Marbella FC

Marbella

Full name	Marbella Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Blanquillos
Founded	1997
Ground	Estadio Municipal, Marbella, Andalusia, Spain
Ground Capacity	7,300
Chairman	Alexander Grinberg
Manager	Pablo Alfaro
League	2ª B – Group 4
2013–14	3ª – Group 9, 1st
Home colours Away colours

Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a Spanish football team based in Marbella, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1997 it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 4, holding home matches at Estadio Municipal de Marbella.

History

Unión Deportiva Marbella was founded in 1997 immediately after the defunction of Club Atlético Marbella, which was born 38 years before and was owned by Jesús Gil, also the chairman of Atlético de Madrid. In September 2007, four years after the club reached Segunda División B for the first time, it was taken over by leading businessmen Ian Radford and Wayne Elliott of the HI Group, an international sports, leisure, property and travel company.

On 28 June 2013 Unión was renamed Marbella Fútbol Club, by consent of the Russian ownership presided by Alexander Grinberg, in order to appeal to a wider foreign fanbase.

Club background

• Atlético Marbella – (1947–97)
• UD Marbella – (1997–2013)
• Marbella FC – (2013–)

Season to season

• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 8 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

As of 25 February 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Francis GK José Reina DF Marcos Ruiz DF Gabi DF Ramón Verdú DF Paco Aguza DF David Garrido DF Edy DF Carlos Expósito MF Javier Añón MF Álex Herrera

No. Position Player MF Sergio Narváez MF José Trujillo MF Carlos Portero MF Ovidijus Verbickas MF Nacho Matador MF Iosu Villar MF Jorge Giménez FW Pato Ruz FW Diego Segura FW Guillem Martí FW Alberto Quiles

Honours

• Tercera División: (2) 2001–02, 2013–14

Former players

• José Freijo
• Tommy Mooney
• Carl Cort
• Juan Luis Guirado
• Apoño

see also Category:UD Marbella footballers

Former managers

• Juan López Muñiz
• Oli
• Alfredo Santaelena
• Harry Bridges

Stadium

Marbella plays its home games at Estadio Municipal de Marbella, which has a capacity of 7,300 spectators. It is a fairly basic oval-shaped stadium with one small covered stand.^[1]

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• Official youth academy website
• Club & stadium history (English)