Club Polideportivo Almería is a football club based in the city of Almería, Andalusia, in Spain. It currently plays in División de Honor – Group 2, holding home matches at Estadio Juventud Emilio Campra, which holds a capacity of 2,000 people.

History

Polideportivo Almería started to play in 1983 in Regional Preferente, fifth tier, achieving promotion to Tercera División in its first season. Two years later, the club promoted for the first time to Segunda División B, third tier, where it would play from 1986 to 1989, when it was relegated again to Tercera. The club had serious economic problems that almost made the entity disappear. The team managed to play the season, but finished in the middle of the table.

In 1994, Polideportivo Almería promoted again to Segunda División B, where it would play during seven seasons completing the best years of the history of the club. In 1999, Poli played the promotion playoffs to Segunda División, but it finished in the third position in its group, with Levante (promoted team), Real Madrid B and Bermeo. During the 1999–2000 Copa del Rey, Polideportivo Almería faced FC Barcelona in the second round. Poli earned a 0–0 draw in the first leg, played at home, but lost 2–0 at Camp Nou with the two goals scored in the last minutes.

In 2001, due to its financial trouble, Poli Almería would withdraw from Segunda División B and ceased in activity. Two years later, the club registered again to play in the Provincial leagues but in 2007 retired its teams from competition.

In 2012, Polideportivo Almería returns again to competition controlled by a new board, that gave it a new philosophy based on a claim of popular football. The club is democratically run by its members who have equal voting rights and own one share in the club each.

In 2016, the club promoted to the fifth tier, this time called División de Honor. Two years later, Poli came back to Tercera División 24 years after their last participation.

In the 2018–19 season the club finished 13th in Tercera División, Group 9. On July 9, 2019, the club officially presented its new head coach Alvaro García Búrdalo.

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1984–85 4 3ª 2nd 1985–86 4 3ª 1st Third round 1986–87 3 2ª B 20th First round 1987–88 3 2ª B 14th Third round 1988–89 3 2ª B 17th First round 1989–90 4 3ª 10th 1990–91 4 3ª 13th 1991–92 4 3ª 5th 1992–93 4 3ª 3rd 1993–94 4 3ª 1st First round 1994–95 3 2ª B 15th First round 1995–96 3 2ª B 9th 1996–97 3 2ª B 16th 1997–98 3 2ª B 14th 1998–99 3 2ª B 4th 1999–2000 3 2ª B 5th Second round 2000–01 3 2ª B (R) Preliminary 2001–02 DNP 2002–03 DNPSeason Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2003–04 7 1ª Prov. 8th 2004–05 7 1ª Prov. 8th 2005–06 7 1ª Prov. 11th 2006–07 7 1ª Prov. 6th 2007–2012 DNP 2012–13 6 Reg. Pref. 6th 2013–14 6 Reg. Pref. 8th 2014–15 6 2ª And. 4th 2015–16 6 2ª And. 1st 2016–17 5 Div. Hon. 12th 2017–18 5 Div. Hon. 3rd 2018–19 4 3ª 13th 2019–20 4 3ª 15th 2020–21 4 3ª 8th / 6th 2021–22 6 Div. Hon. 11th 2022–23 6 Div. Hon. 2nd 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 8th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed.
1983–845Reg. Pref.2nd
1984–8543ª2nd
1985–8643ª1stThird round
1986–8732ª B20thFirst round
1987–8832ª B14thThird round
1988–8932ª B17thFirst round
1989–9043ª10th
1990–9143ª13th
1991–9243ª5th
1992–9343ª3rd
1993–9443ª1stFirst round
1994–9532ª B15thFirst round
1995–9632ª B9th
1996–9732ª B16th
1997–9832ª B14th
1998–9932ª B4th
1999–200032ª B5thSecond round
2000–0132ª B(R)Preliminary
2001–02DNP
2002–03DNP
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
2003–0471ª Prov.8th
2004–0571ª Prov.8th
2005–0671ª Prov.11th
2006–0771ª Prov.6th
2007–2012DNP
2012–136Reg. Pref.6th
2013–146Reg. Pref.8th
2014–1562ª And.4th
2015–1662ª And.1st
2016–175Div. Hon.12th
2017–185Div. Hon.3rd
2018–1943ª13th
2019–2043ª15th
2020–2143ª8th / 6th
2021–226Div. Hon.11th
2022–236Div. Hon.2nd
2023–2453ª Fed.8th
2024–2553ª Fed.

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