Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...

, in the autonomous community of

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...

. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, it currently plays in

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– Group 1, and holds home games at ''

Estadio Nuevo Vivero Estadio Cívitas Nuevo Vivero is a multi-use stadium in Badajoz, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CD Badajoz. The stadium holds 14,175 and was built in 1999. They previously played at Estadio El Vi ...

'', with a 15,198-seat capacity.

History

Founded after the merger of two clubs, named ''Racing'' and ''Sport'', Badajoz became a serious member of the Spanish League in 1931, when Francisco Fernandes Marquesta donated the team their first ground, named ''El Vivero''. Subsequently playing most of their history between the

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and second divisions, the club achieved a consistent stay in the latter level during the 1990s. Never quite good enough to reach

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, 11 seasons in the second division came to an end in 2003, with relegation to

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, the new third level created in 1977. In 2006, Badajoz was saved from folding by the president of a junior club from the city,

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, who replaced them in the third level, with Badajoz falling to the fourth. On 1 July 2012 Badajoz was relegated to division four, due to a €70,000 debt contracted with its players during the 2011–12 season. being later disbanded through a liquidation process. After the dissolution, the club was refounded by the supporters with the name of Club Deportivo Badajoz 1905. This re-foundation achieved two consecutive promotions, immediately to

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and, at its third attempt, the club finally came back to

on 25 June 2017 by beating

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in the last round of the

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. In 2019–20, the team dispatched

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and La Liga club

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to make the last 16 of the

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for only the second time, before losing 3–2 to

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after

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. In

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, the final season of ''Segunda B'', Badajoz topped both of their groups to qualify for the new

, but lost by one goal to Amorebieta for a place in the second tier in the

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final.

Stadium

CD Badajoz plays at ''

'', which had a capacity of 15,200, expandable to 30,000. The club previously played at ''Estadio El Vivero'' in the east of the city, before moving a few kilometres south of the

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in 1998 to the new facilities; the first match at the new grounds took place on 2 December 1998, in a friendly goalless match with neighbours

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. The stadium hosted two full internationals for the

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. On 8 September 1999 Spain beat

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8–0 in an

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; nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the national side defeated

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4–0 in the qualifying stages of

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Season to season

---- *20 seasons in

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*18 seasons in

*32 seasons in

(26 as third tier, 6 as fourth tier)

Team re-founded

---- *2 seasons in

*4 seasons in

*3 seasons in

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Achievements

*Promotion to

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: 1952–53, 1992–93 *Promotion to Second Division B: 1986–87, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2016–17 *

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(Extremadura tournament): 2015–16, 2016–17

Historical results

*Badajoz-

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(5–1; 28 June 1992) *Badajoz-

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(7–1; 14 February 1993) *

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-Badajoz (2–6, 31 October 1993) *Badajoz-

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(5–1; 21 November 1993) *

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-Badajoz (1–5; 20 April 1996) *Badajoz-

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(5–0; 14 September 1997) *Badajoz-

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(2–0; 22 February 1998) *

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-Badajoz (0–4; 22 April 2000) *

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-Badajoz (0–5; 13 December 2009)

Notable players

The following players have either appeared in at least 100 professional games with the club and/or gained international status: * Dãnut Voicilã * Héctor Bracamonte * Ezequiel Castillo *

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* Martín Romagnoli *

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* Ivica Barbarić * Carlos Torres * Pablo Zegarra * Adelardo *

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* Eloy * Emilio López *

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* Xavi Moro *

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* Txutxi * Francisco Villarroya *

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Famous coaches

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* Antonio Maceda *

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* Víctor Torres Mestre *

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References

External links

Official website

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