CD Cieza

Cieza

Full name	Club Deportivo Cieza
Founded	1923 1952 (refounded) 1969 (refounded)
Ground	La Arboleja, Cieza, Murcia, Spain
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Antonio García
Manager	Ranko Despotović
League	Segunda Federación – Group 3
2025–26	Tercera Federación – Group 13, 1st of 18 (champions)
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Cieza is a Spanish football team based in Murcia, in the autonomous community of Region of Murcia. Founded in 1969 it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home games at Estadio Municipal La Arboleja, with a capacity of 3,500 seats.

History

Founded in 1923, the club played its first match on 15 of april 1923 against Caravaca FC, the local team scored 2-1. In 1924 the club played in the Federación Murciana de Fútbol. Later the club played in one Tercera División season in 1932–33 before ceasing activities in 1936 due to the Spanish Civil War. Four years later, after the war ended, the club returned to an active status, and returned to the third tier in 1943.

After eight consecutive seasons in Tercera, Cieza folded in 1951. The following year, the club was refounded as Educación y Descanso Cieza, returning to the third division in 1955 (already renamed to Cieza Club de Fútbol) and remaining in the category for 13 campaigns.

In 1969, after Cieza's dissolution in the previous year, the club was refounded, but only started playing in a senior competition in 1970. They achieved promotion to Tercera División in 1980, and achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División B in 1987.

In the season 2025/26 the club finished first and won the Tercera Federación Group XIII and got promoted to Segunda Federación for its first time in history.

Club background

• Club Deportivo Cieza (1923–1936; 1940–1951; 1962–1968; 1969–)
• Educación y Descanso Cieza (1952–1954)
• Cieza Club de Fútbol (1954–1962)

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1930–31 6 3ª Reg. 1st 1931–32 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1932–33 3 3ª 2nd 1933–34 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1934–35 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1935–36 5 2ª Reg. 1940–41 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1941–42 3 1ª Reg. 2nd 1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 7th 1943–44 3 3ª 7th 1944–45 3 3ª 5th 1945–46 3 3ª 8th 1946–47 3 3ª 7th 1947–48 3 3ª 9th 1948–49 3 3ª 14th 1949–50 3 3ª 11th 1950–51 3 3ª 17th 1951–52 DNP 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1953–54 4 1ª Reg. 17th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1954–55 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1955–56 3 3ª 12th 1956–57 3 3ª 13th 1957–58 3 3ª 12th 1958–59 3 3ª 12th 1959–60 3 3ª 10th 1960–61 3 3ª 9th 1961–62 3 3ª 9th 1962–63 3 3ª 6th 1963–64 3 3ª 6th 1964–65 3 3ª 11th 1965–66 3 3ª 12th 1966–67 3 3ª 6th 1967–68 3 3ª 16th 1968–69 DNP 1969–70 DNP 1970–71 5 2ª Reg. 4th 1971–72 5 1ª Reg. 1st 1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 13th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 11th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 13th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 14th 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1980–81 4 3ª 13th 1981–82 4 3ª 5th 1982–83 4 3ª 11th First round 1983–84 4 3ª 15th 1984–85 4 3ª 2nd 1985–86 4 3ª 10th First round 1986–87 4 3ª 1st 1987–88 3 2ª B 20th First round 1988–89 4 3ª 7th First round 1989–90 4 3ª 12th 1990–91 4 3ª 16th 1991–92 4 3ª 11th 1992–93 4 3ª 1st 1993–94 3 2ª B 19th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1994–95 4 3ª 11th First round 1995–96 4 3ª 18th 1996–97 5 Terr. Pref. 4th 1997–98 4 3ª 11th 1998–99 4 3ª 12th 1999–2000 4 3ª 10th 2000–01 4 3ª 20th 2001–02 5 Terr. Pref. 7th 2002–03 5 Terr. Pref. 11th 2003–04 5 Terr. Pref. 3rd 2004–05 4 3ª 18th 2005–06 5 Terr. Pref. 6th 2006–07 5 Terr. Pref. 2nd 2007–08 4 3ª 10th 2008–09 4 3ª 7th 2009–10 4 3ª 7th 2010–11 4 3ª 5th 2011–12 4 3ª 5th 2012–13 4 3ª 2nd 2013–14 4 3ª 11th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2014–15 4 3ª 18th 2015–16 5 Pref. Aut. 4th 2016–17 4 3ª 11th 2017–18 4 3ª 15th 2018–19 4 3ª 22nd 2019–20 5 Pref. Aut. 11th 2020–21 5 Pref. Aut. 5th 2021–22 6 Pref. Aut. 2nd 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 9th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 3rd 2024–25 5 3ª Fed. 2nd 2025–26 5 3ª Fed. 1st Second round 2026–27 4 2ª Fed. TBD

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• 2 seasons in Segunda División B
• 2 seasons in Segunda Federación
• 52 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 seasons in Tercera Federación

Honours

• Tercera División: 1986–87, 1992–93
• Tercera Federación: 2025/26

Famous players

• David Karanka

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)