Unionistas de Salamanca CF

After UD Salamanca's dissolution, a group of supporters founded Unionistas de Salamanca Club de Fútbol, a fan-based club created mainly to preserve UDS' memory.[2][3] After the club's creation, famous people like Vicente del Bosque[4] and Dani Rovira[5] became associates. A number of British citizens resident in Spain and England are also members.[2] The fees contributed by the members of the club are a very important part of club's budget. 2,653 people who decided to become partial owners the club, all at individual title, in season 2018–2019.[6] During the first season following its foundation, the club played home games at the “Rosa Colorado” municipal stadium.[7]

On 2 September 2014, Unionistas was inscribed in Primera Provincial de Salamanca, the sixth level of Spanish football.[2][8] A day later it played its first official match, a 0–1 friendly loss against UD Santa Marta.[9]

Unionistas achieved promotion to Primera Regional in April 2015, after defeating Real Salamanca Monterrey.[10] Just one year later, it was promoted to Tercera División after defeating Onzonilla.

The first season of the club in Tercera division was successful, as it ended in the third position of the Castile and León group and qualified to the promotion play-offs to Segunda División B. The club qualified for a second attempt in the next season, after topping the group 8. This time it achieved promotion by defeating Socuéllamos in the last match, with a penalty kick scored in the 96th minute.

The first season in Segunda Division B was successful, as the team managed to finish in ninth place, avoiding relegation and qualifying for the Copa del Rey the following season.

In their debut in Copa del Rey, Unionistas reached the round of 32nd after beating Atlético Baleares and Deportivo La Coruña. In that round, they were eliminated by powerhouse Real Madrid, after losing 1–3. In the league, the season was more difficult. After first 11 league games the club was holding 19th position among 20 teams.[11] However, the club avoided relegation after leaving the last positions and following the suspension of the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 3 seasons in Primera Federación
• 3 seasons in Segunda División B
• 2 seasons in Tercera División

Detailed list of seasons

Season	Tier	Division	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Cup	Top scorer(s)
2014–15	6	1ª Prov	1st	20	17	2	1	66	9	53		Nacho Sánchez	24
2015–16	5	1ª Reg	1st	34	27	7	0	114	27	88		Vitolo	24
2016–17	4	3ª	3rd	38	22	12	4	77	29	78		Cristo	20
2017–18	4	3ª	1st	38	25	5	8	72	34	80		Cristo	18
2018–19	3	2ªB	9th	38	12	16	10	39	37	52	Second round	De la Nava / Unai	6
2019–20	3	2ªB	16th[lower-alpha 1]	28	8	7	13	39	43	31	Round of 32	Guille Andrés	7
2020–21	3	2ªB	2nd / 4th[lower-alpha 2]	24	11	6	7	24	17	39		De la Nava	5
2021–22	3	1º RFEF	7th	38	16	13	9	55	37	61	Second round	Jesús De Miguel	12
2022–23	3	1º Fed.	7th	38	15	11	12	38	40	56		Iván Chapela	8

1. Season curtailed early in March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
2. Unionistas finished 2nd in the winter subgroup of their regional group (1 of 5) then 4th in the springtime 'promotion to Segunda División' subgroup and moved to the new third tier, Primera División RFEF.

As of 28 February 2023.[12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Salva de la Cruz 2 DF  ESP Fran Rodríguez 3 DF  ESP Jon Rojo 4 DF  ESP Ramiro Mayor 5 MF  ESP Unai Veiga (on loan from Las Palmas) 6 MF  ESP Óscar Sanz (on loan from Gimnàstic) 7 FW  ESP Mario Losada 8 MF  ESP Héctor Nespral 9 FW  VEN Christian Santos 10 FW  ESP Carlos de la Nava (captain) 11 MF  ARG Juampa Barros 13 GK  ESP Alberto Sánchez (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Borja Díaz 15 MF  ESP Mikel Carro 16 MF  KOR Ahn June-hyuk 17 DF  ESP Ramón Blázquez 18 DF  ESP Antonio Leal (on loan from Levante) 19 FW  ESP Iván Chapela (on loan from Cádiz) 20 MF  ESP Raúl Beneit 21 DF  ESP Alfredo Pedraza 22 DF  FRA Nabil Aberdin (on loan from Rayo Majadahonda) 23 DF  ESP Marcos Bravo 30 MF  ESP Neskes (on loan from Cartagena)

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW  ESP Miguel Caballero 25 FW  GHA Mubarak Alhassan 26 DF  ESP Marcos Báez

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  LBN Tarek Yehya 28 GK  ESP César López 29 GK  ESP Sergio del Río

• Tercera División: 2017–18

Players who have reached international status or reached 100 league matches for the club

• Junior
• David Mitogo

In its first season, Unionistas de Salamanca played its home games at Polideportivo Rosa Colorado, commonly known as La Sindical, with a capacity of 2,000 spectators.[13]

Since 2015, the club has played its games at Pistas del Helmántico (next to Helmántico Stadium), with a capacity of 3,000 spectators.[14][15]

On 11 November 2017, it was announced that a new stadium would be built in the Zurguén district, in the southern part of Salamanca. The new home of Unionistas, "Estadio Zurguén" will presumably be open for the 2019–2020 season.[16] Roughly one year later, however, the club announced an agreement with Real Salamanca Monterrey CF and the City Council to use the Reina Sofía stadium, with a planned expansion to 5,000 spectators; the transition to the new field was concluded for the 2020–21 season,[17] and was announced by the club on 5 October 2020.[18]

Unionistas de Salamanca has a strong rivalry with Salamanca UDS, formerly known as Salmantino. Both teams meet in their matches, called the derby of the 50 metres as their stadiums are separated by this distance.[15]

While Unionistas was born as a homage of former UD Salamanca, dissolved in 2013, Salamanca CF claims it is its continuation by using their name and their shield, despite a judicial statement established it is a completely different club.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Statistics data base (in Spanish)
• Club & stadium history Estadios de España (in English)

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