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CD Alcalá

association football club

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ922618
Source-derived summary

Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in Primera Andaluza Sevilla, and plays home games at Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá, with a capacity of 2,261 seaters. CD Alcala debuted in the Second Division B of Spain's in 2004–05. They got to play 5 years in that division.

History

The club was founded on October 13, 1945, as a result of the efforts by a group of football fans. Among them was Julio Garcia, who was actually the one who founded the club.

In January 2019 Federico Martínez Gamez became the club's new head coach.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “CD Alcalá” as association football club. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alcalá, association and football.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1945, 2004, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1946. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Alcalá, association and football providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “CD Alcalá”, the useful work is to connect “association football club” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q922618. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945, 2004 and 2019.

Critical limits

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How to read it

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from CD Alcalá” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.