Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba, the team currently plays in the Segunda Division, with its home matches at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, which has a capacity of 21,650 seats.
History
Forerunners of Córdoba Club de Fútbol included names such as Sporting Fútbol Club de Córdoba, Sociedad Deportiva Electromecánicas and Racing Fútbol Club de Córdoba. The latter changed its name after the Spanish Civil War (as foreign names were banned under the new regime) to Club Deportivo Córdoba.
From 1940, its predecessor RCD Córdoba met varying success, spending most of its time in the second and third divisions of Spanish football. In 1944 it changed its home kit to green and white stripes, from the previous one of all white, and, the following year, Córdoba moved from Estadio America to Estadio del Arcángel. In 1954, RCD Córdoba was dissolved due to its many debts and Córdoba CF was refounded by acquiring the place of CD San Álvaro de Córdoba in the third category.
In the early 1960s and also in 1971–72, Córdoba amassed eight La Liga seasons. In its third presence it only conceded two goals at home as it went undefeated, the first being courtesy of Espanyol's Alfredo Di Stéfano. The club finished 5th, its best finish to date, but was not allowed to enter the following season's UEFA Cup due to city infrastructure issues.
In the following four decades Córdoba again fluctuated between divisions two and three, also spending 1984–85 in the fourth. After a successful 1999–2000 season in Segunda División B Córdoba was finally promoted to Segunda División.
On 17 February 2014, former Spanish international Albert Ferrer was hired as Córdoba manager. He led the team to a 7th-place finish, and then Córdoba defeated Las Palmas in the Segunda División play-off final to return to the top flight for the first time in 42 years. Ulises Dávila scored the decisive goal, a late equaliser in the away second leg, after Las Palmas fans had caused ten minutes to be added onto the game by invading the pitch.
Córdoba experienced a difficult return to La Liga however. In their opening match of the 2014–15 season, Córdoba lost 2–0 away at Real Madrid, putting them in 19th place on the table, after round 1. Following that, the team did not achieve a single win, up until the 14th round, when they managed to win 0–1 away at Athletic Bilbao. This boosted their hopes for survival in the elite. Additional wins against CF Granada at home and Rayo Vallecano away in rounds 17 and 18 put the team in 14th place. However, ten straight defeats from rounds 20-29 again put the Andalusians in last place. The team did not improve, remaining in last place until the end of the season. They only collected two points from their last 18 games, thus losing all hopes for survival. At the end of the season, Córdoba only collected 20 points, 15 points behind Granada CF, which avoided relegation. Their relegation was confirmed with three games remaining after a 0–8 home defeat against FC Barcelona.
On 15 June 2018, the club announced that it had purchased local women's club AD El Naranjo and their respective youth teams with the intention of turning them into the club's official women's team. The newly created Córdoba Club de Fútbol Femenino will play in the Spanish Segunda División (women) starting in the 2018–19 season. After ranking second-to-last in the 2018–19 Segunda División (after disqualified Reus), the club was demoted to Segunda B.
In December 2019, the club was purchased by Infinity, an investment fund from Bahrain, for a reported amount of €3.25 million The club gained promotion to the Primera RFEF (the third tier of the Spanish league system) in April 2022.
In June 2024, Córdoba gain promoted to the second division after a 5-year absence by beating Barcelona Atlètic in the promotion play-off.
Stadium
Córdoba currently plays at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, opened in 1993. Since 2004 the stadium has been going through a remodelling, converting it to a pure football stadium. Three of the four sides have been rebuilt. When the fourth stand is rebuilt the capacity will be 25,100 seats.
Season to season As CD San Álvaro SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1951–5251st1952–5341st1953–5433ª4th As Córdoba CF SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1954–5533ª4th1955–5633ª1956–5722ª4th1957–5822ª11th1958–5922ª8thRound of 321959–6022ª2ndRound of 161960–6122ª9thRound of 321961–6222ªFirst round1962–6311ª12thRound of 161963–6411ª11thRound of 161964–6511ª5thRound of 161965–6611ª11thRound of 161966–6711ª12thSemi-finals1967–6811ª13thRound of 321968–6911ªRound of 161969–7022ª5thRound of 321970–7122ªThird round1971–7211ªFourth round1972–7322ª13thThird round1973–7422ª13thFourth roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1974–7522ª4thFourth round1975–7622ª8thFirst round1976–7722ª15thFourth round1977–7822ªFourth round1978–7932ª B17thThird round1979–8032ª B7thSecond round1980–8132ª BFirst round1981–8222ª13thSecond round1982–8322ªFirst round1983–8432ª BFirst round1984–8543ª1985–8632ª B3rdFirst round1986–8732ª B9thFirst round1987–8832ª B5thFourth round1988–8932ª B13thThird round1989–9032ª B12th1990–9132ª B3rdThird round1991–9232ª B11thThird round1992–9332ª B9thFourth round1993–9432ª B7thThird round SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1994–9532ª B1stSecond round1995–9632ª B4thSecond round1996–9732ª B1stFirst round1997–9832ª B6thFirst round1998–9932ª B1999–200022ª12thFirst round2000–0122ª12thRound of 642001–0222ª13thQuarter-finals2002–0322ª15thRound of 642003–0422ª16thRound of 322004–0522ªRound of 322005–0632ª B6thSecond round2006–0732ª BFirst round2007–0822ª18thSecond round2008–0922ª13thSecond round2009–1022ª10thThird round2010–1122ª16thRound of 162011–1222ª6thRound of 162012–1322ª14thRound of 162013–1422ªSecond roundSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2014–1511ªRound of 322015–1622ª5thSecond round2016–1722ª10thRound of 162017–1822ª16thThird round2018–1922ªRound of 322019–2032ª B5thFirst round2020–2132ª B / Round of 322021–2242ª RFEFFirst round2022–2331ª Fed.9thFirst round2023–2431ª Fed. 2024–2522ª14thFirst round2025–2622ª9thFirst round2026–2722ªTBD
9 seasons in La Liga 36 seasons in Segunda División 2 seasons in Primera Federación 22 seasons in Segunda División B 1 season in Segunda Federación 4 seasons in Tercera División
Honours Segunda División Winners (1): 1961–62
Segunda División B Winners (2): 1994–95, 1996–97
Tercera División Winners (1): 1955–56
Copa Federación de España Winners (1): 2021
Trofeo Colombino Winners (1): 2024
Notes
Current squad
Reserve team
Out on loan
Retired numbers
8 Juanín (deceased) (1960–70)
Current technical staff
Former players See
Vicente del Bosque Florin Andone José Antonio Reyes Daniel Onega Juanin Miguel Reina Paco Jémez Rafael Berges Toni Muñoz Javi Moreno Roque Olsen Oleg Salenko Fernando Cáceres Miguel de las Cuevas Federico Piovaccari Javi Flores Rene Krhin Fidel Escobar Nicolás Olivera Ariel Montenegro Alejandro Alfaro Paweł Kieszek Lauren Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez Juan Luna Eslava Jaime Romero Robert Fernández Jesús García Sanjuán Silvio González Charles Dias de Oliveira Bebé Fede Vico Xisco Jiménez Alessandro Pierini Rafa Navarro Borja García Javier Patiño
Former coaches
José Juncosa (1955–57) Miguel Gual Agustina (1958–59) Roque Olsen (1959–63) Rosendo Hernández (1963–64) Ignacio Eizaguirre (1964–65) Eduardo Toba (1965–66) Marcel Domingo (1966–68) László Kubala (1968–69) Ignacio Eizaguirre (1969–70) José Juncosa (1970–71) Vavá (1971–72) Joseíto (1972–73) Vavá (1974–75) Ignacio Eizaguirre (1975–77) Pachín (1981) Cayetano Ré (1981–82) Zdravko Rajkov (1981–83) Manuel Ruiz Sosa (1983–84) Josu Ortuondo (1985–86) Vicente Carlos Campillo (1987–88) Francisco Parreño (1991–92) Julio Cardeñosa (1991–92) Luis Costa (1993) Sánchez Duque (2001) José Murcia (2001–02) Mariano García Remón (2002) Josu Ortuondo (2002–03) Fernando Zambrano (2003) Fernando Castro Santos (2003) Miguel Ángel Portugal (2003–04) Roberto (2004) Esteban Vigo (2004) Quique Hernández (1 July 2005 – 1 Oct 2005) Paco Jémez (1 July 2007 – 30 May 2008) José González (2008) Juan Luna Eslava (9 Dec 2008 – 30 June 2009) Lucas Alcaraz (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2011) Paco Jémez (1 July 2011 – 13 June 2012) Rafael Berges (1 July 2012 – 8 April 2013) Juan Esnáider (13 April 2013 – 30 June 2013) Pablo Villa (1 July 2013 – 9 Feb 2014) Luis Carrión (interim) (9 Feb 2014 – 16 Feb 2014) Albert Ferrer (17 Feb 2014 – 20 Oct 2014) Miroslav Đukić (20 Oct 2014 – 16 March 2015) José Antonio Romero (interim) (2015) José Luis Oltra (2015–16)
References
External links
Official website Futbolme team profile BDFutbol team profile