CD Olimpic Xativa

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Club Deportivo Olimpic Xativa is a football team based in Xativa in the autonomous community of Land of Valencia. Founded in 1932, its plays in the Valenciana Regional Preferente Group 3.

1 Stadium
2 History
3 Fixtures & Results Season 2006/2007
4 Classification for Season 2006/2007
5 External links

[edit] Stadium

Their stadium is Campo de Futbol La Murta with capacity of 9,000, 2,000 of which are seats. The pitch dimensions are 103m x 63m. The site has been a football field since the late 1920's or early 1930's and is the only home ground Olimpic have used. Until 1960, the ground was very basic, consisting of a simple uncovered tribune on the east side of the ground and a single step around the pitch. In season 1960/61, leading player Richart was transferred to Sporting de Gijón and it is said that this money was used to build the popular terrace at the north end of the ground. Simple improvements to the terracing occurred during the 1980's, but the next major improvement was the building of a new covered main stand in 2000. Plastic seats and an electronic scoreboard were added in 2002 and artificial turf was installed in October 2005.

Campo de Futbol La Murta looking north

Campo de Futbol La Murta - Main Stand

[edit] History

Football in Xativa can be traced back to 1924 when a number of clubs from the city played in the Valenciana Regional League. The current CD Olimpic Xativa were formed in 1932, and from that date have been the main representative of the city. During the Spanish Civil War, the club played in many regional competitions and won promotion to the Tercera Division in 1944. They lasted one season, but returned in 1946 and were close to promotion on a number of occasions. They resigned from the Tercera in 1951 due to financial pressures but regained their status in 1955.

For the next 6 seasons, Olimpic Xativa were a dominant force in this category and reached the play-offs for the Segunda Division on three successive occasions. Unfortunately, they could not overcome this final hurdle, losing to Gimnàstic de Tarragona in 1959, CD Malaga in 1960 and finally Atletico Baleares in 1961.

These disappointments led to a slow descent down the Tercera, culminating in relegation to the Regional league following the restructuring of the divisions in 1968. The restructuring meant that Olimpic were now in the 5th level of Spanish football, and after flitting between Regional Primera and Preferente, they finally returned to the 3rd level, now called Segunda 2b in 1977. A promising first season saw them finish in 8th position with 16 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses. Season 1978/79 however, was an unmitigated disaster. Olimpic finished bottom of the division with just 4 wins and 12 points from 38 matches. The decline continued and after 3 seasons of football in the Tercera, Olimpic were back in the Regional Preferente.

Olimpic returned to Segunda 2b in 1987/88 under the guidance of Coach Benito Floro. That first season back saw there best ever placing of 4th, missing out on promotion on the final day to local rivals Alzira. Their stay lasted 4 seasons and since season 1991-92, Olimpic have switched between the Tercera and Regional Preferente. Since 2000/01 they have played in Group 3 of the Valenciana Regional Preferente. Olimpic have finished consistently in the top 5 in the division but have failed to progress beyond the play-offs and a return to the Tercera.

Olimpic made an impressive start to the 2006-07 season and at the half-way stage topped the Regional Preferente Grupo 3 (Valenciana) division with a record of P18, W14, D2 L2, F47, A7, Pts44.