Universidad de Las Palmas CF

Universidad Las Palmas

Full name	Universidad de Las Palmas Club de Fútbol
Dissolved	2011
Ground	Pepe Gonçalvez, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Capacity	3,000
2010–11	2ªB - Group 1, 5th
Home colours Away colours

Estadio Alfonso Silva

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1994 as Vegueta-Universidad, it was dissolved in 2011 due to insurmountable economic problems.

It acted as the club of University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

History

Universidad was founded in 1994, following interactions between lawyers and college students. It first began playing amateur football, under the name Vegueta-Universidad, only appearing in Tercera División in 1997–98.

After two promotions in only two years, the club played in the second level in 2000–01, being relegated immediately.^[1] During the campaign, Universidad played at Maspalomas, as its grounds were only artificial then, and neighbours UD Las Palmas did not wish to share its Estadio Insular.

Subsequently, Universidad played as feeder club to Unión Deportiva, after one of its founders and then chairman, Alfredo Morales, decided to merge after being installed into the latter's board of directors.^[2] It only lasted one season, as Franciso Gómez Cáceres returned (after being ousted by Morales) and rendered the club again independent, as it subsequently competed solely in the third division; in 2007, the club moved from the 2,000-seat Estadio Alfonso Silva to the Estadio Pepe Gonçalvez.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, Universidad was relegated to the fourth level for failing to pay its players. On 7 July 2011, the club was dissolved due to its enormous debts.^[3][4]

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1994/95 2ª Regional 1st 1995/96 1ª Regional 1st 1996/97 Preferente 1st 1997/98 3ª 1st 1998/99 2ªB 2nd 1999/00 2ªB 1st 2000/01 2ª 20th 2001/02 2ªB 4th 2002/03 2ªB 1st

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2003/04 2ªB 10th 2004/05 2ªB 2nd 2005/06 2ªB 1st 2006/07 2ªB 4th 2007/08 2ªB 6th 2008/09 2ªB 12th 2009/10 2ªB 4th 2010/11 2ªB 5th Round of 32

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• 1 season in Segunda División
• 12 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Pepe Gonçalvez, the club's ground since 2007.

Former players

see also Category:Universidad de Las Palmas CF footballers

See also

• Universidad de Las Palmas CF B, reserve team.

References

1. El Universidad de Las Palmas asciende a Segunda tras caer el Xerez (Universidad LP promotes to Second Division after Xerez's defeat); Terra, 17 June 2000 (Spanish)
2. El Consejo de la UD Las Palmas SAD asegura que el club no corre riesgo de desaparición (UD Las Palmas SAD board of directors assures club is in no danger of disappearing); Canarias7 (Spanish)
3. El Universidad dice adiós y se disuelve como entidad (Universidad says goodbye and folds); Canarias7, 7 July 2011 (Spanish)
4. El Universidad C.F. se disuelve (Universidad C.F. folds); Canarias Ahora, 7 July 2011 (Spanish)

External links

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