AD Ceuta

Ceuta
Full name	Asociación Deportiva Ceuta
Founded	1996
Dissolved	2012
Ground	Alfonso Murube,; Ceuta, Spain
Capacity	6,500
2011–12	2ªB – Group 4, 14th

Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last ever season was 2011–12 in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Alfonso Murube, with a capacity of 6,500.

History

Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta, another team from the city, was founded in 1972 and folded in 1991. The club played once in the Segunda División, in 1980–81.

In 1996 Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was born, reaching the third level in only two years; in its first decades of existence, it appeared – without success – in five second division promotion play-offs.

On 1 July 2012, Ceuta was relegated to the Tercera División for unpaid wages to its players.^[1]

After 2011–12 season, the club was administratively relegated to Regional Preferente de Ceuta due to unpaid wages from the previous season. Shortly after, club was disbanded with a €600,000 total debt. ^[2]

Club background

Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta — (1972–91)
AD Ceutí Atlético – (1996–97)
Asociación Deportiva Ceuta – (1997–2012)

Other clubs from Ceuta

Ceuta Sport Club — (1932–41)
Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta — (1941–56)
Club Atlético Ceuta — (1956–2013) (currently in Tercera División with the name of AD Ceuta FC.

The team was formerly a part of Atlético Tetuán, which split in 1956 after Moroccan independence Morocco)

Club Deportivo Imperio de Ceuta — (1942–)

In the 2012–13 season, Club Atlético Ceuta played in Tercera División and changed its name for the 2013–14 season to Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club (AD Ceuta FC) with the aim to substitute the dissolved AD Ceuta.

Rivalry

The Ceuta-Melilla derby was between Ceuta and UD Melilla. The two clubs travelled to each other via the Spanish mainland to avoid entering Morocco.^[3]

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1996/97	4	3ª	1st
1997/98	4	3ª	1st
1998/99	3	2ªB	7th
1999/00	3	2ªB	2nd
2000/01	3	2ªB	4th
2001/02	3	2ªB	2nd
2002/03	3	2ªB	7th
2003/04	3	2ªB	6th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2004/05	3	2ªB	3rd
2005/06	3	2ªB	10th
2006/07	3	2ªB	11th
2007/08	3	2ªB	3rd
2008/09	3	2ªB	7th
2009/10	3	2ªB	5th
2010/11	3	2ªB	6th	Round of 32
2011/12	3	2ªB	14th

14 seasons in Segunda División B
2 seasons in Tercera División

Final squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	David Relaño
2	DF	ESP	Xapi Arnau
3	DF	ESP	Cristian Valle
4	DF	ESP	Ale Hornillo
5	MF	ESP	Samu
6	MF	ESP	Juanjo Pereira
8	MF	ESP	Julio de Dios
9	FW	NGA	Elvis Onyema
10	FW	ESP	Añete