Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the autonomous city of
Ceuta. Founded in 1956, it plays in
Primera División RFEF – Group 2.
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.[2] 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.[3]