# 2023–24 FC Cartagena season

The 2023–24 season is Fútbol Club Cartagena's 29th season in existence and fourth consecutive in the Segunda División, the second division of association football in Spain. They will also compete in the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Tomás Mejías |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Diego Moreno (on loan from Osasuna) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Pedro Alcalá (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Gonzalo Verdú |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Andy Rodríguez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Luis Muñoz |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Alfredo Ortuño (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Darío Poveda (on loan from Getafe) |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Juan Carlos Real |
| 12 | FW | COL | Juanjo Narváez |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Raúl Lizoain (on loan from Andorra) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ESP | José Fontán (on loan from Celta) |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Iván Calero |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Mikel Rico |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Damián Musto |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jairo Izquierdo |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Kiko Olivas |
| 23 | MF | CHI | Tomás Alarcón (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Arnau Ortiz (on loan from Girona) |
| 27 | GK | ESP | José Saldaña |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Arnau Solà (on loan from Almería) |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Carlos Sánchez |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Jony Álamo |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Fromsa |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Iván Ayllón |
| 36 | MF | CIV | Djakaría Barro |
| 38 | DF | ESP | David Guerrero |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | DF | ESP | Diego de Pedro |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Mario Climent |
| 41 | FW | GUI | Mamadou Cellou |
| 45 | GK | ESP | Nono Gómez |
| 47 | DF | ESP | Juan Carlos Sabater |
| 48 | GK | ECU | Jhafets Reyes |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SWE | Isak Jansson (at Rapid Wien until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Arnau Solà | Almería | Loan | 20 July 2023 |
| DF | José Fontán | Celta Vigo | Loan | 21 August 2023 |
| GK | Raúl Lizoain | Andorra | Loan | 23 August 2023 |
| MF | Juanjo Narváez | Valladolid | Free | 23 August 2023 |
| MF | Tomás Alarcón | Cádiz | Loan | 23 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | Aarón Escandell | Las Palmas | €400,000 | 24 July 2023 | |
| MF | Neskes | Ibiza | Free | 21 August 2023 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 13 August 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 031.25 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 November 2023 | 6 December 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 029.41 |
Last updated: 24 March 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Tenerife | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 56 |
| 13 | Albacete | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 51 |
| 14 | Cartagena | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 51 |
| 15 | Zaragoza | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 51 |
| 16 | Eldense | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 50 |
* 1 2 3 Albacete finished ahead of Cartagena and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Albacete 6 pts, Cartagena 5 pts, Zaragoza 4 pts

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LALIGA HYPERMOTION

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 28 June 2023.