CD Olímpic de Xàtiva

Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community.^[2] Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Regional Preferente,^[3] holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta.

CD Olímpic de Xàtiva

Full name	CD Olímpic de Xàtiva
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Ground	La Murta, Xàtiva
Capacity	9,000[1]
Owner	Anuj Gupta
Head coach	Berna Ballester
League	Regional Preferente
2021–22	3ª RFEF – Group 6, 15th of 19 (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Football in Xàtiva can be traced back to 1924 when a number of clubs from the city played in the Valencian regional leagues. Club Deportivo Olímpic was founded in 1932, and from that date on remained the main representative of the city. During the Spanish Civil War, it played in many regional competitions and won promotion to the Tercera División in 1943, lasting one season, but being promoted again in 1945; due to financial difficulties the club forfeited from the competition in 1951, only returning five years later.

For the next decade Olímpic was a dominant force in the third level, successively finishing in the top five and reaching the Segunda División promotion play-offs three times, being ousted by Gimnàstic de Tarragona in 1959, CD Málaga in 1960 and CD Atlético Baleares in 1961. These disappointments led to a slow descent which culminated in relegation to the regional championships, following the restructuring of the divisions in 1968.

Olímpic returned to the third division – renamed Segunda División B – in 1977, finishing in eighth position in its debut season but bottom of the charts in the following campaign, eventually slipping back to Preferente in 1982. It returned to the third tier in 1987–88 under the guidance of coach Benito Floro (later of Real Madrid), and the club finished in a best-ever fourth position in the category, missing out on promotion in the final day of the season against UD Alzira. In 1991 it returned to level four, remaining there for the vast majority of the following two decades, with five years spent in the regional leagues.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, after three unsuccessful attempts in the playoffs, Olímpic de Xàtiva returned to the third division after an absence of 20 years, after successively ousting Atlético Malagueño, CD Anguiano and CD Izarra.^[4] On 7 December 2013, with the side still in that level, it faced Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey's round-of-32, managing a 0–0 home draw in the first leg.^[5]

In March 2018, it was announced that Indian I-League club Sudeva Delhi has bought the majority stakes of the club.^[6]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1939–40 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1940–41 3 3ª 2nd 1941–42 3 1ª Reg. 7th 1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 5th 1943–44 3 3ª 3rd 1944–45 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1945–46 3 3ª 4th 1946–47 3 3ª 4th 1947–48 3 3ª 7th 1948–49 3 3ª 11th 1949–50 3 3ª 4th 1950–51 3 3ª 16th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1953–54 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1954–55 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1955–56 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1956–57 3 3ª 4th 1957–58 3 3ª 4th 1958–59 3 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1959–60 3 3ª 1st 1960–61 3 3ª 1st 1961–62 3 3ª 5th 1962–63 3 3ª 6th 1963–64 3 3ª 8th 1964–65 3 3ª 5th 1965–66 3 3ª 16th 1966–67 3 3ª 13th 1967–68 3 3ª 17th 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 15th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1970–71 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1971–72 3 3ª 15th 1972–73 3 3ª 15th 1973–74 3 3ª 6th 1974–75 3 3ª 12th 1975–76 3 3ª 4th 1976–77 3 3ª 5th 1977–78 3 2ª B 8th 1978–79 3 2ª B 20th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1979–80 4 3ª 16th 1980–81 4 3ª 12th 1981–82 4 3ª 18th 1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1985–86 4 3ª 4th 1986–87 4 3ª 1st 1987–88 3 2ª B 4th 1988–89 3 2ª B 10th 1989–90 3 2ª B 10th 1990–91 3 2ª B 20th 1991–92 4 3ª 10th 1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1993–94 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1994–95 4 3ª 8th 1995–96 4 3ª 16th 1996–97 4 3ª 4th 1997–98 4 3ª 4th 1998–99 4 3ª 14th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1999–2000 4 3ª 19th 2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 2006–07 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2007–08 4 3ª 19th 2008–09 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2009–10 4 3ª 7th 2010–11 4 3ª 2nd 2011–12 3 2ª B 9th 2012–13 3 2ª B 5th 2013–14 3 2ª B 10th Round of 32 2014–15 3 2ª B 8th 2015–16 3 2ª B 16th 2016–17 4 3ª 1st 2017–18 4 3ª 7th First round 2018–19 4 3ª 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2019–20 4 3ª 10th 2020–21 4 3ª 4th / 3rd 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 15th

---

• 11 seasons in Segunda División B
• 46 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Selected former players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

• Edwin Congo
• Alberto
• Raúl Fabiani
• Nata
• Ángel Guirado
• Francis

Selected former coaches

• Benito Floro (1987–1988)

Stadium

Sudeva Olimpic holds home matches at Campo de Futbol La Murta, with a capacity of 9,000 spectators, 2,000 seated.^[7] The pitch dimensions are 103 x 63m, and the site served as a football field since the late 1920s/early 1930s, being the only home ground the club used.

Until 1960 the ground was very basic, consisting of a simple uncovered tribune on the east side of the ground and a single step around the pitch. In the 1960–61 season leading player Richart was transferred to Sporting de Gijón, and it is said that this money was used to build the popular terrace at the north end of the ground. Simple improvements to the terracing occurred during the 1980s, but the next major improvement was the building of a new covered main stand in 2000; plastic seats and an electronic scoreboard were added in 2002, and artificial turf was installed in October 2005.

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Sudeva Olimpic:

• Sudeva Delhi FC (2018–present)^[8][9]

See also

• List of football clubs in Spain

References

1. "Estadio La Murta, home to Olimpic de Xativa - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
2. Ratnakar, Manne (1 March 2021). "Class act! Hyderabad kid gets junior Spanish club licence". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
3. "Tercera División Grupo 6 - VI - Comunitat Valenciana - tercera division española, tercera division de españa, campeonato español tercera division, campeonato nacional de liga de tercera division, - Resultados de Fútbol". www.resultados-futbol.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
4. El CD Olímpic de Xàtiva, en el último asalto del ascenso (CD Olímpic de Xàtiva, in promotion's final push) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Las Provincias, 18 June 2011 (in Spanish)
5. Un Madrid desangelado (Madrid without angels) Archived 9 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Marca, 7 December 2013 (in Spanish)
6. Menon, Shailesh. "Delhi-based Sudeva FC's acquisition of Olimpic de Xativa is another step in India's soccer dream". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
7. Pioneer, The. "Spanish chance for Indian youngsters". The Pioneer. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
8. "Delhi's Sudeva FC acquires Spanish football club". Business Standard India. 26 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
9. "Three Indian footballers set to play for Spanish third division club". indianexpress.com. New Delhi: The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• CD Olímpic de Xàtiva on Twitter
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)

38°59′33.78″N 0°30′59.73″W