AD Ceuta FC

Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1956, it plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football league system.^[2]

Not to be confused with AD Ceuta or AgD Ceuta.

Ceuta

Full name	Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Caballas (Mackerels)
Founded	9 July 1956; 69 years ago (9 July 1956)
Ground	Estadio Alfonso Murube
Capacity	6,500[1]
President	Luhay Hamido
Head coach	José Juan Romero
League	Segunda División
2024–25	Primera Federación – Group 2, 1st of 20 (champions)
Website	adceutafc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

The club was found in 1956, after a merger between Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta and Atlético Tetuán, under the name of Club Atlético de Ceuta. It eventually took the place of Tetuán in Segunda División, remaining in the category for six campaigns.

After a one-year spell in Tercera División, Atlético Ceuta returned to the second level and enjoyed a further five seasons before suffering relegation in 1968. The club subsequently fluctuated between the fourth and fifth levels, staying in the former for a short amount of time.

After being promoted to the fourth division in 2012 due to an administrative relegation, Atlético Ceuta tried to merge with AD Ceuta. However, due to the latter's high debts, the club remained under the same name, but with the staff and players of the Agrupación Deportiva.

In 2013, the club was officially named Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club, inheriting AD Ceuta's colours and logo.

After the 2020–21 Tercera División season, Ceuta won with an added-time goal in the playoff final against Xerez CD to win promotion to the new Segunda División RFEF, albeit still the fourth tier of Spanish football.^[3] The team stayed in that league for only one season, achieving promotion to the Primera Federación with a 2–0 playoff final win away to AD Unión Adarve; this put them in the third tier for the first time since 1970.^[4]

Manager Chus Trujillo, who oversaw the promotion, was dismissed on 19 September 2022 having lost all of the first four games of the 2022–23 Primera Federación season.^[5] He was replaced by José Juan Romero in his second spell at the club.^[6] The team defeated UD Ibiza of the Segunda División (3–2) and Elche CF of La Liga (1–0) to reach a best-ever last 16 of the Copa del Rey in the same season; there, they lost 5–0 at home to FC Barcelona.^[7] Striker Rodri finished the season with 20 goals, the most in the league.^[8]

In the 2024–25 campaign, Ceuta won their Primera Federación group and gained promotion to the second division 57 years since their last appearance, after defeating Fuenlabrada on 11 May 2025; it will also but the first time the city of Ceuta will have a representative in the category in 45 years.^[9]

Club background

• Ceuta Sport Club — (1932–41); renamed in 1941 to Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta
• Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta — (1941–56); in 1956 merged with the Spanish elements of Club Atlético Tetuán to form Club Atlético de Ceuta

Club naming

• Club Atlético de Ceuta (1956–92)
• Ceuta Atlético Club (1992-94)
• Club Atlético de Ceuta (1994-2012)
• Asociación Deportiva Atlético de Ceuta (2012-13)
• Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club (2013–present)

Other clubs from Ceuta

• Club Imperio de Ceuta Sociedad Deportiva — (1958–)
• Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta — (1969–91)
• Club Ceutí Atlético – (1996–97)
• Asociación Deportiva Ceuta (1997–2012)

Season to season

As Club Atlético de Ceuta

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1956–57 2 2ª 8th 1957–58 2 2ª 13th 1958–59 2 2ª 11th First round 1959–60 2 2ª 8th Round of 32 1960–61 2 2ª 2nd First round 1961–62 2 2ª 15th Round of 32 1962–63 3 3ª 1st 1963–64 2 2ª 14th First round 1964–65 2 2ª 5th First round 1965–66 2 2ª 14th First round 1966–67 2 2ª 13th Round of 32 1967–68 2 2ª 7th First round 1968–69 3 3ª 4th 1969–70 3 3ª 15th First round 1970–71 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1971–72 4 Reg. Pref. 8th 1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 4th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 4th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 1st 1977–78 4 3ª 20th First round 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1985–86 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1989–90 4 3ª 20th 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1991–92 4 3ª 20th 1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1993–94 4 3ª 5th 1994–95 4 3ª 20th 1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 7th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 8th 2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2006–07 4 3ª 18th 2007–11 DNP 2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2012–13 4 3ª 5th

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• 11 seasons in Segunda División
• 10 seasons in Tercera División

As Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2013–14 4 3ª 4th 2014–15 4 3ª 5th 2015–16 4 3ª 6th 2016–17 4 3ª 9th 2017–18 4 3ª 2nd 2018–19 4 3ª 2nd First round 2019–20 4 3ª 5th Second round 2020–21 4 3ª 3rd / 6th 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 4th 2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 12th Round of 16 2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 5th 2024–25 3 1ª Fed. 1st Second round 2025–26 2 2ª

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• 1 season in Segunda División
• 3 seasons in Primera Federación
• 1 season in Segunda División RFEF
• 8 seasons in Tercera División

Players

Current squad

As of 28 July 2025.^[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Pedro López 2 DF  ESP Manu Sánchez 3 MF  MAR Youness Lachhab 4 DF  ESP Albert Caparrós 5 MF  CIV Aboubacar Bassinga (on loan from Las Palmas) 6 DF  ESP Carlos Hernández 7 MF  ESP Aisar Ahmed 8 FW  ESP Kuki Zalazar 10 MF  ESP Cristian Rodríguez 11 FW  ESP Juanto Ortuño 13 GK  ESP Guillermo Vallejo

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ESP Redru 17 DF  ESP Gonzalo Almenara 19 FW  ESP Rubén Díez 20 MF  ESP Andy Escudero 21 FW  ESP Manu Vallejo 22 FW  CIV Kialy Abdoul Kone 24 DF  ESP Yago Cantero 28 MF  NGA Bless Aniekan — DF  ESP José Matos — MF  MAR Anuar Tuhami — MF  FRA Yann Bodiger

Reserve team

Main article: AD Ceuta B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  NGA Efe Aghama — GK  ESP Pery — DF  ESP Curro

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Josema — FW  EQG Armengol Coll

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Darío Lozano (at Malacitano until 30 June 2026) — MF  ESP Víctor Corral (at Mérida until 30 June 2026)