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Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in
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 flat ar ...
, a city in the
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. The team competes in
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, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and operated by the municipality) is
Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez () is a municipally-owned football stadium in Getafe, Spain. It is the home ground of Getafe CF. Stadium The stadium was built in 1998 and currently, after several extensions, it has a capacity of 17,393 people, ...
which was opened in 1998 and can hold 17,393 spectators. The club was founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. Since promoting to La Liga for the first time in 2004, Getafe participated in the top level of Spanish football for twelve years between 2004 and 2016, and again since 2017. The club's main rivalry is against neighbours
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 ...
, who are based near the town of Getafe, and a friendly rivalry against Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid.


History


Beginnings

Sociedad Getafe Deportivo was founded in 1923, only playing in lower divisions from 1928 to 1932. After the
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, in 1945 five Getafe locals – Enrique Condes García, Aurelio Miranda Olavaria, Antonio Corridor Lozano, Manuel Serrano Vergara and Miguel Cubero Francés – while meeting at La Marquesina bar, decided to form a local team. Officially founded on 24 February 1946, the club was named Club Getafe Deportivo. The club originally played in the Campo del Regimiento de Artillería, which lacked goal posts. Shortly after, the club moved to San Isidro, housed in the current Municipal Sports Center of San Isidro. Here, Club Getafe was promoted to the third division following their victory against
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in the 1956–57 season. Getafe was nearly promoted to the Segunda División in 1957–58, but was defeated by
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. On 2 September 1970, the club inaugurated its own stadium after being promoted back to the Tercera División. Presided by chairman Francisco Vara, Las Margaritas won a 3–1 victory over Michelín. The team survived in the third level that season, and six years later gained their first promotion to the second division.


Second Division

Club Getafe Deportivo played six seasons in the Segunda División, with little success. From 1976 to 1982, they placed below tenth level all six years. In 1978, the club advanced to play against
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in the
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round of 16. Playing at home in the first leg, Getafe drew with a star-studded Barcelona team 3–3, before traveling away for the second leg and being thrashed 8–0 at the Camp Nou. At the conclusion of the 1981–82 season, players having not been paid, Getafe was automatically relegated and subsequently liquidated. Meanwhile, on 1 September 1976, a new club was founded in the National Sports Council and the Regional Federation of Castille. The club was called Peña Madridista Getafe (the " Real Madrid supporters' club of Getafe"). This club played for four seasons in various divisions, until taking the name Club Deportivo Peña Getafe, and played under this name for a further two seasons. On 10 July 1982, they joined forces with the much older Club Getafe Promesas, and were registered again in the Regional Federation of Castille.El actual Getafe CF
Getafe history


Present existence

Based on the merger the previous year, the present Getafe Club de Fútbol was officially founded on 8 July 1983, after passing through assembly. Starting in the regional leagues in 1983–84, Getafe was promoted for four consecutive seasons until reaching the Segunda División B. The club started a new period with its promotion into Segunda in 1994–95, staying only two years. Threatening absolute disappearance just a few years later in 1997, Getafe survived relegation into the fourth level
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following a two-legged playoff victory over
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. Meanwhile, Getafe's current stadium, the
Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez () is a municipally-owned football stadium in Getafe, Spain. It is the home ground of Getafe CF. Stadium The stadium was built in 1998 and currently, after several extensions, it has a capacity of 17,393 people, ...
, was inaugurated on 1 January 1998.El estadio del Getafe CF
Getafe stadium
Returning to the second division for 1999–2000, Getafe lasted another two seasons. However, one year later, they would return following an amazing promotion in 2001–02 during which one of their players, Sebastián "Sebas" Gómez, was murdered, and controversy regarding unpaid payments of players following a debt of
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3 million. Consolidating their position after one year, Getafe had a fantastic
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in Segunda. At the top of the table for most of the year, the side travelled to the Canary Islands on the final matchday needing a win to assure a historic promotion to
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, the top-flight. Amazingly, they defeated
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5–3 with five goals from Sergio Pachón, thus becoming along with Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and
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the fourth team from the
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– and the first of them from outside of the capital – to ever play in La Liga. With this promotion, Getafe had ascended the whole Spanish football pyramid, achieving this feat in only 20 years.


La Liga

The club started 2004–05 poorly, lying at the bottom of the table. Home wins over Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao,
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and Real Madrid, followed by a sole away win of the season over Athletic Bilbao, saw Getafe climb to finish 13th, being the only promoted side to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, the club lost head coach
Quique Sánchez Flores Enrique "Quique" Sánchez Flores (; born 5 February 1965) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Getafe. He began his professional career with Valencia in 1984, going on to amass La Liga totals of 304 ga ...
and several players to rival clubs. In Getafe's next season, the club briefly topped the table before slipping to finish ninth. During the
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, Argentine-born
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became Getafe's first ever Spanish international, before moving to Atlético Madrid. In 2006–07, Getafe again finished ninth in the league, conceding only 33 goals in 38 matches and
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Roberto Abbondanzieri was awarded the
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, having recorded 12 clean sheets. The highlight of the club's season was reaching the
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, a competition in which Getafe had never reached the quarter-finals before. The run included a two-legged semi-final against Barcelona in which Getafe lost the first leg 5–2 at the Camp Nou before producing a 4–0 rout in the second leg at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. Getafe lost their first ever major final 1–0 to
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at the
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. Through this, the club qualified for the following season's
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qualification, as Sevilla had already qualified for the
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through their league position. The following season, coach
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left after two seasons to become head coach at Real Madrid, and Getafe appointed
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as his replacement. Under Laudrup, Getafe again finished the league mid-table. In the
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, the team managed to progress to the quarter-finals after finishing top of Group G, only losing once, setting up a tie against four-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich. Getafe drew the away leg 1–1, thanks to an injury time equaliser from
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. In the second leg, Rubén de la Red was
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after six minutes. Contra put Getafe ahead just before half-time, but in the 89th minute,
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equalized to send the match into extra time. Two quick goals from
Javier Casquero Francisco Javier Casquero Paredes (born 11 March 1976) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played usually as a central midfielder. Over 11 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 322 matches and 43 goals, mainly with Getafe (six year ...
and substitute Braulio gave Getafe a 3–1 lead, but Bayern pulled a goal back from Luca Toni, before Toni again scored seconds before the end of extra time, giving Bayern an
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win. Getafe also had successful run in the
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, reaching
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for a second year running. In the final, at the
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, Getafe were beaten 3–1 by Valencia. In the 2015–16 season, Getafe were relegated to second division after spending 12 years in first campaign. However, in 2016–17, the club immediately returned to La Liga after defeating
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and
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to gain promotion via the play-offs. In the 2017–18 season Getafe finished in the 8th position, easily avoiding the relegation back to Segunda División.


2019–present

In the 2018–19 season Getafe finished 5th, their highest finish in the first division, and qualified for the
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group stage. They finished 2nd in their group, with 12 points from 6 games, which allowed them to advance to the next round. They managed to beat
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3–2 on aggregate in the Round of 32. Due to that win, they faced
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Stadium

Getafe play at the
Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez () is a municipally-owned football stadium in Getafe, Spain. It is the home ground of Getafe CF. Stadium The stadium was built in 1998 and currently, after several extensions, it has a capacity of 17,393 people, ...
, located in Getafe. Its pitch dimensions are 105x70 metres. The stadium was inaugurated on 1 January 1998, named after the Spanish international (and of Real Madrid fame)
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. Though he never played for or against Getafe, or even in the stadium, he is perhaps the most famous
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to come out of the area and was at the height of his career during the mid-1990s. Before playing in the Coliseum, Getafe played their home matches at the nearby Estadio de las Margaritas, part of the greater Sports City of Las Margaritas. The Coliseum was subsequently built as a natural extension to the much smaller facilities at Las Margaritas. Since its foundation, the stadium has had numerous renovations, and now seats 14,400 people and several thousand more standing. As such, the exact capacity is variable and ambiguous. Getafe generally fill the stadium for local matches against Real and Atlético Madrid, as well as against Barcelona, most famously in the 2006–07 Cup semi-final. For the first time in their history, Getafe pre-sold out the whole of the Coliseum before their second leg match against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup quarter-final. Getafe club president Ángel Torres expressed interest in upgrading the Coliseum to a much greater 20,000 seat arena, in conjunction with Madrid's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. The failure of this bid and poor crowd averages put this redevelopment in doubt. Getafe use the nearby Sports City when training. These facilities include several training pitches with both grass and artificial turf, full medical rooms and recuperation facilities.


Supporters

Commonly called ''Marea Azul'', or ''Azulones'', Getafe supporters have steadily increased in number with the success of the team in recent years. There are 18 ''peñas'' ("supporter clubs") and 12,000 ''socios'' ("associates"). Former Real Madrid player Francisco Pavón is a well-known Getafe ''socio'', while Fernando Alonso and
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have attended matches at the Coliseum in the past. Getafe supporters have grown far beyond the local area and are now known to have fans in Australia, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Argentina, Scotland, Denmark, the United States and Mexico. In 2007, a ''peña'' was founded in Venezuela to extend the worldwide club reach. Getafe also created some controversy in 2007 when their season ticket campaign included biblical references of
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, Moses and Jesus sacrificing themselves for the team. The club responded by withdrawing the first scene involving Abraham. Upon important or famous victories, Getafe fans congregate to celebrate at the Cibelina statue in the town centre. Prior to the 2007 Cup final, Torres implored the fans to "tear down the Cibelina" upon victory, promising to pay for a new design. During that final, thousands of supporters rushed to get tickets and packed into the Santiago Bernabéu, yet were vastly outnumbered by ''Sevillistas''. However, those who failed to get tickets – most of which went to season ticket holders for the 2007–08 campaign – were able to watch the match on a big screen in Getafe's central square. Getafe has also a small group of
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supporters, called ''Comandos Azules'' ("blue
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''Zombies Calientes de Getafe''

In 2011, Getafe released a humorous tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign, pretending to decry the club's relatively small fanbase and encouraging male supporters to donate sperm in order to breed more fans. To inspire those donations, the club produced a short pornographic film called ''"Zombies Calientes de Getafe"'' (Horny Zombies of Getafe), "shot in the style of a 1970s porn film", and delivered it to sperm donation clinics in Madrid.


Rivalries

Historically, due to their close geographical position, Getafe has always held a strong rivalry with
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. They played out numerous encounters in the lower division before the two teams fortunes began to contrast as Getafe gained ascendency and Leganés began to deteriorate. In the first division, the side has held some exciting matches in the last few years with Real Madrid, with the ledger being most recently squared at three wins each. Real Madrid's much greater stature, huge budget and expensive squad has never stopped Getafe from rising to the challenge and often playing their best football against their "bigger brother". In addition to this, Getafe has developed somewhat of a rivalry with Barcelona, which culminated in their famous 4–0 victory over their more fancied opponents during the 2006–07 Copa del Rey semi-final. Also, Valencia has succumbed numerous times to ''el Geta'', often quite heavily, as was the case during the 2006–07 Copa del Rey, which ensured Getafe's first ever appearance in the Copa's quarter-finals with a 2–4 win at Valencia's
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. However, this result was turned around in the 2008 Copa del Rey final, as Valencia would deny Getafe their first ever trophy with a 3–1 victory. This rivalry is propped up healthily by the regular transfer of Getafe players (and head coach
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) to Valencia.


European record

The club has not appeared in any European competition except in the
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(formerly the UEFA Cup). The club appeared only three times in this tournament, In 2007–08 they qualified for the tournament as Copa del Rey runner-up in the previous season's for
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, who qualified for the
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, and progressed from the group and round of 16 before being beaten by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals. three years later, in
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they were paired with
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in the playoff round, and qualified by eliminating them, but then they were eliminated from the group stage as third place. In the 2019–20 season, Getafe appeared in the tournament for the third time, and they were able to qualify from the group stage in second place, and they also managed to pass the round of 16 after eliminating
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, but they were eliminated in the next round against
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in one match due to the
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.


Season to season

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'' *7 ''seasons'' in '' Segunda División'' *11 ''seasons'' in '' Segunda División B'' *1 ''seasons'' in ''
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'' *3 seasons in '' Categorías Regionales''


Honours

*
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**''Runners-up (2):'' 2006–07, 2007–08 * Segunda División B – Group 1 **''Winners (1):'' 1998–99


Current squad

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Reserve team


Out on loan


Club officials


Current technical staff


David Cubillo
Cote
Santos Ramírez
Cris Oyola
Xabier Laucirica Zorrozua


Board of directors

{, class="wikitable" , - !Office !Name , - , President , Ángel Torres , - , First vice president , Felipe Triguero , - , Second vice president , Valentín Sánchez , - , Secretary , Juan Leif , - , Vice secretary , Fernando Santos , - , Treasurer , María Ángeles Carlos Vara , - , General director , José María Durán , - , Sporting director , Carlos Guerrero , - , Academy director , Damián Jiménez Fraile , - , Academy coordinator , Juan Manuel Hernández Cáceres , - , Administration and operations director , José Antonio Ramirez , - , Financial director , Angeles Carlos , - , Financial treasurer , Patricia Torres , - , Communication director , Luz Monzón , - , Social media director , David Torres , - , Marketing director , Alberto Heras


Coaches

{, , - style="vertical-align: top;" , * Luis Sánchez Duque (1994–95) * Emilio Cruz (1995) * Luis Ángel Duque (1996) * Manuel García Calderón (1997–98) * Santiago Prado (1998–2000) * Juanjo (2000) * Manolo Cano (2000) * Gonzalo Hurtado (2001) * Felines (2001–03) *
Pepe Mel José "Pepe" Mel Pérez (born 28 February 1963) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. He amassed Segunda División totals of 215 matches and 78 goals over eight seasons, for Real Madrid Castilla, Castell ...
(2003) *
Josu Uribe Jesús Uribesalgo Gutiérrez (born 25 May 1969), commonly known as Josu Uribe, is a Spanish Association football, football Manager (association football), manager. Club career Born in Gijón, Asturias, Uribe began coaching at the age of 21, manag ...
(2003–04) *
Quique Sánchez Flores Enrique "Quique" Sánchez Flores (; born 5 February 1965) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Getafe. He began his professional career with Valencia in 1984, going on to amass La Liga totals of 304 ga ...
(2004–05) *
Bernd Schuster Bernd Schuster (born 22 December 1959) is a German former professional footballer of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides FC Barcelona (1980–1987) and Real Madrid (1988–1990). He played as a m ...
(2005–07) *
Michael Laudrup Michael Laudrup (, born 15 June 1964) is a Danish professional football coach and former player. He is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. He is the older brother of fellow retired footballer Brian Laudrup. During his p ...
(2007–08) * Víctor Muñoz (2008–09) , , * Míchel (2009–11) * Luis García (2011–14) *
Cosmin Contra Cosmin Marius Contra (; born 15 December 1975) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Primarily an attacking-minded right-back, he was also deployed as a midfielder. He played professionally in three countries his own notwithstanding, ...
(2014–15) *
Quique Sánchez Flores Enrique "Quique" Sánchez Flores (; born 5 February 1965) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Getafe. He began his professional career with Valencia in 1984, going on to amass La Liga totals of 304 ga ...
(2015) * Pablo Franco (2015) *
Fran Escribá Francisco 'Fran' Escribá Segura (born 3 May 1965) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a left winger. He is the current manager of Real Zaragoza. Club career Born in Valencia, Escribá played youth football with Valen ...
(2015–16) *
Juan Esnáider Juan Eduardo Esnáider Belén (; born 5 March 1973) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. Having spent most of his career in Spain, he was known as a powerful player with an excellent aerial game. He s ...
(2016) * José Bordalás (2016–21) * Míchel (2021) *
Quique Sánchez Flores Enrique "Quique" Sánchez Flores (; born 5 February 1965) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Getafe. He began his professional career with Valencia in 1984, going on to amass La Liga totals of 304 ga ...
(2021–)


Presidents

* Antonio de Miguel (1983–92) * Francisco Flores (1992–2000) * Felipe González (2000–01) * Domingo Rebosio (2001–02) * Ángel Torres (2002–)


See also

*
Getafe CF B Getafe Club de Fútbol "B" is the reserve team of Getafe CF, club based in Getafe, Madrid metropolitan area, in the namesake community. Founded in 1983, it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 7 holding home games at '' Ciudad Deportiv ...
* Getafe Deportivo


References


External links

;Official websites
Official website

Getafe at La Liga

Futbolme team profile

''Peñas'' federation
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