CD Badajoz

Badajoz
Full name	Club Deportivo Badajoz
Nickname(s)	Blanquinegros (White and Black); Lobos (Wolves)
Founded	1905
Ground	Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz,; Extremadura, Spain
Capacity	14,898
Owner	Lanuspe S.L.
President	Luis Díaz-Ambrona
Head coach	Iñaki Alonso
League	Tercera Federación – Group 14
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 5, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Website	https://www.clubdeportivobadajoz.es/

Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905, it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 14, and holds home games at Estadio Nuevo Vivero, 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 third and second divisions, the club achieved a consistent stay in the latter level during the 1990s.

Never quite good enough to reach La Liga, 11 seasons in the second division came to an end in 2003, with relegation to Segunda División B, the new third level created in 1977. In 2006, Badajoz was saved from folding by the president of a junior club from the city, AD Cerro de Reyes, 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.^[1] being later disbanded through a liquidation process.^[2]

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 Tercera División and, at its third attempt, the club finally came back to Segunda División B on 25 June 2017 by beating CD Calahorra in the last round of the promotion play-offs.^[3] In 2019–20, the team dispatched SD Amorebieta, UD Las Palmas and La Liga club SD Eibar to make the last 16 of the Copa del Rey for only the second time, before losing 3–2 to Granada CF after extra time.^[4]

In 2020–21, the final season of Segunda B, Badajoz topped both of their groups to qualify for the new Primera División RFEF, but lost by one goal to Amorebieta for a place in the second tier in the play-off final.^[5]

Stadium

CD Badajoz plays at Estadio Nuevo Vivero, 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 Guadiana 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 CF Extremadura.

The stadium hosted two full internationals for the national team. On 8 September 1999 Spain beat Cyprus 8–0 in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier; nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the national side defeated Liechtenstein 4–0 in the qualifying stages of Euro 2008.

Season to season

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1939–40	3	1ª Reg.	1st
1940–41	3	3ª	3rd
1941–42	3	1ª Reg.	1st
1942–43	3	1ª Reg.	1st
1943–44	3	3ª	2nd	Fourth round
1944–45	3	3ª	1st
1945–46	3	3ª	1st
1946–47	3	3ª	3rd
1947–48	3	3ª	3rd	Fourth round
1948–49	3	3ª	6th	Third round
1949–50	3	3ª	13th
1950–51	3	3ª	5th
1951–52	3	3ª	7th
1952–53	3	3ª	1st
1953–54	2	2ª	9th
1954–55	2	2ª	8th
1955–56	2	2ª	10th
1956–57	2	2ª	7th
1957–58	2	2ª	12th
1958–59	2	2ª	14th	Round of 32

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1959–60	2	2ª	16th	First round
1960–61	3	3ª	3rd
1961–62	3	3ª	12th
1962–63	3	3ª	3rd
1963–64	3	3ª	3rd
1964–65	3	3ª	1st
1965–66	2	2ª	16th
1966–67	3	3ª	1st
1967–68	2	2ª	13th
1968–69	3	3ª	6th
1969–70	3	3ª	4th	Round of 16
1970–71	3	3ª	12th	Second round
1971–72	3	3ª	8th	First round
1972–73	3	3ª	3rd	First round
1973–74	3	3ª	12th	First round
1974–75	3	3ª	9th	First round
1975–76	3	3ª	14th	First round
1976–77	3	3ª	6th	First round
1977–78	3	2ª B	15th	Second round
1978–79	3	2ª B	16th	First round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1979–80	3	2ª B	10th	Third round
1980–81	3	2ª B	6th	Second round
1981–82	3	2ª B	17th	Second round
1982–83	3	2ª B	8th
1983–84	3	2ª B	4th
1984–85	3	2ª B	19th
1985–86	4	3ª	1st
1986–87	4	3ª	2nd
1987–88	3	2ª B	2nd
1988–89	3	2ª B	4th
1989–90	3	2ª B	6th
1990–91	3	2ª B	1st
1991–92	3	2ª B	2nd
1992–93	2	2ª	11th
1993–94	2	2ª	11th
1994–95	2	2ª	14th
1995–96	2	2ª	6th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1996–97	2	2ª	6th
1997–98	2	2ª	6th
1998–99	2	2ª	14th
1999–2000	2	2ª	16th
2000–01	2	2ª	14th
2001–02	2	2ª	12th
2002–03	2	2ª	22nd
2003–04	3	2ª B	4th
2004–05	3	2ª B	7th
2005–06	3	2ª B	7th
2006–07	4	3ª	7th
2007–08	4	3ª	8th
2008–09	4	3ª	5th
2009–10	4	3ª	1st
2010–11	3	2ª B	15th	Third round
2011–12	3	2ª B	12th

20 seasons in Segunda División
18 seasons in Segunda División B
32 seasons in Tercera División (26 as third tier, 6 as fourth tier)

Team re-founded

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2012–13	6	1ª Reg.	1st
2013–14	5	Reg. Pref.	1st
2014–15	4	3ª	4th
2015–16	4	3ª	2nd
2016–17	4	3ª	2nd
2017–18	3	2ª B	12th
2018–19	3	2ª B	4th
2019–20	3	2ª B	3rd	Round of 16
2020–21	3	2ª B	1st	First round
2021–22	3	1ª RFEF	9th	First round
2022–23	3	1ª Fed.	16th
2023–24	4	2ª Fed.	16th
2024–25	5	3ª Fed.

2 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
4 seasons in Segunda División B
1 season in Segunda Federación
3 seasons in Tercera División
1 season in Tercera Federación

Players

Current squad

As of 7 February 2023.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Kike Royo
2	DF	ARG	Mariano Gómez (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
3	DF	ESP	Carlos Cordero
5	DF	ESP	Borja García
6	MF	ESP	Raúl Palma
7	FW	ESP	Carlos Calderón
9	FW	ESP	Francis Ferrón
10	FW	ESP	Zelu (captain)
11	FW	ESP	Jesús Alfaro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Miguel Narváez
14	FW	ESP	Gorka Santamaría
15	DF	ARG	Matías Pérez Acuña
16	DF	ESP	José Mas
17	FW	POR	Adilson
19	DF	ESP	Josete
20	DF	ESP	Juanmi García
22	MF	ESP	David Soto
—	MF	MEX	Miguel Leyva

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	ARG	Santiago Müller
28	MF	ESP	Fernando Moreno


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	DF	ESP	Álex López
30	DF	ESP	Álvaro Ladera

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.