Castillo Club de Fútbol 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

San Bartolomé de Tirajana San Bartolomé de Tirajana is a village and a Spanish municipality in the south-eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. With an area of , San Bartolomé de Tirajana is the largest municipal ...

Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that co ...

, in the autonomous community of

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...

. Founded in 1950, it plays in Primera de Aficionados, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Castillo del Romeral'', with a capacity of 1,000.

History

In 1999, after playing nearly 50 years in the regional leagues, Castillo reached the

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. There, it achieved four consecutive top-five finishes, qualifying three times for the playoffs, albeit without promotion, before finally making it to the third level in 2004, remaining in the category for two seasons. In July 2010, Castillo was forced to drop down to ''Preferente'', due to serious financial problems.La junta directiva del Castillo CF presenta su dimisión (Castillo CF's board of directors resigns)
Canarias Deportiva

Season to season

---- *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 ...

*9 seasons in

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 ...

Notable players

* Pablo Paz *

Víctor Afonso Víctor Manuel Afonso Mateos (born 27 August 1971) is a Spanish retired Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, central defender, and currently is a Coach (sport), manager. Playing career He ...

* Axier Intxaurraga * Andoni Lakabeg * Santi Lampón * Javi Ortega * Antonio Robaina * Francis Suárez * Sergio Suárez * Daniel Visconti * Luis Miguel Reyes

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in the Canary Islands Association football clubs established in 1950 Sport in Gran Canaria Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol clubs 1950 establishments in Spain {{Spain-footyclub-stub