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Lorca Deportiva
Full nameLorca Deportiva
Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Founded2002
Dissolved2012
GroundFrancisco Artés Carrasco
Lorca, Murcia, Spain
Capacity8,064
2010–113ª – Group 13, (R)

Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football club in Lorca, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2002 it was dissolved ten years later, they held their home matches at Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco, which seats 8,064. The roots of the club can be traced back to the Sociedad Lorca Football Club, founded in 1901 by Newcastle-born Manuel José (Manni) Pelegrín Dunn, whose father was originally from Lorca.[1] The CF Lorca Deportiva became the successor club and is followed by the same fan-base.

History

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Lorca Deportiva was founded in 2002, right after the defunction of Lorca Club de Fútbol which had been born eight years earlier. The new club started in the fourth division after acquiring the place of CD Balsicas, and was promoted to the third level at the first attempt.

As rookies in the third tier, Lorca qualified for the play-offs after occupying the second place in the regular season. Next season the team finished fourth, but this time managed to promote to the division two: with Unai Emery – who later managed Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal F.C. and Aston Villa – in the position of manager, it narrowly missed on a new promotion, finishing just five points behind last La Liga promotee Levante UD.

After Emery's departure, with many first-team players also leaving, Lorca was relegated the following campaign. In the middle of 2009, although it had just finished second in its group, economic issues led to another drop, to the fourth division.

For the 2010–11 season, the club was relocated to nearby Totana and renamed LD Olímpico.[2][3] On 18 October 2010, amidst serious economic problems, it retired from competition and folded, without chairman or players –[4][5] all 93 points that the team would lose for not showing up in the remaining 31 fixtures of the season were equally distributed by their opponents,[6] and Lorca was finally dissolved in 2012.

Season to season

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SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
2002–0343ª1st
2003–0432ª B2ndRound of 64
2004–0532ª B4thRound of 16
2005–0622ª5thFirst round
2006–0722ª21stSecond round
2007–0832ª B11thFirst round
2008–0932ª B2nd
2009–1043ª3rdFirst round
2010–1143ª(R)

References

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  1. ^ Remember When: How a 19th Century Geordie and Toon fan took football to a corner of Spain; The Chronicle Live, 14 November 2014 (in English)
  2. ^ El Ayuntamiento de Totana subscribe un convenio de colaboración con el Lorca Deportiva CF por un importe de 5.000 Euros de la cesión del uso de las instalaciones municipales deportivas (Totana City Hall subscribes cooperation project with Lorca Deportiva CF, paying €5,000 for the cession of sporting facilities); Totana City Hall, 3 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Lorca Deportiva se cambia el nombre (Lorca Deportiva changes name); La Verdad, 17 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El Lorca Deportiva se retira de Tercera y prepara su disolución (Lorca Deportiva retires from Tercera and prepares liquidation); La Verdad, 19 October 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Lorca Olímpico anuncia su retirada dos meses después de iniciar la Liga (Lorca Olímpico announces retirement two months after season begins); ABC, 18 October 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El club más generoso de Tercera (Tercera's most generous club); La Verdad, 20 October 2010 (in Spanish)
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lorca Deportiva.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorca_Deportiva_CF&oldid=1323774602"
    Lorca Deportiva
    Full nameLorca Deportiva
    Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
    Founded2002
    Dissolved2012
    GroundFrancisco Artés Carrasco
    Lorca, Murcia, Spain
    Capacity8,064
    2010–113ª – Group 13, (R)

    Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football club in Lorca, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2002 it was dissolved ten years later, they held their home matches at Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco, which seats 8,064. The roots of the club can be traced back to the Sociedad Lorca Football Club, founded in 1901 by Newcastle-born Manuel José (Manni) Pelegrín Dunn, whose father was originally from Lorca.[1] The CF Lorca Deportiva became the successor club and is followed by the same fan-base.

    History

    Lorca Deportiva was founded in 2002, right after the defunction of Lorca Club de Fútbol which had been born eight years earlier. The new club started in the fourth division after acquiring the place of CD Balsicas, and was promoted to the third level at the first attempt.

    As rookies in the third tier, Lorca qualified for the play-offs after occupying the second place in the regular season. Next season the team finished fourth, but this time managed to promote to the division two: with Unai Emery – who later managed Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal F.C. and Aston Villa – in the position of manager, it narrowly missed on a new promotion, finishing just five points behind last La Liga promotee Levante UD.

    After Emery's departure, with many first-team players also leaving, Lorca was relegated the following campaign. In the middle of 2009, although it had just finished second in its group, economic issues led to another drop, to the fourth division.

    For the 2010–11 season, the club was relocated to nearby Totana and renamed LD Olímpico.[2][3] On 18 October 2010, amidst serious economic problems, it retired from competition and folded, without chairman or players –[4][5] all 93 points that the team would lose for not showing up in the remaining 31 fixtures of the season were equally distributed by their opponents,[6] and Lorca was finally dissolved in 2012.

    Season to season

    SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
    2002–0343ª1st
    2003–0432ª B2ndRound of 64
    2004–0532ª B4thRound of 16
    2005–0622ª5thFirst round
    2006–0722ª21stSecond round
    2007–0832ª B11thFirst round
    2008–0932ª B2nd
    2009–1043ª3rdFirst round
    2010–1143ª(R)

    References

    1. ^ Remember When: How a 19th Century Geordie and Toon fan took football to a corner of Spain; The Chronicle Live, 14 November 2014 (in English)
    2. ^ El Ayuntamiento de Totana subscribe un convenio de colaboración con el Lorca Deportiva CF por un importe de 5.000 Euros de la cesión del uso de las instalaciones municipales deportivas (Totana City Hall subscribes cooperation project with Lorca Deportiva CF, paying €5,000 for the cession of sporting facilities); Totana City Hall, 3 September 2010 (in Spanish)
    3. ^ El Lorca Deportiva se cambia el nombre (Lorca Deportiva changes name); La Verdad, 17 September 2010 (in Spanish)
    4. ^ El Lorca Deportiva se retira de Tercera y prepara su disolución (Lorca Deportiva retires from Tercera and prepares liquidation); La Verdad, 19 October 2010 (in Spanish)
    5. ^ Lorca Olímpico anuncia su retirada dos meses después de iniciar la Liga (Lorca Olímpico announces retirement two months after season begins); ABC, 18 October 2010 (in Spanish)
    6. ^ El club más generoso de Tercera (Tercera's most generous club); La Verdad, 20 October 2010 (in Spanish)
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lorca Deportiva.
    • Official website (in Spanish)
    • Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorca_Deportiva_CF&oldid=1323774602"