Full name | Asociación Deportiva ElPozo Murcia Fútbol Sala |
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Nickname(s) | -- |
Founded | 1989 |
Ground |
Palacio de Deportes, Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain |
Capacity | 7,500 |
Chairman | José Antonio Bolarín |
Manager | Duda |
League | Primera División |
2015–16 | Primera División, 3rd / QF |
ElPozo Murcia Fútbol Sala is a futsal club based in Murcia, city in the autonomous community of Region of Murcia. The club was founded in 1989 and its venue is Palacio de Deportes de Murcia with capacity of 7,500 seaters. The club has the sponsorship of ElPozo and Murcia Turística. That year El Pozo bought the rights of the LNFS Joyita Cruz which they had sponsored in the past. Throughout its history ElPozo has won five league titles and four Copa de España and a European Futsal Cup Winners Cup in 2003/04.
Before the creation of El Pozo Murcia, Murcia city had a football team in the competitions of the Spanish Federation, known as Cruz Little Jewel of Murcia. The food group El Pozo had sponsored the team in the 1986/87 season, but with the creation of the LNFS wanted to have their own club. Therefore, in 1989 the company bought Cruz Joyita, their place in the top flight and federal rights.
In its early years, El Pozo invested heavily in international players and even bid for Maradona , but the Argentina star rejected. In 1990/91 El Pozo managed to qualify for the second phase of the championship league, and in 1992 made his first final of the season, but lost against Castilla-La Mancha FS . Their first title was the Copa de España in the 1994/95 season, against Castilla-La Mancha FS , and a year later won the Supercopa de España de Futsal.
After several seasons in which the club did not win a championship, El Pozo hired Duda as coach in 2001/02, a former player of Murcia in the 1990s . In its first year under the direction Duda, El Pozo was a finalist and semifinalist Spain Cup title LNFS. A year later, Murcia won their second Cup after beating Spain Boomerang Interviú Madrid, and reached the final of the league, who lost to Madrid side.
The Cup victory in 2003 allowed El Pozo to contest in the Cup Winners Cup, a competition he won and his first international trophy. Both in 2004 and 2005 El Pozo reached the final of the National League, but both times fell against the Interviú soccer . At the end of the 2004/05 season , Paulo Roberto announced his retirement from professional football and the club began a generational change with former footballer and sporting director. The club transferred to their stars Lenisio and Balo, and bought in their place Bacaro and Wilde, who became one of the top scorers of the club.