CF Lorca Deportiva

Club de Fútbol Lorca Deportiva is a Spanish football club based in Lorca, in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2012, the club play in Segunda Federación – Group 4. Lorca holds it home games at Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco, which has an 8,064-seat capacity.. The roots of the club can be traced back to the Sociedad Lorca Football Club, founded in 1901 by Newcastle-born Manuel José (Manni) Pelegrín Dunn, whose father was originally from Lorca.

History

The club was founded after the dissolution of Lorca Atlético in 2012, by supporters who did not support La Hoya Lorca CF, as this team was based in the hamlet of La Hoya.

In its first season, despite being registered in Segunda Autonómica, the seventh division, it played one level above after filling a vacant place. After two promotions in three seasons, Lorca Deportiva made its debut in Tercera División in 2015. The club won the league but could not achieve promotion to Segunda División B. But it the next season the club finally managed to promote to the next category, Segunda División B.

In the 2018–19 season the club finished 2nd in the Group 13 of the Tercera División, but failed to promote to Segunda División B in the promotion playoffs. On July 11, 2019 Iván Urbano was appointed the new head coach of the club.

In the 2024-2025 season, Lorca Deportiva achieved promotion to the Segunda Federación after finishing the tournament as champions of Group XIII of the Tercera Federación under head coach Sebastián López. This title, under Club President Sergio Zyman, is the 1st first team trophy of the Mexican-led ownership group, led by Jacques Passy, that took full control of the Club in the 2022-2023 season. In addition, the club qualified to the 2025-2026 edition of the Copa del Rey.

Season to season

• 2 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 4 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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