UD Lanzarote

UD Lanzarote ( officially: Unión Deportiva Lanzarote ) is a Spanish football club, currently in group 2 Segunda División B, the third-highest league level, playing. The club is based in Arrecife on Lanzarote. Play their home games, the club was founded in 1970 in the 7,000 -seat Ciudad Deportiva de Lanzarote.

History

Unión Deportiva Lanzarote was founded in August 1970. In its beginnings, the team still played on picón ( volcanic granules ) until they finally moved on FIFA -approved artificial turf.

In his first competitive match 1970/71 season the team won the Segunda Regional Insular Championship ( second regional league) and for many years they battled their way through local and Canarian leagues until, in 1980, her debut in the fourth national league gave; The first season ended with a fifth place and at the same time they tried for the first time in the Cup - after a 0-0 draw against their neighbors UD Las Palmas, Lanzarote was torn literally in the return match with 0:5.

In the 1998/99 season they got thanks to their 3.Platzes for the first time in the Segunda División B. Staying in the league, however, was only briefly; in the following season they went directly from again.

From 2000 /01 to Lanzarote strengthened its position in the third league. In a cup match against CD Tenerife shot local legend Maciot a hat-trick in a 5-1 surprise victory before 5,000 fans astonished Lanzarote. The reward was a meeting with first division side Real Madrid with players like Raúl González Blanco, Luís Figo and Zinedine Zidane; After the early lead of the favorite Oscar Vladamir equalized, thus securing his place in the history of football, but the club ultimately lost anyway with 1:3.

Lanzarote wanted to establish themselves in the years 2002/ 03 and finished the season in 3rd place, which they reached the play-off round for the second league for the first time. President Estanislao García and José Luis Mendilibar manager led the team to the Cup match against Atlético Madrid, which was decided only by a late goal by Fernando Torres (1:2).

2003/ 04 was Lanzarote's best season; as masters they came again into the play-off. This season they again showed a good performance in the cup; this time against Sevilla FC. Sevilla manager Joaquín Caparrós refused to play on the artificial turf of Lanzarote and so the game took place on Gran Canaria. About 5,000 fans watched as the team struggled to be brought back down to earth facts only by a goal from Julio Baptista.

In Cup 2004/ 05 Lanzarote Mallorca defeated 2-1, followed by the launch of another top teams Athletic Bilbao, also 2-1. However, one game before the quarter-final they failed with 0:6 at San Mames stadium in Bilbao. From 2004-2009 Lanzarote ended up getting in the middle of the league, until they descended in the season 2009/10 as Twentieth. However, in the 2010/11 season they managed the direct promotion back to the Segunda División B.

Former Players

  • Spain Daniel Cifuentes
  • Spain Yeray Ortega Guarda
  • Spain Ignacio Rodríguez Ortiz
  • Sweden Fredrik Söderström
Copa del Rey RCD Mallorca Daniel Cifuentes Alfaro
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