Levante Football Club was a football club in Valencia, Spain. It was a predecessor of the current Levante UD.
History The club was founded in 1909 as "Levante Football Club". In 1939 Levante FC and Gimnástico FC merged into "Levante Unión Deportiva". Levante UD thus having origin since, at least, 1909 from both merged teams, Levante FC and Gimnástico FC. Today, Levante UD is the oldest senior football club in Valencia. Local rival Valencia CF was not formed until 1919.
Background Levante FC – (1909–1939) → ↓ Levante FC – Gimnástico FC, renamed Levante Unión Deportiva – (1939–Present) Gimnástico FC – (1909–1939) → ↑
Copa de la España Libre
During the Spanish Civil War both Levante FC and Gimnástico CF played in the Mediterranean League, finishing fifth and sixth respectively. Teams from this league also competed in the Copa de la España Libre (Free Spain Cup). It was originally intended that the top four teams from the league would enter the cup, but FC Barcelona opted to tour Mexico and the United States. As a result, Levante FC took their place. The first round of the competition was a mini-league with the top two teams, Levante FC and Valencia CF, then qualifying for the final. On 18 July 1937, Levante FC beat their city rivals 1–0 at the Montjuïc.
Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1909–1014th-No Record-1918–19DNP-1919–2013rd-1920–2114th-1921–2214th-1922–2314th-1923–2413rd-1924–2513rd-1925–2612ndgroup round1926–2713rd-SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1927–2811stgroup round1928–2944th-1929–3033ª2nd-1930–3133ª6th-1931–3233ª1st-1932–3333ª4thRound of 321933–3433ª5thRound of 321934–3522ª3rdSemi-finals1935–3622ª3rd2nd round19371ML5thWinner
2 seasons in Segunda División 5 seasons in Tercera División
Honours Copa del Rey Winners (1): 1937La Federación reconoce la Copa del Levante de 1937 y la del Deportivo de 1912 , [The Federation recognizes Levante's 1937 Cup and Deportivo's 1912 Cup], Noel Rodilla, Marca, 25 March 2023 (in Spanish) Semi-finals (1): 1935
Kit evolution
References
External links
Regional Titles at RSSSF Copa de España Libre, at RSSSF