CD Tenerife

Tenerife

Full name	Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Tete Chicharreros Insulares Blanquiazules
Founded	21 November 1912; 109 years ago (1912-11-21)
Ground	Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Capacity	22,824[1]
Owner	Miguel Concepción
President	Miguel Concepción
Head coach	Luis Miguel Ramis
League	Segunda División
2020–21	Segunda División, 14th of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 22,824-seat capacity. The traditional home colours are white shirts and blue shorts.

Tenerife has a history playing in the top flight of La Liga. They have been promoted to the top tier on four occasions, including a 10-year stint from 1989 to 1999. The club managed to finish as high as fifth in the league table on two occasions during that period, which qualified them for the first round of the UEFA Cup. They most recently played in La Liga in the 2009–10 season.

Being based on the offshore Canary archipelago, while playing its away games on the Spanish mainland, it and rival Las Palmas from Gran Canaria are two of the most geographically isolated European professional clubs. Tenerife and Las Palmas contest the Canary Islands derby.

History[]

Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in 1912 as Sporting Club Tenerife, which had come about as a merger between two or more previous football clubs on the island. The club changed its name to Club Deportivo Tenerife in 1922. La Liga started in 1928, but the team played in regional divisions until it was promoted to the Segunda División in 1953. It first reached the top flight in 1961, being immediately relegated back and, in the following 27 years, played almost exclusively in the second level, also spending three years in Tercera División and six – five in a row – in Segunda División B, the newly created division three (in 1978).

In 1985, when Tenerife were relegated to the third division for a second time, Javier Pérez became president of the club. The side was promoted this year to the second level and, two years later, returned to the first, after winning the promotion playoff against Real Betis (4–1 on aggregate).

In 1991, Jorge Valdano took charge of the club as manager, and the Argentine would help rob former side Real Madrid of two consecutive league titles in the last round, to the benefit of Barcelona. In the first season, the Canary Islands outfit barely avoided relegation, but would finish in a best-ever fifth position in the following year, eventually reaching the round of 16 in the subsequent UEFA Cup, losing to Juventus 2–4 on aggregate.

German Jupp Heynckes became head coach of Tenerife in 1995, leading the club to another fifth-placed finish and the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. In the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, the islanders fared better, reaching the last-four after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lazio, Feyenoord and Brøndby (the winner coming late in extra time from an free-kick), only bowing out to eventual winners Schalke 04.

Tenerife then went on a downward spiral which eventually led to relegation to the "silver category" in 1999, prompting various managerial changes within the club. In 2001, the club was again promoted, led by Rafael Benítez, who promptly left to take up the manager's job at Valencia; the promotion was achieved in the last match of the campaign thanks to a goal from Hugo Morales.

Pepe Mel became the new trainer but the first division season never took off, as Tenerife were beaten heavily at home by Barcelona 0–6, which cost the manager his job. Javier Clemente, formerly with the Spain national team, took the reins, but could not help prevent the eventual immediate relegation.

Tenerife suffered from serious economic problems in the following years, owing more than €40 million. President Pérez was replaced with , who resigned due to bad management, leaving his position to , who negotiated with local politicians and businessmen, also creating a construction company as a subsidiary of the side.

Tenerife also won the 1977 champions league final vs Borussia Mönchengladbach with star player Jim Bliggs scoring a hat trick in the second half, marking his 190th goal in just 89 games. this is the only time Tenerife have been in any European competition.

A few years after, during the 1979 season, Jim Bliggs was found molesting penguins at the Birmingham sea life centre after hours, Bliggs was put in rehabilitation for 3 Weeks after the incident and had to remain in England for those 3 weeks. Jim Bliggs returned to C.D Tenerife after the 3 weeks and played in 16 of the remaining 18 games of the season scoring 31 goals.

On 13 June 2009, Tenerife secured a top flight return after a seven-year absence after a 1–0 win at Girona. In the following season, even though the team held on until the last round, another relegation befell, after the 0–1 loss at third-placed Valencia.

2010–11 brought with it three coaching changes,^[2] as Tenerife eventually suffered another relegation, returning to the third division after 24 years. On 2 June 2013, the club, led by Álvaro Cervera, returned to the second level after winning the promotion play-off against Hospitalet (3–2 on aggregate).

Other sports sections[]

Academy in China[]

On 16 October 2017 it was agreed to start the CD Tenerife Academy in China. Thanks to the agreement between and CD Tenerife, the club starts the internationalization of its training. The director of the academy is . On 23 April 2018, the academy began its activity, with boys and girls between four and eighteen years old, in the city of Shenzhen, in the province of Canton. Initially, the first steps were aimed at creating the structure of the technification academy and promoting the CD Tenerife methodology and competition values, but with fair play. The collaboration agreement between the International Football Academy and the CD Tenerife was signed until 2021. In this way, in Shenzhen, with the CD Tenerife shield and the white and blue colors that represent the club, training methods developed in the base football area run by Sesé Rivero.

Seasons[]

Season to season[]

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• 13 seasons in La Liga
• 45 seasons in Segunda División
• 8 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Tercera División

European cup history[]

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	UEFA Cup	Last 64		Auxerre	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Last 32		Olympiacos	2–1	3–4	5–5
		Last 16		Juventus	2–1	0–3	2–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Last 64		Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	1–1	4–3
		Last 32		Lazio	5–3	0–1	5–4
		Last 16		Feyenoord	0–0	4–2	4–2
		Quarterfinals		Brøndby	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Semifinals		Schalke 04	1–0	0–2	1–2

Honours[]

Domestic[]

• Copa del Rey

Semi-finals (1): 1993–94

Quarter-finals (4): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1995–96

Continental[]

• UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Semi-finals (1): 1996–97

Friendly[]

• Joan Gamper Trophy

Winners (1): 1993

Current squad[]

As of 2 February 2022

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 Juan Soriano 2 MF  ESP Pablo Larrea 3 DF  ESP Álex Muñoz 4 DF  ESP José León 6 MF  ESP Álex Corredera 7 FW  ESP Mario González (on loan from Braga) 8 MF  ESP Javi Alonso 9 FW  ESP Elady Zorrilla 10 MF  ENG Samuel Shashoua 11 MF  ESP Álex Bermejo 12 DF  ESP Sergio González 13 GK  VEN Dani Hernández 14 DF  ESP Carlos Ruiz 15 DF  ESP Carlos Pomares 16 MF  ESP Aitor Sanz (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ESP Matías Nahuel 18 FW  ESP Enric Gallego 19 MF  ESP Rubén Díez 20 FW  ESP Andrés Martín (on loan from Rayo) 21 DF  USA Shaq Moore 22 DF  FRA Jérémy Mellot 23 DF  SRB Nikola Šipčić 24 MF  ESP Míchel Herrero 26 MF  ESP Félix Alonso 27 FW  ESP Ethyan González 28 FW  ESP Víctor Mollejo (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 30 GK  ESP 31 FW  ESP Thierno 32 DF  ESP David Rodríguez 34 MF  ESP

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 33 DF  ESP 35 MF  ESP

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 GK  ESP

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  ESP Alberto Jiménez (at Albacete until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP (at Mensajero until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Elliot Gómez (at Hércules until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Borja Llarena (at Costa Brava until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP (at San Fernando until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Jorge Padilla (at Atlético Levante until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Joselu (at Lugo until 30 June 2022) — FW  NGA Manu Apeh (at Alcorcón until 30 June 2022)

Current technical staff[]

Position	Staff
Manager	Luis Miguel Ramis
Assistant manager	José Manuel Gil
Fitness coach	Miguel Ángel Fernández Maykol Hernández
Technical assistant	Iván Madroño
Goalkeeping coach	Zeben Ortiz
Analyst	Carlos Rodríguez
Youth football coordinator	Sesé Rivero

International players[]

Christian Bassedas Oscar Dertycia Esteban Fuertes Diego Latorre Gerardo Martino Hugo Morales Marcelo Ojeda Pablo Paz Martín Posse Fernando Redondo Aurelio Vidmar Stefan Lexa Meho Kodro André Luiz César Belli Guina

Leandro Daniel Kome Francisco Rojas Navarro Montoya Pedro Portocarrero Pavel Hapal Juvenal Otar Kakabadze Robert Enke Oliver Neuville Brimah Razak Frantz Bertin Bryan Acosta Juan Carlos García Anthony Lozano Ramón Maradiaga

Darixon Vuelto Gilberto Yearwood Gal Alberman Gaku Shibasaki Samuel Camille Gerardo Torrado Roy Makaay Ferdi Vierklau Rommel Fernández José del Solar Percy Olivares Tomasz Frankowski Bino Domingos

Igor Simutenkov Sylvain N'Diaye Amath Ndiaye Miroslav Đukić Slaviša Jokanović Veljko Paunović Uroš Račić Róbert Mazáň Samuel Slovák Sizwe Motaung David Nyathi Juan Carlos Aguilera Ángel Arocha Rubén Cano Chano

Ignacio Conte Curro Torres Diego Rodríguez Quique Estebaranz Albert Ferrer Foncho Luis García Juanele Felipe Miñambres Mista Luis Molowny José Manuel Ochotorena Pier Juan Antonio Pizzi Eleuterio Santos

Víctor Voro Bengt Andersson Shaaban Chilunda Shaq Moore Javier Zeoli Julio Álvarez Dani Hernández Jonay Hernández Rafa Ponzo Josmar Zambrano

Notable coaches[]

Carlos Aimar Vicente Cantatore Ángel Cappa Felipe Mesones Jorge Solari Jorge Valdano Ljubiša Broćić Dragoljub Milošević Jupp Heynckes Bernd Krauss

Ewald Lienen Mauro Sandreani Heriberto Herrera Artur Jorge Raül Agné David Amaral Gonzalo Arconada Xabier Azkargorta Rubén Baraja José Antonio Barrios

Rafael Benítez Antonio Calderón Paco Campos Fernando Castro Santos Casuco Álvaro Cervera Luis César Sampedro Javier Clemente Ignacio Eizaguirre Joseba Etxeberria

Fran Fernández Víctor Fernández Rafael García Cortés Javier García-Verdugo Satur Grech Benito Joanet Joseíto Juan Manuel Lillo Aritz López Garai Antonio López

Juan Carlos Mandiá José Luis Martí Quique Medina Pepe Mel Alfredo Merino Vicente Miera Felipe Miñambres Pepe Moré José Luis Oltra José Planas

Enric Rabassa Luis Miguel Ramis Sesé Rivero Manuel Sanchís Antonio Tapia Eduardo Toba Dagoberto Moll Héctor Núñez

Fans[]

Fans of Tenerife are called Chicharreros because in early days, the inhabitants of a small fishing village called Santa Cruz (later the capital of Tenerife) consumed "chicharros" (Atlantic horse mackerel) as a main part of their diet.

Other inhabitants of Tenerife and the Canary Islands used the moniker as a pejorative name, but finally the inhabitants of Santa Cruz accepted it affectionately.

See also[]

• CD Tenerife B

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to CD Tenerife.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme.com profile (in Spanish)
• Armada Sur, fansite
• Frente Blanquiazul, fansite