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Córdoba
Córdoba CF logo.svg
Full name Córdoba Club de Fútbol (Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.)
Nickname(s) Los Califas (The Caliphs)
Los Blanquiverdes (The White and Greens)
Founded 6 August 1954; 70 years ago (6 August 1954)
Ground Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba,
Andalusia, Spain
Ground Capacity 25,800
Owner Infinity Capital
President Abdulla Al-Zain
Head coach Iván Ania
League Primera Federación – Group 2
2022–23 Primera Federación – Group 1, 9th of 20
Third colours

Córdoba Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoɾðoβa]), competing as Unión Futbolística Cordobesa S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 as Club Deportivo San Álvaro, it was refounded as Cordoba CF in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays in the Primera Federación - Group 2, with its home matches at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, which has a capacity of 25,800 seats.

History

Córdoba Club de Fútbol league performance 1929-2023
Chart of Córdoba CF league performance 1929-2023

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 Spanish Civil War (as foreign names were banned under the new regime) to Club Deportivo Córdoba.

From 1940, its predecessor RCD Córdoba met varying success, spending most of its time in the second 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 La Liga seasons. In its third presence it only conceded two goals at home as it went undefeated, the first being courtesy of Espanyol's Alfredo Di Stéfano. The club finished 5th, its best finish to date, but was not allowed to enter the following season's UEFA Cup 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 Albert Ferrer was hired as Córdoba manager. He led the team to a 7th-place finish, and then Córdoba defeated Las Palmas in the Segunda División play-off final to return to the top flight for the first time in 42 years. Ulises Dávila 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.

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Match of Segunda División between Córdoba C.F. and C.D. Leganés (2:3), January 2016.

Córdoba experienced a difficult return to La Liga however. In their opening match of the 2014–15 season, Córdoba lost 2–0 away at Real Madrid, 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 Athletic Bilbao. This boosted their hopes for survival in the elite. Additional wins against CF Granada at home and Rayo Vallecano 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 FC Barcelona.

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 Segunda División (women) starting in the 2018–19 season. After ranking second-to-last in the 2018–19 Segunda División (after disqualified Reus), the club was demoted to Segunda B.

In December 2019, the club was purchased by Infinity, an investment fund from Bahrain, 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

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Crowd at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel

Córdoba currently plays at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, 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
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1951–52 5 2ª Reg. 1st
1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1953–54 3 4th
  • As Córdoba CF
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1954–55 3 4th
1955–56 3 1st
1956–57 2 4th
1957–58 2 11th
1958–59 2 8th Round of 32
1959–60 2 2nd Round of 16
1960–61 2 9th Round of 32
1961–62 2 1st First round
1962–63 1 12th Round of 16
1963–64 1 11th Round of 16
1964–65 1 5th Round of 16
1965–66 1 11th Round of 16
1966–67 1 12th Semi-finals
1967–68 1 13th Round of 32
1968–69 1 16th Round of 16
1969–70 2 5th Round of 32
1970–71 2 4th Third round
1971–72 1 17th Fourth round
1972–73 2 13th Third round
1973–74 2 13th Fourth round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1974–75 2 4th Fourth round
1975–76 2 8th First round
1976–77 2 15th Fourth round
1977–78 2 18th Fourth round
1978–79 3 2ª B 17th Third round
1979–80 3 2ª B 7th Second round
1980–81 3 2ª B 2nd First round
1981–82 2 13th Second round
1982–83 2 20th First round
1983–84 3 2ª B 19th First round
1984–85 4 2nd
1985–86 3 2ª B 3rd First round
1986–87 3 2ª B 9th First round
1987–88 3 2ª B 5th Fourth round
1988–89 3 2ª B 13th Third round
1989–90 3 2ª B 12th
1990–91 3 2ª B 3rd Third round
1991–92 3 2ª B 11th Third round
1992–93 3 2ª B 9th Fourth round
1993–94 3 2ª B 7th Third round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1994–95 3 2ª B 1st Second round
1995–96 3 2ª B 4th Second round
1996–97 3 2ª B 1st First round
1997–98 3 2ª B 6th First round
1998–99 3 2ª B 3rd
1999–2000 2 12th First round
2000–01 2 12th Round of 64
2001–02 2 13th Quarter-finals
2002–03 2 15th Round of 64
2003–04 2 16th Round of 32
2004–05 2 19th Round of 32
2005–06 3 2ª B 6th Second round
2006–07 3 2ª B 4th First round
2007–08 2 18th Second round
2008–09 2 13th Second round
2009–10 2 10th Third round
2010–11 2 16th Round of 16
2011–12 2 6th Round of 16
2012–13 2 14th Round of 16
2013–14 2 7th Second round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2014–15 1 20th Round of 32
2015–16 2 5th Second round
2016–17 2 10th Round of 16
2017–18 2 16th Third round
2018–19 2 21st Round of 32
2019–20 3 2ª B 5th First round
2020–21 3 2ª B 5th / 3rd Round of 32
2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 1st First round
2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 9th
2023–24 3 1ª Fed.

Honours

  • Tercera División
    • Winners (1): 1955–56
  • Copa Federación de España
    • Winners (1): 2021

Current squad

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No. Position Player
1 Spain GK Lluis Tarrés
2 Spain DF Iván Rodríguez
3 Spain DF José Calderón
4 Spain DF Adrián Lapeña
5 Spain DF Adri Castellano
6 Spain MF Álex Sala (on loan from Girona)
7 Spain FW Kike Márquez (captain)
8 Serbia DF Dragiša Gudelj
9 Spain FW Kuki Zalazar
10 Morocco FW Simo Bouzaidi
11 Spain FW Álvaro Leiva (on loan from Real Madrid Castilla)
13 Spain GK Carlos Marín
No. Position Player
14 Spain MF Recio
15 Spain MF Isma Ruiz
16 Spain DF José Martínez
17 Portugal FW Adilson
18 Spain DF Carlos García-Die (on loan from Cádiz)
19 Spain FW Alberto Toril
20 Spain FW Antonio Casas
21 Spain DF Carlos Albarrán
22 Mali MF Yussi Diarra
23 Spain MF Cristian Carracedo
27 Spain DF Matías Barboza

Reserve team

No. Position Player

Out on loan

No. Position Player
Spain MF Cristian Delgado (at Numancia until 30 June 2024)

Retired numbers

8 Spain Juanín (deceased) (1960–70)

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Spain Germán Crespo
Assistant manager Spain Alfredo Sánchez
Fitness coach Spain Javier Ramos López

Last updated: June 2019
Source: Córdoba CF

Former players

See Category:Córdoba CF footballers

  • Spain Vicente del Bosque
  • Romania Florin Andone
  • Spain José Antonio Reyes
  • Argentina Daniel Onega
  • Spain Juanin
  • Spain Miguel Reina
  • Spain Paco Jémez
  • Spain Rafael Berges
  • Spain Toni Muñoz
  • Spain Javi Moreno
  • Argentina Roque Olsen
  • Russia Oleg Salenko
  • Argentina Fernando Cáceres
  • Spain Miguel de las Cuevas
  • Italy Federico Piovaccari
  • Spain Javi Flores
  • Slovenia Rene Krhin
  • Panama Fidel Escobar
  • Uruguay Nicolás Olivera
  • Argentina Ariel Montenegro
  • Spain Alejandro Alfaro
  • Poland Paweł Kieszek
  • Cameroon Lauren
  • Argentina Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez
  • Spain Juan Luna Eslava
  • Spain Jaime Romero
  • Spain Robert Fernández
  • Spain Jesús García Sanjuán
  • Argentina Silvio González
  • Brazil Charles Dias de Oliveira
  • Portugal Bebé
  • Spain Fede Vico
  • Spain Xisco Jiménez
  • Italy Alessandro Pierini
  • Spain Rafa Navarro
  • Spain Borja García
  • Philippines Javier Patiño

Former coaches

  • Spain José Juncosa (1955–57)
  • Argentina Roque Olsen (1959–63)
  • Spain Rosendo Hernández (1963–64)
  • Spain Ignacio Eizaguirre (1964–65)
  • Spain Eduardo Toba (1965–66)
  • France Marcel Domingo (1966–68)
  • Hungary Spain Slovakia László Kubala (1968–69)
  • Spain Ignacio Eizaguirre (1969–70)
  • Spain José Juncosa (1970–71)
  • Brazil Vavá (1971–72)
  • Spain Joseíto (1972–73)
  • Brazil Vavá (1974–75)
  • Spain Ignacio Eizaguirre (1975–77)
  • Spain Pachín (1981)
  • Paraguay Cayetano Ré (1981–82)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Rajkov (1981–83)
  • Spain Manuel Ruiz Sosa (1983–84)
  • Spain Josu Ortuondo (1985–86)
  • Spain Vicente Carlos Campillo (1987–88)
  • Spain Francisco Parreño (1991–92)
  • Spain Julio Cardeñosa (1991–92)
  • Spain Luis Costa (1993)
  • Spain Sánchez Duque (2001)
  • Spain José Murcia (2001–02)
  • Spain Mariano García Remón (2002)
  • Spain Josu Ortuondo (2002–03)
  • Spain Fernando Zambrano (2003)
  • Spain Fernando Castro Santos (2003)
  • Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal (2003–04)
  • Spain Roberto (2004)
  • Spain Esteban Vigo (2004)
  • Spain Quique Hernández (1 July 2005 – 1 Oct 2005)
  • Spain Paco Jémez (1 July 2007 – 30 May 2008)
  • Spain José González (2008)
  • Spain Juan Luna Eslava (9 Dec 2008 – 30 June 2009)
  • Spain Lucas Alcaraz (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2011)
  • Spain Paco Jémez (1 July 2011 – 13 June 2012)
  • Spain Rafael Berges (1 July 2012 – 8 April 2013)
  • Argentina Juan Esnáider (13 April 2013 – 30 June 2013)
  • Spain Pablo Villa (1 July 2013 – 9 Feb 2014)
  • Spain Luis Carrión (interim) (9 Feb 2014 – 16 Feb 2014)
  • Spain Albert Ferrer (17 Feb 2014 – 20 Oct 2014)
  • Serbia Miroslav Đukić (20 Oct 2014 – 16 March 2015)
  • Spain José Antonio Romero (interim) (2015)
  • Spain José Luis Oltra (2015–16)

See also

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