Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in

Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portugal, Portuguese Portugal–Spain border, border, on the left bank of the river ...

, in the autonomous community of

Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...

. 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 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

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and second divisions, the club achieved a consistent stay in the latter level during the 1990s. Never quite good enough to reach

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, 11 seasons in the second division came to an end in 2003, with relegation to

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, 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

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and, at its third attempt, the club finally came back to

on 25 June 2017 by beating CD Calahorra in the last round of the

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. In 2019–20, the team dispatched SD Amorebieta,

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and La Liga club SD Eibar to make the last 16 of the

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for only the second time, before losing 3–2 to

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after

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. In 2020–21, the final season of ''Segunda B'', Badajoz topped both of their groups to qualify for the new

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, but lost by one goal to Amorebieta for a place in the second tier in the

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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

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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

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. The stadium hosted two full internationals for the

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. On 8 September 1999 Spain beat

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8–0 in an

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qualifier; nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the national side defeated

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4–0 in the qualifying stages of Euro 2008.

Season to season

---- *20 seasons in

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*18 seasons in

*32 seasons in

(26 as third tier, 6 as fourth tier)

Team re-founded

---- *2 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF *4 seasons in

*1 season in

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*3 seasons in

*2 seasons in Tercera Federación

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

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-

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(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-

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(5–0; 14 September 1997) *Badajoz-

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(2–0; 22 February 1998) *

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-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 *

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* Gerardo * Paco Herrera *

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* 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 *

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* Manuel Sarabia * Víctor Torres Mestre * Patxi Salinas * Pedro Munitis

References

External links

*
Old CD Badajoz BDFutbol profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Badajoz Football clubs in Extremadura Association football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in Spain Primera Federación clubs Sport in Badajoz