Atlético Levante UD explained

Clubname:	Atlético Levante
Fullname:	Atlético Levante Unión Deportiva
Nickname:	Granotas
Founded:	10 Novembre 1962 (years)
Ground:	Ciudad Deportiva,^[1] Buñol, Valencia, Spain
Capacity:	3,000^[2]
Chairman:	Pablo Sánchez
Chrtitle:	President
Manager:	Álvaro del Moral
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
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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 plays in the .

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 4 2ª Reg. 1942–43 4 2ª Reg. 1st 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. 7th 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 12th 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 6th 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. 2nd 1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 14th 1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 16th 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 18th 1961–62 5 2ª Reg. 10th

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• 2 seasons in Tercera División

As Club Deportivo Portuarios

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1952–53 6 1953–54 5 2ª Reg. 8th 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 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 / 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 14th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 4th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed.

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

Honours

• Tercera División

2017–18

Players

Current squad

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Out on loan

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Club officials

Current technical staff

Notable players

• Claudio Barragán
• Aarón Bueno
• Dani Cárdenas
• José Enrique
• Rubén García
• Manu Herrera
• Vicente Iborra
• Jason
• Juanra
• Iván López
• Víctor Marco
• Roger Martí
• Marc Mateu
• Roque Mesa
• Mono
• José Morales
• Mossa
• Paco
• Héctor Rodas
• Andy Rodríguez
• Emilio Sánchez

Notable coaches

• José Ángel Moreno
• José Luis Oltra

External links

• Official website
• Futbolme team profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buñol Ciudad Deportiva. Estadios de España. English. 2016-10-07. 2016-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026171616/http://www.estadiosdeespana.com/posts/bunol-ciudad-deportiva/. dead.
2. Web site: At. Levante - Segunda División B G 3. www.resultados-futbol.com. 2020-02-12.
3. http://es.levanteud.com/noticias/levante22997.html El Levante UD B pasa a denominarse Atlético Levante UD
4. Web site: Plantilla. 22 September 2022. Levante UD.