CD Extremadura 1924
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Extremadura 1924, S.A.D |
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| Founded | 9 June 2022, 1 year ago |
| Ground | Estadio Francisco de la Hera, Almendralejo, Extremadura, Spain |
| Capacity | 11,580 |
| President | Daniel Tafur |
| Head coach | José María Cidoncha |
| League | Primera Extremeña |
| 2022–23 | Segunda Extremeña – Group 5, 1st (promoted) |
| Website | Club website |
Club Deportivo Extremadura 1924,(lit: 'Sports Club Extremadura 1924' ), commonly known as CD Extremadura or simply Extremadura, is a Spanish professional football club from the city of Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The club plays in the amateur Primera Extremeña, the sixth division of football in Spain for football clubs in the region of Extremadura, holding home games at the Estadio Francisco de la Hera.
The club was founded in June 2022 as a replacement for the folded Extremadura UD, who disappeared due to serious financial problems, which resulted in them being expelled from the Primera RFEF.[1] Although the club was supposed to take its place in the Segunda Federación, they failed in doing so and like every newly established club in Spain, they began life in the Segunda Extremeña.
It took them a season to get to level 6 by beating the likes of CF Piornal in the first promotion phase, and AD Hispanolusa in the final phase. This marked a first promotion in its first year of existence.[2]
History[edit]
Club Deportivo Extremadura 1924 was founded in 2022 by a Spanish businessman Daniel Tafur as the successor of the dissolved Extremadura UD.[3] His first task as the club’s president was to get its predecessor’s place in the Segunda Federación,[4] but they failed and therefore, the club dropped to the Segunda Extremeña, the lowest category of Spanish football for football clubs in Extremadura.
Their debut season began at the seventh level at group 5, with their debut opponent having to be EMD Aceuchal B, gaining a 4-0 win in their first league match in existence.[5] Performances similar to that match continued and, in doing so, they won their Segunda Extremeña group and participated in the promotion play-offs at a chance of promotion to the Primera Extremeña. By beating AD Hispanolusa in the second phase of the play-offs, they achieved an instant promotion.
Players[edit]
First team squad[edit]
- As of 9 October 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References[edit]
- ^ "OFICIAL | Resueltas las consecuencias para la competición tras la exclusión del Extremadura UD" [OFFICIAL | Consequencies settled for the competition after the exclusion of Extremadura UD] (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "How Soccer Returned from The Dead In Spain's Poor Extremadura Region". Forbes.
- ^ "Comienza a construirse el CD Extremadura 1924" [CD Extremadura 1924 is being built] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "El Extremadura 1924 se queda sin plaza en Segunda Federación". El Periódico Extremadura.
- ^ "El CD Extremadura empieza a escribir su historia con firmeza". Hoy.es.