La Liga 2 with a touch of 'Mother Continent': Spanish second tier will be played in - Africa?!

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, an exclave is "a part of a region or country that is not connected to the main part but is surrounded by another region or country." One such exclave, located in the far north of Africa - geographically in Morocco but politically a Spanish territory - does not sleep these days.

And unlike some past times when the reasons were the worst - from military actions to illegal border crossings - this time, they couldn't be more beautiful. After all, few things can be more beautiful than football.

AD Ceuta FC, the club from the Spanish exclave of the same name, secured promotion to the La Liga 2, Spain's second tier, for the first time in the club's 68-year-long history! Over 80,000 people from Ceuta knew how to celebrate their favourites' utmost success and the fact that they'll face and host teams like Deportivo La Coruna, Cadiz, Real Valladolid, and many others.

Now, the word "host" is the key one in this situation, as all the visitors will be in for a tricky ride to reach the city located on the coast of the Strait of Gibraltar.

For instance, the aforementioned Deportivo La Coruna or Oviedo (if they do not secure a promotion) will have to travel over 800 km to reach Ceuta. And all that without planes! As the exclave doesn't have an airport, the only possible solution is travelling by ferry!

Regardless, the popular Meckerels deservedly achieved promotion fair and square, and both their players and fans knew how to celebrate it to the fullest.

Only three seasons ago, the club was in the fourth flight, but since its president Luhay Hamido brought the director Jose Juan Romero, Ceuta's rise began.

This season, they suffered their last defeat on November 17 (?!) to Alcorcon (2-0) and since have been on a 23-game unbeaten run! The 2-1 victory against Fuenlabrada two days ago meant the great celebration of the historic success could begin.

Ceuta's primary goal for the next season will be survival in the second flight, that's for sure, but the utmost dream is La Liga, of course. Just imagine Real Madrid and Barcelona superstars travelling by ferry over the Strait of Gibraltar and playing in the Estadio Alfonso Murube in front of 6,500 people (the stadium's current capacity).

For now, it's just a dream, but Ceuta showed everyone that everything's possible. In the following season, La Liga 2 will have a touch of Africa, and in the future, the top tier should get ready.