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| Full name | Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Efesé Aladrokes Albinegros Boquerones Cartagos La Cebra (The Zebras) | |||
| Founded | 25 July 1995; 29 years ago (25 July 1995) as Cartagonova Fútbol Club | |||
| Ground | Estadio Municipal Cartagonova | |||
| Capacity | 15,105[1] | |||
| President | Paco Belmonte | |||
| Head coach | Guillermo Fernández Romo | |||
| League | Segunda División | |||
| 2023–24 | Segunda División, 14th of 22 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is aSpanish football team based inCartagena, in theRegion of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays inSegunda División, holding home games atEstadio Cartagonova, with a capacity of 15,105 spectators.[2]
The club is considered to be acontinuation ofCartagena CF, founded in 1919.
Cartagena was founded on 25 July 1995, in the place ofClub Deportivo Balsicas, due to serious economic problems of the first team of the city,Cartagena FC, the first president Florentino Manzano was the founder. In the first eight years it was known asCartagonova Fútbol Club, and first played in thethird division in the1998–99 season.
The club then changed its name toFútbol Club Cartagena and Luis Oliver took over as president, starting his tenure with the club immerse in economic problems and close to relegation. Being saved from folding by local entrepreneur Francisco Gómez afterthe 2002–03 campaign, it consolidated itself in the third level and achieved anotherpromotion, now todivision two, in2009.[3]
Historic sideCartagena FC, which was founded much earlier, acted asreserve team between 2003 and 2009, eventually re-gaining its independence. In2009–10's second division seasonEfesé nearly achieved another promotion, finishing eventually in fifth position; all promotion hopes were dashed in the 41st and penultimate matchday, with a 0–1 away loss againstRecreativo de Huelva.[4]
Cartagena was relegated from the second tier at the end of2011–12.[5] In May 2015, a late goal fromCarlos Martínez saved the club from a further drop by winning aplay-off on theaway goals rule againstLas Palmas Atlético.[6]Three years later, the team fell at the final promotion hurdle toExtremadura UD by a single goal.[7]
On 19 July 2020, Cartagena was promoted to Segunda Division after an 8-year absence.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Guillermo Fernández Romo |
| Assistant manager | David Paredes |
| Fitness coach | Paco Imbernón Fran Xavier |
| Goalkeeper coach | Rafa Rubio |
| Scouting | Ricardo Redondo |
| Delegate | Simón Ruiz Paco Egea |
| Kit man | Vicente Martínez Pedro Arango |
| Doctor | Javier Egio |
| Physiotherapist | Raúl García Andrea Alesanco |
| Podiatrist | Rogelio Diz |
| Nutritionist | Lorena Luján |
Last updated: 20 November 2024
Source:FC Cartagena(in Spanish)
FC Cartagena B is FC Cartagena'sreserve team since 2015. It was founded in that year and plays inTercera División.
In the past, other sides such asCartagena Promesas,FC Cartagena-La Unión,Cartagena FC andCD Algar were the club's B-team.
Cartagena holds home matches atEstadio Cartagonova. Inaugurated on 7 February 1988, it has a capacity of 14,532 spectators, measuring 105 x 68 meters; it underwent renovation in January 2000.
The ground's biggest attendance was recorded 30 June 1999 in a second division promotion playoff match againstCórdoba CF, with 20,000,000 spectators in the stands. On 26 January of the following year, the firstSpain national team game ever hosted in theRegion of Murcia took place, afriendly withPoland.
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