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Real Murcia
Full name	Real Murcia Club; de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los Pimentoneros; (The "paprika-men")
Founded	1908
Ground	Nueva Condomina,; Murcia; (Capacity: 33,045)
Chairman	Miguel Álvarez Benítez
Manager	José González
League	Segunda División
2008-09	Segunda División, 14th
Home colours	Away colours

Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake region. Founded in 1908, it currently plays in the second division.

The team finished 19th in the top flight in 2007-08, and holds home games at the Nueva Condomina, which can hold 33,045 spectators. Home colors are mainly scarlet shirt and white shorts.

[edit] History

Officially founded in 1908 (posterior records show earlier denominations, as 1903's Foot Ball Club de Murcia and 1906's Murcia Football Club), Real Murcia was named as such, in 1923-24, by king Alfonso XIII. The following year, the La Condomina stadium was inaugurated, with the club holding home games there for the next 82 years uninterrupted.

In 1929, the club first competed in Tercera División, achieving its first ever La Liga promotion in 1939-40, a feat repeated four years later. After years of mainly playing in the second level (even briefly returning to the fourth), it returned to the first division for 1980-81, for another nine-year spell.

During the 90's, Murcia also featured briefly in Tercera, but played mainly in the second division. Both the last match played at the old Condomina, on November 11, 2006, and the first at the new grounds, 15 days later, resulted in home defeats (0-1 to Polideportivo Ejido and 1-4 against Real Valladolid); however, Murcia returned to the first division three years after its last spell.

Murcia started 2007-08 well, resisting in mid-table positions until early 2008, with not even the change in coach, with former national team boss Javier Clemente taking over Lucas Alcaraz, being able to prevent relegation.

In 2008-09, with Murcia placed in the relegation zone, Clemente was also sacked, in mid-December 2008.

[edit] Current squad

As of 31 August 2009

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alberto
2	MF	Pere Martí (on loan from Málaga)
4	DF	Juan Ochoa
5	MF	Bruno
6	MF	Sergio Fernández
7	MF	José Luque
8	MF	Pedro
9	FW	Chando
10	FW	Daniel Aquino
11	MF	José Capdevila
14	DF	Álvaro Mejía (captain)
15	MF	Mark van den Boogaart

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Óscar Sánchez
17	MF	Miguel Albiol
18	DF	Sergio Escudero
19	FW	Natalio (on loan from UD Almería)
20	MF	Guillermo Pereyra
21	MF	Isaac
22	DF	David de Coz
23	MF	Mario Rosas
24	DF	Iñaki Bea
25	GK	Juan Elía
32	FW	Kike

[edit] Youth players

No.	Position	Player
29	FW	Matías Vallejo
—	MF	Henri
—	DF	Quinín

[edit] Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
	FW	Fernando Baiano (at Al-Jazira Club)
	FW	Rosinei Adolfo (at Club América)
	DF	Xisco Campos (at CD Castellón)
21	FW	Ranko Despotović (at UD Salamanca)

[edit] Statistics 2008-09

Top Scorers:
- Bruno - 10 goals
- Despotovic - 8 goals
- Iván Alonso - 5 goals
Top Goalkeepers:
- Elía - 46 goals in 35 matches
- Alberto - 9 goals in 5 matches
- Carini - 2 goals in 1 match

[edit] Seasons

[edit] Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Notes
2002-2003	2D	1	42	23	10	9	59	22	79	Promoted to La Liga
2003-2004	1D	20	38	5	11	22	29	57	26	Relegated to Segunda División
2004-2005	2D	12	42	15	9	18	40	52	54
2005-2006	2D	16	42	13	13	16	41	40	52
2006-2007	2D	3	42	21	13	8	62	45	76	Promoted to La Liga
2007-2008	1D	19	38	7	9	22	36	65	30	Relegated to Segunda División
2008-2009	2D	14	42	14	10	18	48	58	52

[edit] Season to season

Season	Division	Place
1929	3ª	2nd
1929/30	2ª	8th
1930/31	2ª	7th
1931/32	2ª	5th
1932/33	2ª	3rd
1933/34	2ª	3rd
1934/35	2ª	2nd
1935/36	2ª	1st
1939/40	2ª	1st
1940/41	1ª	12th
1941/42	2ª	2nd
1942/43	2ª	3rd
1943/44	2ª	2nd
1944/45	1ª	11th
1945/46	1ª	11th
1946/47	1ª	12th
1947/48	2ª	11th
1948/49	2ª	7th
1949/50	2ª	2nd

Season	Division	Place
1950/51	1ª	14th
1951/52	2ª	5th
1952/53	2ª	11th
1953/54	2ª	12th
1954/55	2ª	1st
1955/56	1ª	13th
1956/57	2ª	3rd
1957/58	2ª	3rd
1958/59	2ª	6th
1959/60	2ª	7th
1960/61	2ª	8th
1961/62	2ª	8th
1962/63	2ª	1st
1963/64	1ª	12th
1964/65	1ª	13th
1965/66	2ª	10th
1966/67	2ª	7th
1967/68	2ª	6th
1968/69	2ª	8th

Season	Division	Place
1969/70	2ª	18th
1970/71	3ª	9th
1971/72	3ª	1st
1972/73	2ª	1st
1973/74	1ª	15th
1974/75	1ª	18th
1975/76	2ª	17th
1976/77	3ª	1st
1977/78	2ª	5th
1978/79	2ª	14th
1979/80	2ª	1st
1980/81	1ª	16th
1981/82	2ª	5th
1982/83	2ª	1st
1983/84	1ª	11th
1984/85	1ª	18th
1985/86	2ª	1st
1986/87	1ª	5th
1987/88	1ª	17th
1988/89	1ª	19th
1989/90	2ª	9th

Season	Division	Place
1990/91	2ª	3rd
1991/92	2ª	11th
1992/93	2ªB	1st
1993/94	2ª	18th
1994/95	2ªB	17th
1995/96	3ª	1st
1996/97	2ªB	13th
1997/98	2ªB	8th
1998/99	2ªB	4th
1999/00	2ªB	2nd
2000/01	2ª	13th
2001/02	2ª	15th
2002/03	2ª	1st
2003/04	1ª	20th
2004/05	2ª	12th
2005/06	2ª	16th
2006/07	2ª	3rd
2007/08	1ª	19th
2008/09	2ª	14th
2009/10	2ª	—