CD Leganés

Leganés

Full name	Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Lega, Pepineros (Cucumber Growers)
Founded	1928
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Capacity	10,954
Chairman	María Victoria Pavón
Manager	Asier Garitano
League	La Liga
2015–16	Segunda División, 2nd (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Leganés, in the Madrid outskirts. Founded on 26 June 1928 it currently plays in the Primera División, holding home games at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 10,954 spectators.

Team colours are white shirts with blue stripes, and white shorts, which is a tribute to West Bromwich Albion recognised as one of the founders of the football league.

History

The players, celebrating the promotion to La Liga in 2016.

Leganés played the vast majority of its existence in the lower leagues. In 1977 the club regained promotion to the fourth division, where it had played before for seven years when the category was still the third level.

After a steady progression, Leganés reached the new division three in 1987, being promoted to the second division six years later and maintaining its league status for 11 seasons; during this timeframe, it collected two consecutive eighth places (best) from 1995–97.

In the 2015–16 season, for the first time in their history, Leganés earned promotion to La Liga, which was sealed on 4 June 2016 with a 1–0 away win against CD Mirandés.

Fans

The fans have friendly relation with ultras group Gate 12 of Egaleo FC, the towns of Egaleo and Leganés happen to be twinned too. Their biggest rival is Getafe with whom they contest the South Madrid Derby.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1929/30 6 2ª Categoría Ord. 1st / 1st 1930/31 5 2ª Categoría 1st 1931/32 5 2ª Categoría ? 1932/33 5 2ª Categoría ? 1933/34 5 2ª Categoría ? 1946/47 6 2ª Categoría Ord. 5th 1947/48 6 2ª Categoría Ord. 1st 1948/49 5 2ª Categoría 2nd 1949/50 4 1ª Categoría 3rd / 1st 1950/51 4 1ª Categoría 13th 1951/52 4 1ª Categoría 7th 1952/53 4 1ª Categoría 3rd (4th) 1953/54 4 1ª Categoría 1st 1954/55 3 3rd 5th 1955/56 3 3rd 4th 1956/57 3 3rd 13th 1957/58 3 3rd 12th 1958/59 3 3rd 13th 1959/60 3 3rd 16th 1960/61 4 1ª Categoría 12th (14th)

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1961/62 5 2ª Categoría 2nd 1962/63 4 1ª Categoría 4th (7th) 1963/64 3 3rd 13th 1964/65 3 3rd 16th 1965/66 4 1ª Categoría 5th (7th) 1966/67 4 1ª Categoría 3rd (6th) 1967/68 3 3rd 17th 1968/69 4 1ª Categoría 8th (10th) 1969/70 4 1ª Categoría 4th (4th) 1970/71 4 1ª Categoría 7th 1971/72 4 1ª Categoría 10th 1972/73 4 1ª Categoría 9th 1973/74 4 1ª Preferente 10th 1974/75 5 1ª Categoría 1st 1975/76 4 Preferente 6th 1976/77 4 Preferente 1st 1977/78 4 3rd 16th 1978/79 4 3rd 3rd 1979/80 4 3rd 11th 1980/81 4 3rd 6th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1981/82 4 3rd 6th 1982/83 4 3rd 16th 1983/84 4 3rd 7th 1984/85 4 3rd 3rd 1985/86 4 3rd 1st 1986/87 4 3rd 3rd 1987/88 3 2nd B 7th 1988/89 3 2nd B 8th 1989/90 3 2nd B 3rd 1990/91 3 2nd B 5th 1991/92 3 2nd B 8th 1992/93 3 2nd B 1st 1993/94 2 2nd 15th 1994/95 2 2nd 19th 1995/96 2 2nd 8th 1996/97 2 2nd 8th 1997/98 2 2nd 13th 1998/99 2 2nd 17th 1999/00 2 2nd 13th 2000/01 2 2nd 17th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2001/02 2 2nd 14th 2002/03 2 2nd 19th 2003/04 2 2nd 19th Round of 32 2004/05 3 2nd B 5th Round of 64 2005/06 3 2nd B 13th Preliminary round 2006/07 3 2nd B 8th 2007/08 3 2nd B 12th 2008/09 3 2nd B 4th 2009/10 3 2nd B 5th First round 2010/11 3 2nd B 4th First round 2011/12 3 2nd B 12th Second round 2012/13 3 2nd B 2nd 2013/14 3 2nd B 2nd Third round 2014/15 2 2nd 10th Second round 2015/16 2 2nd 2nd Round of 32 2016/17 1 La Liga

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• 1 seasons in La Liga
• 13 seasons in Segunda División
• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 19 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 11 September 2016^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Alberto Brignoli (on loan from Juventus) 3 DF Unai Bustinza 4 DF Adrián Marín (on loan from Villarreal) 5 DF Martín Mantovani 6 MF Alberto Martín 7 FW Darwin Machís (on loan from Granada) 8 MF Gabriel 9 FW Miguel Ángel Guerrero 10 MF Toni Dovale 11 MF Alexander Szymanowski 12 DF Carl Medjani 13 GK Jon Ander Serantes

No. Position Player 14 FW Mamadou Koné 15 DF Diego Rico 16 MF Robert Ibáñez (on loan from Valencia) 17 DF Víctor Díaz 18 DF Pablo Insua (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 19 MF Unai López (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 20 FW Luciano (on loan from Corinthians) 21 MF Rubén Pérez (on loan from Granada) 22 MF Lluís Sastre 23 MF Omar Ramos 24 MF David Timor 25 GK Iago Herrerín (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)

Honours

• Segunda División B: 1992–93
• Tercera División: 1985–86

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

José Chamot Federico Domínguez Martín Mantovani Samuel Eto'o Pierre Webó Chupe Iván Zarandona Christopher Ohen Ariza Makukula Paulo Torres

Andrei Mokh Alfredo Catanha Rubén Falcón Jordi Lardín Pedro Largo Carlos Martínez Raúl Moreno Quini

Managers

Luis Ángel Duque (1989–95) Luis Sánchez Duque (1995–97) Pedro Braojos (1997–98) Luis Sánchez Duque (1998–99) Enrique Martín (1999–01) Ciriaco Cano (2001) Carlos Sánchez Aguiar (2001–02) Enrique Martín (2002–03) Carlos Aimar (2003–04) Víctor Hugo Marchesini (2004)

Martín Delgado (2004) Quique Estebaranz (2005) Luis Ángel Duque (2005–06), (2009–10) Miguel Rivera (2010–11) Rafa Muñoz (2011) Miguel Álvarez (2011) Carlos Orúe (2011–12) Víctor (2012) Pablo Alfaro (2012–13) Asier Garitano (2013–)

Reserve team

References

1. http://www.deportivoleganes.com/primer-equipo/plantilla/leganes

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)