Granada Atlético Club de Fútbol was a
Spanish football team based in
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
, in the autonomous community of
Andalusia
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. Founded in 2004, it played its last season in
Tercera División - Group 9, holding home games at ''
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes es:Estadio is the spanish language word for Stadium
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'', with a capacity of 16,200 seats.
History
Granada Atlético was founded in 1969 as
''Guadix Club de Fútbol''. In 2004, it moved to
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
and was renamed ''Granada Atlético Club de Fútbol'', starting competing in the
fourth division on the next season. At the same time, a club from
Íllora
Íllora is a municipality in the province of Granada, located in Andalucia. Spain. It is surrounded by the following villages: Moclín, Pinos Puente, Valderrubio, Moraleda de Zafayona, Villanueva Mesía, Montefrío, and with the municipality of ...
moved to
Guadix
Guadix (, ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in southern Spain, in the Granada (province), province of Granada.
The city lies at an altitude of 913 metres, in the centre of the Hoya of Guadix, a high plain at the northern footh ...
and was renamed ''Guadix Club Deportivo'', and later ''Guadix CF''.
In early August 2010, when it seemed that Atlético would be absorbed by
Granada CF
Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...
and become its
reserve team
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, the negotiations were broken, and the club announced its liquidation.
El Atlético no llega a un acuerdo con el Granada y anuncia su desaparición (Atlético does not reach agreement with Granada and announces folding)
; Ideal, 6 August 2010
Season to season
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*4 seasons in Tercera División
Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...
References
External links
Official website
Association football clubs established in 2004
Association football clubs disestablished in 2009
Defunct football clubs in Andalusia
Sport in Granada
2004 establishments in Spain
2009 disestablishments in Spain
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