UCAM Murcia CF

History

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Club de Fútbol was founded in 1999 and had previously a team which played in Tercera División from 2000 to 2005. 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.

At the end of the 2011–12 season, after Orihuela suffered relegation from Segunda División B due to irregularities, UCAM Murcia took its place. 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-)

Season to season

Los Garres

Murcia Deportivo

Costa Cálida

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New UCAM Murcia CF

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• 1 season in Segunda División
• 1 season in Primera División RFEF
• 7 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

Main article: UCAM Murcia CF B

Honours

• Segunda División B
  • Champions (1): 2015–16
• Tercera División
  • Champions (2): 2010–11, 2013–14

Coaches

• Spain Luis Tevenet (2012–13)
• Uruguay Gabriel Correa (2013–14)
• Spain Eloy Jiménez (2014–15)
• Spain José María Salmerón (2015–16)
• Spain Francisco (2016–17)
• Spain Lluís Planagumà (2017)
• Spain José Miguel Campos (2017–2018)
• Spain Pedro Munitis (2018–2019)
• Spain Juan Merino (2019)
• Spain Rubén Albés (2019)
• Spain Miguel Rivera (2019–2020)
• Spain Sergio Aracil (2020)
• Spain Asier Santana (2020)
• Spain José María Salmerón (2020–present)

References

References

1. [http://lafutbolteca.com/ucam-universidad-catolica-de-murcia-club-de-futbol/ lafutbolteca]
2. [http://ucamcf.es/el-club/historia/ Historia del UCAM Murcia (History of UCAM Murcia)] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-10-16 ; UCAM Murcia website {{in lang). es
3. [http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20110709/deportes_murcia/mas-futbol/calasparra-cartagena-union-baja-20110709.html Calasparra y Cartagena-La Unión se dan de baja (Calasparra and Cartagena-La Unión forfeit)]; La Verdad, 9 July 2011 {{in lang. es
4. [http://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/murcia/2012/07/19/ucam-murcia-ocupa-vacante-orihuela-llega-categoria-bronce/416639.html 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 {{in lang. es
5. "Histórico UCAM Murcia - Segunda División B G 4".
6. Murcia, La Opinión de. "'Los T-UCAM' abren camino".
7. "Los Blue Gold (@losbluegold) {{!}} Twitter".
8. "UCAM Murcia CF » Squad 2025/2026". WorldFootball.