Club Deportivo Guadalajara, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in

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, in the autonomous community of

Castilla–La Mancha Castilla–La Mancha (, ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Province of Albacete, Albacete, Province of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Province of Cuenca, Cuenca, Province of Guadalajar ...

. Founded in 1947 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Pedro Escartín'', with a capacity for 6,000 seats.

History

Guadalajara was founded on 10 January 1947, playing its first match in the amateur league against

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, a 2–1 win. In 1970 its grounds, ''Pedro Escartín'' (in honour of a former

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), were inaugurated. On 18 July 1985, on the day of the club hymn's official presentation, the club first appeared in the

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, against

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. It would spend the first sixty years of its existence in the fourth division and the regional leagues. Guadalajara first reached the third level at the end of 2006–07, after a 3–2 aggregate win against

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in the playoffs. After four seasons in the category, the club climbed to division two: after finishing second in the

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, promotion was achieved after a comeback against

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in the

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(2–1 away success after a 0–1 home loss). On 4 June 2013, shortly before the second division season was over, Guadalajara was dropped back to the third category after a two-year spell even though it eventually finished above the relegation zone, due to alleged financial irregularities. In April 2025, CD Guadalajara promoted to Primera Federación.

Season to season

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*1 seasons in Primera Federación *7 seasons in

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*3 seasons in

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*51 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

*1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

Out on loan

References

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