SD Melilla

Not to be confused with UD Melilla.
SD Melilla
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Melilla
Founded1970
Dissolved1976
GroundEstadio Municipal Álvarez Claro
Capacity8,000

Sociedad Deportiva Melilla was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1970 and dissolved in 1976, it played for two consecutive seasons in Tercera División.

History

Founded in 1970,[1] the club won promotion to Tercera División in 1974 after defeating Ceuta-based side SDU África Ceutí in the promotion play-offs.[2] After two seasons in the third tier, the club was involved into a fusion with newly-formed side Gimnástico Melilla CF, but the move never materialize, and SD Melilla's main players moved to the latter club instead. Having no time to form a squad to play in the third division, the SD resign from their place in the category on 25 August 1976, becoming diluted inside Gimnástico's structure afterwards.[3]

Club background

Other clubs from Melilla

  • Club Deportivo Real Melilla — (1939–)
  • Club de Fútbol Melilla Industrial – (1968–74)
  • Club de Fútbol Industrial Melilla – (1975–85)
  • Melilla Fútbol Club — (1985–91)

Season to season

[4]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 5th
1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1973–74 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1974–75 3 3ª 10th Second round
1975–76 3 3ª 16th Second round

References

  1. ^ "SD Melilla". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ^ "REGIONAL PREFERENTE MELILLENSE 1973-74" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Historial de la Unión Deportiva Melilla" [History of Unión Deportiva Melilla] (in Spanish). La Futbolteca. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Sociedad Deportiva Melilla" (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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