Tenerife played their first game since the death of striker Jesus de Miguel on an emotional day at the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez stadium.
De Miguel died at the age of 30 on 3 November, a day after colliding with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono during a home match in Spain’s Segunda Division.
Tenerife beat bottom side Ceuta 2-0 on Sunday, with tributes to De Miguel paid both before and during the game.
Lengthy standing ovations preceded and followed a minute of silence before the match.
In the ninth minute play was stopped and a round of applause took place, while a video of De Miguel was shown in the stadium, as happened at all first- and second-tier games in Spain last weekend.
Tenerife fans displayed a banner that read: “Jesus de Miguel, 9, eternally blue and white.”
Forward Nacho Gil opened the scoring for the home side in the 40th minute and celebrated by holding up De Miguel’s shirt.
Gil revealed a message written under his shirt that read: “Demi, always in our hearts.”
Neal Viereck scored four minutes from time as Tenerife ended a run of six games without a win. They are 14th in the table.
Tenerife’s game with Granada on 7 November was postponed and the club invited fans to the stadium to pay their respects to De Miguel.
Owono was given a 12-match suspension by the Spanish football federation for the challenge which resulted in De Miguel’s death.
The federation has ruled that the game between Tenerife and Andorra, which was abandoned seven minutes into stoppage time after the incident occurred, will not be replayed and the 2-2 score will stand.
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