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 munici ...

, Spain, that currently competes in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

, 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 The Estadio Municipal de Butarque is a multi-use stadium located in Leganés, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of CD Leganés. History and characteristics The stadium shares its name (Butarque) with that ...

, 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 fourth division, 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 The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following the fo ...

in 1987, being promoted to the

second division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

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

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

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

, which was sealed on 4 June 2016 with a 1–0 away win against

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, thus becoming the fifth team from

to ever play in La Liga after

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, and

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. 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 footbal ...

, by eliminating

in the

quarterfinals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

thanks to a 2–1 win at

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ( es, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, ) is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947. It is the second-larg ...

Fans

The fans have friendly relation with

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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. Reading Football Club ( ) is a professional football club based in Reading, Berkshire, England. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is managed by Paul Ince. Reading are nicknamed ...

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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 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 Foot ...

*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

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Jeff Luhnow Jeff Luhnow (born June 8, 1966) is a Mexican-American former baseball executive and owner of Mexican club Cancún F.C. and CD Leganés of Spain. He worked for the St. Louis Cardinals in their scouting department from 2003 through 2011, before j ...

, - , 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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* Federico Domínguez * Martín Mantovani * Jonathan Silva *

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* Allan Nyom *

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* Bryan Rabello *

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* Julián Ronda , , *

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* Nabil El Zhar *

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* Diego Reyes * Christopher Ohen *

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* Andrei Mokh *

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, , *

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* Raúl Arribas * Unai Bustinza *

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List of coaches

{, , - style="vertical-align: top;" , * Joseíto (1979–80) * Luis Ángel Duque (1989–95) * Luis Sánchez Duque (1995–97) * Pedro Braojos (1997–98) * Luis Sánchez Duque (1998–99) * Enrique Martín (1999–01) * Ciriaco Cano (2001) * Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (2001–02) * Enrique Martín (2002–03) *

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(2003–04) * Víctor Hugo Marchesini (2004) , , * Martín Delgado (2004) * Quique Estebaranz (2005) * Luis Ángel Duque (2005–06, 2009–10) * Santiago Martín Prado(2006–2007) * Miguel Rivera (2010–11) * Rafa Muñoz (2011) * Miguel Álvarez (2011) *

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(2011–12) * Víctor (2012) * Pablo Alfaro (2012–13) , , *

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(2013–2018) *

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(2018–2019) *

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(2019–2020) *

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(2020–2021) *

(2021) *

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(2021–2022)

Reserve team

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

Leganes Betting profile
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