UD Melilla

Union Deportiva Melilla is a football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1943 and refounded in 1976 it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, with a 10,000-seat capacity.[1]

Melilla
Full nameUnión Deportiva Melilla
Founded1943
1976 (re-founded)
GroundÁlvarez Claro,
Melilla, Spain
Capacity10,000
PresidentLuis Manuel Rincón
Head coachManolo Herrero
League2ªB – Group 1
2018-192ªB – Group 4, 3rd

History

At the beginning of the 1930s, Melilla city had four local football teams: Melilla C.F., Sociedad Deportiva Melillense, Deportivo Español and La Hípica.[2] Unión Deportiva Melilla was founded on February 6, 1943.[2] The first official game was against C.D. African on March 21, 1943. UD Melilla won it 5:1.[3] However then the club disappeared for 13 years. It was refounded in 1976, reached Segunda División B in 1987, and has remained there ever since.

Club background
  • Juventud Español — (1940–43)
  • Melilla Fútbol Club — (1921–43)
  • Unión Deportiva Melilla — (1943–56)
  • Sociedad Deportiva Melilla – (1971–76)
  • Gimnástico de Melilla – (1976–80)
  • Unión Deportiva Melilla – (1976–)

Other clubs from Melilla
  • Club Deportivo Real Melilla — (1939–)
  • Club Deportivo Tesorillo — (1944–56)
  • Melilla Club de Fútbol – (1956–76)
  • Club de Fútbol Melilla Industrial – (1968–74)
  • Club de Fútbol Industrial Melilla – (1975–85)
  • Melilla Fútbol Club — (1985–91)

Rivalry

The Ceuta-Melilla derby was between Melilla and AD Ceuta, who were dissolved in 2012. The two clubs travelled to face each other via the Spanish mainland to avoid entering Morocco.[4]

Season to season

UD Melilla (1943)
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1943/44 — Regional — 3rd round
1944/45 3 3ª 5th
1945/46 3 3ª 3rd
1946/47 3 3ª 1st
1947/48 3 3ª 1st 2nd round
1948/49 3 3ª 12th 3rd round
1949/50 3 3ª 2nd
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1950/51 2 2ª 10th
1951/52 2 2ª 8th
1952/53 2 2ª 5th 2nd round
1953/54 2 2ª 13th
1954/55 3 3ª 2nd
1955/56 3 3ª 2nd

Melilla CF (1956-1976)
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1956/57 3 3ª 1st
1957/58 3 3ª 14th
1958/59 3 3ª 13th
1959/60 3 3ª 9rh
1960/61 3 3ª 2nd
1961/62 3 3ª 2nd
1962/63 2 2ª 11th 1st round
1963/64 2 2ª 12th Round of 32
1964/65 2 2ª 12th 1st round
1965/66 2 2ª 15th 1st round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1966/67 3 3ª 6th
1967/68 3 3ª 4th
1968/69 3 3ª 2nd
1969/70 3 3ª 3rd 4th round
1970/71 3 3ª 11th 1st round
1971/72 3 3ª 5th 1st round
1972/73 3 3ª 7th 1st round
1973/74 3 3ª 14th 2nd round
1974/75 3 3ª 15th 1st round
1975/76 3 3ª 18th 1st round

SD Melilla (1971-1976)
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1974/75 3 3ª 10th 2nd round
1975/76 3 3ª 16th 2nd round

UD Melilla (1976)
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1976/77 3 3ª 16th 1st round
1977/78 4 3ª 4th 1st round
1978/79 4 3ª 2nd 1st round
1979/80 4 3ª 10th 1st round
1980/81 4 3ª 3rd 1st round
1981/82 4 3ª 8th 1st round
1982/83 4 3ª 4th
1983/84 4 3ª 10th 1st round
1984/85 4 3ª 3rd
1985/86 4 3ª 8th 1st round
1986/87 4 3ª 3rd
1987/88 3 2ªB 7th 2nd round
1988/89 3 2ªB 15th 1st round
1989/90 3 2ªB 2nd
1990/91 3 2ªB 6th 2nd round
1991/92 3 2ªB 14th 1st round
1992/93 3 2ªB 15th 3rd round
1993/94 3 2ªB 15th 2nd round
1994/95 3 2ªB 12th 1st round
1995/96 3 2ªB 12th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1996/97 3 2ªB 11th
1997/98 3 2ªB 5th
1998/99 3 2ªB 1st
1999/00 3 2ªB 9th 1st round
2000/01 3 2ªB 8th
2001/02 3 2ªB 16th
2002/03 3 2ªB 14th
2003/04 3 2ªB 7th
2004/05 3 2ªB 8th First round
2005/06 3 2ªB 8th
2006/07 3 2ªB 9th
2007/08 3 2ªB 7th
2008/09 3 2ªB 6th Third round
2009/10 3 2ªB 2nd Second round
2010/11 3 2ªB 3rd Third round
2011/12 3 2ªB 5th First round
2012/13 3 2ªB 9th Round of 32
2013/14 3 2ªB 8th
2014/15 3 2ªB 7th
2015/16 3 2ªB 9th First round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2016/17 3 2ªB 6th
2017/18 3 2ªB 5th First round
2018/19 3 2ªB 3rd Round of 32
2019/20 3 2ªB 13th First round

Current squad
As of 21 May 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ESP Dani Barrio
— GK  ESP Pedro Luis
— GK  ESP Adam
— DF  ESP Pepe Romero
— DF  MAR Mohamed Mahanan
— DF  COL Jilmar Torres
— MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Fraidi
— DF  ESP Richi
— DF  ESP Paco Aguza
— DF  ESP Fran Bueno
— DF  ESP Mario Hernández (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)
— MF  ESP Alfonsito
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ESP Antonio Otegui (on loan from Osasuna)
— MF  ESP Jordi Ortega
— MF  ESP Igor Martínez
— MF  ESP Juan Carlos Menudo
— MF  ESP Juan Ramón Ruano
— MF  ESP Heber Peña
— MF  ESP Álvaro Queijeiro
— FW  ESP Brian Martín (on loan from Tenerife)
— FW  ESP Óscar García
— FW  GUI Moha (on loan from Istra)
— MF  ESP Ramón Cuadrado

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ESP Juanmi Carrión (at Deportivo Fabril until 30 June 2019)
— MF  ESP Lolo Garrido (at Atlético Malagueño until 30 June 2019)
— MF  ESP Braim (at Villanovense until 30 June 2019)

Famous players

Famous coaches
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References
  1. "Así quedó el Sorteo de la Segunda Eliminatoria Fase de Ascenso a Segunda División y Segunda División B - Segunda B, Segunda División, Tercera". FutbolBalear.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  2. "Historia". UD Melilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  3. "Historia". UD Melilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  4. Hawkey, Ian (2009). Feet of the chameleon : the story of African football. London: Portico. ISBN 978-1-906032-71-5.
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