Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in , holding home games at Estadio de La Condomina, with a capacity of 6,500 spectators.
History
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Club de Fútbol lafutbolteca was founded in 1999 and had previously a team which played in Tercera División from 2000 to 2005.Historia del UCAM Murcia (History of UCAM Murcia) ; UCAM Murcia website In parallel was founded in 2004 the Club de Fútbol Los Garres, making its first appearance in Tercera División in 2008–09 as Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol. In 2009 a businessman from Beniaján, Murcia, acquired the club and moved it to his local town; one year later the club relocated again, now to Sangonera la Verde, and, in 2011, UCAM became its new owner.Calasparra y Cartagena-La Unión se dan de baja (Calasparra and Cartagena-La Unión forfeit); La Verdad, 9 July 2011
At the end of the 2011–12 season, after Orihuela suffered relegation from Segunda División B due to irregularities, UCAM Murcia took its place.El UCAM Murcia ocupa la vacante del Orihuela y llega a la categoría de bronce (UCAM Murcia takes Orihuela's berth and arrives at the bronze category); La Opinión de Murcia, 19 July 2012 After suffering relegation, the club bounced back to the third level immediately, and achieved a respectable second place in his group during the 2014–15 campaign; it missed out promotion in the play-offs, after being knocked out by Bilbao Athletic B, which would later achieve promotion.
In the 2015–16 season, UCAM Murcia finished the regular season as champions of the Group 4, six points ahead of neighbours Real Murcia. The club achieved the promotion to Segunda División in the play-offs after beating Real Madrid Castilla 4–3 on aggregate.
The first season of UCAM in the second flight would be short-lived, as they ended in the 19th position, and subsequently relegated to the third tier, after being defeated in a do-or-die game by Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the last matchday. In the 2018–19 season the club finished 5th with 66 points in the Segunda División B, Group 4.
Club names Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol (1999–2005) Murcia Deportivo-Rincón de Seca Club de Fútbol (2007–2008) Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol-UCAM (2008–2009) Costa Cálida-Beniaján Club de Fútbol (2009–2010) Costa Cálida-Sangonera Club de Fútbol (2010–2011) UCAM Murcia Club de Fútbol (2011–2015) UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol (2015–present)
Season to season Old UCAM Murcia SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1999–20005Terr. Pref.2000–0143ª14th2001–0243ª10th2002–0343ª11th2003–0443ª16th2004–0543ª
Los Garres SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2004–0561ª Terr.4th2005–0661ª Terr.
Murcia Deportivo SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2006–075Terr. Pref.10th2007–085Terr. Pref.2008–0943ª12th
Costa Cálida SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2009–1043ª4th2010–1143ª1st
New UCAM Murcia CF SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2011–1243ªSecond round2012–1332ª B2013–1443ª2014–1532ª B2ndThird round2015–1632ª BThird round2016–1722ªRound of 322017–1832ª B7thFirst round2018–1932ª B5thSecond round2019–2032ª B10thSecond round2020–2132ª B / First round2021–2231ª RFEF18thFirst round2022–2342ª Fed.5th2023–2442ª Fed.8thFirst round2024–2542ª Fed.3rd2025–2642ª Fed.7thFirst round2026–2742ª Fed.
1 season in Segunda División 1 season in Primera División RFEF 8 seasons in Segunda División B 4 seasons in Segunda Federación 8 seasons in Tercera División
Support UCAM Murcia's highest home attendance is 5,877, in a 2016–17 Segunda División match against Rayo Vallecano. The club's two main supporters groups are Los T-UCAM who were founded in 2015 and Los Blue Gold who were founded in 2016.
Current squad
Reserve team
Honours Segunda División B Champions (1): 2015–16 Tercera División Champions (2): 2010–11, 2013–14
Coaches Luis Tevenet (2012–13) Gabriel Correa (2013–14) Eloy Jiménez (2014–15) José María Salmerón (2015–16) Francisco (2016–17) Lluís Planagumà (2017) José Miguel Campos (2017–2018) Pedro Munitis (2018–2019) Juan Merino (2019) Rubén Albés (2019) Miguel Rivera (2019–2020) Sergio Aracil (2020) Asier Santana (2020) José María Salmerón (2020–present)
References
External links
Futbolme team profile Trecera profile