Linares Deportivo

Linares Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Linares, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares, it plays in Primera Division RFEF – Group 2. The team's stadium is Estadio Municipal de Linarejos, with a capacity of 10,000 seats.

History

Linares Deportivo was founded in 2009 under the name of Asociacion Deportiva Linares, as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares.

The club first reached the fourth division three years later, despite finishing second in the fifth level. In 2014–15, after winning its group, Linares defeated CD Castellon 3–0 on aggregate to win promotion to Segunda Division B.

In doing so, Linares qualified for the first time to the Copa del Rey for the following season. They defeated FC Jumilla 2–1 at home in the first round on 2 September 2015, then lost by the same score at UD Logrones. On 28 May 2017, the team dropped back to the fourth tier after a 2–1 aggregate loss to Burgos CF in the play-offs.