UD Lanzarote UD Lanzarote Unión Deportiva Lanzarote is a Spanish football team based in Arrecife, Lanzarote, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1970 it plays in Tercera División – Group 12, holding home games at the "Ciudad Deportiva de Lanzarote" (sports city), a 6,000-seat stadium which is shared with CD Orientación Marítima. "Unión Deportiva Lanzarote" was formed in August 1970, in views to a representation outside of the island. In its beginnings the team played on "picón" (volcanic granules), eventually moving on to FIFA-approved artificial grass. In its first competitive season, 1970–71, the team won the "Segunda Regional Insular"
Lanzarote after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived. The island's name in the native language was Tyterogaka or Tytheroygaka, which may mean "one that is all ochre" (referring to the island's predominant colour). Lanzarote is located north-east of Fuerteventura and just over from Graciosa. The dimensions of the island are from north to south and from west to east. Lanzarote has of coastline, of which are sand, are beach, and the remainder is rocky. Its landscape includes the mountain ranges of Famara (671 metres or 2,201 feet) in the north and Ajaches () to the