Real Murcia

Real Murcia

Full name	Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los Pimentoneros ("Paprika-men")
Founded	1908
Ground	Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain (Capacity: 33,045)
Chairman	Miguel Álvarez Benítez
Manager	Iñaki Alonso
League	Segunda División
2010–11	2ªB - Group 4, 1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the region of Murcia. Founded in 1908, it currently plays in the second division, playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condomina, which can hold 33,045 spectators.

Home colors are mainly scarlet shirt and white shorts.

History

Officially founded in 1908 (posterior records show earlier denominations, as 1903's Foot Ball Club de Murcia and 1906's Murcia Football Club), Real Murcia was named as such, in 1923–24, by king Alfonso XIII. The following year, the La Condomina stadium was inaugurated, with the club holding home games there for the next 82 years uninterrupted.

In 1929, the club first competed in Tercera División, achieving its first ever La Liga promotion in 1939–40, a feat repeated four years later. After years of mainly playing in the second level (even briefly returning to the fourth), it returned to the first division for 1980–81, for another nine-year spell.

During the 1990's, Murcia also featured briefly in Tercera, but played mainly in the second division. Both the last match played at the old Condomina, on November 11, 2006, and the first at the new grounds, 15 days later, resulted in home defeats (0–1 to Polideportivo Ejido and 1–4 against Real Valladolid); however, Murcia returned to the first division three years after its last spell.

Murcia started 2007–08 well, resisting in mid-table positions until early 2008, with not even the change in coach, with former Spanish national team boss Javier Clemente taking over Lucas Alcaraz, being able to prevent relegation.

In 2008–09, with Murcia placed in the relegation zone, Clemente was also sacked, in mid-December 2008. The Pimentoneros eventually retained their division status. However, in the following season, the club returned to division three.

Seasons

Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2002–03	2D	1	42	23	10	9	59	22	79		Promoted to La Liga
2003–04	1D	20	38	5	11	22	29	57	26		Relegated to Segunda División
2004–05	2D	12	42	15	9	18	40	52	54
2005–06	2D	16	42	13	13	16	41	40	52
2006–07	2D	3	42	21	13	8	62	45	76		Promoted to La Liga
2007–08	1D	19	38	7	9	22	36	65	30		Relegated to Segunda División
2008–09	2D	14	42	14	10	18	48	58	52	Round of 32
2009–10	2D	20	42	11	17	14	49	51	50	Round of 32	Relegated to Segunda División B

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 3ª 2nd 1929/30 2ª 8th 1930/31 2ª 7th 1931/32 2ª 5th 1932/33 2ª 3rd 1933/34 2ª 3rd 1934/35 2ª 2nd 1935/36 2ª 1st 1939/40 2ª 1st 1940/41 1ª 12th 1941/42 2ª 2nd 1942/43 2ª 3rd 1943/44 2ª 2nd 1944/45 1ª 11th 1945/46 1ª 11th 1946/47 1ª 12th 1947/48 2ª 11th 1948/49 2ª 7th 1949/50 2ª 2nd

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1950/51 1ª 14th 1951/52 2ª 5th 1952/53 2ª 11th 1953/54 2ª 12th 1954/55 2ª 1st 1955/56 1ª 13th 1956/57 2ª 3rd 1957/58 2ª 3rd 1958/59 2ª 6th 1959/60 2ª 7th 1960/61 2ª 8th 1961/62 2ª 8th 1962/63 2ª 1st 1963/64 1ª 12th 1964/65 1ª 13th 1965/66 2ª 10th 1966/67 2ª 7th 1967/68 2ª 6th 1968/69 2ª 8th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1969/70 2ª 18th 1970/71 3ª 9th 1971/72 3ª 1st 1972/73 2ª 1st 1973/74 1ª 15th 1974/75 1ª 18th 1975/76 2ª 17th 1976/77 3ª 1st 1977/78 2ª 5th 1978/79 2ª 14th 1979/80 2ª 1st 1980/81 1ª 16th 1981/82 2ª 5th 1982/83 2ª 1st 1983/84 1ª 11th 1984/85 1ª 18th 1985/86 2ª 1st 1986/87 1ª 11th 1987/88 1ª 17th 1988/89 1ª 19th 1989/90 2ª 9th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1990/91 2ª 3rd 1991/92 2ª 11th 1992/93 2ªB 1st 1993/94 2ª 18th 1994/95 2ªB 17th 1995/96 3ª 1st 1996/97 2ªB 13th 1997/98 2ªB 8th 1998/99 2ªB 4th 1999/00 2ªB 2nd 2000/01 2ª 13th 2001/02 2ª 15th 2002/03 2ª 1st 2003/04 1ª 20th 2004/05 2ª 12th 2005/06 2ª 16th 2006/07 2ª 3rd 2007/08 1ª 19th 2008/09 2ª 14th 2009/10 2ª 20th 2010/11 2ªB 1st Round of 32

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2011/12 2ª —

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• 18 seasons in La Liga
• 50 seasons in Segunda División
• 7 seasons in Segunda División B
• 5 seasons in Tercera División (until 1976–77 as third level)

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.realmurcia.es. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Alberto 2 DF Mario Marín 3 DF Oriol 4 MF Juan Aguilera 5 DF Jorge García 6 DF Óscar Sánchez 7 DF Francisco Molinero 8 FW Pedro 9 FW Chando 10 MF Galder Cerrajería 11 MF Francisco Sutil 12 DF Rubén Párraga 14 DF Iván Amaya 15 DF Luciano

No. Position Player 16 MF Manuel Iturra 17 FW Kike 18 MF Miguel Albiol 19 MF Emilio Sánchez 20 MF Richi 21 MF Isaac 22 FW Borja 23 FW Cristian García 25 GK Javi Jiménez 26 MF Nico Valera 30 GK Fernando 32 FW Samuel 33 MF Álvaro Cano

Famous players

Roberto Bonano José Luis Brown Blas Giunta Nicolás Medina Daniel Aquino Damián Timpani Diego Figueroa Luis Tonelotto Rolando Zárate Diego Quintana José Acciari Federico Azcárate Francisco Maciel Gabriel Loeschbor Leonel Gancedo Juan Esnáider Mariano Fernández Juan Carlos Olave Sebastián Carrera

Horacio Moyano Juan Taverna Abel Pérez Emilio Pazos Juan Sotelo Pedro Chazarreta Armando Husillos Edgardo Madinabeytia Juan Ramón Comas Marcelo Carracedo Tubo Fernández Gilberto Alves Edu Silva Brasi Guina Luiz Carlos Cícero Ramalho Fernando Baiano

Cesar Santis Alen Peternac Daniel Jensen Iván Hurtado Gifton Noel-Williams Adam Robson Stéphane Pignol Andreas Reinke Markus Kreuz Josef Elting Konstantinos Chalkias “El Macho” Figueroa Angelo Bollano Mohammed Timoumi Abderrahmane Kabous Dick van Dijk Aureliano Torres Juan Casco Clemente Rolón

Pablo Zegarra Cătălin Munteanu Lucian Bălan Bogdan Korac Armando Merodio Javier Sánchez Broto Luis García Jose Sanchez Vidaña Alejandro Meloño Iván Alonso Diego Alonso Fabian Carini Juan Salgueiro Gustavo Fernández Gabriel Correa Blas Ariel Romero James Cantero Julio Álvarez

Famous coaches

• Fernando Daucik
• Antoni Ramallets
• Ferenc Puskás
• László Kubala
• John Toshack
• Joaquín Peiró
• Javier Clemente
• José Miguel Campos
• James Whelan

See also

• Real Murcia Imperial - Murcia's reserve team

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• MurciaMania, all about the club (Spanish)