Linares Deportivo

Linares Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Linares, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares, it plays in Tercera División – Group 9. The team's stadium is Estadio de Linarejos, with a capacity of 10,000 seats.

Linares Deportivo
Full nameLinares Deportivo
Nickname(s)Azulillos (Little Blues)
Founded4 August 2009 (4 August 2009)
as Agrupación Deportiva Linares
GroundLinarejos, Linares,
Andalusia, Spain
Capacity10,000
ChairmanJesús Medina
ManagerJuan Arsenal
League3ª – Group 9
2016–172ª B – Group 4, 16th

History

Linares Deportivo was founded in 2009 under the name of Agrupación Deportiva Linares, as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares.[1]

The club first reached the fourth division three years later, despite finishing second in the fifth level.[2] In 2014–15, after winning its group, Linares defeated CD Castellón 3–0 on aggregate to win promotion to Segunda División B.[3]

In doing so, Linares qualified for the first time to the Copa del Rey for the following season. They defeated FC Jumilla 2–1 at home in the first round on 2 September 2015, then lost by the same score at UD Logroñés.[4][5] On 28 May 2017, the team dropped back to the fourth tier after a 2–1 aggregate loss to Burgos CF in the play-offs.[6]

Club background
  • SG Linarense – (1909–20)
  • Linares FC – (1920–29)
  • Gimnástica Linarense – (1929–31)
  • Linares Deportivo (I) – (1940–46)
  • Atlético Linares – (1946–48)
  • CD Linares (I) – (1952–64)
  • Linares CF – (1961–90)
  • CD Linares (II) – (1990–2009)
  • Linares Deportivo – (2009–present)

Season to season
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2009/10 7 1ª Prov. 1st
2010/11 6 Reg. Pref. 1st
2011/12 5 1ª And. 2nd
2012/13 4 3ª 5th
2013/14 4 3ª 2nd
2014/15 4 3ª 1st
2015/16 3 2ªB 16th Second round
2016/17 3 2ªB 16th
2017/18 4 3ª 7th
2018/19 4 3ª 2nd
2019/20 4 3ª 1st First round
2020/21 TBD Quallified

Honours

Current squad
As of 20 May 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Lopito
GK Cristian Arco
DF Álvaro Vega
DF Gonzalo Llerena
DF Higinio
DF Ismael Gallar
DF Jony Rosales
DF Sergio García
MF Joselu
MF Chomfli
MF José Corpas
MF David Cuerva
No. Position Player
MF David Gámiz
MF Juanfran Calzado
MF Fran Lara
MF Rodri
MF José Rueda
MF Luis Lara
FW Casi
FW Chus Hevia
FW Ian González
FW Mario Martos
FW Pekes

References
  1. El debut histórico del AD Linares da espectáculo (The historical debut from AD Linares is a show); Ideal, 24 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. Torres y Vilaseca ascienden a Tercera División con el Linares Deportivo (Torres and Vilaseca are promoted to Tercera División with Linares Deportivo); 28 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. "El Castellón no remonta ante el Linares y deberá pasar dos eliminatorias más" [Castellón fail to bounce back against Linares and must go through two more play-off rounds] (in Spanish). Castellón Confidencial. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. "El Linares Deportivo vence al Jumilla y pasa a la siguiente ronda de la Copa del Rey" [Linares Deportivo defeat Jumilla and advance to the next round of the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Jaén. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. "El Linares Deportivo cae de la Copa del Rey en Las Gaunas" [Linares Deportivo drop out the Copa del Rey in Las Gaunas] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Jaén. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. "El Linares Deportivo cae ante el Burgos y desciende a Tercera" [Linares Deportivo fall to Burgos and descend to Tercera] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Jaén. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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