 1929 with ''Club Deportivo Palencia''. In 1943 it first reached

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after a win against Orensana, as the club was then known as ''Fábrica Nacional de Palencia''. In 1951 Palencia was renamed ''Atlético Palencia'', also facing relegation that year due to economic problems. Three years later, it visited the national categories for the second time; in 1962–63 it appeared in the playoffs for promotion to

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, facing

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: amidst accusations of a fixed result, the club did not appear for their following match at

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, and eventually disappeared from the footballing maps. The club reappeared in the late '60s, very briefly as ''Otero de Palencia'', quickly changing to Palencia Club de Fútbol. In 1970–71 it played in the play-offs for a second division promotion for the second time, now against

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; stellar performances from

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Mariano García Remón, later player (then manager) of

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, eventually prevented that achievement. On 17 June 1979, with another legendary Real Madrid figure as coach,

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, Palencia was first promoted to second level after a 1–0 home win against

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, incidentally one day before the 50th anniversary of the first football match in the club's history – it lasted two seasons in this first tenure. In 1982–83, right after the

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on home soil, the club produced arguably its best season, finishing fifth just three points shy of an historical

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promotion; three years later it disappeared, again due to economic issues. ''Club Deportivo Cristo Olímpico'', then the

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, became first team of the city but, in 1989, it was named ''Club de Fútbol Palencia''. During the following two decades, it bounced back between

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(the new third level created in 1977) and the fourth category. On 1 July 2012, Palencia was relegated to the fourth level by the

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, due to non-payment of wages to its players. On 4 December the club was disbanded after failing to raise enough financial funds to run it until the end of the season, having incurred in a

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1,7 million net debt from past years.El administrador concursal del CF Palencia anuncia la liquidación del club (CF Palencia administrator announces liquidation of club)
; El Confidencial, 4 December 2012 In 2013, another club in the city was created under the name of CDR Atlético Palencia 1929.

Former clubs

*''Club Deportivo Palencia'' – ''(1929–41)'' *''Fábrica Nacional de Palencia'' – ''(1941–51)'' *''Atlético Palencia'' – ''(1951–60)'' *'' Palencia Club de Fútbol'' – ''(1960–86)''

Club background

*''Club Deportivo Cristo Olímpico'' – ''(1975–87)'' *''Club de Fútbol Palencia Cristo Olímpico'' – (1987–99) *''Club de Fútbol Palencia'' – ''(1999–2012)''

Season to season

*As ''CD Cristo Olímpico'',

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*As ''CF Palencia Cristo Olímpico'' *As ''CF Palencia'' ---- *14 seasons in

*18 seasons in

Former players

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Unofficial website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Palencia Sport in Palencia Defunct football clubs in Castile and León Association football clubs established in 1975 Association football clubs disestablished in 2012 1975 establishments in Spain 2012 disestablishments in Spain