Sevilla Atlético

Sevilla Atlético
Full name Sevilla Atlético Club
Founded 1958
Ground Ciudad Deportiva, Seville,
Andalusia, Spain
Capacity 7,500
Chairman Spain José María del Nido
Manager Spain Diego Martínez
League 2ªB – Group 4
2013–14 2ªB – Group 4, 14th

Sevilla Atlético Club is a Spanish football team based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1958 it plays in Segunda División B and is the reserve team of Sevilla FC, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios, with a 7,000-seat capacity.

Unlike in England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to La Liga, the division in which the main side plays. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey.

History

Founded in 1958, Sevilla Atlético quickly reached Tercera División, winning the competition in 1961 and 1962 and also spending the 1962–63 season in Segunda División. After three years in the regional leagues in the early 1970s, the club returned to the third level in 1976.

In 1977 Segunda División B was created as the new third division, and Sevilla B spent time in that and the fourth categories. In 1999 it fell short in the second level promotion playoffs, after finishing the regular season as runner-up – earlier, in 1991, the club changed its name to Sevilla Fútbol Club B. In the following decade, in spite of three consecutive top-three finishes, the team underachieved in the playoffs; in the 2006–07 season, however, after a 1–0 aggregate win against Burgos CF courtesy of a Lolo goal in the second leg at home, it returned to division two after more than 40 years of absence. In 2006, it was again renamed Sevilla Atlético.

After two seasons in division two, with a ninth place in the first year, in a campaign which also saw manager Manuel Jiménez leave to take the reins of the first team, Sevilla Atlético returned again to the third.

Club names

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey
1958/59 4th
1959/60 2nd
1960/61 1st
1961/62 1st
1962/63 15th
1963/64 7th
1964/65 5th
1965/66 2nd
1966/67 3rd
1967/68 2nd
1968/69 5th
1969/70 5th
1970/71 5th
1971/72 12th
1972/73 20th
1973/74 Regional 3rd
1974/75 Regional 2nd
1975/76 Regional 2nd
1976/77 10th
1977/78 2ªB 13th
1978/79 2ªB 6th
1979/80 2ªB 18th
1980/81 1st
1981/82 3rd
1982/83 1st
1983/84 1st
1984/85 3rd
1985/86 1st
1986/87 1st
1987/88 2ªB 12th
1988/89 2ªB 2nd
1989/90 2ªB 3rd
Season Division Place
1990/91 2ªB 18th
1991/92 1st
1992/93 2ªB 7th
1993/94 2ªB 14th
1994/95 2ªB 7th
1995/96 2ªB 7th
1996/97 2ªB 9th
1997/98 2ªB 11th
1998/99 2ªB 2nd
1999/00 2ªB 19th
2000/01 1st
2001/02 2ªB 11th
2002/03 2ªB 10th
2003/04 2ªB 3rd
2004/05 2ªB 1st
2005/06 2ªB 3rd
2006/07 2ªB 1st
2007/08 9th
2008/09 22nd
2009/10 2ªB 15th
2010/11 2ªB 2nd
2011/12 2ªB 10th
2012/13 2ªB 14th
2013/14 2ªB

Current squad

As of 25 February 2015[1]

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

No. Position Player
Spain GK David Soria
Spain GK Churripi
Spain GK Juan Soriano
Spain DF José Martínez
Spain DF Paco Candela
Spain DF Garrido
Spain DF Moi
Spain DF Modesto
Spain DF David Carmona
Spain DF Matos
Spain MF Francisco Tena
No. Position Player
Spain MF Ale Galindo
Spain MF Curro
Guinea-Bissau MF Beto
Spain MF Antonio Cotán
Spain MF Luismi
Spain MF Antonio
Spain MF Juanje
Spain MF Borja Lasso
Spain FW Gonzalo
Spain FW Carlos Fernández
Spain FW Juan Muñoz

Selected former players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Selected former managers

References

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