Atlético Levante UD

Atlético Levante

Full name	Atlético Levante Unión Deportiva
Nickname(s)	Granotas
Founded	10 Novembre 1962 (58 years)
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva,[1] Buñol, Valencia, Spain
Capacity	3,000[2]
President
Head coach
League	2ª RFEF – Group 5
2020–21	2ª B – Group 3 (B), 6th of 10 2ª B – Group 3 (D), 7th of 7
Home colours Away colours

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 currently plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 5.

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 5 2ª Reg. 1942–43 5 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

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

Honours[]

• Tercera División: 2017–18

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 9 September 2021^[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 2 DF  ESP 3 DF  ESP 4 DF  ITA 5 MF  ESP Relu 6 MF  GEO Giorgi Kochorashvili 9 FW  ESP 11 FW  ESP 12 DF  ESP 14 DF  ESP 15 MF  ESP

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ESP 17 FW  ESP Jorge Padilla (on loan from Tenerife) 18 MF  ESP 19 FW  SWE 22 GK  ESP 23 MF  ESP — GK  RUS — MF  AUS — FW  RUS Edgar Sevikyan — FW  SRB Milutin Vidosavljević (on loan from Čukarički) — FW  ESP

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

Notable coaches[]

• José Ángel Moreno
• José Luis Oltra
• Toni Aparicio

References[]

External links[]

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