CP Mérida

Mérida

Full name	Club Polideportivo Mérida
Founded	1912
Dissolved	2000
Ground	Romano, Mérida
Ground Capacity	14,600
1999–00	Segunda División, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Club Polideportivo Mérida was a Spanish football team based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura.

Having played twice in La Liga (1995–96 and 1997–98), the club disappeared in 2000,^[1][2] due to serious economic debts. Its successor was renamed Mérida UD.^[3]

Club background

• Sportiva Emeritense — (1912–20)
• Club Catalanes — Club MZA — (1920–21)
• Club Emerita — (1921–36)
• Spanish Civil War - No team — (1936–39)
• SD Emeritense — (1939–66)
• Mérida Industrial CF — (1966–85)
• CP Mérida — (1985–2000)
• Mérida UD — (1990–2013)
• Mérida AD — (2013–present)

Seasons

• 2 seasons in La Liga
• 7 seasons in Segunda División
• 3 seasons in Segunda División B
• 37 seasons in Tercera División

Famous players

• Leonardo Biagini
• Leo Franco
• Predrag Jurić
• Carlos Navarro Montoya
• Miguel Guerrero
• Goran Vučević
• Miguel Ángel Benítez
• Jerzy Podbrożny
• Nikolai Pissarev
• Rade Tošić
• Slađan Šćepović
• Adolfo Aldana
• Pablo Alfaro
• Santiago Cañizares
• Gonzalo de los Santos

References