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Córdoba

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

Ground

Estadio Municipal Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba,
Andalusia, Spain

Capacity

25,800

Owner

Infinity Capital

President

Abdulla Jehad Abdulla Alzain

Head coach

Iván Ania

League

Segunda División

2022–23

Primera Federación – Group 1, 9th of 20

Home colours

Away colours

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 Segunda Division, with its home matches at the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, which has a capacity of 25,800 seats.

History
Stadium
Season to season
Honours
Current squad
Former players
Former coaches
See also

History

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.

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.

In June 2024, Córdoba finally promoted to second division after 5 years absence by beating Barcelona Atlètic in last play-off promotion.

Stadium

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
1951–52	5	2ª Reg.	1st
1952–53	4	1ª Reg.	1st
1953–54	3	3ª	4th

As Córdoba CF

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1954–55	3	3ª	4th
1955–56	3	3ª	1st
1956–57	2	2ª	4th
1957–58	2	2ª	11th
1958–59	2	2ª	8th	Round of 32
1959–60	2	2ª	2nd	Round of 16
1960–61	2	2ª	9th	Round of 32
1961–62	2	2ª	1st	First round
1962–63	1	1ª	12th	Round of 16
1963–64	1	1ª	11th	Round of 16
1964–65	1	1ª	5th	Round of 16
1965–66	1	1ª	11th	Round of 16
1966–67	1	1ª	12th	Semi-finals
1967–68	1	1ª	13th	Round of 32
1968–69	1	1ª	16th	Round of 16
1969–70	2	2ª	5th	Round of 32
1970–71	2	2ª	4th	Third round
1971–72	1	1ª	17th	Fourth round
1972–73	2	2ª	13th	Third round
1973–74	2	2ª	13th	Fourth round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
1974–75	2	2ª	4th	Fourth round
1975–76	2	2ª	8th	First round
1976–77	2	2ª	15th	Fourth round
1977–78	2	2ª	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	2ª	13th	Second round
1982–83	2	2ª	20th	First round
1983–84	3	2ª B	19th	First round
1984–85	4	3ª	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	2ª	12th	First round
2000–01	2	2ª	12th	Round of 64
2001–02	2	2ª	13th	Quarter-finals
2002–03	2	2ª	15th	Round of 64
2003–04	2	2ª	16th	Round of 32
2004–05	2	2ª	19th	Round of 32
2005–06	3	2ª B	6th	Second round
2006–07	3	2ª B	4th	First round
2007–08	2	2ª	18th	Second round
2008–09	2	2ª	13th	Second round
2009–10	2	2ª	10th	Third round
2010–11	2	2ª	16th	Round of 16
2011–12	2	2ª	6th	Round of 16
2012–13	2	2ª	14th	Round of 16
2013–14	2	2ª	7th	Second round

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Copa del Rey
2014–15	1	1ª	20th	Round of 32
2015–16	2	2ª	5th	Second round
2016–17	2	2ª	10th	Round of 16
2017–18	2	2ª	16th	Third round
2018–19	2	2ª	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	First round
2023–24	3	1ª Fed.	2nd
2024–25	2	2ª		TBD

9 seasons in La Liga
34 seasons in Segunda División
2 seasons in Primera Federación
22 seasons in Segunda División B
1 season in Segunda Federación
4 seasons in Tercera División

Honours

Segunda División
- Winners (1): 1961–62

Segunda División B
- Winners (2): 1994–95, 1996–97

Tercera División
- Winners (1): 1955–56

Copa Federación de España
- Winners (1): 2021

Current squad

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	José Calderón
4	DF	Adrián Lapeña
5	DF	Marvel (on loan from Real Madrid)
6	MF	Álex Sala
7	MF	Théo Zidane
8	MF	Isma Ruiz
9	FW	Kuki Zalazar
10	FW	Jacobo González
11	FW	Ander Yoldi (on loan from Osasuna)
13	GK	Carlos Marín (captain)
14	DF	Nikolay Obolskiy

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Xavi Sintes
16	DF	José Antonio Martínez
17	FW	Adilson
18	MF	Genaro Rodríguez
19	FW	Jude Soonsup-Bell
20	FW	Antonio Casas
21	DF	Carlos Albarrán
22	DF	Carlos Isaac
23	FW	Cristian Carracedo
26	GK	Ramon Vila
27	DF	Matías Barboza