Águilas CF

For current club, see Águilas FC.

Águilas Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team in Águilas, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 1925 and dissolved in 2010, it played its last season (2009–10) in Segunda División B – Group 2, holding home games at Estadio El Rubial with a 3,000 seat capacity.

Águilas

Full name	Águilas Club de Fútbol
Founded	1925
Dissolved	2010
Ground	El Rubial, Águilas, Murcia, Spain
Capacity	3,000
Home colours Away colours

History

Águilas FC was founded in 1925, and played most of its history in lower levels. In July 2010, after five consecutive seasons in the third division, the club disappeared due to heavy debts.

The origin of football in Águilas

Águilas FC was founded in 1925, but before the foundation of this one, other teams existed. In 1896 the Sporting Club Aguileño was founded. This team was the best of the region during the decade of 1900, because they won 26 matches of 26, without giving up a goal. The Sporting Club Aguileño disappeared in 1907 due to the lack of rivals. The Club Deportivo Aguileño was founded in 1907 and remained undefeated until 1917. The CD Aguileño folded in 1921 due to economic problems. Until 1925 the only teams in Águilas were the Arenas, Gimnástico and Universitari. In September 1924 the Region of Murcia Football Federation was created, but none of the Águilas teams enrolled in the federation; however, that year the Águilas FC played a match against Real Murcia.

Águilas CF foundation

Immediately, a new club was founded in the city, Águilas FC, which started playing in the regional leagues.

In 1925 the Águilas FC was founded. The team played its first match against Almería FC and the result was 1–1. The team can't have high aspirations, because their best players played in Lorca FC. After being in regional categories for several years, the team debuted in Tercera División in 1956 and in 1998 debuted in Segunda División B.

Debut in Segunda B and the Segunda División B play-offs

In 1999, their first season in Segunda B, they managed to achieve the permanency, but the team was relegated to Tercera División. Águilas CF return to Segunda B in 2005, they ended the season in second position and they played their first Segunda División B play-off, but they were eliminated by Alicante CF in the first round.

In 2007, Águilas Cf received the Royal Order of Sports Merit silver plate granted by the Sports Council. After the 2008 elections, one Murcia's businessman called Antonio Vicente García became president of the club. Antonio starts a project to reach the Segunda División B play-off again, but the project fails and the team gets involved in serious economic problems.

Uniform

The official uniform is based on a blue and white shirt with vertical stripes, a blue sport pants and a white and blue socks with horizontal stripes.

Stadium

The Águilas CF played their games in Estadio El Rubial. The stadium seats 4000 spectators and was football's oldest stadium active in Spain after “El Molinón”. Its dimensions are 95x65 meters.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1943–44 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1944–45 DNP 1945–46 DNP 1946–47 DNP 1947–48 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 11th 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1953–54 DNP 1954–55 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1955–56 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1956–57 3 3ª 15th 1957–58 3 3ª 10th 1958–59 3 3ª 8th 1959–60 3 3ª 14th 1960–61 3 3ª 15th 1961–62 3 3ª 10th 1962–63 3 3ª 14th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1963–64 3 3ª 15th 1964–65 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1965–66 3 3ª 5th 1966–67 3 3ª 10th 1967–68 3 3ª 10th 1968–69 3 3ª 19th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 14th 1970–71 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1971–72 5 1ª Reg. 4th 1972–73 5 1ª Reg. 6th 1973–74 5 1ª Reg. 13th 1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 10th 1975–76 5 1ª Reg. 6th 1976–77 5 1ª Reg. 10th 1977–78 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 1980–81 4 3ª 14th 1981–82 4 3ª 14th 1982–83 4 3ª 9th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1983–84 4 3ª 17th 1984–85 4 3ª 7th 1985–86 4 3ª 6th 1986–87 4 3ª 14th 1987–88 4 3ª 12th 1988–89 4 3ª 18th 1989–90 4 3ª 2nd 1990–91 4 3ª 4th 1991–92 4 3ª 2nd 1992–93 4 3ª 10th 1993–94 4 3ª 1st 1994–95 4 3ª 2nd 1995–96 4 3ª 4th 1996–97 4 3ª 4th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1997–98 4 3ª 2nd 1998–99 3 2ª B 15th 1999–2000 3 2ª B 20th 2000–01 4 3ª 6th 2001–02 4 3ª 3rd 2002–03 4 3ª 4th 2003–04 4 3ª 6th 2004–05 4 3ª 1st 2005–06 3 2ª B 2nd 2006–07 3 2ª B 8th 2007–08 3 2ª B 6th 2008–09 3 2ª B 10th 2009–10 3 2ª B 20th

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• 7 seasons in Segunda División B
• 35 seasons in Tercera División

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)