Unión Montañesa Escobedo is a Spanish football team based in Escobedo, Camargo, in the autonomous community of

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

. Founded in 1917 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Eusebio Arce''.

History

Escobedo was founded in 1917, but started playing in 1964. The team played in the regional leagues for the vast majority of its first 26 years, with the one exception being a season-long stay 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 ...

in 1967–68. The team returned to the category, now the national fourth division, twenty-one years later, remaining there for the subsequent decades. In 1991–92 and the following campaigns it was crowned division champions, adding four runner-up places; however, none of the ten promotion playoff visits 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 ...

was successful. Escobedo reached the third round of 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 ...

in 1991–92, falling to

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0–3 on aggregate. Two years later the club qualified to the same stage, losing over two legs to

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. On 28 September 2017, Escobedo achieved its first regional tournament by winning the Cantabrian stage of the Copa Federación after beating Cayón by a huge 3–0 in the final. In the 2018-19 season the club won Group 3 of the Tercera División.

Season to season

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*33 seasons in

*3 seasons 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 ...

/Tercera División RFEF

Stadium

Escobedo's home ground is the ''Estadio Eusebio Arce'', around a mile west of Muriedas, the capital of Camargo. It has a capacity of 2,000 seats with a low, cantilevered stand that runs the length of the pitch on the north side of the enclosure. The stand also houses the players changing facilities, club offices and a social club.

References

External links

Futbolme team profile

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