UD Las Palmas

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While the club had has been registered in the Royal Spanish Football Federation on 6 June 1949, UD Las Palmas was officially formed on the 22nd August that year in the wake of an amalgamation of the five clubs that are located on the islandof Club Deportivo Gran Canaria, Atletico Club de Futbol, Real Club Victoria, Arenas Club and Marino Futbol Club. The goal of the union was to create an organization that was strong enough to retain Canarian players in the island, and not seek an opportunity in mainland Spain.

The debate was held over what the title of the team on the basis of which it was decided that it would not incorporate that of one of its previous clubs. A first choice, Deportivo Canarias, was dropped due to the fact that it was referring to the Canary Islands on a whole instead of Gran Canaria as an island. Gran Canaria. It was also suggested that the name Las Palmas by itself was also considered, but then rejected due the name already being adopted by a now defunct club located in the city. Union Deportiva Las Palmas was ultimately chosen because of its relationship to the union that created the club, as well as its hometown city of Las Palmas. The first session of training at the club was held on the 16th of September, 1949.

Las Palmas finished second in their inaugural year of the Tercera Division (1949-50), placing third in the next one. The following year, they were the only team in the Segunda Division to reach La Liga for the first time and was one of the few Spanish club to earn consecutive promotions within the initial two years in existence. The inaugural season of the top flight was ended in being relegated however, the team was relegated to the top flight in 1954 and went on to enjoy a period of six years.

Following Las Palmas returned to La Liga towards the end of the 1963-64 season still champions The club then continued to enjoy their best run in the tournament. Led by Vicente Dauder, they finished third in 1967-68 , behind Real Madrid and FC Barcelona Four players from the club were part of the Spain squad that hosted and took home the UEFA Euro 1964 tournament; The following year, the team did better, and they only losing this league Real Madrid, and thus was able to participate in European tournament as the only time it has been in their history. They were part of 1969 and 1970 in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and being eliminated in the first round against Germany's Hertha BSC (0-0 home draw, 0-1 loss away).

Las Palmas player Juan Guedes passed away suddenly on March 9 1971, aged 28 years old. The following year, French coach Pierre Sinibaldi took the team to fifth spot, which was followed by qualifying for qualifying for the UEFA Cup: after disposing of Torino F.C. in addition to SK Slovan Bratislava, the Spaniards fell in the direction of Dutch team FC Twente; at the close of 1974-75, another member, Tonono - a defender who played alongside Guedes was stricken by an infection in the liver.

Las Palmas' third appearance in European competition was during their appearance in the 1977-1978 UEFA Cup, where they defeated FK Sloboda Tuzla of Yugoslavia in the first round, but losing to English team Ipswich Town. Under the leadership under the direction of Miguel Munoz, and with players like Argentines Miguel Angel Brindisi, Daniel Carnevali (the first to arrive in 1973), Carlos Morete and Quique Wolff, the team was also able to reach their first final in the Copa del Rey in that year. They lost 19 April against Barcelona in Barcelona's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium (1-3).

From the 90s onwards, Las Palmas played mainly in the Segunda Division, but also was a part of Segunda Division B - the new third-tier league that was established in 1977. Then from 2000 until 2002, played in the top division. On the 3rd of October, 2001, Las Palmas won an impressive 4-2 win at home in a match against Real Madrid, with youth player Ruben Castro scoring two goals in the win for hosts however the season ended with the team being relegated. On the 22nd of December, 2001 Las Palmas played its 1,000th match at La Liga. For the season 2009-10, in the Segunda Division the club finished 17th, a step away from becoming banished into Segunda Division B. On June 21, 2015. Las Palmas was promoted into La Liga after defeating Real Zaragoza using the rule of away goals.

It is the Ciudad Deportiva UD Las Palmas is also known informally as Barranco Seco, is the training facility in UD Las Palmas. It covers a total of 70,000 square meters The complex is located in the region of Barranco Seco at the southern part of in Las Palmas.

The land currently situated in Barranco Seco was acquired by UD Las Palmas in the 1960s through the efforts of the club's then director Manuel Betancor. In the 1970s there was just one training field that was which was used by junior and reserve squads of the team. In 1982, the pitch was renovated, it could be utilized as a field for training for the team's first.

In June of 2015 in June 2015, it was announced that the Ciudad Deportiva project was initiated. However, construction did not start until the year 2017. After about two years of construction the complex was officially opened on the 8th of July 2019. The design was by the architect Juan Palop-Casado who claimed that the construction of the project was "an effort designed to construct in the most sustainable way possible". Construction was carried out through "Construcciones Alex and Nadal S.L. " which involved 350 workers, 10,000 tonnes of sand and nearly 300 tonnes of steel, nearly 2 metric tons of concrete, and beams of around 1,600 meters.

Since this is the initial phase of the sports city plan The club has invested 22.5 million euros from its own money to complete the construction work on the existing facilities. A multi-functional service building is planned for Phase 2. The ultimate total area of the complex is expected to increase to 70,000 square metres following the Phase 2.

The new facility is equipped with modern facilities for changing, including a conference hall, a gym that has fitness facilities and a dining area and a press room and two parking spaces with 130 parking spaces. It is home to Ciudad Deportiva is home to three regular size training pitches:

• Ernesto Aparicio training field made of natural grass.
• David Garcia Santana training field composed of natural grass.
• Manuel Betancor's training field is artificial turf. It is used for training sessions of UD Las Palmas Aletico as well as UD Las Palmas C, the reserves teams of the club.

• 34 seasons in La Liga
• 33 seasons in Segunda División
• 6 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Tercera División

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• La Liga

Runners-up (1): 1968–69

• Segunda División

Winners (4): 1953–54, 1963–64, 1984–85, 1999–00

• Segunda División B

Winners (2): 1992–93, 1995–96

• Copa del Rey

Runners-up (1): 1978

•  Satur Grech (1953–57)
•  Luis Molowny (1957–58)
•  Baltasar Albéniz (1958–59)
•  Luis Molowny (1959)
•  Marcel Domingo (1959–60)
•  Paco Campos (1961–62)
•  Rosendo Hernández (1962–63)
•  Vicente Dauder (1963–66)
•  Luis Molowny (1968–70)
•  Rosendo Hernández (1970)
•  Héctor Rial (1970–71)
•  Pierre Sinibaldi (1971–75)
•  Heriberto Herrera (1975–76)
•  Roque Olsen (1976–77)
•  Miguel Muñoz (1977–79)
•  Antonio Ruiz (1979–80)
•  Heriberto Herrera (1982)
•  Walter Skocik (1982–83)
•  Héctor Núñez (1983–84)
•  Roque Olsen (1984–85)
•  Ferenc Kovács (1986–87)
•  Roque Olsen (1988)
•  Paquito (1989–90)
•  Manolo Cardo (1990–91)
•  Roque Olsen (1991), (1991–92)
•  Miguel Ángel Brindisi (1991–92)
•  Iñaki Sáez (1993–94)
•  Paco Castellano (1994–95)
•  Iñaki Sáez (1995)
•  Ángel Cappa (1996–97)
•  Paco Castellano (1997)
•  Mariano García Remón (1997–98)
•  Paco Castellano (1998–99)
•  Sergije Krešić (1999–01)
•  Fernando Vázquez (2001–02)
•  Josu Uribe (2002–03)
•  Juan Manuel Rodríguez (2003)
•  David Vidal (2003–04)
•  David Amaral (2004)
•  Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (2004–05)
•  Josip Višnjić (2005–06)
•  Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (2006)
•  Juanito (2006–07)
•  Juan Manuel Rodríguez (2007–08)
•  Javier Vidales (2008–09)
•  Paco Castellano (2009)
•  Sergije Krešić (2009–10)
•  Paco Jémez (2010–11)
•  Juan Manuel Rodríguez (2011–12)
•  Sergio Lobera (2012–14)
•  Josico (2014)
•  Paco Herrera (2014–15)
•  Quique Setién (2015–17)
•  Manolo Márquez (2017)
•  Pako Ayestarán (2017)
•  Paco Jémez (2017–2018)
•  Manolo Jiménez (2018)
•  Paco Herrera (2018–2019)
•  Pepe Mel (2019– 2022)

Las Palmas has used farm teams since 1954. However, their official B team, Las Palmas Atletico, was established in the year 1976. A third team was established in 2006 and was able to reach the top division in regional soccer, called the Preferente and then folded in 2010 before being revived in the following season.

Also, the club had a ladies' squad at the top of the division from 2009 between 2009 and the year 2011. In 2010, Las Palmas founded an indoor football team to play in the Liga de Futbol Indoor, hosting games on the Centro Insular de Deportes.

Las Palmas' badge is the blue shield that has yellow scrolls atop, with the club's name, the city's name and archipelago. Municipal arms given by the mayor of the city, appear in the center in the badge's design. In the background are the five logos of the clubs that joined in 1949 to form the club. From left to right Victoria, Arenas, Deportivo, Marino and Atletico; an additional white scroll below them is the city motto Segura is a palma.

For Spanish football, several clubs have royal patronage which allows them to utilize the suffix Real in their name , and utilize images that resembles the Spanish crown. Las Palmas does not have the same patronage, however, it tops its emblem by incorporating the Spanish crown because of the patronage of Real Club Victoria.

It is also the main symbol of the club flag, which is a horizontal bicolour that has the colours of blue on top, and yellow beneath. The flag of Gran Canaria in Gran Canaria uses these colours diagonally.