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Ciudad de Murcia
Full name	Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia
Founded	1999
Ground	La Condomina, Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Capacity	16,000
Chairman	Juan José Pina
Manager	José Luis Oltra
League	Segunda División
2005-06	Segunda División, 4th
Home colours 　 Away colours

CF Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, is a Segunda División football club based in Murcia, in the autonomous community of Region de Murcia. They play at the 16,000 seater La Condomina stadium.

Contents 1 History 2 Trophies 3 Current squad 2006/07 3.1 Squad changes during 2006/07 season 4 Statistics 2005/06 5 Famous players 6 Famous Coaches 7 External link

CF Ciudad de Murcia were formed in the heat of the summer of 1999, when Quique Pina, a former player of Real Murcia, started the club with the help of local businesses and influential friendships.

In the 2003-04 season, CF Ciudad de Murcia had started their new path by the second division with many desire, arriving to be between 12 first classified. In the 2004-05 season, they finished in 18th position, being saved of relegation.

Impressive performances particularly towards the back end of the season saw Ciudad attain a much higher league standing in 2005-06. Influential players such as Luque and Ngonkome helped to keep them in the promotion picture right to the last day, where they lost out to Levante for the third promotion spot.

Ciudad have made a positive start to the 2006-07 season and remain a good bet to be in the promotion picture for a second season in a row.

• 2 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Tercera División
• Promoted to the Segunda División B in 2000/01 season.
• Promoted to the Segunda División in 2002/03 season.

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.cfciudademurciasad.es and www.lfp.es

As of October 1, 2006

No. Position Player 1 GK José Juan 2 DF Ceballos 3 DF Edu Serrano 4 DF Daniel Fragoso 5 DF Alejandro Varela 6 DF Curro Montoya 7 FW Borja 8 MF Mario Gibanel 9 FW Gaizka Saizar 10 MF Rubén Torrecilla 11 FW Henok Goitom 13 GK Jaime 14 DF Amaya

No. Position Player 15 DF Ayoze 16 MF Falcón 18 FW Xavi Jiménez 19 DF Ludovic Assemoassa 20 DF Raúl Sánchez 21 DF Cristian Díaz 22 FW Schumacher 23 MF Luque 24 DF Rafita 25 FW Rubén Martín 27 MF Manolo 28 DF Espín 31 DF Julio

In:

• Thiago Schumacher - On Loan From Udinese Calcio
• Rubén Martín - Signed From Albacete Balompié
• Daniel Fragoso - Signed From FC Barcelona B
• Torrecilla - Signed From CD Castellón
• Varela - Signed From Cádiz CF
• Gaizka Saizar - Signed From Levante B
• Xabi Jiménez - On Loan From Recreativo de Huelva
• Ceballos - Signed From Levante UD
• Borja Criado - Signed From Espanyol B

Out:

• Jonan García - Transferred To Aris FC
• Miku - Return To Valencia B
• Carlos Saura - On Loan To CD Eldense
• Ángel - Transferred To Deportivo Alavés
• Diego Alegre - Transferred To Albacete Balompié
• Piti - Return To Real Zaragoza
• Raúl Pérez - Transferred To Terrassa FC
• Daniel González - Transferred To Córdoba CF
• Raúl Medina - Return To Atlético Madrid
• Paco Esteban - Return To Málaga CF
• Mané - Transferred To UD Almería
• Sergio Torres - Transferred To CD Tenerife
• Kome - Return To RCD Mallorca

Segunda División	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	F	A
Ciudad de Murcia	4	72	42	20	12	10	53	42

• Top Scores:
  • Luque - 18 goals
  • Piti - 8 goals
  • Goitom - 7 goals
• Top Goalkeepers
  • Jaime Jimenez - 21 goals In 25 Matches
  • Jose Juan - 21 goals In 17 Matches

Fabricio Simone Martín Bernacchia Rolando Zárate Damián Timpani Juan Manuel Viale Carlos Alberto Galván Cristian Díaz Oscar Flores Gerardo Rivero Luciano Becchio Alexandre Heuyot Tobit

David Eto'o Daniel Ngom Kome Juan Pablo Ubeda Carlos Córdoba Henok Goitom Romain Ferrier Roberto Merino João Pinto Marco Almeida Leo Lerinc Slaviša Jokanović Ludovic Assemoassa

see also Cat:Ciudad de Murcia footballers

• Juan Manuel Lillo

• Ciudad de Murcia Official Website (Spanish)

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