CF Palencia


Club de Fútbol Palencia was a Spanish football team based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1975 and dissolved in 2012, it held home games at Estadio La Nueva Balastera, with an 8,100-seat capacity.

History

Palencia has had many football clubs, the beginnings being in June 1929 with Club Deportivo Palencia. In 1943 it first reached Tercera División after a win against Orensana, as the club was then known as Fábrica Nacional de Palencia.
In 1951 Palencia was renamed Atlético Palencia, also facing relegation that year due to economic problems. Three years later, it visited the national categories for the second time; in 1962–63 it appeared in the playoffs for promotion to Segunda División, facing CF Badalona: amidst accusations of a fixed result, the club did not appear for their following match at SD Ponferradina, and eventually disappeared from the footballing maps.
The club reappeared in the late '60s, very briefly as Otero de Palencia, quickly changing to Palencia Club de Fútbol. In 1970–71 it played in the play-offs for a second division promotion for the second time, now against Real Oviedo; stellar performances from goalkeeper Mariano García Remón, later player of Real Madrid, eventually prevented that achievement.
On 17 June 1979, with another legendary Real Madrid figure as coach, Francisco Gento, Palencia was first promoted to second level after a 1–0 home win against Pontevedra CF, incidentally one day before the 50th anniversary of the first football match in the club's history – it lasted two seasons in this first tenure. In 1982–83, right after the FIFA World Cup on home soil, the club produced arguably its best season, finishing fifth just three points shy of an historical La Liga promotion; three years later it disappeared, again due to economic issues.
Club Deportivo Cristo Olímpico, then the feeder club, became first team of the city but, in 1989, it was named Club de Fútbol Palencia. During the following two decades, it bounced back between Segunda División B and the fourth category.
On 1 July 2012, Palencia was relegated to the fourth level by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, due to non-payment of wages to its players. On 4 December the club was disbanded after failing to raise enough financial funds to run it until the end of the season, having incurred in a €1,7 million net debt from past years.

Former clubs

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1975–805Regional—
1980/8143ª19th
1981/825Regional1st
1982/8343ª7th
1983/8443ª11th
1984/8543ª11th
1985/8643ª8th
1986/8743ª6th
1987/8843ª5th

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1988/8943ª3rd
1989/9043ª1st
1990/9132ªB6th
1991/9232ªB12th
1992/9332ªB4th
1993/9432ªB15th
1994/9532ªB9th
1995/9632ªB19th
1996/9743ª2nd
1997/9843ª1st
1998/9943ª6th

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1999/0043ª7th
2000/0143ª1st
2001/0243ª4th
2002/0343ª1st
2003/0432ªB12th
2004/0532ªB13th
2005/0632ªB12th
2006/0732ªB3rd
2007/0832ªB19th
2008/0943ª1st
2009/1032ªB3rd
2010/1132ªB5thFirst round
2011/1232ªB16th
2012/1343ª

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