Sevilla Atlético · History

Sevilla Atlético is the reserve team of Sevilla FC. The club is based in Seville and has played in Segunda Federación, the Spanish fourth tier, since 2026, when it was relegated from Group II of Primera Federación. It was founded on 1 March 1950 as Club Deportivo Puerto. Its home ground is the Estadio Jesús Navas, inside the Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios. The team has spent five seasons in the Spanish second division: 1962-63, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2016-17 and 2017-18.

From Club Deportivo Puerto to Sevilla Atlético

The club was set up by the Seville Port Authority, which ran it in its early years, and it started out in the local leagues. It finished runner-up in the local Primera Categoría in 1951-52 and reached the Tercera División in 1954-55. In 1958 it became Sevilla FC's first reserve team, keeping its own name and badge at first. On 1 August 1960 it was renamed Sevilla Atlético Club. It won the Tercera División in 1960-61 and again in 1961-62. On 20 May 1962, with Diego Villalonga as coach, it beat CD Lugo 4-0 in the final round to earn its first promotion to the second division. It finished fifteenth in its first season there, 1962-63.

Down to regional football and back

The team then went back to the Tercera, where it was runner-up in 1965-66 and 1967-68. In 1973 it was relegated to regional football, the only time it has dropped that low, and it did not return to the Tercera until 1976. After that it won the Tercera title in 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86 and 1986-87. It was promoted to Segunda División B in 1987 and finished runner-up in 1988-89. From 1991 to 2006 the club was called Sevilla Fútbol Club «B». It dropped to the Tercera twice more and both times went straight back up, winning the title in 1991-92 and in 2000-01.

Manolo Jiménez and the return to the second tier

Manolo Jiménez coached the reserves from 2000 to 2007 and took them from the Tercera to the second division. The team had played its first promotion play-off from Segunda B in 1998-99. Under Jiménez it won Segunda B in 2004-05 and 2006-07. It took back the name Sevilla Atlético in 2006. On 24 June 2007 a goal by Lolo against Burgos CF won the tie 1-0 on aggregate. That put the club back in the second division more than forty years after its first season there. Under Fermín Galeote it finished ninth in 2007-08, its best finish in the division. The following season, 2008-09, it came last and went down. In 2010-11 it was runner-up in Segunda B but lost to CD Guadalajara in the promotion play-offs.

Promotion in 2016

Diego Martínez Penas was coach from 2014 to 2017. In 2015-16 the team finished third in Group IV of Segunda B. In the play-offs it beat UE Lleida 5-4 on penalties and went back to the second division after seven years away. It finished thirteenth in 2016-17. In the summer of 2017 the coach left, along with players such as Borja Lasso, Antonio Cotán and Diego González. With Luis Tevenet in charge, the team finished 2017-18 in 22nd place with 32 points and was relegated to Segunda B.

Between Primera and Segunda Federación

The reserves played three seasons in Segunda B, from 2018-19 to 2020-21. In 2021-22 they took part in the first season of Primera RFEF, the new third tier. They finished seventeenth and were relegated to Segunda Federación. They were tenth in 2022-23. In 2023-24, with Jesús Galván as coach, they won Group IV of Segunda Federación and were promoted to Primera Federación. There they finished eighth in 2024-25. In 2025-26 they came twentieth and last in Group II, and in 2026 they went back down to Segunda Federación.

Ground, academy and honours

The main pitch at the training complex was called Viejo Nervión until October 2018. That month Sevilla FC renamed it the Estadio Jesús Navas after the player with the most appearances for the first team. Navas also played for the reserves, as did Sergio Ramos, Antonio Puerta, Sergio Rico, Diego Perotti and Federico Fazio. Sevilla Atlético's honours are nine Tercera División titles (1960-61, 1961-62, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1991-92 and 2000-01), two Segunda División B titles (2004-05 and 2006-07) and Group IV of Segunda Federación in 2023-24.