The historical CD Alcoyano sells its place in the First Federation and will play in the two categories below.
Bomb in the lower categories of Spanish football. Historical CD Alcoyanothe 96-year-old club, which spent four seasons in the top category, has sold (although does not use that term in its statement) its place in First Federation and next season they will play two categories lower, in the Third Federation. The measure, according to the organization, is designed to avoid the disappearance of the club for economic reasons.
Although CD Alcoyano did not say so in its statement, everything indicates that its place in the bronze division of Spanish football will be taken by La Nucia, last year in his group in the Second RFEF Federation. According to AlicantePlaza, in order for football to continue in Alcoy, the La Nucia team, which will play in Tercera RFEF next season, will move to this city, that is, an exchange of places with financial compensation. .
“The solution is to have a Third Federation team in the 2024-2025 season, while maintaining Alcoyano Sports Club its whole identity and history, and El Collao as a field. “We recognize the severity of this measure, but we ask our fans to put the situation in perspective: this is about taking a step back to gain momentum, rather than repeating the mistakes of the past that led the entity to its eventual extinction,” the club explains. , founded in 1928, in his note.
In his note, CD Alcoyano, which on the last day secured its permanence in the First Federation, recalls this recording twenty months ago. Juan Carlos Ramirez in the shareholding prevented the disappearance of the enterprise and confirms the distance of the owner from the city council. “The organization was condemned to disappear due to millions in debt owed to individuals (starting with the first team players and their coaching staff, but also to many small SMEs and suppliers in the city) and the administration (treasury and social security), the investigation terrible management that the city council can’t say it didn’t know about.
In this sense, CD Alcoyano complains about the lack of help from the mayor: “Tony French He committed himself to maintaining uninterrupted communications and supporting the project at the municipal level, both at the infrastructural and economic levels. Unfortunately, it soon became clear that these promises were false.
Alcoyano, who has not yet completed his participation in the Primera RFEF league, trained at the base this week Camilo Cano, sports city of La Nucia, a city from which it is separated by about 50 kilometers. This entire municipality, unless there is a sudden change of scenario, will occupy the Plaza del Alcoyano in the Primera RFEF, the third category of national football.
City council reaction
Upon learning of CD Alcoyano’s statement, the mayor called an urgent press conference. “The great suggestion he makes to us is to change the categories between First and Third, and when we ask if this is legal, he tells me not to worry,” said a Socialist councilor.
Tony Frances demonstrated his intention to avoid Juan Carlos Ramirez’s plan. “If Alcoyano cannot be the first team, it will be where it should be, but it will always be an Alcoy team. What we can’t allow is people trying to fix at the table what they couldn’t do on the field. If Alcoyano can’t be first, they will leave and we will create a team that we can afford.