Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in

Leganés Leganés () is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area, it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most popul ...

Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest mun ...

, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 12,454 spectators.

History

The club was officially founded on 23 June 1928. Its first president was Ramón del Hierro. However the club had to suspend operations in 1936 due to the Spanish civil war, where they remained inactive until they reformed on 4 September 1946. Leganés played the vast majority of its existence in the lower leagues. In 1977 the club regained promotion to the

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, where it had played before for seven years when the category was still the third level. After a steady progression, Leganés reached the new division three in 1987, being promoted to the second division six years later and maintaining its league status for 11 seasons; during this timeframe, it collected two consecutive eighth places (best) from 1995 to 1997. On 24 December 2008, Victoria Pavón and Felipe Moreno acquired a majority stake of the club. Since July 2009, Victoria Pavón has been the president of the club. In the 2013–14 season, Leganés promoted to Segunda División after 10 seasons in Segunda B. El CD Leganés a Primera (26911425003)

In the 2015–16 season, for the first time in their history, Leganés earned promotion to

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, which was sealed on 4 June 2016 with a 1–0 away win against CD Mirandés, thus becoming the fifth team from

to ever play in La Liga after

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...

, Rayo Vallecano, and

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a fla ...

. They remained in the top flight for four seasons, reaching a peak of 13th in 2018–19, before relegation in the last game of the following season, a 2–2 home draw with

. During this spell, the team qualified for the first time to the semifinals of the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

, by eliminating

in the

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thanks to a 2–1 win at

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ( es, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, ) is a association football, football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid since its c ...

Fans

The fans have friendly relation with ultras group ''Gate 12'' of Egaleo FC, the towns of Egaleo and

happen to be twinned too. They also have friendly ties with Reading F.C. of

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, partially due to sharing their blue and white colours. Their biggest rival is

with whom they contest the South Madrid derby.

Season to season

---- *4 seasons in

*16 seasons in Segunda División *16 seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Fo ...

*19 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Club officials

Current technical staff

Board of directors

{, class="wikitable" , - !Office !Name , - , President , Jeff Luhnow , - , First vice president , Felipe Moreno , - , Second vice president , Juan Antonio Ortiz , - , Secretary , Txema Indias , - , General director , Martín Ortega , - , Financial director , Ángel Sánchez , - , Security director , Rafael De Castro , - , Communication, marketing and social director , Daniel Abanda , - , Medical director , Alberto Lam , - , Academy director , Jorge Broto

Honours

: 1992–93 *

: 1985–86

Famous players

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José Chamot José Antonio Chamot (born 17 May 1969) is a retired Argentine footballer and current manager who played as a full-back, mainly on the left flank but occasionally also on the right and, very rarely, as a centre-back. Club career Born in Con ...

* Federico Domínguez *

Martín Mantovani Martín Maximiliano Mantovani (born 7 July 1984) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Born in San Miguel, Corrientes, Mantovani played for local clubs as a youth, before joining Atlético Madrid in the 2006 sum ...

* Jonathan Silva *

Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation from 11 December 2021. In his prime, Eto'o was regarded by pundits as one ...

* Allan Nyom * Pierre Webó *

Bryan Rabello Bryan Martín Rabello Mella (born 16 May 1994) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Brazilian club Grêmio Novorizontino as an attacking midfielder. Club career Colo-Colo Rabello made his competitive first team debut for Colo-C ...

* Martin Braithwaite * Chupe * Iván Zarandona * Julián Ronda , , * Dimitris Siovas *

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* Youssef En-Nesyri * Nordin Amrabat *

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* Kenneth Omeruo * Ariza Makukula * Paulo Torres *

Andrei Mokh Andrei Vladimirovich Mokh (russian: Андрей Владимирович Мох; born 20 October 1965 in Tomsk) is a retired Russian football player. International career Mokh made his debut for USSR national football team, USSR on 21 Novemb ...

* Yahya Al-Shehri *

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, , * Alfredo * Raúl Arribas *

Unai Bustinza Unai Bustinza Martínez (born 2 February 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for SD Amorebieta. Club career Athletic Bilbao Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Bustinza joined Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system in 2002 ...

* Catanha * Iván Cuéllar *

Javier Eraso Javier Eraso Goñi (; born 22 March 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SD Amorebieta. Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Eraso graduated from Athletic Bilbao's youth setup, and started playing as a senio ...

* Óscar Fernández *

Rubén Falcón Rubén Falcón Mínguez (born 8 October 1977) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Zaragoza, Falcón played several years with hometown club Real Zaragoza, but was registered mostly for their reserv ...

Jordi Lardín Jordi Lardín Cruz (born 4 June 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a winger. Over the course of eight seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 200 games and 44 goals with Espanyol and Atlético Madrid. Career Born in Manr ...

* Pedro Largo * Carlos Martínez * Miguel Melgar , , * Miguel Muñoz * Raúl Moreno * Rubén Pérez *

Jaime Ramos Jaime Ramos Hernández (born 9 January 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is the current assistant head coach of Elche CF. Playing career Born in Madrid, Ramos began his senior career with lowly Re ...

* Óscar Rodríguez * Quini *

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* Michael Santos * Darwin Machís

List of coaches

{, , - style="vertical-align: top;" , * Joseíto (1979–80) * Luis Ángel Duque (1989–95) *

Luis Sánchez Duque Luis Sánchez Duque (born 13 November 1956) is a Spanish football manager. Manager career Born in Getafe, Madrid, Sánchez Duque began his managerial career with Getafe CF in 1993, after already representing the club's predecessor as a player ...

(1995–97) * Pedro Braojos (1997–98) *

(1998–99) * Enrique Martín (1999–01) * Ciriaco Cano (2001) * Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (2001–02) * Enrique Martín (2002–03) * Carlos Aimar (2003–04) * Víctor Hugo Marchesini (2004) , , * Martín Delgado (2004) *

Quique Estebaranz Juan Enrique 'Quique' Estebaranz López (born 6 October 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward. He made almost 300 professional appearances during his professional career, during which he represented eight clubs. This not ...

(2005) * Luis Ángel Duque (2005–06, 2009–10) * Santiago Martín Prado(2006–2007) * Miguel Rivera (2010–11) *

Rafa Muñoz Rafa is a masculine given name, mostly as a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Rafael. It may refer to: People * Rafael Nadal (born 1986), Spanish tennis player * Rafa (footballer, born 1985), Spanish footballer Rafael López Gómez * Rafael Be ...

(2011) * Miguel Álvarez (2011) * Carlos Orúe (2011–12) *

Víctor Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include: * Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer) *Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer) *Víctor Hugo Cabrera ...

(2012) *

Pablo Alfaro Pablo Alfaro Armengot (born 26 April 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of San Fernando CD. In his career, in which he represented six teams – most notably Sevilla – he amassed La Liga ...

(2012–13) , , *

Asier Garitano Asier Garitano Aguirrezábal (born 6 December 1969) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. During a 14-year senior career, he appeared in 134 matches in Segunda División over five seasons, totalling 23 goals fo ...

(2013–2018) * Mauricio Pellegrino (2018–2019) * Javier Aguirre (2019–2020) * José Luis Martí (2020–2021) *

(2021) * Mehdi Nafti (2021–2022)

Reserve team

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Leganes Betting profile
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