{{short description|Association football club in Spain}} {{for|the basketball team|UCAM Murcia CB}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = UCAM Murcia | image = Escudo Deportivo UCAM - UCAM Murcia CF - UCAM Murcia CB.png | caption = | fullname = UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol | nickname = ''Universitarios'' | founded = {{Start date and age|1999}} | ground = [[Estadio de La Condomina|La Condomina]], [[Murcia]], Spain | capacity = 6,500 | owner = [[Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia|Universidad Católica de Murcia]] | chairman = [[José Luis Mendoza]] | chrtitle = President | manager = [[Germán Crespo]] | mgrtitle = Head coach | league = {{Spanish football updater|UCAM Murcia}} | season = {{Spanish football updater|UCAM Murcia2}} | position = {{Spanish football updater|UCAM Murcia3}} | website = {{URL|http://ucamcf.es}} | pattern_la1 = _nikeprecision7mn | pattern_b1 = _nikeprecision7mn | pattern_ra1 = _nikeprecision7mn | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = 000055 | body1 = 000055 | rightarm1 = 000055 | shorts1 = 000055 | socks1 = 000055 | pattern_la2 = _nikeprecision7w | pattern_b2 = _nikeprecision7w | pattern_ra2 = _nikeprecision7w | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF | pattern_la3 = | pattern_b3 = | pattern_ra3 = | pattern_sh3 = | pattern_so3 = | leftarm3 = | body3 = | rightarm3 = | shorts3 = | socks3 = }} '''[[Universidad Católica de Murcia]] Club de Fútbol''', commonly known as '''UCAM Murcia''' or simply '''UCAM''', is a [[List of football clubs in Spain|Spanish football club]] based in [[Murcia]]. Founded in 1999 it plays in {{Spanish football updater|UCAM Murcia}}, holding home games at ''[[Estadio de La Condomina]]'', with a capacity of 6,500 spectators.
==History== [[File:Once inicial UCAM.JPG|thumb|left|A starting lineup in the [[2013–14 Tercera División|2013–14 season]], that promoted to [[Segunda División B]]]] '''Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Club de Fútbol''' <ref>[http://lafutbolteca.com/ucam-universidad-catolica-de-murcia-club-de-futbol/ lafutbolteca]</ref> was founded in 1999 and had previously a team which played in Tercera División from 2000 to 2005.<ref>[http://ucamcf.es/el-club/historia/ Historia del UCAM Murcia (History of UCAM Murcia)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016111642/http://ucamcf.es/el-club/historia/ |date=2014-10-16 }}; UCAM Murcia website {{in lang|es}}</ref> In parallel was founded in 2004 the ''Club de Fútbol Los Garres'', making its first appearance in [[Tercera División]] in [[2008–09 Tercera División|2008–09]] as Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol. In 2009 a businessman from [[Beniaján]], [[Region of Murcia|Murcia]], acquired the club and moved it to his local town; one year later the club relocated again, now to [[Sangonera la Verde]], and, in 2011, [[Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia|UCAM]] became its new owner.<ref>[http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20110709/deportes_murcia/mas-futbol/calasparra-cartagena-union-baja-20110709.html Calasparra y Cartagena-La Unión se dan de baja (Calasparra and Cartagena-La Unión forfeit)]; La Verdad, 9 July 2011 {{in lang|es}}</ref>
At the end of the [[2011–12 Segunda División B|2011–12 season]], after [[Orihuela CF|Orihuela]] suffered relegation from [[Segunda División B]] due to irregularities, UCAM Murcia took its place.<ref>[http://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/murcia/2012/07/19/ucam-murcia-ocupa-vacante-orihuela-llega-categoria-bronce/416639.html El UCAM Murcia ocupa la vacante del Orihuela y llega a la categoría de bronce (UCAM Murcia takes Orihuela's berth and arrives at the bronze category)]; La Opinión de Murcia, 19 July 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref> After suffering relegation, the club bounced back to the third level immediately, and achieved a respectable second place in his group during the [[2014–15 Segunda División B|2014–15 campaign]]; it missed out promotion in [[2015 Segunda División B play-offs|the play-offs]], after being knocked out by [[Bilbao Athletic]] B, which would later achieve promotion.
In the [[2015–16 Segunda División B|2015–16 season]], UCAM Murcia finished the regular season as champions of the Group 4, six points ahead of neighbours [[Real Murcia]]. The club achieved the promotion to [[Segunda División]] in the [[2016 Segunda División B playoffs|play-offs]] after beating [[Real Madrid Castilla]] 4–3 on aggregate.
The [[2016-17 Segunda División|first season]] of UCAM in the second flight would be short-lived, as they ended in the 19th position, and subsequently relegated to the third tier, after being defeated in a do-or-die game by [[Gimnàstic de Tarragona]] in the last matchday. In the 2018–19 season the club finished 5th with 66 points in the Segunda División B, Group 4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resultados-futbol.com/historico/Ucam-Murcia-C-F|title=Histórico UCAM Murcia - Segunda División B G 4|website=www.resultados-futbol.com|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref>
===Club names=== *''Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol'' (1999–2005) *''Murcia Deportivo-Rincón de Seca Club de Fútbol'' (2007–2008) *''Murcia Deportivo Club de Fútbol-UCAM'' (2008–2009) *''Costa Cálida-Beniaján Club de Fútbol'' (2009–2010) *''Costa Cálida-Sangonera Club de Fútbol'' (2010–2011) *''UCAM Murcia Club de Fútbol'' (2011–2015) *''UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol'' (2015-)
==Season to season== {| |valign=top width=0%|
===Old UCAM Murcia=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#EFEF99;"|1999–2000 |style="background:#EFEF99;" align="center"|5 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|[[Territorial Preferente de la Región de Murcia|Terr. Pref.]] |style="background:#EFEF99;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2000–01 Tercera División|2000–01]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|14th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2001–02 Tercera División|2001–02]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|10th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2002–03 Tercera División|2002–03]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|11th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2003–04 Tercera División|2003–04]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|16th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2004–05 Tercera División|2004–05]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|19th|relegated}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |}
===Los Garres=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|2004–05 |style="background:#BBD7EC;" align="center"|6 |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|[[Primera Territorial de Murcia|1ª Terr.]] |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|4th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|2005–06 |style="background:#BBD7EC;" align="center"|6 |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|[[Primera Territorial de Murcia|1ª Terr.]] |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |}
===Murcia Deportivo=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#EFEF99;"|2006–07 |style="background:#EFEF99;" align="center"|5 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|[[Territorial Preferente de la Región de Murcia|Terr. Pref.]] |style="background:#EFEF99;"|10th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#EFEF99;"|2007–08 |style="background:#EFEF99;" align="center"|5 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|[[Territorial Preferente de la Región de Murcia|Terr. Pref.]] |style="background:#EFEF99;"|{{tooltip|4th|promoted}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2008–09 Tercera División|2008–09]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|12th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |}
===Costa Cálida=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2009–10 Tercera División|2009–10]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2010–11 Tercera División|2010–11]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|1st |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |} |}
===New UCAM Murcia CF=== {| |valign=top width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place ![[Copa del Rey]] |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2011–12 Tercera División|2011–12]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|6th|administrative promotion}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2011–12 Copa del Rey|Second round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2012–13 Segunda División B|2012–13]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{tooltip|17th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[2013–14 Tercera División|2013–14]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|[[Tercera División|3ª]] |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2014–15 Segunda División B|2014–15]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2nd !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2014–15 Copa del Rey|Third round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2015–16 Segunda División B|2015–16]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2015–16 Copa del Rey|Third round]] |- |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[2016–17 Segunda División|2016–17]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;" align="center"|2 |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|[[Segunda División|2ª]] |style="background:#D3D3D3;"|{{tooltip|19th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2016–17 Copa del Rey|Round of 32]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2017–18 Segunda División B|2017–18]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|7th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2017–18 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2018–19 Segunda División B|2018–19]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|5th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2018–19 Copa del Rey|Second round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2019–20 Segunda División B|2019–20]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|10th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2019–20 Copa del Rey|Second round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2020–21 Segunda División B|2020–21]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda División B|2ª B]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{Abbr|1st|Group 4 – Subgroup B (first phase)}} / {{Abbr|2nd|Group 4 – Subgroup C (second phase)}} !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2020–21 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#F4DFC8;"|[[2021–22 Primera División RFEF|2021–22]] |style="background:#F4DFC8;" align="center"|3 |style="background:#F4DFC8;"|[[Primera División RFEF|1ª RFEF]] |style="background:#F4DFC8;"|18th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2021–22 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2022–23 Segunda Federación|2022–23]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda Federación|2ª Fed.]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|5th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2023–24 Segunda Federación|2023–24]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda Federación|2ª Fed.]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|8th !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2023–24 Copa del Rey|First round]] |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2024–25 Segunda Federación|2024–25]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda Federación|2ª Fed.]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3rd !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[2025–26 Segunda Federación|2025–26]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;" align="center"|4 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|[[Segunda Federación|2ª Fed.]] |style="background:#DEC5AB;"| !style="background:#efefef;"|[[2025–26 Copa del Rey|First round]] |} |} ---- *'''1''' season in [[Segunda División]] *'''1''' season in [[Primera División RFEF]] *'''7''' seasons in [[Segunda División B]] *'''4''' seasons in [[Segunda Federación]] *'''8''' seasons in [[Tercera División]]
== Support == UCAM Murcia's highest home attendance is 5,877, in a [[2016–17 Segunda División]] match against [[Rayo Vallecano]]. The club's two main supporters groups are ''Los T-UCAM'' who were founded in 2015 and ''Los Blue Gold'' who were founded in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/deportes/2015/04/17/t-ucam-abren-camino/640348.html|title='Los T-UCAM' abren camino|last=Murcia|first=La Opinión de|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/losbluegold?lang=en|title=Los Blue Gold (@losbluegold) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref>
==Current squad== {{updated|8 February 2026}}<ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te43703/ucam-murcia-cf/squad/|title=UCAM Murcia CF » Squad 2025/2026|access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=URU|pos=GK|name=Facundo Ackermann}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=José Ruiz}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=[[Jeremy Socorro]]}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Javi Ramírez}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=[[Fernando Román (footballer, born 1993)|Fernando Román]]}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=GAM|pos=DF|name=Omar Jaiteh}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Álvaro Hernáiz}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Urtzi Urzelay}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Sergi Baldrich}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Iván Moreno}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=[[Dani Aquino]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=ESP|pos=GK|name=Fernando Montoya}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[[Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 2000)|Pablo Hernández]]}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Nacho Martínez}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Ale Marín}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Álex Bueno}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Juan Carlos Pontones}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[[Juanma Bravo]]}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[[Alberto Soto (footballer, born 2001)|Alberto Soto]]}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Aitor Puñal}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=MAR|pos=FW|name=Mohamed Mizzian}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Héctor Fernández}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Xente Vila}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=[[Julio Martínez (footballer, born 2000)|Julio Martínez]]}} {{Fs end}}
===Reserve team=== {{main|UCAM Murcia CF B}}
==Honours== *'''[[Segunda División B]]''' **Champions (1): [[2015–16 Segunda División B#Group 4|2015–16]] *'''[[Tercera División]]''' **Champions (2): [[2010–11 Tercera División#Group 13|2010–11]], [[2013–14 Tercera División#Group 13|2013–14]]
==Coaches== *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Luis Tevenet]] (2012–13) *{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Gabriel Correa (footballer)|Gabriel Correa]] (2013–14) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[José Eloy Jiménez Moreno|Eloy Jiménez]] (2014–15) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[José María Salmerón]] (2015–16) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez|Francisco]] (2016–17) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Lluís Planagumà]] (2017) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[José Miguel Campos Rodríguez|José Miguel Campos]] (2017–2018) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Pedro Munitis]] (2018–2019) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Juan Merino]] (2019) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Rubén Albés]] (2019) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Miguel Rivera (football manager)|Miguel Rivera]] (2019–2020) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sergio Aracil Izquierdo|Sergio Aracil]] (2020) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Asier Santana]] (2020) *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[José María Salmerón]] (2020–present)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://ucamcf.es/}} {{in lang|es}} *[http://www.futbolme.com/app.php/competicion/equipo/ucam-murcia-club-de-futbol/1694 Futbolme team profile] {{in lang|es}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100223075042/http://www.trecera.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=32&Itemid=136 Trecera profile] {{in lang|es}}
{{Spanish football club template|UCAM Murcia}}
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