Cádiz CF

Cádiz

Full name	Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	El Submarino Amarillo Limoneros[1]
Short name	CAD
Founded	10 September 1910; 114 years ago (1910-09-10) as Cádiz Foot-ball Club
Ground	Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla
Capacity	20,724
Owner	Locos por el Balón SL
President	Manuel Vizcaíno
Manager	Paco López
League	Segunda División
2023–24	La Liga, 18th of 20 (relegated)
Website	www.cadizcf.com
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724.^[2]

Salvadoran legend Mágico González played for the club during the 1980s and the early 1990s, and is widely recognized as the best player to ever play for the team.

Between 1929 and 1977, Cádiz played in either the second or third tier of Spanish football. In 1977, Cádiz achieved promotion to La Liga for the first time. Since then Cádiz has played sixteen seasons in the first tier, as well as spending several at the second level.

The first documented game of Cádiz CF was played against Cádiz Sporting Club on Thursday, 8 September 1910. Cádiz CF won it 1–0.^[3] Two days later on 10 September 1910, several Cádiz citizens appealed to Civil Government to register a club under the name Cádiz Foot-Ball Club.^[3] One of the founders was José Rivera y Lora, the first Cádiz president.^[3] A year later, in 1911, two other important events of Cádiz football took place: the foundation of the Español Foot-Ball Club and the inscription of Cádiz Foot-Ball Club to the Federación Sur (Southern Football Federation).^[3] The Civil War interrupted the organization of competitions and Cádiz CF only played friendly matches, among others, against teams such as Betis and Celta de Vigo.^[4]

Cádiz played the first complete season 1939–40 in Segunda División after the Spanish Civil War. The club finished 1st in the Group 5 with 11 wins in 14 games.^[5] That season the coach position was occupied by Santiago Núñez, who was also a player, and the key roles were played by Roldán, Díaz, Mateo, the goalkeeper Bueno, future Real Madrid player, and Camilo Liz, who decades later became the technical secretary of the club.^[4] During the following 3 seasons, Cádiz was far away from repeating that success. Cádiz first reached La Liga in 1977–78, after having spent two decades in the second division. The promoting materialized on 5 June 1977, with a 2–0 victory at Ramón de Carranza against Tarrasa.^[3] Relegated after just one season, the club returned in 1980, managing a further 13-year stay. In August 1981, before returning to La Liga, Cádiz won its first Ramón de Carranza Trophy.^[6] They beat Sevilla (led by coach Miguel Muñoz) 1–0 with the goal scored by Dieguito. Among them there were such important players in Cádiz history as Bocoya, Juan José, Hugo Vaca, Dos Santos, Amarillo, Luque, Linares, Pepe Mejías, Dieguito (Escobar), López (Choquet) and Mané.^[3]

Often led by the skills of Salvadoran Mágico González, the club managed to maintain its top flight status in the 1990–91 season, thanks to youth graduate Kiko (and 25 minutes of his inspiration against Real Zaragoza), who picked up the offensive burden after González left. During the late 1980s and early 1990s the club became known as "The Yellow Submarine", due to its capacity of "coming afloat" every year at the end of each season and remain in the top division, despite having been "sunk down" during most of the campaign.

However, in just two seasons, Cádiz dropped down two levels. In 1995 Cádiz was on the brink of extinction due to financial issues. The investment group no longer invested in the club and declared the suspension of payments.^[3] A group of cadistas, headed by Antonio Muñoz and Manuel García, had the negotiations with the creditors, reorganized the club and started managing it directly from the city of Cádiz.^[3] After a long spell in Segunda División B the club was finally promoted in 2003, spectacularly returning to the top level in 2005, after taking the championship with a last-day victory at neighbours Xerez CD. The match was played on 18 June 2005, and ended up with 2–0 Cádiz win in the presence of 8000 Cádiz fans, arrived in Xerez.^[7]

However, Cádiz was eventually relegated back to the second tier, in the 37th and penultimate matchday of 2005–06. Cádiz finished in the 19th position, 4 points away from 16th place, which could secure the club a place in La Liga.^[8] For the following campaign, former Spanish international Oli took the reins of the team, being sacked after only a few months. With him the club won just 4 from 11 matches.^[9]

In June 2008, Cádiz dropped another level returning to the Segunda División B. However, after just one season, it managed to return to the second division, but was immediately relegated in the 2009–10 campaign. Cádiz finished in 19th place, falling just one point behind the teams in 17th and 18th positions, which guaranteed them a place in the Segunda División.^[10] Performance of such experienced players as Raúl López, Andrés Fleurquin and Enrique Ortiz was the major asset to the successful 2008–09 season.^[3] Cádiz became the champion of the Segunda División B, having a successful season with 24 wins, 7 draws, and 7 losses in 38 matches.^[11] During the 2015–16 the club finished its season in Group 4 in 4th place and qualified for the promotion playoffs, they beat Racing Ferrol, Racing Santander and Hércules and therefore promoted back to Segunda División after 6 years. The key match against Hércules took place on 26 June 2016, at the Ramón de Carranza stadium. Cádiz won it 1–0.^[3]

On 29 September 2019, Cádiz CF organized trials in Mumbai, India. For the second time, the club gave an opportunity to more than 250 Indian students to win a scholarship to live and train in Spain. As a result, three players were selected: Harshika Jain, Veer Gondal and Arnav Gorantala. Their stay in Spain began in January 2020.^[12]

In the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Cádiz repeated its best start record as per first ten league games of a single season. This record dates 80 years back to the 1939–1940 season.^[13] Head coach Álvaro Cervera admitted the good start of the season and said:

We are an uncomfortable team for others and we create many problems. We have already won ten games and we have to be proud of ourselves. Now we have to think that on Monday we have a training and we should remain the same way.^[14]

On 28 December 2019, Manuel Vizcaíno Fernández was appointed as chairman of the board of directors for the next six years, along with the directors Jorge Cobo and Martín José García Marichal.^[15]

On 2 March 2020, Cádiz CF confirmed that an unnamed American investor of great economic strength became one of the club's shareholders.^[16] Despite acquiring a minority of shares, the investor's goal is expanding his presence in the club and helping the Andalusian club with the promotion to La Liga.^[17] The president of the club Manuel Vizcaíno revealed the plans of using new resources to modernize the infrastructure, facilities and other areas of the club.^[18]

On 12 July 2020, Cádiz CF was promoted back to the Primera División after 14 years.^[19] On 20 September 2020 Cádiz won its first La Liga match (2:0 away win over Huesca) since the previous campaign in the league.^[20] On 5 December, Cádiz CF won a home game for the first time in the season, setting another historic moment in the process: in fact, goals by Álvaro Giménez and Álvaro Negredo secured a 2–1 final result against Barcelona.^[21] Plus, on 21 February 2021, they managed to block Barcelona once again, as the match ended up in a 1–1 draw: a penalty by substitute Álex Fernández equalized the initial opener by Lionel Messi (also from the penalty spot).^[22]

On 4 April 2021 in a league game Mouctar Diakhaby of Valencia denounced an alleged racist aggression by Cádiz defender Juan Cala. The game was briefly halted after Valencia players walked off the pitch.^[23] The tests carried out by LaLiga and the RFEF showed that the complaint was false, so the judge declared Juan Cala innocent.

On 2 May 2021, Cádiz won 1–0 at Granada in Los Cármenes. With 40 points in the standings, Cádiz CF mathematically achieved survival in LaLiga Santander.

On 19 May 2024, Cádiz was relegated to second division after a 0–0 draw against Las Palmas, ending their four year stay in the top tier.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Apps
1	Raúl López	Spain	400
2	José Manuel Barla	Spain	343
3	Jose Mejias	Spain	304
4	Juan Jose	Spain	270
5	Armando Ribeiro	Spain	267
6	Ángel Oliva	Spain	243
	Alex Fernandez	Spain	243
8	enrique Ortiz	Spain	242
9	Carmelo Navarro	Spain	240
10	Abraham Paz	Spain	230

Rank	Player	Nationality	Goals
1	Jose Mejias	Spain	70
2	Magico Gonzalez	El Salvador	60
3	Adolfo Bolea	Spain	56
4	Juan Villar	Spain	43
5	Enrique Ortiz	Spain	39
6	Airam Cabrera	Spain	38
7	Abraham Paz	Spain	33
	Álex Fernández	Spain	33
9	Salvador Mejias	Spain	31
10	Matias Pavoni	Argentina	28

• 16 seasons in La Liga
• 42 seasons in Segunda División
• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 12 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Categorías Regionales

As of 2 September 2024^[24]

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 David Gil (captain) 2 DF  ESP Joseba Zaldúa 3 DF  ESP Fali (3rd captain) 4 MF  ESP Rubén Alcaraz 5 DF  ESP Víctor Chust 6 MF  ESP Fede San Emeterio 7 FW  ESP Rubén Sobrino 8 MF  ESP Álex Fernández (vice-captain) 9 FW  ESP Roger Martí 10 FW  URU Brian Ocampo 11 FW  ESP Iván Alejo 12 MF  MLI Rominigue Kouamé 13 GK  ESP José Antonio Caro

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  SRB Bojan Kovačević (on loan from Partizan) 15 FW  ZAM Francisco Mwepu 16 FW  ESP Chris Ramos 17 MF  ARG Gonzalo Escalante 18 DF  ESP José Matos 19 MF  ESP José Antonio de la Rosa 20 DF  ESP Iza Carcelén (4th captain) 21 MF  CHI Tomás Alarcón 22 FW  ESP Javi Ontiveros 23 FW  ESP Carlos Fernández (on loan from Real Sociedad) 24 DF  ESP Cristian Glauder 25 MF  ESP Óscar Melendo 33 DF  ESP Julio Cabrera

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 Luis Hernández — MF  ESP José Mari

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 GK  BRA Victor Aznar 27 MF  MLI Moussa Diakité 29 DF  ESP Samu Almagro

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  ESP Ángel Pérez 34 DF  ESP Marco Viciana

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 Adri Miranda (at Sestao River until 30 June 2025) — MF  MLI Youba Diarra (at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2025)

Position	Staff
Manager	Paco López
Assistant manager	Toni López
Technical assistant	Coke
Fitness coach	José Sánchez Marc López Manu Poblaciones
Goalkeeping coach	Nico Bosch Lolo Bocardo
Delegate	Salvador Chirino
Kit man	Coque López
Analyst	Pablo Rey
Head of kit man	Juanito Marchante
Doctor	Antonio Fernández Cubero Antonio Luis Pérez
Physiotherapist	Manuel García Joaquín Acedo Rubén Pedregosa Pablo Fernández Álvaro Sánchez-Ferragut
Rehab fitness coach	José María Azores Txema Moreno
Nutritionist	José Villegas

Segunda División Champions (1): 2004–05

Copa del Rey Semi-finalists: 1989-90

• Promoted to La Liga: 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 2004–05, 2019–20
• Promoted to Segunda División: 1935–36, 1954–55, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2015–2016
• Relegated to Segunda División: 1977–78, 1992–93, 2005–06, 2023-24
• Relegated to Segunda División B: 1993–94, 2007–08, 2009–10
• Relegated to Tercera División: 1942–43

• Name: Nuevo Mirandilla
• City: Cádiz
• Capacity: 25,033
• Inauguration: 1955
• Pitch size: 106 x 68 m

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

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Tenure Coach 1935–36 Jose Rey 1936 Aurelio Omist 1939–40 Santiago Núñez 1940 Manuel Valderrama 1940–41 Santiago Núñez 1941 Miguel Ángel Valcárcel 1941–42 José Quirante 1942 Teodoro Mauri 1942–44 Santiago Buiría 1944–46 Juan Bejarano 1946–48 Gabriel Andonegui 1948–49 Anastasio Calleja 1949–50 Casto Moliné 1950–51 Jose Peralta 1951 Juan Bejarano 1951–52 Camilo Liz 1952–53 Higinio Ortúzar 1953–54 Anastasio Calleja 1954–56 Diego Villalonga 1956–June 1958 Santiago Núñez July 1958–November 1958 Valdor Sierra November 1958–December 1958 Antonio Fernández December 1958–June 1959 Julián Arcas July 1959–February 1960 Camilo Liz February 1960 Juan Bejarano February 1960–June 1960 Diego Villalonga July 1960–June 1963 José Luis Riera July 1963–December 1963 Casimiro Benavente December 1963 Luis de Miguel December 1963–June 1965 José Valera July 1965–June 1969 Julio Vilariño July 1969–May 1971 León Lasa May 1971–June 1971 Guillermo Delgado July 1971–October 1971 José María García de Andoín October 1971–December 1971 Ferdinand Daučík December 1971–February 1972 Adolfo Bolea February 1972–June 1972 José Antonio Naya July 1972–June 1974 Domènec Balmanya July 1974–October 1975 Sabino Barinaga October 1975–February 1976 Juan Arza February 1976–June 1976 Adolfo Bolea June 1976 Luis Escarti July 1976–October 1977 Enrique Mateos October 1977–November 1977 Luis Escarti November 1977–June 1978 Mariano Moreno July 1978–June 1980 Roque Olsen July 1980–December 1983 Dragoljub Milošević December 1983 Luis Escarti January 1984–June 1985 Benito Joanet July 1985–April 1986 Paquito April 1986–June 1986 David Vidal July 1986–March 1987 Manolo Cardo

Tenure Coach Mar 1987–June 1987 Dragoljub Milošević June 1987 David Vidal July 1987–June 1988 Víctor Espárrago July 1988–October 1988 Helmut Senekowitsch October 1988–Mar 1990 David Vidal Mar 1990–June 1990 Colin Addison July 1990–April 1991 Héctor Veira April 1991–June 1992 Ramón Blanco July 1992–January 1993 José Luis Romero January 1993–June 1993 Ramón Blanco July 1993–October 1993 Colin Addison October 1993–November 1993 Hugo Vaca November 1993–January 1994 José Antonio Naya January 1994–June 1994 Marcelino Pérez July 1994–June 1995 Ramón Heredia July 1995–October 1995 Paco Chaparro October 1995–June 1996 Chico Linares July 1996–December 1996 Juan Carlos Álvarez December 1996–June 1998 Ramón Blanco July 1998–September 1998 Ismael Díaz September 1998–November 1998 Juan Antonio Sánchez November 1998–June 1999 Jordi Gonzalvo July 1999–December 1999 Chico Linares January 2000–March 2000 Juan Antonio Sánchez March 2000–June 2000 Emilio Cruz July 2000–June 2001 Carlos Orúe July 2001–October 2001 Pepe Escalante October 2001–December 2001 Juan Antonio Sánchez December 2001–April 2002 José Enrique Díaz April 2002–June 2002 Juan Antonio Sánchez July 2002–June 2004 José Manuel González July 2004–June 2006 Víctor Espárrago July 2006–November 2006 Oli November 2006–June 2007 José Manuel González July 2007–October 2007 Mariano García Remón October 2007–April 2008 Antonio Calderón April 2008–May 2008 Raúl Procopio May 2008–June 2008 Julián Rubio July 2008–January 2010 Javi Gracia January 2010–June 2010 Víctor Espárrago July 2010–November 2010 Risto Vidaković November 2010–June 2012 José Manuel González July 2012–November 2012 Alberto Monteagudo November 2012–December 2012 Ramón Blanco December 2012–March 2014 Raül Agné March 2014–November 2014 Antonio Calderón November 2014–April 2016 Claudio Barragán April 2016–January 2022 Álvaro Cervera January 2022–January 2024 Sergio González January 2024–June 2024 Mauricio Pellegrino June 2024–present Paco López

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