Atlético Albacete

Atlético Albacete
Full name	Club Atlético Albacete
Nickname(s)	Queso Mecánico; (The clockwork cheese)
Founded	1962
Ground	Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta
Capacity	3,000
President	Georges Kabchi
Head coach	Ricardo Fajardo
League	Tercera Federación – Group 18
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 18, 9th of 18
Home colours	Away colours

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Club Atlético Albacete is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1962, they are the reserve team of Albacete Balompié and currently play in Tercera Federación – Group 18, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta, with a capacity of 3,000 seats.

History

Founded in 1962 as Botas Iñiguez CF, the club started an affiliation with Albacete Balompié in 1974, being their farm team and then playing with the name of Atlético Albacete. From 1998 to 2018, it played with the name of Albacete "B" before returning to their previous name.

On 10 October 2019, Atlético Albacete appointed Mario Simón, a manager who had already coached the first team, as their new head coach.^[3]

Season to season

As an independent club, Botas Iñiguez CF

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1972–73	6	2ª Reg.	5th
1973–74	6	2ª Reg.	3rd

As an independent club, Club Atlético de Albacete

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1974–75	5	1ª Reg.	1st
1975–76	4	Reg. Pref.	20th
1976–77	4	Reg. Pref.	17th
1977–78	5	Reg. Pref.	15th
1978–79	5	Reg. Pref.	18th
1979–80	5	Reg. Pref.	20th
1980–81	5	Reg. Pref.	7th
1981–82	5	Reg. Pref.	14th
1982–83	5	Reg. Pref.	3rd

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1983–84	4	3ª	16th
1984–85	4	3ª	16th
1985–86	4	3ª	12th
1986–87	4	3ª	20th
1987–88	5	Reg. Pref.	11th
1988–89	5	Reg. Pref.	5th
1989–90	5	Reg. Pref.	2nd
1990–91	4	3ª	7th	N/A

As the reserve team of Albacete Balompié

Season	Tier	Division	Place
1991–92	4	3ª	7th
1992–93	4	3ª	9th
1993–94	4	3ª	8th
1994–95	DNP
1995–96	DNP
1996–97	5	1ª Aut.	1st
1997–98	5	1ª Aut.	1st
1998–99	4	3ª	4th
1999–2000	4	3ª	2nd
2000–01	4	3ª	6th
2001–02	4	3ª	2nd
2002–03	4	3ª	11th
2003–04	4	3ª	9th
2004–05	4	3ª	2nd
2005–06	4	3ª	5th
2006–07	4	3ª	12th
2007–08	4	3ª	6th
2008–09	4	3ª	15th
2009–10	4	3ª	5th
2010–11	4	3ª	2nd

Season	Tier	Division	Place
2011–12	4	3ª	4th
2012–13	4	3ª	10th
2013–14	4	3ª	13th
2014–15	4	3ª	14th
2015–16	4	3ª	14th
2016–17	4	3ª	15th
2017–18	4	3ª	5th
2018–19	4	3ª	5th
2019–20	4	3ª	9th
2020–21	4	3ª	1st / 4th
2021–22	5	3ª RFEF	12th
2022–23	6	Aut. Pref.	1st
2023–24	5	3ª Fed.	9th
2024–25	5	3ª Fed.

31 seasons in Tercera División
3 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

As of 10 September 2024

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	Ángel Cantero
2	DF	ESP	Fernando Rodríguez
3	DF	ESP	Joan Pulpón
4	DF	ESP	Sergi García
5	MF	ESP	Eduardo de la Casa
6	DF	ESP	Manu Fernández
7	FW	ESP	Raúl Tornel
8	MF	ESP	Alonso Chillerón
9	FW	ESP	Marcos Moreno
10	FW	ESP	Alex Willy
11	MF	ESP	Neco Rubayo
13	GK	ESP	Mario Ramos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ESP	Xavier Sola
16	MF	ESP	Capi
17	FW	ESP	Fran Gómez
18	DF	ESP	David Castejón
19	MF	ESP	Airam Fernández
20	MF	ESP	Francisco Palacios
21	MF	ESP	Lluis Felipe
22	DF	ESP	Álvaro García
23	MF	NED	Achraf Madi
24	DF	ESP	Mario Hervás
25	FW	POL	Junior Nsangou

From Youth Academy

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

References

^ "Últimas noticias del Atlético Albacete: plantilla, resultados, clasificación". es.besoccer.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "Albacete Balompié ya tiene su nuevo Consejo de Administración". Aúpa Alba (in Spanish). 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ Albacete, La Tribuna de (2019-10-10). "Mario Simón ya entrena al Atlético Albacete". La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-17.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)

[1] "Últimas noticias del Atlético Albacete: plantilla, resultados, clasificación". es.besoccer.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[2] "Albacete Balompié ya tiene su nuevo Consejo de Administración". Aúpa Alba (in Spanish). 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[3] Albacete, La Tribuna de (2019-10-10). "Mario Simón ya entrena al Atlético Albacete". La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-17.

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v t e Albacete Balompié
History Players Managers Seasons Statistics Honours
Teams	Albacete Balompié Atlético Albacete (reserve team) Fundación Albacete
Home stadium	Estadio Carlos Belmonte Ciudad Deportiva Andrés Iniesta (training)
Seasons	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Category:Albacete Balompié Commons:Albacete Balompié

v t e Tercera Federación – Group 18
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Federation: Castilla–La Mancha (FFCM)