# Cartagena FC

Cartagena Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the autonomous community of Murcia. They were formerly called UD Cartagenera. Founded in 1940, they are focused on youth football, and hold home games at Ciudad Deportiva Gómez Meseguer, with a capacity of 3,500 seats.
The club was a reserve team of FC Cartagena, during 2002–2009 and 2011–2014. In 2022, after suffering relegation from the Tercera División RFEF, the club closed their senior football department, only keeping their youth sides.

## History

In the 1983–84 season Cartagena was nearly relegated to Segunda División B. The club finished 16th, just one point more than Linares and Algeciras, which moved one division down.

### Club names

* Unión Deportiva Cartagenera – (1940–61)
* Club Deportivo Cartagena – (1961–74)
* Cartagena Fútbol Club – (1974–)

## Honours

* Segunda División B (1): 1991–92
* Tercera División (1): 1979–80

## Season to season

* As an independent club
| Season | Tier | Division | Place |
| 1940–41 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 3rd |
| 1941–42 | 3 | 1ª Reg. | 5th |
| 1942–43 | 3 | 1ª Reg. | 10th |
| 1943–44 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 3rd |
| 1944–45 | 5 | 2ª Reg. | |
| 1945–46 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 9th |
| 1946–47 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 2nd |
| 1947–48 | 5 | 2ª Reg. | |
| 1948–49 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 6th |
| 1949–50 | 5 | 2ª Reg. | |
| 1950–51 | 5 | 2ª Reg. | |
| 1951–52 | 5 | 2ª Reg. | |
| 1952–53 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 9th |
| 1953–54 | 3 | 3ª | 16th |
| 1954–55 | 3 | 3ª | 4th |
| 1955–56 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1956–57 | 3 | 3ª | 4th |
| 1957–58 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1958–59 | 3 | 3ª | 3rd |
| 1959–60 | 3 | 3ª | 5th |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place |
| 1960–61 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1961–62 | 2 | 2ª | 11th |
| 1962–63 | 2 | 2ª | 13th |
| 1963–64 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1964–65 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1965–66 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1966–67 | 3 | 3ª | 4th |
| 1967–68 | 3 | 3ª | 3rd |
| 1968–69 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1969–70 | 3 | 3ª | 4th |
| 1970–71 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1971–72 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1972–73 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1973–74 | 3 | 3ª | 3rd |
| 1974–75 | 3 | 3ª | 17th |
| 1975–76 | 4 | Reg. Pref. | 4th |
| 1976–77 | 4 | Reg. Pref. | 1st |
| 1977–78 | 4 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1978–79 | 4 | 3ª | 5th |
| 1979–80 | 4 | 3ª | 1st |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place |
| 1980–81 | 3 | 2ª B | 5th |
| 1981–82 | 3 | 2ª B | 2nd |
| 1982–83 | 2 | 2ª | 16th |
| 1983–84 | 2 | 2ª | 16th |
| 1984–85 | 2 | 2ª | 8th |
| 1985–86 | 2 | 2ª | 14th |
| 1986–87 | 2 | 2ª | 15th |
| 1987–88 | 2 | 2ª | 20th |
| 1988–89 | 3 | 2ª B | 7th |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place |
| 1989–90 | 3 | 2ª B | 11th |
| 1990–91 | 3 | 2ª B | 2nd |
| 1991–92 | 3 | 2ª B | 1st |
| 1992–93 | 3 | 2ª B | 5th |
| 1993–94 | 3 | 2ª B | 5th |
| 1994–95 | 3 | 2ª B | 16th |
| 1995–96 | 4 | 3ª | 2nd |
| 1996–97 | 4 | 3ª | (R) |
| 1997–2002 | DNP | DNP | DNP |
* As a reserve team
| Season | Tier | Division | Place |
| 2002–03 | 6 | 1ª Reg. | 13th |
| 2003–04 | 6 | 1ª Reg. | 4th |
| 2004–05 | 5 | Reg. Pref. | 8th |
| 2005–06 | 5 | Reg. Pref. | 7th |
| 2006–07 | 5 | Reg. Pref. | 9th |
| 2007–08 | 5 | Reg. Pref. | 11th |
| 2008–09 | 5 | Reg. Pref. | 3rd |
* As an independent club
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Copa del Rey |
| 2009–10 | 4 | 3ª | 13th | |
| 2010–11 | 4 | 3ª | 14th | |
* As a reserve team
| Season | Tier | Division | Place |
| 2011–12 | 4 | 3ª | 16th |
| 2012–13 | 5 | Pref. Aut. | 3rd |
| 2013–14 | 4 | 3ª | 13th |
* As an independent club
| Season | Tier | Division | Place |
| 2014–15 | 4 | 3ª | 16th |
| 2015–16 | 5 | Pref. Aut. | 10th |
| 2016–17 | 5 | Pref. Aut. | 10th |
| 2017–18 | 5 | Pref. Aut. | 13th |
| 2018–19 | 5 | Pref. Aut. | 2nd |
| 2019–20 | 4 | 3ª | 17th |
| 2020–21 | 4 | 3ª | 5th / 2nd |
| 2021–22 | 5 | 3ª RFEF | 15th |
* 8 seasons in Segunda División
* 9 seasons in Segunda División B
* 31 seasons in Tercera División
* 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

## Selected former players

| Jesús Lucendo Juan Cantarutti Pedro Chazarreta Fernando Rodríguez Ferrer Armando Husillos Américo Brizzola Fernando Santis Norberto Huezo Sándor Kiss Tatono Alejandro Sagarduy Fernando Arteaga Francisco Valle Martín Roales José Luis Arjol Alberto Vallina Andrés Fernández Manuel Requena Pedro Cordero | Paco Sánchez Cecilio Zunzunegui José Parra Martínez Quini José Sigüenza Carlos Llorens José Zapatera José Antonio Ramos Asier Garitano Fernando Marcos César Gálvez Mikel Roteta Narciso Rodríguez Enric Cuxart Felipe Nery José Carlos Trasante Daniel Fernández Roberto Álvarez |