CD Badajoz

Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, 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 serious member of the Spanish League 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. being later disbanded through a liquidation process.

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

 * 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

 * 2 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
 * 4 seasons in Segunda División B
 * 1 season in Segunda Federación
 * 3 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad
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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