Alicante FC
| Alicante CF | |||
| Full name | Alicante Club de Fútbol | ||
| place | Alicante , Spain | ||
| Founded | 1918 | ||
| Dissolved | 2014 | ||
| Club colors | blue White | ||
| Stadion |
Ciudad Deportiva de Villafranqueza Alicante , Spain |
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| Top league | Segunda División | ||
| successes | 5 seasons in the Segunda División | ||
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Alicante CF was a Spanish football club based in the city of Alicante , Comunidad Valenciana . The club, founded in 1918, played four seasons in the second-rate Segunda División .
history
The beginnings
In its 90-year history, Alicante CF has played almost exclusively in the Tercera División or "Regional Preferente" (5th league). Nevertheless, the club also managed to gain experience in the Segunda División , in which Alicante played a total of four years. In the first season after the Spanish Civil War, 1939/40, they were in Spain's second-highest division for the first time. Other seasons in the Segunda División were 1951/52, 1956/57 and 1957/58.
Post-war chaos
Since there was considerable chaos in Spanish football after the war in 1939 and there were a large number of second division groups, some of them athletically qualified and some because of the respective population potential, even Alicante CF, who finished third in his group at the end of the season, had to go compete in the third class. In the 1950s Alicante returned for three years to the Segunda División, where they played together with city rivals Hércules Alicante . However, since 1958, Alicante could not return to it for the next 50 years.
Time in irrelevance
After many years in the "Regional Preferente" league under Antonio Solana, he was promoted to the Tercera División . During this time, Alicante CF was always overshadowed by its successful city neighbor Hércules Alicante.
The last few years
In 2001 the promotion to the Segunda División B could be made perfectly. Although the play-offs were reached several times, the return to the Segunda División has not yet succeeded. Most recently in Spain, Alicante was able to draw attention to itself by reaching the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey in the 2002/03 season when two top division clubs, Espanyol Barcelona and Valencia CF, were eliminated. Only another first division representative, Deportivo La Coruña , had to admit defeat after a 1: 1 at home in the first leg with a 1: 4 away defeat in the second leg. After several failed attempts to return to the Segunda División , this succeeded in the 2007/08 season. For Alicante, however, it remained a one-year stint.
In 2014 the association disbanded due to over-indebtedness. The club CF Alicante Independiente was founded as the official successor club .
Stadion
Alicante CF played in the Ciudad Deportiva de Villafranqueza stadium , which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators and is located on the training ground of the same name.
successes
- Promotion to the Segunda División : 1950/51, 1955/56, 2007/08
Playing times
- Primera División playing times : 0
- Segunda División seasons : 5
- Periods Segunda División B : 9
- Seasons Tercera División : 45
- "Regional Preferente" seasons: 17
Well-known former players
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ El Alicante CF desaparece después de 96 años de historia. estadiodigital.es, May 27, 2014, accessed January 13, 2018 (Spanish).