Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1951 as Club Deportivo San Álvaro, it was refounded as Cordoba CF in 1954 after the dissolution of

RCD Córdoba Real Club Deportivo Córdoba is a defunct Spanish football team from Córdoba, Andalusia. Real Córdoba was founded in 1934 and dissolved in 1954. History Real Córdoba was founded in 1934 as Racing Fútbol Club. The club changed its name in 19 ...

. Currently it plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 1, with its home matches at the

Estadio Nuevo Arcángel The Estadio El Arcángel is a multi-use stadium in Córdoba, Spain. It is currently used primarily for football matches and it is the home ground of football club Córdoba CF. Originally the stadium had 15,425 seats and was roughly oval shaped, ...

, which has a capacity of 25,800 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

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(as foreign names were banned under the new regime) to ''Club Deportivo Córdoba''. From 1940, its predecessor

met varying success, spending most of its time in the

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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

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seasons. In its third presence it only conceded two goals at home as it went undefeated, the first being courtesy of

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. The club finished 5th, its best finish to date, but was not allowed to enter the following season's

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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

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was hired as Córdoba manager. He led the team to a 7th-place finish, and then Córdoba defeated

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in the Segunda División play-off final to return to the top flight for the first time in 42 years.

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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. ArcangelCordoba2Lega3

Córdoba experienced a difficult return to La Liga however. In their opening match of the 2014–15 season, Córdoba lost 2–0 away at

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, 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

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. This boosted their hopes for survival in the elite. Additional wins against

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at home and

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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

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. 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

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starting in the 2018–19 season. After ranking second-to-last in the

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(after disqualified Reus), the club was demoted to Segunda B. In December 2019, the club was purchased by Infinity, an investment fund from

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, for a reported amount of €3.25 million The club gained promotion to the Primera RFEF (third tier of the Spanish league system) in April 2022.

Stadium

Córdoba currently plays at the

, 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'' *As ''Córdoba CF'' ---- *9 seasons in

*31 seasons in

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*1 season in

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*22 seasons in

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*1 season in

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*4 seasons in

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Honours

** Winners (1): 1961–62 *

** Winners (2): 1994–95, 1996–97 *

** Winners (1): 1955–56 *

Copa Federación de España The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes from the Prefere ...

** Winners (1):

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Notes

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Retired numbers

8 Juanín ''(deceased)'' (1960–70)

Current technical staff

Former players

''See '' *

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* José Antonio Reyes *

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* Juanin * Miguel Reina *

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* Toni Muñoz * Javi Moreno * Roque Olsen *

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* Fernando Cáceres * Miguel de las Cuevas *

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* Javi Flores *

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* Fidel Escobar *

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* Alejandro Alfaro * Paweł Kieszek * Lauren *

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* Juan Luna Eslava * Jaime Romero * Robert Fernández * Jesús García Sanjuán * Silvio González * Charles Dias de Oliveira *

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* Xisco Jiménez * Alessandro Pierini * Rafa Navarro * Borja García *

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Former coaches

* José Juncosa (1955–57) * Roque Olsen (1959–63) * Rosendo Hernández (1963–64) *

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(1964–65) *

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(1965–66) *

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(1966–68) * László Kubala (1968–69) *

(1969–70) * José Juncosa (1970–71) *

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(1971–72) * Joseíto (1972–73) *

(1974–75) *

(1975–77) *

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(1981) *

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(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) *

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(2002) * Josu Ortuondo (2002–03) *

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(2003) *

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(2003) *

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(2003–04) *

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(2004) * Esteban Vigo (2004) * Quique Hernández (1 July 2005 – 1 Oct 2005) *

(1 July 2007 – 30 May 2008) * José González (2008) * Juan Luna Eslava (9 Dec 2008 – 30 June 2009) *

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(1 July 2009 – 30 June 2011) *

(1 July 2011 – 13 June 2012) *

(1 July 2012 – 8 April 2013) *

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(13 April 2013 – 30 June 2013) *

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(1 July 2013 – 9 Feb 2014) * Luis Carrión ''(interim)'' (9 Feb 2014 – 16 Feb 2014) *

(17 Feb 2014 – 20 Oct 2014) * Miroslav Đukić (20 Oct 2014 – 16 March 2015) * José Antonio Romero ''(interim)'' (2015) *

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(2015–16)

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

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