{{For|the current team|CF Lorca Deportiva}} {{Short description|Defunct Spanish association football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Lorca Deportiva | image = [[Image:CF Lorca Deportiva.png|160px]] | fullname = Lorca Deportiva<br> Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. | nickname = | founded = 2002 | dissolved = 2012 | ground = [[Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco|Francisco Artés Carrasco]]<br>[[Lorca, Spain|Lorca]], [[Region of Murcia|Murcia]], Spain | capacity = 8,064 | season = 2010–11 | position = [[Tercera División|3ª – Group 13]], '''([[Retirement|R]])''' |pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders |pattern_b1=_Lorca 2008 09 home |pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders |pattern_so1=_withestripes |leftarm1=3676cd |body1=3676cd |rightarm1=3676cd |shorts1=3676cd |socks1=3676cd |pattern_la2=_Lorca 2008 09 away |pattern_b2=_Lorca 2008 09 away |pattern_ra2=_Lorca 2008 09 away |pattern_so2= |leftarm2=FF69B4 |body2=FF69B4 |rightarm2=FF69B4 |shorts2=000000 |socks2=000000 |pattern_la3= |pattern_b3=_Lorca 2008 09 third |pattern_ra3= |leftarm3=000000 |body3=000000 |rightarm3=000000 |shorts3=000000 |socks3=000000 | |}} '''Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.''' was a [[List of football clubs in Spain|Spanish football club]] in [[Lorca, Spain|Lorca]], in the autonomous community of [[Region of Murcia|Murcia]]. Founded in 2002 it was dissolved ten years later, they held their home matches at ''[[Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco]]'', which seats 8,064. The roots of the club can be traced back to the Sociedad Lorca Football Club, founded in 1901 by Newcastle-born Manuel José (Manni) Pelegrín Dunn, whose father was originally from Lorca.<ref>[https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/remember-when-how-19th-century-7336242 Remember When: How a 19th Century Geordie and Toon fan took football to a corner of Spain]; The Chronicle Live, 14 November 2014 {{in lang|en}}</ref> The [[CF Lorca Deportiva]] became the successor club and is followed by the same fan-base.
==History== Lorca Deportiva was founded in 2002, right after the defunction of [[Lorca CF|Lorca Club de Fútbol]] which had been born eight years earlier. The new club started in the [[Tercera División|fourth division]] after acquiring the place of [[CD Balsicas]], and was promoted to the [[Segunda División B|third level]] at the first attempt.
As [[rookie]]s in the third tier, Lorca [[2003–04 Segunda División B|qualified for the play-offs after occupying the second place in the regular season]]. [[2004–05 Segunda División B|Next season]] the team finished fourth, but this time managed to promote to the [[Segunda División|division two]]: with [[Unai Emery]] – who later managed [[Paris Saint-Germain]], [[Arsenal F.C.]] and [[Aston Villa]] – in the position of [[Coach (sport)|manager]], it [[2005–06 Segunda División|narrowly missed]] on a new promotion, finishing just five points behind last [[La Liga]] promotee [[Levante UD]].
After Emery's departure, with many first-team players also leaving, Lorca was [[2006–07 Segunda División|relegated the following campaign]]. In the middle of 2009, although it had just [[2008–09 Segunda División B|finished second in its group]], economic issues led to another drop, to the fourth division.
For the [[2010–11 Tercera División|2010–11 season]], the club was relocated to nearby Totana and renamed LD Olímpico.<ref>[http://www.totana.es/noticia.asp?cat=10260 El Ayuntamiento de Totana subscribe un convenio de colaboración con el Lorca Deportiva CF por un importe de 5.000 Euros de la cesión del uso de las instalaciones municipales deportivas (Totana City Hall subscribes cooperation project with Lorca Deportiva CF, paying €5,000 for the cession of sporting facilities)]; Totana City Hall, 3 September 2010 {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20100917/deportes_murcia/lorca/lorca-deportiva-cambia-nombre-20100917.html El Lorca Deportiva se cambia el nombre (Lorca Deportiva changes name)]; La Verdad, 17 September 2010 {{in lang|es}}</ref> On 18 October 2010, amidst serious economic problems, it retired from competition and folded, without chairman or players –<ref>[http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20101019/deportes_murcia/lorca/lorca-deportiva-retira-tercera-20101019.html El Lorca Deportiva se retira de Tercera y prepara su disolución (Lorca Deportiva retires from ''Tercera'' and prepares liquidation)]; La Verdad, 19 October 2010 {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=556046 Lorca Olímpico anuncia su retirada dos meses después de iniciar la Liga (Lorca Olímpico announces retirement two months after season begins)]; [[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]], 18 October 2010 {{in lang|es}}</ref> all 93 points that the team would lose for not showing up in the remaining 31 fixtures of the season were equally distributed by their opponents,<ref>[http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20101020/deportes_murcia/lorca/club-generoso-tercera-20101020.html El club más generoso de Tercera (Tercera's most generous club)]; La Verdad, 20 October 2010 {{in lang|es}}</ref> and Lorca was finally dissolved in 2012.
==Season to season== {| |valign="top" width=49%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2002–03 Tercera División|2002–03]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|1st !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2003–04 Segunda División B|2003–04]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2nd !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2003–04 Copa del Rey|Round of 64]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2004–05 Segunda División B|2004–05]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|4th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2004–05 Copa del Rey|Round of 16]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[2005–06 Segunda División|2005–06]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|5th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2005–06 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[2006–07 Segunda División|2006–07]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|21st !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2006–07 Copa del Rey|Second round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2007–08 Segunda División B|2007–08]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|11th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2007–08 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2008–09 Segunda División B|2008–09]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2nd !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2009–10 Tercera División|2009–10]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3rd !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2009–10 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2010–11 Tercera División|2010–11]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|([[Retired|R]]) !style="background:#efefef;"| |} |} ---- *'''2''' seasons in [[Segunda División]] *'''4''' seasons in [[Segunda División B]] *'''3''' seasons in [[Tercera División]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Lorca Deportiva}} *[http://www.lorcadeportiva.es Official website] {{in lang|es}} *[http://www.futbolme.com/com/equipo.asp?id_equipo=42&modo=datos&idtorneo=19&e=Lorca%20Deportiva%20Club%20de%20F%FAtbol Futbolme team profile] {{in lang|es}}
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