Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condomina, which holds 31,179 spectators. In domestic football, the club has won a record 8

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titles and 1 Spanish Royal Federation Cup. Home colours are mainly scarlet shirt and white shorts.

History

Officially founded in 1919 as ''Levante Foot-ball Club'' (records show earlier denominations, such as 1903's ''Foot Ball Club de Murcia'' and 1906's ''Murcia Football Club''), Real Murcia was named as such, in 1923–24, by King Alfonso XIII. The following year, the La Condomina stadium was opened, with the club holding home games there for the next 82 years uninterrupted. In 1929 the club first competed in the

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(third tier), achieving its first ever promotion to

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in 1939–40. The highest position of 11th was reached in 1945, 1946, 1984 and 1987. Murcia holds the record for the most

titles with eight, most recently in 2002–03 under manager David Vidal. In that season, the team also equalled its best run in the

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by reaching the quarter-finals before losing on the

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, despite a 4–3 win in the second leg at home. Following an immediate descent back to Segunda in last place, the team won promotion to the top flight for the last time under Lucas Alcaraz in 2007, again lasting only one year. In June 2010, the team fell into

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for the first time in a decade with a 1–1 draw at

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on the final day, with goalkeeper Alberto Cifuentes saving a penalty kick from Kiko Ratón in added time before it deflected in off himself. Murcia returned immediately to the second tier, winning the 2010–11 Segunda División B title with a

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win over CE Sabadell FC in June after a 1–1 aggregate draw. In 2014, the team finished fourth and was top seeded for the playoffs, losing 2–1 on aggregate to eventual winners

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; weeks later Murcia were relegated for non-compliance with Liga de Fútbol Profesional regulations. In

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, Murcia won the Spanish Royal Federation Cup for the first time with a penalty shootout victory over CD Tudelano.

Current squad

Reserve team

Out of loan

Season to season

Murcia Regional Championship

Honours

League

** Winners (8) – record: 1939–40, 1954–55, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 2002–03

Cups

* Copa Federación de España ** Winners (1): 2019–20

References

External links

*
Futbolme team profile

''MurciaMania''
– all about the club
''La Futbolteca'' – Real Murcia CF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Real Murcia Football clubs in the Region of Murcia Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Spain Sport in Murcia M Segunda División clubs

Primera Federación clubs