Real Murcia CF

Not to be confused with Racing Murcia FC.

Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia ([reˈal ˈmuɾθja], "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 2, playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condomina, which holds 31,179^[1] spectators.

Real Murcia

Full name	Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Pimentoneros
Founded	6 December 1919; 104 years ago (6 December 1919) as Levante Foot-ball Club
Ground	Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Capacity	31,179
President	Felipe Moreno Romero
Head coach	Fran Fernández
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Primera Federación – Group 2, 7th of 20
Website	http://www.realmurcia.es/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

In domestic football, the club has won a record 8 Segunda División titles and 1 Spanish Royal Federation Cup.

Home colours are mainly scarlet shirt and white shorts.

History

Officially founded in 1919 as Levante Foot-ball Club (records show earlier denominations, such as 1903's Foot Ball Club de Murcia and 1906's Murcia Football Club), Real Murcia was named as such, in 1923–24, by King Alfonso XIII. The following year, the La Condomina stadium was opened, with the club holding home games there for the next 82 years uninterrupted.

In 1929 the club first competed in the Tercera División (third tier), achieving its first ever promotion to La Liga in 1939–40. The highest position of 11th was reached in 1945, 1946, 1984 and 1987.

Murcia holds the record for the most Segunda División titles with eight, most recently in 2002–03 under manager David Vidal.^[2] In that season, the team also equalled its best run in the Copa del Rey by reaching the quarter-finals before losing on the away goals rule to Deportivo de La Coruña, despite a 4–3 win in the second leg at home.^[3]

Following an immediate descent back to Segunda in last place, the team won promotion to the top flight for the last time under Lucas Alcaraz in 2007, again lasting only one year. In June 2010, the team fell into Segunda División B for the first time in a decade with a 1–1 draw at Girona FC on the final day, with goalkeeper Alberto Cifuentes saving a penalty kick from Kiko Ratón in added time before it deflected in off himself.^[4]

Murcia returned immediately to the second tier, winning the 2010–11 Segunda División B title with a penalty shootout win over CE Sabadell FC in June after a 1–1 aggregate draw.^[5] In 2014, the team finished fourth and was top seeded for the playoffs, losing 2–1 on aggregate to eventual winners Córdoba CF;^[6] weeks later Murcia were relegated for non-compliance with Liga de Fútbol Profesional regulations.^[7]

In 2019, Murcia won the Spanish Royal Federation Cup for the first time with a penalty shootout victory over CD Tudelano.^[8]

Current squad

As of 9 September 2024^[9]

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  ARG Gianfranco Gazzaniga 2 DF  ESP Jorge Mier 4 DF  MNE Esteban Saveljich 5 DF  ESP Antxón Jaso 6 DF  ESP Alberto González 7 FW  ESP Loren Burón 8 MF  ESP Pablo Larrea 9 FW  ESP Pedro Benito 11 FW  ESP José Ángel Carrillo 12 FW  ESP Raúl Alcaina (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 13 GK  ESP Iker Piedra 14 FW  ESP Pedro León (captain) 15 MF  VEN Jorge Yriarte (on loan from Eibar)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  GHA Richard Boateng 17 FW  ESP Carlos Rojas (on loan from Almería) 18 DF  ESP David Vicente 19 FW  ESP Kenneth Soler (on loan from Espanyol) 20 FW  ENG Ben Knight 21 DF  ESP Cadete 22 MF  ESP Juan Carlos Real 23 DF  ESP Andrés López 24 MF  ESP Moha Moukhliss 29 FW  BRA Matheus Cadorini 30 MF  BRA João Pedro Palmberg — MF  ESP Isi

See also: Real Murcia Imperial

Out of loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Jaime Escobar (at Orihuela until 30 June 2025)

Season to season

Murcia Regional Championship

Season Tier Place Copa del Rey 1925–26 — — Group stage 1926–27 — — Group stage 1927–28 — — Quarter-finals Spanish football league Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 3 3ª 2nd Round of 32 1929–30 2 2ª 8th Round of 16 1930–31 2 2ª 7th Round of 16 1931–32 2 2ª 5th Round of 32 1932–33 2 2ª 3rd Quarter-finals 1933–34 2 2ª 3rd Round of 16 1934–35 2 2ª 2nd Third round 1935–36 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1939–40 2 2ª 1st First round 1940–41 1 1ª 12th Round of 16 1941–42 2 2ª 2nd Round of 16 1942–43 2 2ª 3rd DNP 1943–44 2 2ª 2nd Semi-finals 1944–45 1 1ª 11th First round 1945–46 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1946–47 1 1ª 12th First round 1947–48 2 2ª 11th Quarter-finals 1948–49 2 2ª 7th Fourth round 1949–50 2 2ª 2nd Second round 1950–51 1 1ª 14th DNP Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1951–52 2 2ª 5th DNP 1952–53 2 2ª 11th Round of 16 1953–54 2 2ª 12th DNP 1954–55 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1955–56 1 1ª 13th DNP 1956–57 2 2ª 3rd DNP 1957–58 2 2ª 3rd DNP 1958–59 2 2ª 6th Round of 32 1959–60 2 2ª 7th Round of 32 1960–61 2 2ª 8th Round of 32 1961–62 2 2ª 8th Round of 32 1962–63 2 2ª 1st Round of 32 1963–64 1 1ª 12th Round of 32 1964–65 1 1ª 13th Round of 16 1965–66 2 2ª 10th First round 1966–67 2 2ª 7th First round 1967–68 2 2ª 6th First round 1968–69 2 2ª 8th DNP 1969–70 2 2ª 18th Quarter-finals 1970–71 3 3ª 9th Third round Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1971–72 3 3ª 1st First round 1972–73 2 2ª 1st Third round 1973–74 1 1ª 15th Round of 16 1974–75 1 1ª 18th Fourth round 1975–76 2 2ª 17th Third round 1976–77 3 3ª 1st Second round 1977–78 2 2ª 5th Fourth round 1978–79 2 2ª 14th Round of 16 1979–80 2 2ª 1st Fourth round 1980–81 1 1ª 16th Second round 1981–82 2 2ª 5th Third round 1982–83 2 2ª 1st Third round 1983–84 1 1ª 11th Third round 1984–85 1 1ª 18th Third round 1985–86 2 2ª 1st Third round 1986–87 1 1ª 11th Second round 1987–88 1 1ª 17th Round of 32 1988–89 1 1ª 19th Round of 32 1989–90 2 2ª 9th First round 1990–91 2 2ª 3rd Fifth round Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1991–92 2 2ª 11th Round of 16 1992–93 3 2ª B 1st Third round 1993–94 2 2ª 18th Fourth round 1994–95 3 2ª B 17th Third round 1995–96 4 3ª 1st DNP 1996–97 3 2ª B 13th First round 1997–98 3 2ª B 8th DNP 1998–99 3 2ª B 4th DNP 1999–2000 3 2ª B 2nd Preliminary round 2000–01 2 2ª 13th Round of 16 2001–02 2 2ª 15th Round of 64 2002–03 2 2ª 1st Quarter-finals 2003–04 1 1ª 20th Round of 32 2004–05 2 2ª 12th Round of 64 2005–06 2 2ª 16th Second round 2006–07 2 2ª 3rd Second round 2007–08 1 1ª 19th Round of 32 2008–09 2 2ª 14th Round of 32 2009–10 2 2ª 20th Round of 32 2010–11 3 2ª B 1st Round of 32 Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2011–12 2 2ª 18th Second round 2012–13 2 2ª 19th Second round 2013–14 2 2ª 4th Second round 2014–15 3 2ª B 2nd Second round 2015–16 3 2ª B 2nd First round 2016–17 3 2ª B 2nd First round 2017–18 3 2ª B 3rd Round of 32 2018–19 3 2ª B 11th Second round 2019–20 3 2ª B 8th Second round 2020–21 3 2ª B 6th / 4th 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 3rd 2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 6th 2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 7th First round 2024–25 3 1ª Fed. 18 seasons in Primera División 53 seasons in Segunda División 3 seasons in Primera Federación 14 seasons in Segunda División B 1 season in Segunda División RFEF 5 seasons in Tercera División

Honours

League

• Segunda División
  • Winners (8) – record: 1939–40, 1954–55, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 2002–03

Cups

• Copa Federación de España
  • Winners (1): 2019–20

See also

• Real Murcia Imperial – Murcia's reserve team

References

1. "NUEVA CONDOMINA". Real Murcia. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
2. "El Murcia regresa a Primera con Vidal" [Murcia return to Primera with Vidal]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 1 June 2003. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
3. Llamas, Fernando (31 January 2003). "El Depor sigue en la Copa tras el martirio murciano" [Depor carry on in the Copa after the Murcian martyrdom]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
4. Moreno, Ángela (20 June 2010). "El Murcia desciende de la forma más cruel" [Murcia go down in the cruellest way]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
5. "El Real Murcia, campeón de Segunda B en los penaltis" [Real Murcia, champion of Segunda B on penalties]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 June 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
6. "Los blanquiverdes, a un solo paso de su retorno a Primera" [The Blanquiverdes, just one step away from their return to Primera]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 June 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
7. "La LFP desciende al Murcia a 2ªB y asciende al Mirandés" [The LFP relegate Murcia to 2ªB and promote Mirandés]. Marca (in Spanish). 7 August 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
8. "Adiós a la Copa RFEF: un gran Tudelano merece la victoria pero cae en los penaltis ante el Real Murcia" [Goodbye to the Copa RFEF: a great Tudelano deserves the victory but falls on penalties against Real Murcia] (in Spanish). Navarra.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
9. "Real Murcia – Primer equipo > Plantilla". realmurcia.es. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• BDFutbol team profile
• MurciaMania – all about the club (in Spanish)
• La Futbolteca – Real Murcia CF (in Spanish)