Algeciras CF

Algeciras

Full name	Algeciras Club de Fútbol
Nickname(s)	Shira
Founded	1909
Ground	Nuevo Mirador, Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain
Capacity	7,200
President	Mac Lackey
Head coach	Fran Justo
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Primera Federación – Group 2, 13th of 20
Website	https://algecirasclubdefutbol.com/
Home colours Away colours

Algeciras Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Algeciras, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1909 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Nuevo Mirador.

History

Football became of interest in Algeciras at the end of the 19th century from the British colony of Gibraltar. In their early years the teams of the city played in several sand fields around the city; one of these provisional camps was located near the fairgrounds of the city El Calvario. This field was the first in where Algeciras CF played its matches. The club was officially founded in 1909.

When the club was founded, it did not have an official t-shirt, so they played with the players own clothes. But when they started to play very often, they decided that it was the moment to use new and exclusive equipment. In that moment, it was very difficult to get sport equipment, so some people who worked for the club, went to Gibraltar looking for t-shirts. They chose a red and white t-shirt that belonged to an English team called Southampton Football Club. In that moment, the team played in different sand pitches near the city. El Polvorín or El Calvario were some of them,

In 1956, the club merged with UD España to form España de Algeciras CF before switching back to Algeciras CF in the following year. After this, the club played between Third division and Second B many years, including some declines to regional categories, with three promotions to the Second Division in 1978, 1983 and 2003.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1941–42 3 1ª Reg. 4th 1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 8th 1943–44 3 3ª 7th Third round 1944–45 3 3ª 8th 1945–46 3 3ª 10th 1946–47 3 3ª 6th 1947–48 3 3ª 9th Second round 1948–49 3 3ª 7th First round 1949–50 3 3ª 10th 1950–51 3 3ª 15th 1951–52 3 3ª 8th 1952–53 3 3ª 4th 1953–54 3 3ª 8th 1954–55 3 3ª 2nd 1955–56 3 3ª 1st 1956–57 2 2ª 18th 1957–58 3 3ª 6th 1958–59 3 3ª 3rd 1959–60 3 3ª 2nd 1960–61 3 3ª 4th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1961–62 3 3ª 1st 1962–63 3 3ª 2nd 1963–64 2 2ª 8th First round 1964–65 2 2ª 10th First round 1965–66 2 2ª 3rd First round 1966–67 2 2ª 15th First round 1967–68 3 3ª 3rd 1968–69 3 3ª 9th 1969–70 3 3ª 14th First round 1970–71 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1971–72 4 Reg. Pref. 4th 1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 5th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 1st 1974–75 3 3ª 11th First round 1975–76 3 3ª 5th Second round 1976–77 3 3ª 7th Second round 1977–78 3 2ª B 2nd Second round 1978–79 2 2ª 16th First round 1979–80 2 2ª 20th Third round 1980–81 3 2ª B 4th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1981–82 3 2ª B 6th Second round 1982–83 3 2ª B 2nd Second round 1983–84 2 2ª 18th First round 1984–85 3 2ª B 3rd First round 1985–86 3 2ª B 19th First round 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1987–88 4 3ª 1st 1988–89 3 2ª B 18th 1989–90 4 3ª 4th 1990–91 4 3ª 7th First round 1991–92 4 3ª 4th First round 1992–93 4 3ª 17th Second round 1993–94 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1994–95 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1995–96 4 3ª 14th 1996–97 4 3ª 3rd 1997–98 4 3ª 4th 1998–99 3 2ª B 16th First round 1999–2000 4 3ª 1st 2000–01 3 2ª B 16th Round of 64

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2001–02 3 2ª B 13th 2002–03 3 2ª B 1st 2003–04 2 2ª 22nd Round of 32 2004–05 3 2ª B 6th Round of 64 2005–06 3 2ª B 19th Preliminary round 2006–07 4 3ª 1st 2007–08 3 2ª B 20th Second round 2008–09 5 1ª And. 1st 2009–10 4 3ª 15th 2010–11 4 3ª 5th 2011–12 4 3ª 6th 2012–13 4 3ª 1st 2013–14 3 2ª B 16th Round of 32 2014–15 4 3ª 1st 2015–16 3 2ª B 18th Second round 2016–17 4 3ª 4th 2017–18 4 3ª 3rd 2018–19 4 3ª 4th 2019–20 3 2ª B 16th 2020–21 3 2ª B 1st / 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 7th First round 2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 15th 2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 13th 2024–25 3 1ª Fed.

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• 9 seasons in Segunda División
• 4 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
• 18 seasons in Segunda División B
• 44 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 26 September 2024.

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	Iker Venteo
2	DF	ESP	Rafa Roldán
3	DF	ESP	Dani Merchán
5	DF	ESP	Arnau Gaixas
6	MF	ESP	Eric Montes
7	FW	ESP	Rodrigo Escudero
8	MF	ESP	Iván Turrillo (captain)
9	FW	ESP	Manin Gonzaga
10	FW	ESP	Diego Esteban
11	DF	ESP	Tomás Sánchez
13	GK	COL	Lucho García
14	DF	ESP	Javi Alonso (on loan from Tenerife)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ARG	Lautaro Spatz
16	MF	ESP	Javier Avilés
17	FW	ESP	Alvaro Leiva (on loan from Real Madrid Castilla)
18	FW	ESP	Juan Hernández (on loan from Malaga)
19	MF	ESP	Marino Illescas
20	DF	ESP	Paris Adot
21	MF	ESP	Neco Celorio (on loan from Racing Santander)
22	DF	ESP	Aleix Coch
23	FW	ESP	Javi Gómez
25	FW	USA	Selmir Miscic
33	MF	GER	Ben Krüger

Former players

see Category:Algeciras CF footballers

Former coaches

• Vicente Campillo
• Josu Ortuondo
• Manuel Ruiz
• Jordi Vinyals

Stadium

Estadio Nuevo Mirador seats 7,500 spectators. Its opening took place in 1999, with a friendly with Real Betis. Previously, the team played in "El Mirador" that was in the city center, and its opening took place in 1954.

Home kit

Algeciras' main uniform consists of red-and-white stripes shirt, blue shorts and red socks. The kit was adopted from Southampton in England, being chosen from different English kits that were brought to a shop in Gibraltar, as this type of gear was not available in the area at the time.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Algeciristas, website containing weekly updates, historic database (in Spanish)