Algeciras CF

Football became of interest in Algeciras at the end of the 19th century from the British colony of Gibraltar. In their early years the teams of the city played in several sand fields around the city; one of these provisional camps was located near the fairgrounds of the city El Calvario. This field was the first in where Algeciras CF played its matches.^[1] The club was officially founded in 1909.^[1]

When the club was founded, it did not have an official t-shirt, so they played with the players own clothes. But when they started to play very often, they decided that it was the moment to use new and exclusive equipment. In that moment, it was very difficult to get sport equipment, so some people who worked for the club, went to Gibraltar looking for t-shirts. They chose a red and white t-shirt that belonged to an English team called Southampton Football Club. In that moment, the team played in different sand pitches near the city. El Polvorín or El Calvario were some of them,

In 1956, the club merged with UD España to form España de Algeciras CF before switching back to Algeciras CF in the following year. After this, the club played between Third division and Second B many years, including some declines to regional categories, with three promotions to the Second Division in 1978, 1983 and 2003.

• 9 seasons in Segunda División
• 4 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
• 18 seasons in Segunda División B
• 44 seasons in Tercera División

As of 26 September 2024.^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ESP Iker Venteo 2 DF   ESP Rafa Roldán 3 DF   ESP Dani Merchán 5 DF   ESP Arnau Gaixas 6 MF   ESP Eric Montes 7 FW   ESP Rodrigo Escudero 8 MF   ESP Iván Turrillo (captain) 9 FW   ESP Manin Gonzaga 10 FW   ESP Diego Esteban 11 DF   ESP Tomás Sánchez 13 GK   COL Lucho García 14 DF   ESP Javi Alonso (on loan from Tenerife)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   ARG Lautaro Spatz 16 GK   ESP Javier Avilés 17 FW   ESP Alvaro Leiva (on loan from Real Madrid Castilla) 18 FW   ESP Juan Hernández (on loan from Malaga) 19 MF   ESP Marino Illescas 20 DF   ESP Paris Adot 21 MF   ESP Neco Celorio (on loan from Racing Santander) 22 DF   ESP Aleix Coch 23 FW   ESP Javi Gómez 25 FW   USA Selmir Miscic 33 MF   GER Ben Krüger

see Category:Algeciras CF footballers

•   Vicente Campillo
•   Josu Ortuondo
•   Manuel Ruiz
•   Jordi Vinyals

 

Estadio Nuevo Mirador seats 7,500 spectators. Its opening took place in 1999, with a friendly with Real Betis. Previously, the team played in "El Mirador" that was in the city center, and its opening took place in 1954.

Algeciras' main uniform consists of red-and-white stripes shirt, blue shorts and red socks. The kit was adopted from Southampton in England, being chosen from different English kits that were brought to a shop in Gibraltar, as this type of gear was not available in the area at the time.^[3]

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Algeciristas, website containing weekly updates, historic database (in Spanish)