UD Socuéllamos · History

In June 2014 a goalless draw at Linarejos completed the first promotion to Segunda División B for Unión Deportiva Socuéllamos, a football club from Socuéllamos in the province of Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha). The side had won the first leg 2-1 against Linares Deportivo. Its official name is Yugo-Unión Deportiva Socuéllamos Club de Fútbol, and fans call it “El Yugo” or “La Unión”. Home games are played at the Estadio Paquito Giménez. For most of its history, the club has moved between the Castilla-La Mancha regional leagues and Group XVIII of the Tercera División.

Origins and decades of regional football

The earliest seasons on record, starting in 1943-44, were spent in regional leagues. In 1962-63 Socuéllamos won its Primera Regional group and moved up to the Tercera División, where it stayed from 1963-64 to 1967-68. Two decades of regional football followed. The club won its group in 1986-87 and the Regional Preferente in 1989-90, then returned to the Tercera for 1990-91 and 1991-92. It won the Primera Autonómica in 1995-96 and again in 2001-02, and afterwards moved back and forth between the Tercera and the regional game.

The rise to Segunda B (2013-2017)

Socuéllamos won the Primera Autonómica in 2012-13 and finished second in Tercera Group XVIII in 2013-14, the season after its return. In the promotion play-offs it beat CD Praviano, CE Europa and Linares Deportivo, which took it into Spain’s third tier for the first time. In 2014-15, its first season in Segunda B, it finished eighth in Group II. Under coach Ángel García Cosín, the club finished third in 2015-16 and reached the play-offs for the Spanish second division. Sevilla Atlético knocked it out: the first leg in Seville on 21 May 2016 ended 1-1, and Socuéllamos lost the return 1-2 at home on the 29th. The same season it reached the second round of the Copa del Rey. A last-place-zone finish of 18th in 2016-17 sent the club back down to the Tercera.

Two Tercera titles and a return (2017-2021)

In 2017-18 Socuéllamos finished third in its group. In the play-offs it eliminated Real Jaén and Cacereño before losing the final tie to Unionistas de Salamanca. A year later it won Tercera Group XVIII in 2018-19, but its play-off run ended against Algeciras in the third round. The club retained the title in 2019-20, a season the federation ended early because of the pandemic, and went back up to Segunda B for 2020-21. That season it reached the second round of the Copa del Rey, after a first-round exit in 2019-20.

Segunda RFEF and Tercera Federación (2021-2025)

When Spanish football restructured its lower tiers, Socuéllamos was placed in the new Segunda RFEF and finished 12th in 2021-22. It came 17th in 2022-23 and was relegated to the Tercera Federación. In Group XVIII it finished fourth in 2023-24 and qualified for the play-offs the following year. In 2025 it won promotion to the Segunda Federación.

Stadium and local rivalries

The club’s ground, the Estadio Paquito Giménez, sits in the town of Socuéllamos. La Mancha lies where the provinces of Ciudad Real, Albacete and Cuenca meet, so Tercera fixtures against nearby sides such as Villarrobledo, Tomelloso and Conquense have come up often. Friendly silverware includes the Trofeo Ciudad de Tomelloso in 2012, the Trofeo Villa de La Roda in 2019 and the Trofeo Feria y Fiestas de Socuéllamos in 2022.

The 2025-26 campaign

On its return to the Segunda Federación, the club played in Group V. In the sixth round it won 1-0 at CD Tenerife B, ending that side’s unbeaten run, but it spent much of the campaign near the bottom of the table. It finished 17th and was relegated to the Tercera Federación in spring 2026.