UD Orotava

Orotava

Full name	Unión Deportiva Orotava
Nickname(s)	Los Copos de Nieve
Founded	9 March 1923; 101 years ago (1923-03-09)[1]
Ground	Los Cuartos, La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Capacity	6,500
President	Francisco Martínez[2]
Head coach	Javier Hernández[3]
League	Primera Interinsular – Group 1
2023–24	Interinsular Preferente – Group 1, 12th of 15 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Unión Deportiva Orotava is a Spanish football team based in La Orotava, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded on 9 March 1923, it currently plays in Primera Interinsular – Group 1, and holds home games at Estadio Municipal Los Cuartos, with a 6,500 capacity.

History

Founded on 9 March 1923 under the name of Orotava Football Club, the club merged with Club de Fútbol Victoria, Club Deportivo Orotava and Club de Fútbol San Pablo, another clubs from the city, in 1944.[1] After the merger, the club adopted the name of Unión Deportiva Orotava, but played for a few seasons in the 1940s under the name of Atlético Orotava.[1]

After several years in the regional leagues, Orotava achieved their first-ever promotion to the Tercera División in 1980. They remained in the category for 21 consecutive seasons, winning their group in the 1993–94 season but missing out promotion in the play-offs.

Orotava suffered relegation to the Interinsular Preferente in 2001, and continued to appear mainly in the category in the following years.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1945–46 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1946–47 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1947–48 5 2ª Reg. 1948–49 5 2ª Reg. 1949–50 6 3ª Reg. 1950–51 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1951–52 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1952–53 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1953–54 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1954–55 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1955–56 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1957–58 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1961–62 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1964–65 4 1ª Reg. 4th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1965–66 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1966–67 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1967–68 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 10th 1969–70 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1973–74 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 7th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1980–81 4 3ª 15th 1981–82 4 3ª 6th 1982–83 4 3ª 7th First round 1983–84 4 3ª 15th 1984–85 4 3ª 6th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1985–86 4 3ª 12th First round 1986–87 4 3ª 18th 1987–88 4 3ª 11th 1988–89 4 3ª 16th 1989–90 4 3ª 6th 1990–91 4 3ª 14th Third round 1991–92 4 3ª 3rd 1992–93 4 3ª 4th First round 1993–94 4 3ª 1st First round 1994–95 4 3ª 3rd First round 1995–96 4 3ª 9th 1996–97 4 3ª 13th 1997–98 4 3ª 7th 1998–99 4 3ª 2nd 1999–2000 4 3ª 2nd 2000–01 4 3ª 18th Second round 2001–02 5 Int. Pref. 4th 2002–03 5 Int. Pref. 5th 2003–04 5 Int. Pref. 6th 2004–05 5 Int. Pref. 18th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2005–06 6 1ª Int. 1st 2006–07 5 Int. Pref. 4th 2007–08 5 Int. Pref. 14th 2008–09 5 Int. Pref. 14th 2009–10 5 Int. Pref. 12th 2010–11 5 Int. Pref. 4th 2011–12 5 Int. Pref. 4th 2012–13 5 Int. Pref. 7th 2013–14 5 Int. Pref. 4th 2014–15 5 Int. Pref. 9th 2015–16 5 Int. Pref. 10th 2016–17 5 Int. Pref. 3rd 2017–18 5 Int. Pref. 7th 2018–19 5 Int. Pref. 10th 2019–20 5 Int. Pref. 10th 2020–21 5 Int. Pref. 12th 2021–22 6 Int. Pref. 3rd 2022–23 6 Int. Pref. 12th 2023–24 6 Int. Pref. 12th 2024–25 7 1ª Int.

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• 21 seasons in Tercera División

References

1. "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). UD Orotava. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
2. "Francisco Martínez, presidente de la UD Orotava: "El ascenso a la Tercera RFEF sería la guinda a nuestro Centenario"" [Francisco Martínez, president of UD Orotava: "The promotion to the Tercera RFEF would be the cherry to our Centenary"] (in Spanish). Diario de Avisos. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
3. "Javier Hernández, "la U.D. Orotava puede alcanzar la Tercera División Canaria"" [Javier Hernández, "U.D. Orotava can reach the Canary Tercera División"] (in Spanish). El Deportivo. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Fútbol Regional team profile (in Spanish)