UD Somozas

Unión Deportiva Somozas is a football team based in As Somozas in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1984, the team plays in Tercera Federación – Group 1. The club's home ground is Pardiñas, which has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.^[1]

Somozas

Full name	Unión Deportiva Somozas
Founded	1984
Ground	Pardiñas, As Somozas, Galicia, Spain
Capacity	1,500
President	Manuel Candocia
Head coach	Stili
League	Tercera Federación – Group 1
2024–25	Tercera Federación – Group 1, 10th of 18
Website	www.udsomozas.com
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1984,^[2] Somozas started to play as a senior in the following year, achieving promotion after finishing fourth in the Segunda Regional. In 1993, the club achieved promotion to Tercera División.^[3]

In 1999, after suffering relegation from the fourth division, Somozas chose not to play in the Regional Preferente and nor in the Primera Regional, returning to the seventh division. The club only returned to the fourth tier in 2008, and reached the Segunda División B for the first time six years later.^[3]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1985–86 7 2ª Reg. 4th 1986–87 6 1ª Reg. 4th 1987–88 6 1ª Reg. 10th 1988–89 6 1ª Reg. 6th 1989–90 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1990–91 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1993–94 4 3ª 13th 1994–95 4 3ª 17th 1995–96 4 3ª 15th 1996–97 4 3ª 12th 1997–98 4 3ª 17th 1998–99 4 3ª 20th 1999–2000 7 2ª Reg. 2nd 2000–01 7 2ª Reg. 1st 2001–02 7 2ª Reg. 1st 2002–03 7 2ª Reg. 1st 2003–04 7 2ª Reg. 3rd 2004–05 7 2ª Reg. 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2005–06 7 2ª Reg. 1st 2006–07 6 1ª Aut. 2nd 2007–08 5 Pref. Aut. 2nd 2008–09 4 3ª 11th 2009–10 4 3ª 16th 2010–11 4 3ª 5th 2011–12 4 3ª 11th 2012–13 4 3ª 12th 2013–14 4 3ª 1st 2014–15 3 2ª B 10th Second round 2015–16 3 2ª B 8th 2016–17 3 2ª B 20th 2017–18 4 3ª 6th 2018–19 4 3ª 14th 2019–20 4 3ª 15th 2020–21 4 3ª 3rd / 5th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 3rd 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 8th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 7th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed.

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• 3 seasons in Segunda División B
• 16 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 season in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

As of 29 March 2023

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 2 DF  ESP Mikel Zarrabeitia 3 DF  ESP Alejandro Cabarcos 4 DF  ESP Guillermo Romaguera 5 DF  ESP Manuel Mariña 6 MF  ESP Luis Díaz 7 FW  ESP Aarón Sánchez 8 MF  ESP Bruno Bellas 9 FW  ESP Juan Cambón 10 FW  ESP Rubén Blanco 11 FW  ESP Óscar Lorenzo

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  ESP Julián Nieto 13 GK  ESP Francisco Fernández 14 DF  ESP Francisco González 16 MF  ESP Luis Dopico 17 MF  ESP Berto Fandiño 18 MF  BRA Caique Gouveia 19 MF  ESP Santiago Cotos 20 DF  ESP Álex Vázquez 21 FW  ESP Jesús Cañizares 22 FW  ESP Javier Sanmartín

Honours

Tercera División

• Winners: 2013–14