Club Deportivo Linares was a Spanish football team based in Linares, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1990 and dissolved in July 2009, it played its last season in 2008–09, in Second Division B - Group 4. The team's stadium was Estadio de Linarejos, with a capacity of 10,000 seats.
History Club Deportivo Linares was founded in 1990 with Miguel Hernández as its first president, first reaching the fourth division four years later, with a brief spell in the third level in 2000–01 – immediate relegation back.
On 21 July 2009, after seven consecutive seasons in Segunda B, the mayor of Linares, Juan Fernández, announced the club's defunction, due to the impossibility of paying its debt (around €4.7 million).La extinción del CD Linares se torna irremediable y se creará un nuevo club (CD Linares' extinction irreversible and a new club will be created) Resucitando al Linares CF (Bringing Linares CF back to life) It managed to play another seven seasons in division three.
On 5 August, Linares' new managing board confirmed the registration in the fourth categoryLa gestora da el primer paso para mantener vivo al CD Linares (Board takes first step to keep CD Linares alive) but, eventually, the Royal Spanish Football Federation forced the team to disappear.La Federación no valida la inscripción del CD Linares y le obliga a desaparecer (RFEF renders CD Linares' registration invalid and forces it to fold)
Club background SG Linarense – (1909–20) Linares FC – (1920–29) Gimnástica Linarense – (1929–31) Linares Deportivo (I) – (1940–46) Atlético Linares – (1946–48) CD Linares (I) – (1952–64) Linares CF – (1961–90) CD Linares (II) – (1990–2009) Linares Deportivo (II) – (2009–present)
Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1990–9161991–925Reg. Pref.2nd1992–935Reg. Pref.3rd1993–945Reg. Pref.1994–9543ª5th1995–9643ª5th1996–9743ª3rd1997–9843ª1st1998–9943ª5th1999–200043ªSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2000–0132ª B2001–0243ª2002–0332ª B16thRound of 162003–0432ª B11th2004–0532ª B11th2005–0632ª B4th2006–0732ª B2ndThird round2007–0832ª B2ndFirst round2008–0932ª B14thFirst round
8 seasons in Segunda División B 7 seasons in Tercera División 4 seasons in Categorías Regionales
Last squad
Famous players Iván Fassione Luciano Álvarez Juan Cobián Gabriel Bordi Martín Tártara Bruno Calabria Natanael Borengue Mohamed Diamé Owusu Afriyie Atiba Harris Pedro Largo Imanol Idiakez Chico Pérez Hurtado Catanha Tariq Spezie
References
External links Official website