UM Escobedo

Escobedo

Full name	Unión Montañesa Escobedo
Founded	1964
Ground	Eusebio Arce, Escobedo, Cantabria, Spain
Ground Capacity	2,000
Chairman	José Luis Merino
Manager	Víctor Gutiérrez
League	3ª – Group 3
2011–12	3ª – Group 3, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Unión Montañesa Escobedo is a Spanish football team based in Escobedo, Camargo, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1964 it plays in Tercera División – Group 3, holding home matches at Estadio Eusebio Arce.

History

Escobedo was founded in 1964. The team played in the regional leagues for the vast majority of its first 26 years, with the one exception being a season-long stay in Tercera División in 1967–68.

The team returned to the category, now the national fourth division, twenty-one years later, remaining there for the subsequent decades. In 1991–92 and the following campaigns it was crowned division champions, adding four runner-up places; however, none of the ten promotion playoff visits to Segunda División B was successful.

Escobedo reached the third round of the Copa del Rey in 1991–92, falling to CD Málaga 0–3 on aggregate. Two years later the club qualified to the same stage, losing over two legs to UE Lleida.

Season to season

• 24 seasons in Tercera División

Stadium

Escobedo’s home ground is the Estadio Eusebio Arce, around a mile west of Muriedas, the capital of Camargo. It has a capacity of 2,000 seats with a low, cantilevered stand that runs the length of the pitch on the north side of the enclosure. The stand also houses the players changing facilities, club offices and a social club.

External links

• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• Pueblo con Encanto profile (Spanish)