Mérida

Full name	Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Romanos Pecholatas
Founded	19 February 2013; 11 years ago (19 February 2013) as Mérida Asociación Deportiva
Ground	Estadio Romano, Mérida, Extremadura, Spain
Capacity	14,600[1]
Owner	Mark Heffernan
President	Mark Heffernan
Head coach	Sergi Guilló
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Primera Federación – Group 2, 12th of 20
Website	http://admerida.es/
Home colours Away colours

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 División RFEF – Group 1.

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]

• 3 seasons in Primera Federación
• 5 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda División RFEF
• 3 seasons in Tercera División

As of 30 August 2024.^[10]

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  ESP Juanpa Palomares 3 DF  ESP Sergio Segura 4 DF  ESP Manuel Bonaque 5 DF  ESP Luis Pareja 6 MF  ESP Miki Muñoz 7 FW  ESP Álvaro Juan 8 FW  ESP Javi Eslava 9 FW  MAR Mohamed Mizzian 10 MF  ESP Juanjo Sánchez 11 FW  ESP Carlos Doncel 12 MF  USA Jack Beer 13 GK  ESP Dani Vicente 14 FW  ESP Liberto Beltrán

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ARG Mateo Prevedini 16 FW  ESP Pablo García 17 MF  EQG Pablo Ganet 18 DF  ESP Eliseo Falcón 19 DF  ESP Pipe 20 DF  DOM Charbel Wehbe (on loan from Real Oviedo) 21 MF  ESP Raúl Beneit 22 DF  ESP Mario Climent 23 MF  ESP Busi 26 GK  ESP Iker Maciá 28 MF  ESP Saúl del Cerro (on loan from Burgos) — DF  ARG Tomás Bourdal

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 — GK  ESP José Andrés Oliveira (at Villanovense until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SEN Yacouba Dabo (at Juventud Torremolinos until 30 June 2025)

Mérida plays its home games at Estadio Romano, with a capacity of 14,600 spectators.^[11]

• Google map for Estadio Romano

• Ángel Alcazar (2015)
• Antonio Gómez (2016)
• José Miguel Campos (2016)
• Bernardo Plaza (2016)
• Eloy Jiménez (2016–17)
• Mehdi Nafti (2017)^[12][13]
• Loren Morón (2017–18)
• Mehdi Nafti (2018)^[14][15]
• Santi Amaro (2019)
• Diego Merino (2019–20)
• Juanma (2020)
• Dani Mori (2020–21)
• Miguel Rivera (2021)
• Juan García (2021)
• Javier Álvarez de los Mozos (2021–22)
• Juanma (2022–)

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Official twitter (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Official blog (in Spanish)
• FEF profile (in Spanish)