Lorca Deportiva CF

History

Lorca Deportiva was founded in 2002, right after the defunction of Lorca Club de Fútbol which had been born eight years earlier. The new club started in the fourth division after acquiring the place of CD Balsicas, and was promoted to the third level at the first attempt.

As rookies in the third tier, Lorca qualified for the play-offs after occupying the second place in the regular season. Next season the team finished fourth, but this time managed to promote to the division two: with Unai Emery – who later managed Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal F.C. and Aston Villa – in the position of manager, it narrowly missed on a new promotion, finishing just five points behind last La Liga promotee Levante UD.

After Emery's departure, with many first-team players also leaving, Lorca was relegated the following campaign. In the middle of 2009, although it had just finished second in its group, economic issues led to another drop, to the fourth division.

For the 2010–11 season, the club was relocated to nearby Totana and renamed LD Olímpico. On 18 October 2010, amidst serious economic problems, it retired from competition and folded, without chairman or players – all 93 points that the team would lose for not showing up in the remaining 31 fixtures of the season were equally distributed by their opponents, and Lorca was finally dissolved in 2012.

Season to season

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• 2 seasons in Segunda División
• 4 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Tercera División

References

References

1. [https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/remember-when-how-19th-century-7336242 Remember When: How a 19th Century Geordie and Toon fan took football to a corner of Spain]; The Chronicle Live, 14 November 2014 {{in lang. en
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3. [http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20100917/deportes_murcia/lorca/lorca-deportiva-cambia-nombre-20100917.html El Lorca Deportiva se cambia el nombre (Lorca Deportiva changes name)]; La Verdad, 17 September 2010 {{in lang. es
4. [http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20101019/deportes_murcia/lorca/lorca-deportiva-retira-tercera-20101019.html El Lorca Deportiva se retira de Tercera y prepara su disolución (Lorca Deportiva retires from ''Tercera'' and prepares liquidation)]; La Verdad, 19 October 2010 {{in lang. es
5. ABC]], 18 October 2010 {{in lang. es
6. [http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20101020/deportes_murcia/lorca/club-generoso-tercera-20101020.html El club más generoso de Tercera (Tercera's most generous club)]; La Verdad, 20 October 2010 {{in lang. es