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Ceuta
Full name	Asociación Deportiva Ceuta
Founded	1997
Dissolved	2012
Ground	Estadio Libya Momo Swessi,; 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 edit

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 edit

Asociación Deportiva Ceuta — (1997–2012)

Other clubs from Ceuta edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

14 seasons in Segunda División B
2 seasons in Tercera División

Final squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 edit

References edit

^ 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)
^ Been a year since AD Ceuta was wound up Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ceuta Deportiva, 30 June 2013
^ Hawkey, Ian (2009). Feet of the chameleon : the story of African football. London: Portico. ISBN 978-1-906032-71-5.