Club Deportivo Español de San Vicente is a Spanish professional football team based in San Vicente del Raspeig, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1967, they play in , holding home matches at Ciudad Deportiva de San Vicente del Raspeig, which has a capacity of 2,500 seats.
History
Jove Español San Vicente was founded in 2004, after the merger of three teams in the city of Sant Vicent del Raspeig: CD Jove Raspeig, CD Español de San Vicente and FC Cosmos San Vicente. It first reached Tercera División two years later, going on to remain several consecutive seasons in that level.
It acted as a farm team for Hércules CF several times,El Hércules recupera al Jove Español de San Vicente como filial (Hércules reclaims Jove Español de San Vicente as reserve team); Diario Información, 4 July 2013 the last one starting in 2013 and ending in 2014.
On 11 January 2024, Jove Español released a statement explaining that the club was originally founded in 1989 under the name of AD Español de San Vicente, with the club being renamed CD Español de San Vicente in 1994 and absorbing CD Sporting San Vicente and CF San Vicente del Raspeig in 2000. Español also absorbed (not merged with) CD Jove Raspeig in July 2004, with other teams from the city (Cosmos, Rigas) being dissolved in a "census". In July, it was concluded that the club was originally founded in 1967 as CD Español.
In January 2026, Jove Español began preparations for their 60th anniversary, which included a change to their original name of CD Español de San Vicente, officially effective as of 1 July. In February, the Valencian Community Football Federation confirmed that the club was the same since 1967.
Club background Club Deportivo Español - (1967–1974) Unión Deportiva Español - (1974–1989) Agrupación Deportiva Español de San Vicente - (1989–1996) Club Deportivo Español de San Vicente - (1996–2004; 2026–) Fútbol Club Jove Español de San Vicente - (2004–2026)
Season to season Source: SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1967–6844th1968–6945th1969–7041st1970–7133ª14thFirst round1971–7233ª19th1972–7343rd1973–7444th1974–7543rd1975–76416th1976–774Reg. Pref.4th1977–7843ª16thSecond round1978–7943ª14thSecond round1979–8043ª18thSecond round1980–8143ª17th1981–8243ª19th1982–835Reg. Pref.15th1983–845Reg. Pref.15th1984–855Reg. Pref.13th1985–865Reg. Pref.16th1986–875Reg. Pref.19thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1987–885Reg. Pref.22nd1988–89DNP1989–9072ª Reg.1st1990–9161ª Reg.2nd1991–925Reg. Pref.4th1992–935Reg. Pref.3rd1993–945Reg. Pref.12th1994–955Reg. Pref.1st1995–9643ª5th1996–9743ª7th1997–9843ª18th1998–995Reg. Pref.12th1999–20005Reg. Pref.13th2000–015Reg. Pref.7th2001–025Reg. Pref.15th2002–035Reg. Pref.17th2003–0461ª Reg.1st2004–055Reg. Pref.11th2005–065Reg. Pref.1st2006–0743ª16th SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2007–0843ª10th2008–0943ª13th2009–1043ª14th2010–1143ª13th2011–1243ª10th2012–1343ª13th2013–1443ª12th2014–1543ª16th2015–1643ª18th2016–175Reg. Pref.9th2017–185Reg. Pref.2nd2018–1943ª7th2019–2043ª11th2020–2143ª / 2021–2253ª RFEF14th2022–2353ª Fed.14th2023–2453ª Fed.2nd2024–2553ª Fed.13thFirst round2025–2653ª Fed.14th2026–2753ª Fed.
23 seasons in Tercera División 6 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF
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External links
Futbolme team profile