AD Ceuta

Ceuta

Full name	Asociación Deportiva Ceuta
Founded	1996
Dissolved	2012
Ground	Alfonso Murube, Ceuta, Spain
Capacity	6,500
2011–12	2ªB – Group 4, 14th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last ever season was 2011–12 in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Alfonso Murube, with a capacity of 6,500.

History

Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta, another team from the city, was founded in 1972 and folded in 1991. The club played once in the Segunda División, in 1980–81.

In 1996 Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was born, reaching the third level in only two years; in its first decades of existence, it appeared – without success – in five second division promotion play-offs.

On 1 July 2012, Ceuta was relegated to the Tercera División for unpaid wages to its players.^[1]

After 2011–12 season, the club was administratively relegated to Regional Preferente de Ceuta due to unpaid wages from the previous season. Shortly after, club was disbanded with a €600,000 total debt. ^[2]

Club background

• Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta — (1972–91)
• AD Ceutí Atlético – (1996–97)
• Asociación Deportiva Ceuta – (1997–2012)

Other clubs from Ceuta

• Ceuta Sport Club — (1932–41)
• Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta — (1941–56)
• Club Atlético Ceuta — (1956–2013) (currently in Tercera División with the name of AD Ceuta FC. The team was formerly a part of Atlético Tetuán, which split in 1956 after Moroccan independence)
• Club Deportivo Imperio de Ceuta — (1942–)

In the 2012–13 season, Club Atlético Ceuta played in Tercera División and changed its name for the 2013–14 season to Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club (AD Ceuta FC) with the aim to substitute the dissolved AD Ceuta.

Rivalry

The Ceuta-Melilla derby was between Ceuta and UD Melilla. The two clubs travelled to each other via the Spanish mainland to avoid entering Morocco.^[3]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1996/97 4 3ª 1st 1997/98 4 3ª 1st 1998/99 3 2ªB 7th 1999/00 3 2ªB 2nd 2000/01 3 2ªB 4th 2001/02 3 2ªB 2nd 2002/03 3 2ªB 7th 2003/04 3 2ªB 6th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2004/05 3 2ªB 3rd 2005/06 3 2ªB 10th 2006/07 3 2ªB 11th 2007/08 3 2ªB 3rd 2008/09 3 2ªB 7th 2009/10 3 2ªB 5th 2010/11 3 2ªB 6th Round of 32 2011/12 3 2ªB 14th

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• 14 seasons in Segunda División B
• 2 seasons in Tercera División

Final squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David Relaño 2 DF Xapi Arnau 3 DF Cristian Valle 4 DF Ale Hornillo 5 MF Samu 6 MF Juanjo Pereira 8 MF Julio de Dios 9 FW Elvis Onyema 10 FW Añete

No. Position Player 11 DF Andrés 13 GK Julio 16 MF Gerard 19 DF Germán 20 MF Aitor 21 DF Álex Fernández 22 MF Juanjo Alfaro 25 GK Pau Torres

Famous players

see also Category:AD Ceuta footballers

References

1. El Ceuta desciende a Tercera tras no recibir la ayuda de la ciudad (Ceuta relegated to Tercera after no help from the city); El Pueblo de Ceuta, 1 July 2012 (Spanish)
2. Been a year since AD Ceuta was wound up Ceuta Deportiva, June 30, 2013
3. Hawkey, Ian (2009). Feet of the chameleon : the story of African football. London: Portico. ISBN 978-1-906032-71-5.

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• Unofficial website (Spanish)