Real Murcia CF

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

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.

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

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

References

^ "NUEVA CONDOMINA". Real Murcia. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ "El Murcia regresa a Primera con Vidal" [Murcia return to Primera with Vidal]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 1 June 2003. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Real Murcia – Primer equipo > Plantilla". realmurcia.es. Retrieved 8 April 2021.