Club Recreativo Granada is 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

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. Founded in 1947, it is the

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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 currently plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Miguel Prieto'', with a capacity for 2,500 spectators. Unlike the English League, reserve teams in

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play in the same

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pyramid as their senior team, rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as the main squad. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. Additionally, only under-23 players or under-25 players with a professional contract can switch between senior and reserve teams.

History

Founded in 1947 as ''Recreativo de Granada'', the team achieved a host of promotions and went on to feature several 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 ...

. On 30 June 2013, Granada B finally achieved his first promotion to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

, after a 1–2 defeat against

Extremadura UD Extremadura Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2007, it last played in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la ...

. The club had a good first season in the new category by finishing 6th among 20 teams. On 9 March 2018, Granada announced that the reserve team will carry the name of ''Club Recreativo Granada'' from 1 July. In the 2018-19 season the club managed to save its position in the Segunda División B, having finished in the 14th position.

Season to season

*As an independent club ---- *As the reserve team of ''

'' ---- *1 season in

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*8 seasons in

*3 seasons in

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Fede ...

/Segunda División RFEF *29 seasons in

*1 season in

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

Current squad

From
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Current technical staff

Isaac Campos
Jose Antonio Sánchez Huertas

References

External links

* (archived)
B-side on official website

Futbolme team profile

Club & stadium history Estadios de España
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