UD Las Palmas Atlético

Las Palmas Atlético is the reserve team of UD Las Palmas, club based in Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. They play in Segunda Federación – Group 5, holding home games at Anexo del Estadio Gran Canaria, which holds 2,000 spectators.^[2]

Las Palmas Atlético

Full name	Las Palmas Atlético
Nickname(s)	La vela chica
Founded	1959
Ground	Anexo al Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Capacity	2,000 [1]
President	Miguel Ángel Ramírez Alonso
Head coach	Raúl Martín
League	Segunda Federación – Group 5
2024–25	Tercera Federación – Group 12, 1st of 18 (champions)
Home colours Away colours

The team is officially known as Las Palmas Atlético on the club's official promotion and website, but the rules of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional prohibit B teams from having different names to their parent.

Club background

• Unión Athletic Football Club / Unión Atlético Club de Fútbol – (1954–59)
• Unión Deportiva Las Palmas Aficionado – (1959–77)
• Unión Deportiva Las Palmas Atlético – (1977–91)
• Unión Deportiva Las Palmas B – (1991–2008)
• Unión Deportiva Las Palmas Atlético – (2008–)

Season to season

• As a farm team

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

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1973–74 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1974–75 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1975–76 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1976–77 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1977–78 4 3ª 5th 1978–79 4 3ª 1st 1979–80 3 2ª B 9th 1980–81 3 2ª B 12th 1981–82 3 2ª B 20th 1982–83 4 3ª 1st 1983–84 4 3ª 3rd 1984–85 4 3ª 7th 1985–86 4 3ª 2nd 1986–87 4 3ª 2nd 1987–88 3 2ª B 17th 1988–89 4 3ª 2nd 1989–90 4 3ª 1st 1990–91 3 2ª B 20th

• As reserve team

Season Tier Division Place 1991–92 4 3ª 1st 1992–93 4 3ª 5th 1993–94 4 3ª 3rd 1994–95 4 3ª 7th 1995–96 4 3ª 4th 1996–97 4 3ª 9th 1997–98 4 3ª 3rd 1998–99 4 3ª 1st 1999–2000 4 3ª 1st 2000–01 4 3ª 3rd 2001–02 4 3ª 13th 2002–03 4 3ª 4th 2003–04 4 3ª 8th 2004–05 4 3ª 10th 2005–06 4 3ª 13th 2006–07 4 3ª 1st 2007–08 4 3ª 2nd 2008–09 3 2ª B 16th 2009–10 4 3ª 2nd 2010–11 4 3ª 2nd

Season Tier Division Place 2011–12 4 3ª 3rd 2012–13 4 3ª 1st 2013–14 3 2ª B 4th 2014–15 3 2ª B 16th 2015–16 4 3ª 3rd 2016–17 4 3ª 1st 2017–18 3 2ª B 14th 2018–19 3 2ª B 15th 2019–20 3 2ª B 16th 2020–21 3 2ª B 7th / 1st 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 15th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 4th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 4th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed. 1st 2025–26 4 2ª Fed.

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• 13 seasons in Segunda División B
• 2 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 32 seasons in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Tercera Federación

Current squad

As of 27 June 2025^[3]

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  ARG Álvaro Killane 3 DF  ESP Roger Munells 4 DF  ESP Carlos Navarro 5 DF  ESP Álvaro Santana 6 MF  ESP Yoni Pérez 7 FW  SEN Saliou Mandiang 8 MF  VEN José Ángel 9 FW  ESP Elías Romero 10 FW  ESP Andy Villar 11 DF  ESP Diego Martín 13 GK  ESP Nacho Nicolau 14 FW  ESP Jorge Pérez 16 MF  ESP Sergio Viera

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ESP Raúl García 19 MF  ESP Fernando Moreno 20 MF  ESP Omar Sánchez 21 MF  ESP Iván Medina 22 DF  ESP Brian Velázquez 24 MF  ESP Dani López 25 DF  ESP Valentino Raca 26 MF  ESP Carlos Vicente 26 MF  ESP Miguelito 29 FW  ESP Tomás Medina 31 DF  ESP Vitolo 32 DF  ARG Valentín Pezzolesi

Reserve team

Main article: UD Las Palmas C

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 — GK  ESP Victor Puig

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 Ale Palanca (at Linense until 30 June 2025) — DF  ESP Víctor López (at Unión Sur Yaiza until 30 June 2025) — MF  ESP Jerobe Cáceres (at Tamaraceite until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Julián Reyes (at Tamaraceite until 30 June 2025) — FW  ESP Toni Falcón (at Tamaraceite until 30 June 2025)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Raúl Martín
Assistant coach	Nauzet Alemán
Fitness coach	Raúl Herrera
Goalkeeping coach	Željko Cicović
Technical assistant	Juan José Adrián Martín
Physiotherapist	Enrique Fernández
Doctor	Víctor Pons
Delegate	Tomás Alfonso
Match delegate	Norberto Rodríguez
Rehab fitness coach	Cristian Nuez
Kit man	Alejandro Simón

Last updated: 21 September 2022
Source: ^[4]

Honours

• Tercera División (4th tier): 1978–79, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2016–17
• Copa Federación de España: 1994–95