{{short description|Spanish football club}}{{Unreferenced|date=October 2025}}{{Infobox football club | clubname = Linares | image = [[Image:Linares CF.png|140px]] | fullname = Linares Club de Fútbol | nickname = ''Azulillos'' (Little Blues) | founded = 1961 | dissolved = 1990 (29 years) | ground = [[Estadio de Linarejos|Linarejos]], [[Linares, Jaén|Linares]],<br> [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]] | capacity = 10,000 | chairman = N/A | manager = [[Josu Ortuondo]] | league = [[Segunda División B|2ªB - Group 3]] | season = [[1989–90 Segunda División B|1989–90]] | position = [[Segunda División B|2ªB - Group 3]], '''7th''' | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=0000FF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=0000FF | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=FF0000|body2=FF0000|rightarm2=FF0000|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FF0000 }} '''Linares Club de Fútbol''' was a [[List of football clubs in Spain|Spanish football club]] based in [[Linares, Jaén]], in the autonomous community of [[Andalusia]]. Founded in 1961, it was disbanded 29 years later due to serious financial problems, and held home matches at ''[[Estadio de Linarejos]]'', with a 10,000-seat capacity.
==History== Founded in 1961, Linares reached the national leagues four years later. It would eventually play five seasons in the [[Segunda División|second division]], four of those consecutive (1980–84), never finishing higher than 12th. From 1962 to 1967, the club competed under the name ''Santana Linares Club de Fútbol''.
After being relegated in the [[1983–84 Segunda División|1983–84 season]], Linares played five out of its last six years in ''[[Segunda División B]]'' – created in 1977 as the new third level. Following the team's disappearance another club was founded in the city, [[CD Linares]]: in its 19 years of existence it appeared in seven seasons in the [[Tercera División|fourth division]] and eight in the [[Segunda División B|third]] (seven consecutive), before folding in 2009.
==Seasons== {| |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#EFEF99;"|1962–1965 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|4 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|Regional |style="background:#EFEF99;"|— !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1965–66 Tercera División|1965–66]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|11th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1966–67 Tercera División|1966–67]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|7th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1967–68 Tercera División|1967–68]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|5th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1968–69 Tercera División|1968–69]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|11th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1969–70 Tercera División|1969–70]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|10th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#EFEF99;"|1970–71 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|4 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|{{Abbr|1ª Reg.|Primera Regional Andaluza}} |style="background:#EFEF99;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1971–72 Tercera División|1971–72]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|16th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo|First round]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1972–73 Tercera División|1972–73]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1972–73 Copa del Generalísimo|Third round]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[1973–74 Segunda División|1973–74]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|{{tooltip|20th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1973–74 Copa del Generalísimo|Third round]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1974–75 Tercera División|1974–75]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3rd !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1974–75 Copa del Generalísimo|First round]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1975–76 Tercera División|1975–76]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1975–76 Copa del Generalísimo|Second round]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1976–77 Tercera División|1976–77]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1976–77 Copa del Rey|Second round]] |} |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1977–78 Segunda División B|1977–78]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|14th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1977–78 Copa del Rey|Third round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1978–79 Segunda División B|1978–79]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|9th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1978–79 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1979–80 Segunda División B|1979–80]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1979–80 Copa del Rey|Second round]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[1980–81 Segunda División|1980–81]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|12th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1980–81 Copa del Rey|Second round]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[1981–82 Segunda División|1981–82]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|15th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1981–82 Copa del Rey|Third round]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[1982–83 Segunda División|1982–83]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|14th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1982–83 Copa del Rey|Third round]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[1983–84 Segunda División|1983–84]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|{{tooltip|17th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1983–84 Copa del Rey|Round of 32]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1984–85 Segunda División B|1984–85]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|9th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1984–85 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1985–86 Segunda División B|1985–86]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{tooltip|14th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[1986–87 Tercera División|1986–87]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1987–88 Segunda División B|1987–88]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|6th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1987–88 Copa del Rey|Round of 16]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1988–89 Segunda División B|1988–89]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3rd !style="background:#efefef;"|[[1988–89 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[1989–90 Segunda División B|1989–90]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|7th !style="background:#efefef;"| |} |} ---- *'''5''' seasons in [[Segunda División]] *'''8''' seasons in [[Segunda División B]] *'''11''' seasons in [[Tercera División]] *'''4''' seasons in [[Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in Andalusia|Categorías Regionales]]
==Famous players== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | *{{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto Romero *{{flagicon|ARG}} Horacio Agostinelli *{{flagicon|ARG}} Ricardo Martínez *{{flagicon|ARG}} Omar Sánchez *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mario Véner]] *{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Stjepan Milardović]] *{{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Koch *{{flagicon|ESP}} Antonio Vara *{{flagicon|ESP}} Adriano Cano || *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Manuel Preciado Rebolledo|Manuel Preciado]] *{{flagicon|ESP}} Víctor Celso *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Benítez]] *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Manuel Mesa]] *{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco Pariente *{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Toledano *{{flagicon|ESP}} Peio Agirreoa *{{flagicon|ESP}} José Luis Sarabia *{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan De Ramos |} {{see also|Category:Linares CF players}}
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