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Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in , holding home matches at Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, with an 8,000 capacity venue.

History

Founded in 1976 as Gimnástico Melilla Club de Fútbol after a merger of Melilla CF and Club Gimnástico de Cabrerizas, the club immediately took Cabrerizas' place in Tercera División. Renamed Unión Deportiva Melilla (as an honour to the club founded in the 1940s) in 1980, it reached Segunda División B in 1987.

Melilla reached the last 32 of the Copa del Rey in 2012–13 where they were eliminated 4–2 on aggregate by La Liga side Levante UD, having won the first leg 1–0 at home via a Fernando Velasco penalty. Six years later, at the same stage, the team were beaten 10–1 on aggregate by Real Madrid.

Melilla's 34-year run in the third tier ended following the 2020–21 Segunda División B, when the team were put in the new fourth-level Segunda Federación after a league restructuring. In April 2023, following two years at that level, the team won automatic promotion as champions.

Club background

Juventud Español — (1940–43)
Melilla Fútbol Club — (1921–43)
Unión Deportiva Melilla — (1943–56)
Club Deportivo Tesorillo — (1940–56)
Melilla Club de Fútbol – (1956–76)
Club Gimnástico de Cabrerizas – (1973–76)
Sociedad Deportiva Melilla – (1970–76)
Gimnástico Melilla Club de Fútbol – (1976–80)
Unión Deportiva Melilla – (1980–)

Other clubs from Melilla

Club Deportivo Real Melilla — (1939–)
Club de Fútbol Melilla Industrial – (1968–74)
Club de Fútbol Industrial Melilla – (1975–85)
Melilla Fútbol Club — (1985–91)

Rivalry

The Ceuta-Melilla derby was between Melilla and AD Ceuta, who were dissolved in 2012. The two clubs travelled to face each other via the Spanish mainland to avoid entering Morocco.

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1976–77	3	3ª	16th	1st round
1977–78	4	3ª	4th	1st round
1978–79	4	3ª	2nd	1st round
1979–80	4	3ª	10th	1st round
1980–81	4	3ª	3rd	1st round
1981–82	4	3ª	8th	1st round
1982–83	4	3ª	4th
1983–84	4	3ª	10th	1st round
1984–85	4	3ª	3rd
1985–86	4	3ª	8th	1st round
1986–87	4	3ª	3rd
1987–88	3	2ª B	7th	2nd round
1988–89	3	2ª B	15th	1st round
1989–90	3	2ª B	2nd
1990–91	3	2ª B	6th	2nd round
1991–92	3	2ª B	14th	1st round
1992–93	3	2ª B	15th	3rd round
1993–94	3	2ª B	15th	2nd round
1994–95	3	2ª B	12th	1st round
1995–96	3	2ª B	12th
Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1996–97	3	2ª B	11th
1997–98	3	2ª B	5th
1998–99	3	2ª B	1st
1999–2000	3	2ª B	9th	1st round
2000–01	3	2ª B	8th
2001–02	3	2ª B	16th
2002–03	3	2ª B	14th
2003–04	3	2ª B	7th
2004–05	3	2ª B	8th	First round
2005–06	3	2ª B	8th
2006–07	3	2ª B	9th
2007–08	3	2ª B	7th
2008–09	3	2ª B	6th	Third round
2009–10	3	2ª B	2nd	Second round
2010–11	3	2ª B	3rd	Third round
2011–12	3	2ª B	5th	First round
2012–13	3	2ª B	9th	Round of 32
2013–14	3	2ª B	8th
2014–15	3	2ª B	7th
2015–16	3	2ª B	9th	First round
Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2016–17	3	2ª B	6th
2017–18	3	2ª B	5th	First round
2018–19	3	2ª B	3rd	Round of 32
2019–20	3	2ª B	13th	First round
2020–21	3	2ª B	/
2021–22	4	2ª RFEF	9th
2022–23	4	2ª Fed.	1st
2023–24	3	1ª Fed.	18th	Second round
2024–25	4	2ª Fed.	11th
2025–26	4	2ª Fed.	16th
2026–27	5	3ª Fed.

1 season in Primera Federación
34 seasons in Segunda División B
4 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
11 seasons in Tercera División
1 seasons in Tercera Federación

Current squad

Notable players

Notable managers

Reserve team

Their reserve team, UD Melilla B, played for several years in Primera Autonómica Melilla and in Tercera División before ceasing activities in 2012. In 2013, Casino del Real CF became their reserve side, and was subsequently renamed to Melilla B in 2014.

References

External links

Futbolme team profile