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| Full name | Águilas Club de Fútbol | ||
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| Founded | 1925 | ||
| Dissolved | 2010 | ||
| Ground | El Rubial,Águilas, Murcia, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
Águilas Club de Fútbol was aSpanish football team inÁguilas, in the autonomous community ofMurcia. Founded in 1925 and dissolved in 2010, it played its last season (2009–10) inSegunda División B – Group 2, holding home games at Estadio El Rubial with a 3,000 seat capacity.
Águilas FC was founded in 1925, and played most of its history in lower levels. In July 2010, after five consecutive seasons in thethird division, the club disappeared due to heavy debts.[1]
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. TheSporting Club Aguileño disappeared in 1907 due to the lack of rivals. TheClub Deportivo Aguileño was founded in 1907 and remained undefeated until 1917. TheCD Aguileño folded in 1921 due to economic problems. Until 1925 the only teams inÁguilas were the Arenas, Gimnástico and Universitari. In September 1924 theRegion of Murcia Football Federation was created, but none of theÁguilas teams enrolled in the federation; however, that year theÁguilas FC played a match againstReal Murcia.
Immediately, a new club was founded in the city,Águilas FC, which started playing in the regional leagues.[2]
In 1925 theÁguilas FC was founded. The team played its first match againstAlmería FC and the result was 1–1. The team can't have high aspirations, because their best players played inLorca FC. After being in regional categories for several years, the team debuted inTercera División in 1956 and in 1998 debuted inSegunda División B.
In 1999, their first season inSegunda B, they managed to achieve the permanency, but the team was relegated toTercera División. Águilas CF return toSegunda B in 2005, they ended the season in second position and they played their firstSegunda División B play-off, but they were eliminated byAlicante CF in the first round.
In 2007, Águilas Cf received theRoyal Order of Sports Merit silver plate granted by theSports 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.
Theofficial 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.
The Águilas CF played their games inEstadio El Rubial. The stadium seats 4000 spectators and was football's oldest stadium active in Spain after “El Molinón”. Its dimensions are 95x65 meters.
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