Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in . Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played their first season in the 6th division of Spanish football. The club's stadium, the Estadio Municipal Butarque, was built in 1998, after moving from the Luis Rodríguez de Miguel, a stadium they had played in since 1966.
Leganés holds home games at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 14,500 spectators.
History
Lower leagues (1928–1992) The club was officially founded on 23 June 1928, when a meeting happened in Madrid. 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.
Third and second divisions (1992–2016) 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.
On 24 December 2008, Victoria Pavón and Felipe Moreno acquired a majority stake of the club. Since July 2009, Victoria Pavón has been the president of the club.
In the 2013–14 season, Leganés was promoted to Segunda División after 10 seasons in Segunda B.
La Liga promotions (2016–present)
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, thus becoming the fifth team from Community of Madrid ever to 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. 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. In 2017, Leganés planned to change their name to "Leganés Madrid" to aid putting them "on the map".
In the 2023–24 season, Leganes won Segunda Division and were promoted to La Liga, thus returning after a four-season absence. They were immediately relegated back to Segunda in the 2024-25 season.
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. They also have friendly ties with Reading F.C. of England, partially due to sharing their blue and white colours. Their biggest rival is Getafe with whom they contest the South Madrid derby.
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5 seasons in La Liga 19 seasons in Segunda División 16 seasons in Segunda División B 19 seasons in Tercera División
Current squad
Reserve team
Out on loan
Club officials Current technical staff
Board of directors {| class="wikitable" |- !Office !Name |- | President | Eduardo Cosín |- | Sporting director | Andrés Pardo |- | Secretary | Scott Graeme |- | Delegation | David Monjo |- | General director | Martín Ortega |- | Financial director | Andrew Hutchinson |- | Security director | Stuart McLean |- | Communication, marketing and social director | Victor Marín |- | Medical director | Edward Stevens |- | Academy director | Gary Barnett
Honours Segunda División: 2023–24 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 Yan Diomande 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 (2021–2022) Imanol Idiakez (2022-2023) Borja Jiménez (2023-2025) Paco López (2025) Igor Oca (2025-2026) Rubén Albés (2026-)
Reserve team
References
External links
. . Futbolme team profile Leganes Betting profile