Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional

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club based in Leganés,

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. They currently compete in

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, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played their first season in the 6th division of Spanish football. The club's stadium, the Estadio Municipal Butarque, was built in 1998, after moving from the Luis Rodríguez de Miguel, a stadium they had played in since 1966. In 2024–25, Leganés plays in

by receiving automatic promotion after winning their first Segunda title. It holds home games at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 12,454 spectators.

History

Lower leagues (1928–1992)

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.

Third and second divisions (1992–2016)

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 was promoted to

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after 10 seasons in Segunda B.

La Liga promotions (2016–present)

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

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

ever to play in La Liga, after

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, Rayo Vallecano 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

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, by eliminating

in the quarterfinals thanks to a 2–1 win at

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. In 2017, Leganés planned to change their name to "Leganés Madrid" to aid putting them "on the map". In the 2023–24 season, Leganes won Segunda Division and were promoted to La Liga, thus returning after a four-season absence. They were immediately relegated back to Segunda in the 2024-25 season.

Fans

The fans have friendly relation with

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group ''Gate 12'' of

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, the towns of

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and Leganés 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

---- *5 seasons in

*18 seasons in

*16 seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

*19 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

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 , Harry Browne , - , Second vice president , Joe Ortega , - , Secretary , Scott Graeme , - , General director , Martin Cooper , - , Financial director , Andrew Hutchinson , - , Security director , Stuart McLean , - , Communication, marketing and social director , Declan Donovan , - , Medical director , Edward Stevens , - , Academy director , Gary Barnett

Honours

: 2023–24 *

: 1992–93 *

: 1985–86

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and have reached international status. {, , - style="vertical-align: top;" , * José Chamot * Federico Domínguez * Martín Mantovani * Jonathan Silva *

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* Allan Nyom * Pierre Webó * Bryan Rabello * Martin Braithwaite * Chupe * Iván Zarandona * Julián Ronda , , * Dimitris Siovas * Nabil El Zhar * Youssef En-Nesyri * Nordin Amrabat * Diego Reyes * Christopher Ohen * Kenneth Omeruo *

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* Paulo Torres * Andrei Mokh * Yahya Al-Shehri *

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* Raúl Arribas * Unai Bustinza * Catanha * Iván Cuéllar * Javier Eraso * Óscar Fernández * Rubén Falcón * Jordi Lardín * Pedro Largo * Carlos Martínez * Miguel Melgar , , * Miguel Muñoz * Raúl Moreno * Rubén Pérez * Jaime Ramos * Óscar Rodríguez * Quini * Diego Rolán * Michael Santos * Darwin Machís

List of coaches

{, , - style="vertical-align: top;" , * Joseíto (1979–80) * Luis Ángel Duque (1989–95) * Luis Sánchez Duque (1995–97) *

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(1997–98) * Luis Sánchez Duque (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 (2005) * Luis Ángel Duque (2005–06, 2009–10) * Santiago Martín Prado(2006–2007) * Miguel Rivera (2010–11) * Rafa Muñoz (2011) * Miguel Álvarez (2011) * Carlos Orúe (2011–12) * Víctor (2012) * Pablo Alfaro (2012–13) , , * Asier Garitano (2013–2018) * Mauricio Pellegrino (2018–2019) *

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(2019–2020) * José Luis Martí (2020–2021) * Asier Garitano (2021) * Mehdi Nafti (2021–2022) * Imanol Idiakez (2022-2023) * Borja Jiménez (2023-present)

Reserve team

References

External links

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Futbolme team profile

Leganes Betting profile
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