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| Full name | Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Charros Unionistas | |||
| Founded | 9 February 1923; 102 years ago (9 February 1923) | |||
| Dissolved | 18 June 2013; 11 years ago (18 June 2013) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Helmántico | |||
| Capacity | 17,341 | |||
| League | Unregistered | |||
| 2012–13 | 2ª B – Group 1,8th | |||
Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation:[uˈnjondepoɾˈtiβasalaˈmaŋka]) was a historicalSpanish football team based inSalamanca, in the autonomous community ofCastile and León.
Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamedLos Charros, the club played in white shirts and black shorts, holding home games atEstadio Helmántico, which seated 17,341 spectators.
Initially formed byIrish students, Salamanca first played in early Spanish championships in 1907, before an official league was founded later on. On 16 March 1923, at the tables ofCafé Novelty, situated in thePlaza Mayor,Dionisio Ridruejo set the club's early official foundations[1][2] and, from 1939 and during the following three decades, it fluctuated between thethird and thesecond levels of theSpanish football league.
In the1974–75 season, Salamanca made itsLa Liga debuts, overachieving for a final 7th position (out of 18 teams), which eventually would be its best classification ever. The team lasted in the topflight until 1981, mainly coached byJosé Luis García Traid, then returned the following year for a further two seasons, being further relegated toSegunda División B – the new third division created in 1977 – in1984–85, and spending three years in that category before promoting back.
In1994–95's second division, after finishing fourth in the league, Salamanca lost the first leg of thepromotion/relegation playoffs againstAlbacete Balompié, 0–2 at home, but won 5–0 away, returning to the main level after eleven years. The club was managed by 29-year-oldJuan Manuel Lillo, also in charge forthe following season, as theCastile and León club ranked 22nd and last in the top level.
From 1999 onwards (with two more visits to the first division, with 15th and 20th-place finishes respectively), Salamanca stabilized in the second level, save for the2005–06 season spent in the third division, with the club winning the regular season and promoting in the playoffs. VeteranQuique Martín was arguably the most important player of the club in the decade, whilst ArgentineJorge D'Alessandro, who held the record for most games in the top division in the club's history, worked with the team as a manager in a further two spells (three in total).
2010–11 brought a club record ten consecutive defeats between December 2010/February 2011,[3] and two coaching changes, as Salamanca returned to the third division after five years.[4] On 18 June 2013, 90 years after its foundation, the club was liquidated due to the accumulation of unpaid debts.[5]
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Numbers taken from the official website:www.udsalamanca.es andwww.lfp.es
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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SeeCategory:UD Salamanca footballers
