Club Deportivo San Fernando was a Spanish football team based in

San Fernando, Cádiz San Fernando (, "Saint Ferdinand") is a town in the Cádiz (province), province of Cádiz, Spain. It is home to more than 97,500 inhabitants. The city also uses the name "''La Isla''" (The Island). The people from San Fernando are locally known as ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1940 it was dissolved on 16 June 2009, due a

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2 million debt. The club's home ground was ''

Estadio Bahía Sur Estadio Iberoamericano, formerly known as Estadio Bahía Sur, is a multi-sport stadium located in San Fernando, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Eu ...

'', with a capacity of 12,000 seats.

History

CD San Fernando was founded by a

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n immigrant, after a

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of three teams from the city: ''San Fernando FC'', ''Atlético San Fernando'' and ''CD Arsenal''. During the 1960s, it became one of

's most important clubs, going on to play ten straight seasons in

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the first being 1954–55 after dispatching

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in the playoffs: in 1957–58 it finished a best-ever sixth, only two points behind second-placed

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

, leaving the category with a total of 426 goals scored. After years of competing mainly in

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– in 1977

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was created as the new third division – San Fernando was dissolved in 2009.Los socios del equipo azulino aprueban con el 82% de los votos refundar el club (The ''Azulino'' team's associates vote for the club's refounding, with 82% of votes in favour)
Andalucía Información, 17 June 2009 As with most clubs that disappear due to financial difficulties, a new club emerged from the ashes, being named San Fernando CD.

Season to season

---- *10 seasons in

*8 seasons in

*41 seasons in

Last squad (2008–09)

Famous players

* Marcelo Trobbiani * José Cantón * Miguel Llera * Enrique Montero * Antoni Ramallets

References

External links

* (archived)
Unofficial website
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:San Fernando Association football clubs established in 1940 Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 Defunct football clubs in Andalusia 1940 establishments in Spain 2009 disestablishments in Spain Segunda División clubs Sport in San Fernando, Cádiz