FC Universidad Las Palmas
Universidad Las Palmas | |||
Full name | Universidad de Las Palmas Club de Fútbol | ||
place | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain | ||
Founded | 1994 | ||
Dissolved | 2011 | ||
Club colors | blue yellow | ||
Stadion |
Estadio Pepe Gonçalvez Las Palmas , Spain |
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Top league | Segunda División | ||
successes | Promotion to the Segunda División | ||
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Universidad Las Palmas was a Spanish football club from the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . The club, founded in 1994, played one season in the second highest division in Spain, the Segunda División .
history
Together with the Morales brothers, Gómez Cáceres sat down with lawyers and students and in 1994 founded the Vegueta - Universidad club.
The beginnings & ascents
The team started in the Segunda Regional. The first competitive game was lost 3-0 against Arguineguín Atlético. This group consisted exclusively of amateur kickers. This gave those responsible the incentive to hire José Manuel León as a trainer and to start a large project. In addition, some good lower-class players were brought in and the club was renamed "Universidad de Las Palmas CF". So it happened that the young team became a "winner" team and played in Segunda División B just four years after the club was founded . Only two years later you ended up in the Segunda División . In the second division season, the Canary Islands had to show a stadium suitable for professional football, which is why they had to switch to the place in Maspalomas . The neighboring club UD Las Palmas also refused to hold their rivals in their stadium. However, they were relegated again in the first season.
Merger and final years
In the 2000/01 season, Alfredo Morales decided to exclude the club's founder Gómez Cáceres from the club and to integrate into the larger club UD Las Palmas . Due to this merger and relegation in the same year from UD Las Palmas to the Segunda División , Universidad Las Palmas was not allowed to play the play-offs that were reached in the season.
This was also the reason why club founder Gómez Cáceres took over the club again at the end of Morales' presidency. He decided to separate again and thus become independent from UD Las Palmas .
In the summer of 2011, the club was disbanded after being sentenced to relegation to the Tercera División for outstanding salaries to its players .
Stadion
Universidad Las Palmas played in the Estadio Pepe Goncalvez , which has a capacity of 3,500 spectators. The stadium was inaugurated in October 2002. The playing field measures 93 × 56 meters.
statistics
from 1997 to 2011
Placements
- 1997/98: Tercera División 1st place
- 1998/99: Segunda Division B 2nd place
- 1999/2000: Segunda Division B 1st place (promotion to 2nd division)
- 2000/01: Segunda División place 20 (relegation to 2nd division B)
- 2001/02: Segunda Division B 20th place
- 2002/03: Segunda División B 1st place (play-offs failed)
- 2003/04: Segunda Division B 10th place
- 2004/05: Segunda Division B 2nd place (play-offs failed)
- 2005/06: Segunda División B 1st place (play-offs failed)
- 2006/07: Segunda División B 4th place (play-offs failed)
- 2007/08: Segunda Division B 6th place
- 2008/09: Segunda Division B 12th place
- 2009/10: Segunda Division B 4th place
- 2010/11: Segunda Division B 5th place
League affiliation
- League 1: 0
- League 2 seasons: 1
- League 2B seasons: 12
- League 3 seasons: 1
successes
- Promotion to Segunda Division B in the 1997/98 season
- Promotion to Segunda División in the 1999/2000 season
Web links
- Website of the association ( Memento from August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Per impago a sus jugadores - Desaparece el Universidad de Las Palmas on marca.com, July 7, 2011, accessed on August 8, 2017 (Spanish)