Club Deportivo Estepona Fútbol Senior is a Spanish football team based in Estepona, Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalucia. Founded in 2014, it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 4, holding home games at Estadio Municipal Francisco Muñoz Pérez, with a capacity of 3,800 people.

Estepona
Full nameClub Deportivo Estepona Fútbol Senior
Founded2014
GroundFrancisco Muñoz Pérez,
Estepona, Andalusia, Spain
Capacity3,800
ChairmanIldefonso López Flores
ManagerManolo Sánchez
LeagueSegunda Federación – Group 4
2024–25Segunda Federación – Group 4, 5th of 18

History

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Founded in 2014 as a replacement to dissolved Unión Estepona CF, the club initially created a youth setup named Club Deportivo Estepona Fútbol Base, later starting a senior side named Club Deportivo Estepona Fútbol Senior for the 2014–15 campaign.[1] After two consecutive promotions in their first two campaigns, the club spent four seasons in the División de Honor before achieving promotion to Tercera División in May 2020.[2]

Estepona suffered an immediate relegation back to División de Honor (now the sixth tier after the creation of a new third tier), but won their group in the 2021–22 season and returned to Tercera on 30 May 2022.[3] On 20 August, the club achieved administrative promotion to Segunda Federación after buying the place of dissolved Extremadura UD.[4]

After losing in the 2025 Segunda Federación play-off final against Cacereño in 2024-25, the 2025-26 season started terribly with the team only winning 2 of their first 17 games during the first half of the season.[5] However a huge turnaround in the second half of the season saw Estepona finish 13th in the relegation playoff place, where they beat Real Madrid C 5-3 on aggeragate to remain in the Segunda Federación.[6]

Season to season

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Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2014–15 7 3ª And. 1st
2015–16 6 2ª And. 1st
2016–17 5 Div. Hon. 9th
2017–18 5 Div. Hon. 10th
2018–19 5 Div. Hon. 6th
2019–20 5 Div. Hon. 3rd
2020–21 4 8th / 9th
2021–22 6 Div. Hon. 1st
2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 8th
2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 6th
2024–25 4 2ª Fed. 5th Second round
2025–26 4 2ª Fed. 13th First round
2026–27 4 2ª Fed.

Notes

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References

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  1. "Historia del Club" [Club's history] (in Spanish). CD Estepona FS. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. "El CD Estepona FS asciende a Tercera División" [CD Estepona FS promote to Tercera División] (in Spanish). Jugador Doce. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. "Brillante ascenso del Estepona a Tercera RFEF ante su afición" [Brilliant promotion of Estepona to Tercera RFEF in front of their crowd] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. "El CD Estepona se queda la plaza de Segunda RFEF del Extremadura" [CD Estepona get the place of Segunda RFEF of Extremadura] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. "De 7 puntos en diciembre a depender de sí mismo: el CD Estepona se jugará la permanencia directa en 90 minutos en Yecla" [From 7 points in December to holding its fate in its own hands: CD Estepona will fight for survival in a 90-minute match in Yecla] (in Spanish). CD Estepona Fans. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  6. "Gracias por no rendiros nunca: el CD Estepona firma una permanencia que ya forma parte de la historia del club" [Thank you for never giving up: CD Estepona secures its place in the league, a moment that will go down in the club's history] (in Spanish). CD Estepona Fans. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
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