CD Leganés

Leganés

Full name	Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D
Nickname(s)	Los Pepineros (The Cucumber Growers) Lega
Founded	23 June 1928; 93 years ago (1928-06-23)
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Capacity	12,454[1]
President	María Victoria Pavón
Head coach	Mehdi Nafti
League	Segunda División
2020–21	Segunda División, 3rd of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Leganés, in the outskirts of Madrid. Founded on 23 June 1928, it plays in the Segunda División. 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 by Félix Pérez de la Serna. 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 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.

In the 2013–14 season, Leganés promoted to second division after 10 years in third division.

In the 2015–16 season, for the first time in their history, Leganés earned promotion to La Liga, which was sealed on 4 June 2016 with a 1–0 away win against CD Mirandés,^[2] thus becoming the fifth team from Community of Madrid to ever play in La Liga after Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, and Getafe. 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 Real Madrid.^[3] During this spell, the team qualified for the first time to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, by eliminating Real Madrid in the quarterfinals thanks to a 2–1 win at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.^[4]

Fans[]

The fans have friendly relation with ultras group Gate 12 of Egaleo FC, the towns of Egaleo and Leganés happen to be twinned too. Their biggest rival is Getafe with whom they contest the South Madrid derby.

Season to season[]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929–30 6 2ª Reg. 1st / 1st 1930–31 5 2ª Reg. P. 1st 1931–32 5 2ª Reg. P. 1932–33 5 2ª Reg. P. 1933–34 5 2ª Reg. P. 1934–1946 DNP 1946–47 6 2ª Reg. 5th 1947–48 6 2ª Reg. 1st 1948–49 5 2ª Reg. P. 2nd 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1953–54 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1954–55 3 3ª 5th 1955–56 3 3ª 4th 1956–57 3 3ª 13th 1957–58 3 3ª 12th 1958–59 3 3ª 13th 1959–60 3 3ª 16th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 12th 1961–62 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1963–64 3 3ª 13th 1964–65 3 3ª 16th 1965–66 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1966–67 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1967–68 3 3ª 17th 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 10th 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 10th 1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 1st 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 1st 1977–78 4 3ª 16th Second round 1978–79 4 3ª 3rd First round 1979–80 4 3ª 11th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1980–81 4 3ª 6th 1981–82 4 3ª 6th First round 1982–83 4 3ª 16th First round 1983–84 4 3ª 7th 1984–85 4 3ª 3rd 1985–86 4 3ª 1st Second round 1986–87 4 3ª 3rd First round 1987–88 3 2ª B 7th Second round 1988–89 3 2ª B 8th Third round 1989–90 3 2ª B 3rd 1990–91 3 2ª B 5th Second round 1991–92 3 2ª B 8th Third round 1992–93 3 2ª B 1st Second round 1993–94 2 2ª 15th Fourth round 1994–95 2 2ª 19th Fourth round 1995–96 2 2ª 8th Third round 1996–97 2 2ª 8th Second round 1997–98 2 2ª 13th First round 1998–99 2 2ª 17th Second round 1999–2000 2 2ª 13th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2000–01 2 2ª 17th Round of 16 2001–02 2 2ª 14th Round of 64 2002–03 2 2ª 19th Round of 64 2003–04 2 2ª 19th Round of 32 2004–05 3 2ª B 5th Round of 64 2005–06 3 2ª B 13th Preliminary round 2006–07 3 2ª B 8th 2007–08 3 2ª B 12th 2008–09 3 2ª B 4th 2009–10 3 2ª B 5th First round 2010–11 3 2ª B 4th First round 2011–12 3 2ª B 12th Second round 2012–13 3 2ª B 2nd 2013–14 3 2ª B 2nd Third round 2014–15 2 2ª 10th Second round 2015–16 2 2ª 2nd Round of 32 2016–17 1 1ª 17th Round of 32 2017–18 1 1ª 17th Semi-finals 2018–19 1 1ª 13th Round of 16 2019–20 1 1ª 18th Round of 16

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2020–21 2 2ª 3rd Round of 32 2021–22 2 2ª

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• 4 seasons in La Liga
• 15 seasons in Segunda División
• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 19 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad[]

As of 31 January 2022^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Iván Villar (on loan from Celta) 2 DF  ESP Sergi Palencia (on loan from Saint-Étienne) 3 DF  ESP Unai Bustinza (captain) 4 DF  NGA Kenneth Omeruo 5 DF  ESP Bruno González 6 DF  ESP Sergio González 7 MF  ESP Rober (on loan from Osasuna) 8 MF  JPN Gaku Shibasaki 10 FW  ESP José Arnaiz 11 FW  ESP Juan Muñoz 12 MF  SRB Lazar Ranđelović (on loan from Olympiacos) 13 GK  ESP Asier Riesgo 14 MF  ESP Recio 15 DF  FRA Jimmy Giraudon (on loan from Troyes)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ESP Xavi Quintillà (on loan from Villarreal) 17 MF  ESP Javier Eraso (vice-captain) 18 MF  ESP Rubén Pardo 19 MF  ESP Luis Perea 20 DF  ESP Javi Hernández 21 FW  MAR Yacine Qasmi 22 DF  CMR Allan Nyom 23 FW  PAN Yoel Bárcenas (on loan from Tijuana) 24 FW  ESP Jon Bautista (on loan from Real Sociedad) 25 GK  ESP Dani Jiménez 28 FW  ESP Borja Garcés (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 32 MF  GUI Seydouba Cissé 34 MF  ESP Naim García — MF  ESP Fede Vico

Reserve team[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  ESP Javi Rubio 27 DF  ESP 30 GK  ESP 33 FW  ESP Diego García 35 GK  ESP

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 FW  ESP Marc Echarri 37 DF  ESP David Alba 38 DF  GHA 40 DF  ESP 42 FW  ESP Mario Rivas

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  UKR Vasyl Kravets (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2022) — DF  VEN Josua Mejías (at Beitar Jerusalem until 30 June 2022) — MF  BRA (at Atlético Baleares until 30 June 2022) — MF  ARG Facundo García (at Sabadell until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Javier Avilés (at Tondela until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Manu Garrido (at UCAM Murcia until 30 June 2022) — FW  BRA William (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2022)

Club officials[]

Current technical staff[]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mehdi Nafti
Assistant managers	Pepe Bermúdez
Goalkeeping coach	Diego Caneda
Fitness coach	Pedro Abraham
Analyst	Pedro Serna
Chief of medical services	Alberto Lam
Physiotherapists	Carlos Carballo Sergio Hontoria Pedro Zamorano
Physical readapter	Sergio Martos
Kit personnel	Jara Cuenca Juan Domínguez
Delegate	Sergio Agulló

Board of directors[]

Office	Name
President	Victoria Pavón
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[]

• Segunda División B: 1992–93
• Tercera División: 1985–86

Famous players[]

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and have reached international status.

José Chamot Federico Domínguez Martín Mantovani Jonathan Silva Samuel Eto'o 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 Ariza Makukula Paulo Torres Andrei Mokh Yahya Al-Shehri Alberto

Alfredo 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[]

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) 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) Javier Aguirre (2019–2020) José Luis Martí (2020–2021) Asier Garitano (2021) Mehdi Nafti (2021–)

Reserve team[]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Club Deportivo Leganés.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Leganes Betting profile (in English)