CF Peralada

Peralada was founded in 1915 as a local community team, assembled simply to play friendly matches against other village teams in the area. The club eventually took the name Club Deportiu Peralada (Sports Club Peralada) in 1936, under the leadership of their first president, Martí Roca. At the time, their shirt was blue and they played games in a field owned by one Miquel Pujol, a site which has now been partially converted into a cafe. During the upheaval of the Spanish Civil War the club took the decision to cease operations, only resuming sporting activities in 1950. The following year, the team moved to the Camp de Cal Músic, on land rented from the municipal government. In 1981, the city council purchased the land which was to become their present stadium. Lack of funds prevented the site from being fully completed until 1992, however, when the Suqué-Mateu family - owners of Peralada Castle - turned the club's financial situation around with a generous sponsorship. The increased budget available and improved facilities were rewarded over the following several seasons, as CF Peralada steadily climbed to a level in the Catalan regional league system higher than it had ever previously reached in its history. By 2002/03, the club for the first time ascended from the Catalan regional divisions to enter the Tercera División, the lowest of the fully nation-wide leagues in Spain. Two seasons after this promotion, the club reached the semi-finals of the Copa Catalunya for the…