| Clubname: | Mérida |
| Fullname: | Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D. |
| Nickname: | Romanos Pecholatas |
| Founded: | as Mérida Asociación Deportiva |
| Ground: | Estadio Romano, Mérida, Extremadura, Spain |
| Capacity: | 14,600[1] |
| Owner: | Mark Heffernan |
| Chairman: | Mark Heffernan |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Sergi Guilló |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Website: | http://admerida.es/ |
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Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2013 it is a successor club of CP Mérida, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1.
The club was founded on 19 February 2013 and six days later, it was registered in General Registry of Sports Entities of Extremadura.[2] Mérida UD was dissolved later in 2013 and Mérida AD bought their place in Tercera División.[3]
On 30 May 2015, the club was promoted to Segunda División B after defeating CD Laredo 2–1 on aggregate in the playoffs.[4] On 27 August that year, the team competed in the Copa del Rey for the first time, losing 0–3 at home to Peña Sport FC in the opening round.[5]
In 2017–18, the club were given a bye to the second round of the cup, where they lost 2–0 at CF Fuenlabrada.[6] The season ended with relegation back to the fourth tier after a 2–2 aggregate defeat (away goals) to Coruxo FC in the relegation play-offs,[7] but the club bounced back a year later with a penalty shootout win against UD Socuéllamos.[8]
After a league restructuring in 2021, Mérida was placed in the new fourth-tier Segunda División RFEF. That season, they came runners-up in their group to Córdoba CF and achieved promotion via the play-offs with a 2–0 extra-time win over CD Teruel.[9]
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Copa del Rey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | 4 | 3ª | 2nd | ||
| 2014–15 | 4 | 3ª | |||
| 2015–16 | 3 | 2ª B | 8th | First round | |
| 2016–17 | 3 | 2ª B | 5th | ||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 2ª B | Second round | ||
| 2018–19 | 4 | 3ª | |||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 2ª B | 19th | Second round | |
| 2020–21 | 3 | 2ª B | / | ||
| 2021–22 | 4 | 2ª Fed. | 2nd | ||
| 2022–23 | 3 | 1ª Fed. | 8th | Second round | |
| 2023–24 | 3 | 1ª Fed. | 12th | ||
| 2024–25 | 3 | 1ª Fed. |
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Mérida plays its home games at Estadio Romano, with a capacity of 14,600 spectators.[11]
Ángel Alcazar (2015) Antonio Gómez (2016) José Miguel Campos (2016) Bernardo Plaza (2016) Eloy Jiménez (2016–17)
Mehdi Nafti (2017)[12] [13] Loren Morón (2017–18) Mehdi Nafti (2018)[14] [15] Santi Amaro (2019) Diego Merino (2019–20) Juanma (2020) Dani Mori (2020–21) Miguel Rivera (2021) Juan García (2021) Javier Álvarez de los Mozos (2021–22) Juanma (2022–)