Mérida AD

Mérida
Full nameAsociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D.
NicknamesRomanos
Pecholatas
Founded19 February 2013; 13 years ago (19 February 2013)
as Mérida Asociación Deportiva
GroundEstadio Romano, Mérida,
Extremadura, Spain
Capacity14,600[1]
OwnerBest Intentions Analytics Limited (100%)
PresidentCliff Crown
Head coachFran Beltrán
LeaguePrimera Federación – Group 1
2024–25Primera Federación – Group 2, 4th of 20
Websiteadmerida.es

Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2013 it is a successor club of CP Mérida, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1.

History

The club was founded on 19 February 2013 and six days later, it was registered in General Registry of Sports Entities of Extremadura.[2] Mérida UD was dissolved later in 2013 and Mérida AD bought their place in Tercera División.[3]

On 30 May 2015, the club was promoted to Segunda División B after defeating CD Laredo 2–1 on aggregate in the playoffs.[4] On 27 August that year, the team competed in the Copa del Rey for the first time, losing 0–3 at home to Peña Sport FC in the opening round.[5]

In 2017–18, the club were given a bye to the second round of the cup, where they lost 2–0 at CF Fuenlabrada.[6] The season ended with relegation back to the fourth tier after a 2–2 aggregate defeat (away goals) to Coruxo FC in the relegation play-offs,[7] but the club bounced back a year later with a penalty shootout win against UD Socuéllamos.[8]

After a league restructuring in 2021, Mérida was placed in the new fourth-tier Segunda División RFEF. That season, they came runners-up in their group to Córdoba CF and achieved promotion via the play-offs with a 2–0 extra-time win over CD Teruel.[9]

In 2025, the Matthew Benham-led holding group Best Intentions Analytics Limited (BIA) acquired the club.[10]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2013–14 4 3ª 2nd
2014–15 4 3ª 1st
2015–16 3 2ª B 8th First round
2016–17 3 2ª B 5th
2017–18 3 2ª B 16th Second round
2018–19 4 3ª 1st
2019–20 3 2ª B 19th Second round
2020–21 3 2ª B 6th / 4th
2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 2nd
2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 8th Second round
2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 12th
2024–25 3 1ª Fed. 4th
2025–26 3 1ª Fed. First round

Current squad

As of 5 February 2026[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  HUN Adrián Csenterics (on loan from MTK Budapest)
3 DF  ESP Javi Lancho
4 DF  ESP Luis Pareja
5 DF  ESP Javi Domínguez
6 MF  POR Geo Almeida (on loan from Farense)
7 FW  ESP Chiqui
8 MF  ESP Martín Solar
9 FW  ISL Sigurður Bjartur Hallsson
10 FW  ESP Carlos Doncel
11 FW  ESP Javi Areso
12 FW  POR Rui Gomes
13 GK  ESP Pablo Cacharrón
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  FRA Sofiane El Ftouhi
15 DF  ESP Gaizka Martínez
16 MF  ESP Miguel Capitas
17 MF  ESP Victor Corral (on loan from Ceuta)
18 MF  ALB Benjamin Dibrani
19 DF  ESP Felipe Alfonso
20 FW  ESP Jacobo Martí
21 MF  ESP Raúl Beneit
22 DF  ESP Manu Rivas
23 DF  ESP Eudald Vergés
24 FW  POR Rodrigo Pereira

Stadium

Mérida plays its home games at Estadio Romano, with a capacity of 14,600 spectators.[12]

Managerial history

References

  1. ^ "Estadio Romano". www.admerida.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ Gallego, Fernando (11 May 2013). "La AD Mérida sustituirá al Mérida UD en Tercera" [AD Mérida will replace Mérida UD in Tercera]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. ^ Gallego, Fernando (31 May 2015). "Redímete, Mérida" [Redeem yourself, Mérida] (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Frustración en el Romano" [Frustration in the Romano]. Hoy (in Spanish). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Fuenlabrada rompe el sueño copero" [Fuenlabrada break the cup dream]. Hoy (in Spanish). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Fin de ciclo para el Mérida en Coruxo" [End of the cycle for Mérida in Coruxo]. Hoy (in Spanish). 26 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  8. ^ "El Mérida vuelve a ser de bronce" [Mérida returns to the third tier]. Hoy (in Spanish). 3 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  9. ^ "El CD Teruel cae contra el Mérida y no logra el ascenso a Primera RFEF" [CD Teruel fall against Mérida and do not achieve promotion to Primera RFEF]. Diario de Teruel (in Spanish). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  10. ^ "La AD Mérida pasa a manos del holding del Brentford inglés". EFE. 15 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Mérida AD » Squad 2025/2026". WorldFootball. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Estadio Romano | Mérida AD". www.admerida.es. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Mehdi Nafti, nuevo entrenador del Mérida" [Mehdi Nafti, Mérida's new manager]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  14. ^ F.G. (21 December 2017). "El adiós elegante de Nafti" [Nafti's elegant farewell]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  15. ^ Fernández, Menchu (12 March 2018). "Mehdi Nafti vuelve al Mérida tras ser despedido en diciembre" [Mehdi Nafti returns to Mérida after being dismissed in December]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  16. ^ E.P.E. (28 May 2018). "El Mérida vuelve a kilómetro 0" [Mérida back to square one]. El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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