Atlético Levante UD

Atlético Levante Unión Deportiva is a Spanish football team based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1962, it is the reserve team of Levante UD, and for the 2022–23 season plays in the Tercera Federación – Group 6.

Atlético Levante

Full name	Atlético Levante Unión Deportiva
Nickname(s)	Cagotas
Founded	10 Novembre 1962 (60 years)
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva,^[1] Buñol, Valencia, Spain
Capacity	3,000^[2]
President	Quico Catalán
Head coach	Chema Sanz
League	3ª Federación – Group 6
2021–22	2ª RFEF – Group 5, 14th of 18 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 10 November 1962 after a merger between Club Deportivo Portuarios (founded in 1952) and Unión Deportiva Malvarrosa (founded in 1926), with the latter already having partnerships with Levante UD. The new side was named Club Atlético Levante until 1976, when it changed to Levante UD Aficionados.

In 1994, after the first team became a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, the reserve side was renamed Levante UD B. In 2014, the club returned to the name of Atlético Levante in an attempt to return to the name of the club in their foundation.^[3]

Club names

• Club Atlético Levante - (1962–76)
• Levante UD Aficionados - (1976-94)
• Levante UD B - (1994–2014)
• Atlético Levante UD - (2014– )

Season to season

As Unión Deportiva Malvarrosa

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1941–42 4 2ª Reg. 1942–43 4 2ª Reg. 1943–44 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1944–45 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1945–46 3 3ª 9th 1946–47 3 3ª 6th 1947–48 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 10th 1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 14th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 16th 1953–54 5 2ª Reg. 9th 1954–55 5 2ª Reg. 10th 1955–56 5 2ª Reg. 10th 1956–57 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1957–58 5 2ª Reg. 1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 14th 1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 16th 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 18th 1961–62 5 2ª Reg.

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• 2 seasons in Tercera División

As Club Deportivo Portuarios

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1952–53 6 3ª Reg. 1953–54 5 2ª Reg. 1954–55 5 2ª Reg. 8th 1955–56 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1957–58 3 3ª 7th 1958–59 3 3ª 14th 1959–60 3 3ª 15th 1960–61 3 3ª 11th 1961–62 3 3ª 16th

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• 5 seasons in Tercera División

As Atlético Levante / Levante B

• As a farm team

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 14th 1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1964–65 3 3ª 12th 1965–66 3 3ª 8th 1966–67 3 3ª 12th 1967–68 3 3ª 7th 1968–69 3 3ª 15th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 17th 1970–71 5 1ª Reg. 4th 1971–72 5 1ª Reg. 2nd 1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 15th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 12th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 16th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 16th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 18th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 17th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1978–79 6 1ª Reg. 9th 1979–80 6 1ª Reg. 15th 1980–81 6 1ª Reg. 6th 1981–82 6 1ª Reg. 14th 1982–83 6 1ª Reg. 16th 1983–84 6 1ª Reg. 10th 1984–85 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 16th 1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 17th 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 16th 1990–91 DNP DNP 1991–92 DNP 1992–93 6 1ª Reg. 6th 1993–94 6 1ª Reg. 6th

• As a reserve team

Season Tier Division Place 1994–95 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 15th 1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1999–2000 4 3ª 6th 2000–01 4 3ª 5th 2001–02 4 3ª 3rd 2002–03 4 3ª 4th 2003–04 4 3ª 4th 2004–05 3 2ª B 3rd 2005–06 3 2ª B 2nd 2006–07 3 2ª B 10th 2007–08 3 2ª B 20th 2008–09 4 3ª 12th 2009–10 4 3ª 9th 2010–11 4 3ª 17th 2011–12 4 3ª 2nd 2012–13 3 2ª B 3rd 2013–14 3 2ª B 18th

Season Tier Division Place 2014–15 4 3ª 2nd 2015–16 3 2ª B 14th 2016–17 3 2ª B 16th 2017–18 4 3ª 1st 2018–19 3 2ª B 11th 2019–20 3 2ª B 12th 2020–21 3 2ª B 6th / 7th 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 14th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed.

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• 11 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda División RFEF
• 17 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera Federación

Honours

• Tercera División: 2017–18

Players

Current squad

As of 22 September 2022.^[4]

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   ESP Pablo Cuñat 2 DF   ESP Miguel Peña 3 DF   ESP Mario Climent 4 DF   ESP Carlos Giménez 5 DF   ESP David Sellés 6 MF   ESP Joan Gallego 7 FW   ESP Rodri Val 8 MF   ESP Carlos Benítez 9 FW   ESP Joel Febas 10 MF   ESP Álex Cerdá 11 MF   ESP Javi Jiménez 12 DF   ESP Marcos Cano 13 GK   ESP Adrián Romero

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   ESP José Cambra 15 DF   ESP Marc Pubill 16 DF   ALG Chemseddine Bekkouche (on loan from CR Belouizdad) 17 FW   ESP Andrés García 18 FW   ESP Juanmi 19 FW   ESP Rubén Catalá 20 MF   ESP Hugo Redón 21 MF   ESP Álvaro Belizón 22 DF   ARG Franco Ramos Mingo 23 FW   ESP Lancinet Kourouma 24 DF   ESP Álex Alonso 25 GK   ESP Álex Primo 29 DF   ESP Xavi Grande

Club officials

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Chema Sanz
Assistant Coach	Álvaro del Moral
Technical assistant	Pablo Pérez Aleizandre
Fitness Coach	Vicente Benítez
Goalkeeping Coach	Gianluca Troilo
Analyst	Carlos García
Doctor	Irene Montoro   Pedro Albaladejo
Physiotherapist	Javier Martínez Martínez   Rafael Torres
Delegate and Technical assistant	Carlos Martín Arceo
Equipment Manager	Marcos Santaisabel Ávila

Last updated: 29 October 2022
Source: Levante UD

Notable players

Claudio Barragán   Paco   Juanra   Marco   Emilio Sánchez

José Enrique   Manu Herrera   Héctor Rodas   Vicente Iborra   Roque Mesa

Mossa   Marc Mateu   Aarón Bueno   Mono   Andy Rodríguez

Rubén García   Roger Martí   Iván López   Morales   Jason

•   Isaac Danzo^[5]
•   Dani Cárdenas

Notable coaches

•   José Ángel Moreno
•   José Luis Oltra

References

1. "Buñol Ciudad Deportiva". Estadios de España.
2. "At. Levante - Segunda División B G 3". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
3. El Levante UD B pasa a denominarse Atlético Levante UD January 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 19 August 2014 (in Spanish)
4. "Plantilla". Levante UD. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
5. "Meet the Aussie midfielder making it in Spain". sbs.com.au.

External links

• Official website (in Catalan and Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)