Mérida Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, ...

. Founded in 1990, they last played in Tercera División – Group 14 when dissolved in 2013, and hosted games at the

Estadio Romano Estadio Romano (''English'': Roman Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Mérida, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Mérida AD. The stadium holds 14,600 people and opened in 1954. On 9 September 2009, the ...

History

''Mérida Unión Deportiva'' was the predecessor of CP Mérida, which had been founded in 1912 as ''Sportiva Emeritense'', and eventually came to play in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

, disappearing in 2000 due to asphyxiating debts. Founded in ''1990'' as ''Mérida Promesas'' after the merge of Santa Eulalia and Los Milagros, the club was affiliated to CP Mérida until 2000, changed its name to Unión Deportiva, going on to take Club Polideportivo's place as the main team in the city. Having played mainly in the

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as a backup team, it did manage seven presences in

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independently, but returned to ''Tercera'' in 2009,El Mérida UD se inscribe en Tercera (Mérida registers in ''Tercera'')
where it played until being dissolved and replaced by new creation team Mérida AD.

Club background

*''UD Mérida Promesas'' — ''(1990–2000)'' *''UD Mérida'' — ''(2000–05)'' *''Mérida UD'' – ''(2005–13)''

Season to season

---- *7 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 ...

*15 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 ...

*1 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Final squad

Stadium

Mérida played its home games at ''

'', with a capacity of 14,600 spectators.
Google map for Estadio Romano

Former players

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Official blog

FEF profile
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