Club Deportivo Lugo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in , holding home games at Estadio Anxo Carro.
History The new board of directors was officially formed under the presidency of Emilio Núñez Torrón on Wednesday, 8 July 1953, after a merger between SG Lucense and CD Polvorín. CD Lugo played their first official match against Pontevedra CF on Sunday, 13 September 1953. Lugo won it 3–1. With the new configuration of the Tercera División from the 1956–57 season Lugo permanently played there for many further years. In the 1961–62 Lugo led by the coach Luis Diestro won their first trophy, becoming Tercera División champion.
Lugo earned promotion for the first time to Segunda División in 1992, but could not remain more than one season in the league. The 1992–93 season was unsuccessful for the club, as it had only 25 points in 38 games and finished in the 18th position among 20 teams. Lugo became a representative of the middle class of the Segunda División B. Between 1994 and 2000 the club had no problems retaining its place in the category.
It took 20 years before the club earned promotion again to the second division after beating Cádiz in the last round of the promotion play-offs, after a penalty shootout.
In 2013 the club started their second consecutive season in the Segunda. Lugo finished in 12th position with 54 points, just 4 points from being relegated to Segunda División B.
The 2014–15 season was the sixth and the last for coach Quique Setién. With 49 points Lugo reached 15th position and achieved their goal to retain its place in Segunda División. Luis Milla was chosen as a new coach for the 2015–16 season. Unfortunately, he left the club in February 2016. He explained that it was for personal reasons and the club accepted his resignation.
In October 2017, after twelve rounds of the 2017–18 season, Lugo for the first time in their history led the table of the Segunda División. However, the team finished that season in the 12th position.
During the 2018–19 season Lugo was fighting to stay in the Segunda División, and finally ended up on the 18th position which allowed them to remain in the Spanish Second Division for a seventh consecutive season. The club went undefeated in the last 6 games of the season which helped them finish just 2 points above the relegation zone.
In the 2022–23 Season, Lugo were relegated to third division, ending their 11 consecutive seasons in second division.
Kit The current kit consists of a red and white vertical striped shirt, light blue shorts and light blue socks. The shirt has remained unchanged since 1955 except in 1996 when horizontal stripes were chosen instead of vertical. The second kit isn't set and has changed multiple times. However, the light blue similar to the Flag of Galicia is the one that has been used the longest.
For the 2013–14 Second Division season, the company originally commissioned to make the kit was the Italian company Kappa, but due to disagreements over the retail price, the agreement was cancelled, and a new agreement was reached with the company Enfíos.
Kit history
Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1953–5433ª5thDNP1954–5533ª8thDNP1955–5633ª9thDNP1956–5733ª3rdDNP1957–5833ª4thDNP1958–5933ª3rdDNP1959–6033ª5thDNP1960–6133ª2ndDNP1961–6233ª1stDNP1962–6333ª2ndDNP1963–6433ª4thDNP1964–6533ª3rdDNP1965–6633ª5thDNP1966–6733ª2ndDNP1967–6833ª4thDNP1968–6933ª5thDNP1969–7033ª2ndFourth round1970–7133ª10thFirst round1971–7233ª16thSecond round1972–734Serie A1stDNPSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1973–7433ª10thFirst round1974–7533ª5thThird round1975–7633ª15thFirst round1976–7733ª14thFirst round1977–7843ª1stFirst round1978–7932ª B18thSecond round1979–8043ª7thFirst round1980–8143ª1stFirst round1981–8243ª3rdFirst round1982–8343ª4thFirst round1983–8443ª4thSecond round1984–8543ª4thFirst round1985–8643ª1stSecond round1986–8732ª B11thSecond round1987–8832ª B9thThird round1988–8932ª B5thThird round1989–9032ª B5thDNP1990–9132ª B2ndFirst round1991–9232ª B2ndFourth round1992–9322ª18thFifth round SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1993–9432ª B8thThird round1994–9532ª B11thThird round1995–9632ª B10thDNP1996–9732ª B20thDNP1997–9832ª B6thDNP1998–9932ª B11thDNP1999–200032ª B8thDNP2000–0132ª B15thDNP2001–0232ª B9thDNP2002–0332ª B18thDNP2003–0443ª6thDNP2004–0543ª3rdDNP2005–0643ª2ndDNP2006–0732ª B9thSecond round2007–0832ª B7thDNP2008–0932ª B8thFirst round2009–1032ª B7thDNP2010–1132ª B1stDNP2011–1232ª B3rdFirst round2012–1322ª11thSecond roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2013–1422ª12thThird round2014–1522ª15thThird round2015–1622ª14thThird round2016–1722ª9thSecond round2017–1822ª12thThird round2018–1922ª18thRound of 322019–2022ª16thFirst round2020–2122ª18thSecond round2021–2222ª16thSecond round2022–2322ª22ndFirst round2023–2431ª Fed.10thRound of 322024–2531ª Fed.13th2025–2631ª Fed.9th2026–2731ª Fed.
12 seasons in Segunda División 4 seasons in Primera Federación 23 seasons in Segunda División B 34 seasons in Tercera División 1 season in Categorías Regionales
Current squad
Out on loan
Reserve team
Current technical staff
Stadium CD Lugo play its home matches at the Estadio Anxo Carro. It has a capacity of approximately 8,000. Built in 1974 it was inaugurated on 31 August 1974, with a triangular tournament featuring also Deportivo de La Coruña and Club Lemos.
Google map of Anxo Carro
Famous players Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games, have reached international status, or both. Samuel Galindo Serge Leuko Iván Zarandona Ramon Azeez Ángel Guirado José Manuel Aira Pablo Álvarez Ángel Cuéllar Iago Díaz Fabri Antonio Guayre Iriome González Paco Jémez José Juan Diego López Manu Víctor Marco Carlos Pita Pablo Rodríguez Fernando Seoane
Coaches Ramón Polo (1951–52) Pontoni (1971–72) Ignacio Martín-Esperanza (1974–75), (1982–83) Fabri (1986–88) Julio Díaz (1988–89), (1990–92) Luis Rodríguez Vaz (1992–93) Fernando Vázquez (1994–95) Fabri (1999–2000) Carlos García Cantarero (2000) Julio Díaz (2000–01) Víctor Basadre (2000–01) Julio Díaz (2001–02) Javier Vidales (2002–03) José Durán (2004) Carlos Ballesta (2004–05) Quique Setién (2009–15) Luis Milla (2015–16) José Durán (2016) Luis César Sampedro (2016–2017) Francisco (2017–)
Bibliography
Pérez, Abraham: Sacho de seda, Menino Morreu, 2023.
References Historia
External links Official website Futbolme team profile BDFutbol team profile