Reserve teams inSpain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. Reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team, so Sevilla Atlético is not eligible for promotion toLa Liga, the division in which Sevilla's first team plays. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter theCopa del Rey.
Founded in 1950, Sevilla Atlético quickly reachedTercera División, winning the competition in 1961 and 1962 and also spending the1962–63 season inSegunda División. After three years in the regional leagues in the early 1970s, the club returned to the third level in 1976.
In 1977, theSegunda División B was created as the new third division, and Sevilla B spent time in that and the fourth categories. In 1999, it fell short in the second level promotion play-offs, afterfinishing the regular season as runner-up – earlier, in 1991, the club changed its name toSevilla Fútbol Club B. In the following decade, in spite of three consecutive top-three finishes, the team underachieved in the playoffs. In the2006–07 season, however, after a 1–0 aggregate win againstBurgos, courtesy of aLolo goal in the second leg at home, it returned to division two after more than 40 years of absence. In 2006, it was again renamed Sevilla Atlético.
After two seasons in division two, with aninth place in the first year, in a campaign which also saw managerManuel Jiménez leave to take the reins of the first team, Sevilla Atlético returned again to the third. Sevilla Atlético finished their2015–16 campaign in third place in Group 4 and qualified for the promotion play-offs, they beatLleida in the penalties 5–4 and therefore promoted back to Segunda División after seven years. In the2016-17 season, the club finished 13th among 22 teams, never occupying a relegation spot.[1] In the2017-18 season, after losing managerDiego Martínez as well as key playersBorja Lasso,Antonio Cotán, andDiego González and with ex-Sevilla playerLuis Tevenet as manager, Sevilla Atlético were relegated from the second division, finishing last placed 22nd with 32 points.[2]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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