Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905, it currently plays in , and holds home games at Estadio Nuevo Vivero, with a 15,198-seat capacity.
History Founded after the merger of two clubs, named Racing and Sport, Badajoz became a competitive club in 1931, when Francisco Fernandes Marquesta donated the team their first ground, named El Vivero. Subsequently, playing most of their history between the third and second divisions, the club achieved a consistent stay in the latter level during the 1990s.
Never quite good enough to reach La Liga, 11 seasons in the second division came to an end in 2003, with relegation to Segunda División B, the new third level created in 1977. In 2006, Badajoz was saved from folding by the president of a junior club from the city, AD Cerro de Reyes, who replaced them in the third level, with Badajoz falling to the fourth.
On 1 July 2012 Badajoz was relegated to division four, due to a €70,000 debt contracted with its players during the 2011–12 season.El CD Badajoz, condenado a Tercera (CD Badajoz, doomed to Tercera). Hoy. 1 July 2012 being later disbanded through a liquidation process.La liquidación del CD Badajoz llega a su fin con la búsqueda de responsabilidades (CD Badajoz liquidation reaches its end with search for responsible parties). Hoy. 20 December 2012
After the dissolution, the club was refounded by the supporters with the name of Club Deportivo Badajoz 1905. This re-foundation achieved two consecutive promotions, immediately to Tercera División and, at its third attempt, the club finally came back to Segunda División B on 25 June 2017 by beating CD Calahorra in the last round of the promotion play-offs. In 2019–20, the team dispatched SD Amorebieta, UD Las Palmas and La Liga club SD Eibar to make the last 16 of the Copa del Rey for only the second time, before losing 3–2 to Granada CF after extra time.
In 2020–21, the final season of Segunda B, Badajoz topped both of their groups to qualify for the new Primera División RFEF, but lost by one goal to Amorebieta for a place in the second tier in the play-off final.
Stadium CD Badajoz plays at Estadio Nuevo Vivero, which had a capacity of 15,200, expandable to 30,000. The club previously played at Estadio El Vivero in the east of the city, before moving a few kilometres south of the Guadiana in 1998 to the new facilities; the first match at the new grounds took place on 2 December 1998, in a friendly goalless match with neighbours CF Extremadura.
The stadium hosted two full internationals for the national team. On 8 September 1999 Spain beat Cyprus 8–0 in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier; nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the national side defeated Liechtenstein 4–0 in the qualifying stages of Euro 2008.
Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1939–4031ª Reg.1st1940–4133ª3rd1941–4231ª Reg.1st1942–4331ª Reg.1st1943–4433ª2ndFourth round1944–4533ª1st1945–4633ª1st1946–4733ª3rd1947–4833ª3rdFourth round1948–4933ª6thThird round1949–5033ª13th1950–5133ª5th1951–5233ª7th1952–5333ª1st1953–5422ª9th1954–5522ª8th1955–5622ª10th1956–5722ª7th1957–5822ª12th1958–5922ª14thRound of 32SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1959–6022ª16thFirst round1960–6133ª3rd1961–6233ª12th1962–6333ª3rd1963–6433ª3rd1964–6533ª1st1965–6622ª16th1966–6733ª1st1967–6822ª13th1968–6933ª6th1969–7033ª4thRound of 161970–7133ª12thSecond round1971–7233ª8thFirst round1972–7333ª3rdFirst round1973–7433ª12thFirst round1974–7533ª9thFirst round1975–7633ª14thFirst round1976–7733ª6thFirst round1977–7832ª B15thSecond round1978–7932ª B16thFirst round SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1979–8032ª B10thThird round1980–8132ª B6thSecond round1981–8232ª B17thSecond round1982–8332ª B8th1983–8432ª B4th1984–8532ª B19th1985–8643ª1st1986–8743ª2nd1987–8832ª B2nd1988–8932ª B4th1989–9032ª B6th1990–9132ª B1st1991–9232ª B2nd1992–9322ª11th1993–9422ª11th1994–9522ª14th1995–9622ª6thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1996–9722ª6th1997–9822ª6th1998–9922ª14th1999–200022ª16th2000–0122ª14th2001–0222ª12th2002–0322ª22nd2003–0432ª B4th2004–0532ª B7th2005–0632ª B7th2006–0743ª7th2007–0843ª8th2008–0943ª5th2009–1043ª1st2010–1132ª B15thThird round2011–1232ª B12th
20 seasons in Segunda División 18 seasons in Segunda División B 32 seasons in Tercera División (26 as third tier, 6 as fourth tier)
Team re-founded SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2012–1361ª Reg.1st2013–145Reg. Pref.1st2014–1543ª4th2015–1643ª2nd2016–1743ª2nd2017–1832ª B12th2018–1932ª B4th2019–2032ª B3rdRound of 162020–2132ª BFirst round2021–2231ª RFEF9thFirst round2022–2331ª Fed.16th2023–2442ª Fed.16th2024–2553ª Fed.5th2025–2653ª Fed.2nd2026–2742ª Fed.TBD
2 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF 4 seasons in Segunda División B 2 season in Segunda Federación 3 seasons in Tercera División 2 seasons in Tercera Federación
Players Current squad .
Reserve team
Out on loan
Honours Extremadura Championship Winners (2): 1935–36, 1939–40 Runners-up (4): 1925–26, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1934–35
Achievements Promotion to Second Division: 1952–53, 1992–93 Promotion to Second Division B: 1986–87, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2016–17 Copa Federación de España (Extremadura tournament): 2015–16, 2016–17
Historical results Badajoz–Cartagena FC (5–1; 28 June 1992) Badajoz–UE Figueres (7–1; 14 February 1993) CD Leganés–Badajoz (2–6, 31 October 1993) Badajoz–Burgos CF (5–1; 21 November 1993) FC Barcelona B–Badajoz (1–5; 20 April 1996) Badajoz–Elche CF (5–0; 14 September 1997) Badajoz–Sevilla FC (2–0; 22 February 1998) Córdoba CF–Badajoz (0–4; 22 April 2000) Mérida UD–Badajoz (0–5; 13 December 2009)
Notable players The following players have either appeared in at least 100 professional games with the club and/or gained international status:
Dãnut Voicilã Héctor Bracamonte Ezequiel Castillo Alejandro Mancuso Martín Romagnoli Sipo Ivica Barbarić Carlos Torres Pablo Zegarra Adelardo Adolfo Baines Óscar de Paula Eloy Emilio López Enrique Galán Gerardo Paco Herrera Xavi Moro Pedro Munitis Txutxi Francisco Villarroya Valeri Broshin Gennadiy Perepadenko
Famous coaches Carlos Alhinho Colin Addison Marco Antonio Boronat Paco Herrera Josu Ortuondo Miguel Ángel Lotina Antonio Maceda Adolfo Muñoz Joaquín Peiró Manuel Sarabia Víctor Torres Mestre Patxi Salinas Pedro Munitis
Anthem The music for the club's anthem was composed by Pablo Romero Aradila, and the lyrics were written by Jesús Delgado Valhondo.
References
External links
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