CP Mérida

Mérida

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Full name	Club Polideportivo Mérida
Founded	1912
Dissolved	2000
Ground	Romano, Mérida (capacity: 14,600)
1999–00	Segunda División, 6th
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Club Polideportivo Mérida was a Spanish football team based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura.

Having played twice in La Liga (1995–96 and 1997–98), the club disappeared in 2000, due to serious economic debts. Its successor was renamed Mérida UD.

Club background

• Sportiva Emeritense — (1912–20)
• Club Catalanes — Club MZA — (1920–21)
• Club Emerita — (1921–36)
• Spanish Civil War - No team — (1936–39)
• SD Emeritense — (1939–66)
• Mérida Industrial CF — (1966–85)
• CP Mérida — (1985–2000)
• Mérida UD — (1990–currently)

Seasons

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1943/44 3ª 10th 1944/45 3ª 8th 1945/46 3ª 10th 1946/47 3ª 7th 1947/48 Regional — 1948/49 Regional — 1949/50 3ª 16th 1950/51 3ª 9th 1951/52 3ª 4th 1952/53 3ª 9th 1953/54 3ª 4th 1954/55 3ª 2nd 1955/56 3ª 3rd 1956/57 3ª 1st 1957/58 3ª 4th 1958/59 3ª 11th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1959/60 3ª 4th 1960/61 3ª 15th 1961/62 Regional — 1962/63 3ª 9th 1963/64 3ª 11th 1964/65 3ª 9th 1965/66 3ª 9th 1966/67 3ª 6th 1967/68 3ª 4th 1968/69 3ª 10th 1969/70 3ª 7th 1970/71 3ª 17th from 71-72 Regional — to 75-76 Regional — 1976/77 3ª 15th 1977/78 3ª 8th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1978/79 3ª 4th 1979/80 3ª 1st 1980/81 2ªB 18th 1981/82 3ª 2nd 1982/83 3ª 6th 1983/84 3ª 6th 1984/85 3ª 4th 1985/86 3ª 7th 1986/87 3ª 12th 1987/88 3ª 2nd 1988/89 3ª 1st 1989/90 2ªB 8th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1990/91 2ªB 4th 1991/92 2ª 7th 1992/93 2ª 9th 1993/94 2ª 9th 1994/95 2ª 1st 1995/96 1ª 21st 1996/97 2ª 1st 1997/98 1ª 19th 1998/99 2ª 10th 1999/00 2ª 6th

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• 2 seasons in La Liga
• 7 seasons in Segunda División
• 3 seasons in Segunda División B
• 37 seasons in Tercera División

Famous players

• Leonardo Biagini
• Leo Franco
• Predrag Jurić
• Carlos Navarro Montoya
• Miguel Guerrero
• Goran Vučević
• Miguel Ángel Benítez
• Jerzy Podbrożny
• Nikolai Pissarev
• Rade Tošić
• Slađan Šćepović
• Adolfo Aldana
• Pablo Alfaro
• Santiago Cañizares
• Gonzalo de los Santos

References

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