Vélez CF
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| Full name | Vélez Club de Fútbol | ||
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| Nickname(s) | veleños , veleñistas | ||
| Founded | 1922 | ||
| Ground | Vivar Téllez, Vélez-Málaga, Andalusia, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 2,100[1] | ||
| Chairman |  Jesper Norberg | ||
| Manager |  Juan Carlos Gómez Díaz | ||
| League | 3ª – Group 9 | ||
| 2019–20 | 3ª – Group 9, 16th | ||
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Vélez Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team is located in the Municipality of Vélez-Málaga, capital of the Axarquía region, within the Province of Málaga and the Community of Andalusia, Spain.
Although there is evidence that in 1918 football was already played in the city with ephemeral teams that served as the embryo of what would later become Vélez CF, the club was not founded until 1922, where it would be participating in friendly matches in Malaga. It was not until 1928 when Vélez CF was officially discharged from the Southern Regional Federation. After the national contest and reorganised the federative entity, it would return and register in May 1940.
Vélez CF participated in Provincial and Regional Categories until at the end of the 50s, the club managed to ascend for the first time in its history to the National Category (1960). Since then Vélez CF has participated 33 times in the Third Division, with the club achieving its greatest successes in the 1990s by winning the League Championship in Group IX of the Third Division in 1992 and ascending to the 2nd Division B in 1995, remaining in the third ranking of Spanish football for two seasons.
Vélez CF is currently playing in Group IX of the Third Division. [2]
History
1922 - 1940
The beginnings, like so many centennial clubs, were not easy. Vélez CF was founded on September 22, 1922 as Sociedad Deportiva Vélez FC, playing numerous friendly matches against clubs, most of them from Malaga and some guests from Loja (Granada).
As the club did not have a field, they played their games in esplanades of the city, and later they would rent the Plaza de Toros to play in and it was not until 1928, when the club finally managed to own ground, located in the area of La Cruz. Green, Calle Alberquilla, the popular Tejar de Pichelín. The war between 1936 and 1939 leaves the team like so many others, with no competitive games to play, although the games that were played were mostly for the benefit of the Blood Hospitals.
1940 - 1960
After the war, the team re-federated, they would continue in 1940 as Vélez CF where they went on to play in the provincial category where the club obtained their first official title in 1945, in addition to obtaining the Committee Cup Tournament the same year, undoubtedly another of the important competitions then recognised by the Southern Regional Federation.
With the inauguration of the new ground, the Vivar Téllez Stadium on July 18, 1951, the club agreed to play in the First Regional Category, as this way the club would be able to compete against teams from other Andalusian provinces for three seasons.
A journey with many economic hardships which made Vélez CF to play again in a more local category, the Provincial Championship of Fans and locals, until they won in the Provincial Championship in 1959 with Juan Antonio Aparicio as coach. The league win made them eligible for promotion to the Third Division (1960) for the first time in its history.
1960 - 1980
After playing four seasons in the Third Division, the club would return to the regional category in the 1964-65 campaign where they would remain for another 12 campaigns.
The team try again for promotion in the 70s, by finishing 3rd (73-74) and 2nd (74-75) in Group I of the First Regional Category and then in what would be the new Preferred Regional, where from the Hand of Manuel Álvarez the team would finally manage to rise again to the Third Division (76-77).
1980 - 2000
The decade of the 80s was one of ups and downs, the so-called "elevator" and with most players from the quarry. There were promotions to Third Division (1987) and descents to Preferred Regional (1988) although they returned only 12 months later to the National Category at the hands of the unforgettable, José Ríos Pérez.
Undoubtedly, something else was the decade of the 90s, the most golden and successful that the club has known. First achieving the League Championship in Third Division Group IX (91-92)with José Carlos Fernández Tello. 2 seasons later saw the club achieve a second place league finish (93-94) with Fernando Rosas and a campaign later with the same coach, the historic promotion to the bronze category of Spanish football (94-95) and with the fact that the team scored 95 goals, its the clubs best record to date.
The historic promotion was consummated on Wednesday June 21, 1995 in the penultimate day of the league when the Veleño team tied (3-3) at the Pol. Municipal de Pozoblanco (Córdoba).
For two seasons they remained in the third category of Spanish football, Group IV, finishing a creditable 14th place in his debut, competing with rivals such as Málaga CF, Cádiz CF, Real Jaén, Granada CF, Córdoba CF, Elche CF, Yeclano o Recreativo de Huelva.
After descending to the third division in 1997, finishing the league in 18th position, the club attempted to gain promotion in the league in the following season with José Carlos Fernández Tello, 1997-98, but without luck against big-budget rivals.
2000 - 2010
The club certainly remained tight for 5 more seasons in the Third Division, with a relegation to Regional Preference in 2002-03.
After two mediocre years in which the club was on the verge of disappearing, Javier Ortiz "Kempes" classified it to play in a new category created by the RFAF, the Primera Andaluza. It is there where the coach with whom the club has achieved some of its greatest successes, José Carlos Fernández Tello, rescued them a year after being ostracised and returned them as Third Division Champion, a category in which the club have been playing since the 2006 season 07.
With the arrival of Adían Gonzálvez to the bench, a new phase of promotion to Second Division "B" would be played, the last one to date (2007-08) that would measure the club at Club Deportivo Toledo and in which they succumbed in the Salto del Caballo on penalties after winning the first leg 1-0 with a goal from club captain Damián and falling for the same result in Toledo. The luck of the penalties reflected a 5-4 for Toledo.
2010 - 2019
Currently and since 2006-07, the club added a total of 15 consecutive campaigns in the third division, with classifications that have oscillated between the middle, low and high area of the table, reaching a new contest during the 2019-20 season. competition, the RFEF Cup that faced the club in a single match against Real Murcia CF and as a reward after achieving 5th place the previous season.
2020 - present
A new chapter for the club. The transformation from an amateur club to a professional and modern football club begins. A Spanish-Swedish cooperation under the leadership of Vice President and Director of Soccer, Magnus Pehrsson, and President and CEO Jesper Norberg. [3]
Honours
National Tournaments:
- Third Division Group IX of Spain (1): 1991-92
- Third Division Group IX of Spain (2): 1993-94
Regional / Provincial Tournaments:
- Second Provincial Category of Malaga (1): 1945-46
- Committee Cup Champion 1945 (Southern Regional Federation)
- Runner-up Cup Fans (South Regional Federation) 1946
- Regional Provincial de Málaga Group IV (2): 1959-60
- Civil Governor Cup Champion (1960)
- Sub Champion V Ramón Sanchez-Pizjuán Cup (1962)
- First Regional Category Group I (1): 1964-65
- Andalusian First Division (1): 2005-06. [4]
Season to season
- As CD Veleño
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- As Vélez CF
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- 2 seasons in Segunda División B
- 38 seasons in Tercera División
- 26 seasons in Primera Regional Preferente Andaluza
- 14 seasons in Segunda Regional
Famous players
References
- ^ "Spain - Vélez CF - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Historia | Vélez C.F." (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Historia | Vélez C.F." (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Historia | Vélez C.F." (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-27.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Football team profile (in Spanish)