Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Club de Fútbol[1] was founded in 1999 and had previously a team which played in Tercera División from 2000 to 2005.[2] In parallel was founded in 2004 theClub de Fútbol Los Garres, making its first appearance inTercera División in2008–09 as Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol. In 2009 a businessman fromBeniaján,Murcia, acquired the club and moved it to his local town; one year later the club relocated again, now toSangonera la Verde, and, in 2011,UCAM became its new owner.[3]
At the end of the2011–12 season, afterOrihuela suffered relegation fromSegunda División B due to irregularities, UCAM Murcia took its place.[4] After suffering relegation, the club bounced back to the third level immediately, and achieved a respectable second place in his group during the2014–15 campaign; it missed out promotion inthe play-offs, after being knocked out byBilbao Athletic B, which would later achieve promotion.
Thefirst season of UCAM in the second flight would be short-lived, as they ended in the 19th position, and subsequently relegated to the third tier, after being defeated in a do-or-die game byGimnàstic de Tarragona in the last matchday. In the 2018–19 season the club finished 5th with 66 points in the Segunda División B, Group 4.[5]
UCAM Murcia's highest home attendance is 5,877, in a2016–17 Segunda División match againstRayo Vallecano. The club's two main supporters groups areLos T-UCAM who were founded in 2015 andLos Blue Gold who were founded in 2016.[6][7]
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Luis Tevenet (2012–13)
Gabriel Correa (2013–14)
