Moratalla Club de Fútbol was a

Spanish football team The Spain national football team () has represented Spain in men's international football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Spain is one of eight nationa ...

based in

Moratalla Moratalla is a small town and the center of a large municipality of the same name in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. In 2018, the population of Moratalla was 7,944: some 5,600 in the town of Moratalla itsel ...

, in the

Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. The region is in area and had a popul ...

. Founded in 1976 and dissolved in 2011, it held home matches at '' Estadio Casa Felipe'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats.

History

''Moratalla Club de Fútbol'' was founded in 1976 as ''Club de Fútbol Juventud Moratallera'', moving to its current name two years later. It first appeared in national category ten years later, competing in Group XIII in the fourth division. In 2008–09, the club made its first presence in the

third level Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (dis ...

promotion playoffs, being ousted by

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in , and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá'', with a capacity of 2,261 seaters ...

0–2 on aggregate. However, after

Lorca Deportiva CF Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football club in Lorca, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2002 it was dissolved ten years later, they held their home matches at ''Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco'', which ...

was relegated for lack of payment to its players, Moratalla took its place, making its first appearance in the category on 30 August 2009, in a 0–2 away loss against

Real Murcia Imperial Real Murcia Club de Fútbol "B", also known as Real Murcia Imperial, is a Spanish football team based in Murcia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1922, it is the reserve team of Real Murcia and plays in , holding home games at ''Campus Unive ...

, and eventually being relegated back. The team was dissolved after the 2010–11 season due to economic problems, and its place was bought by a recently founded club,

FC Jumilla Fútbol Club Jumilla was a Spanish football team based in Jumilla, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2011, it played in Segunda División B – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de La Hoya''. Between 2016 and ...

Season to season

---- *1 season in

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 ...

*6 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 ...

Famous players

* Fernando Obama * Tha'er Bawab * Miroslav Radulovič

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile
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