AD Ceuta

Not to be confused with AD Ceuta FC or AgD Ceuta.

Ceuta

Full name	Asociación Deportiva Ceuta
Founded	1997
Dissolved	2012
Ground	Alfonso Murube, Ceuta, Spain
Capacity	6,500
2011–12	2ªB – Group 4, 14th
Home colours Away colours

Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last 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 1997 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] In 2013, a new club called Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club was founded to inherit the club's history.

Club background

• Asociación Deportiva Ceuta — (1997–2012)

Other clubs from Ceuta

• Ceuta Sport Club — (1932–56); renamed in 1941 to Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta
• Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta — (1941–56); in 1956 merged with the Spanish elements of Club Atlético Tetuán to form Club Atlético de Ceuta
• Club Atlético de Ceuta — (1956–); renamed in 2013 to Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club
• Club Imperio de Ceuta Sociedad Deportiva — (1958–)
• Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta — (1969–91)
• Club Ceutí Atlético – (1996–97)
• Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club — (2013–)

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 1999–2000 3 2ªB 2nd 2000–01 3 2ªB 4th Round of 32 2001–02 3 2ªB 2nd Round of 32 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

Famous players

See also: Category:AD Ceuta footballers

See also

• AD Ceuta B, reserve team

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)^{[permanent dead link‍]}; El Pueblo de Ceuta, 1 July 2012 (in Spanish)
2. Been a year since AD Ceuta was wound up Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ceuta Deportiva, 30 June 2013
3. Hawkey, Ian (2009). Feet of the chameleon : the story of African football. London: Portico. ISBN 978-1-906032-71-5.

External links

• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Unofficial website (in Spanish) (archived 26 December 2008)