Cádiz CF explained

Clubname:Cádiz
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Fullname:Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Founded: as Cádiz Foot-ball Club
Nickname:El Submarino Amarillo
(The Yellow Submarine)
Short Name:CAD
Ground:Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla
Capacity:20,724
Chairman:Manuel Vizcaíno
Owner:Locos por el Balón SL
Chrtitle:President
Manager:Paco López
Current:2024–25 Cádiz CF season
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Website:http://www.cadizcf.com/

Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia.Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724.[1]

Salvadoran legend Mágico González played for the club during the 1980s and 1990s, and is widely recognized as the best player to ever play for the team.

Between 1929 and 1977, Cádiz played in either the second or third tier of Spanish football. In 1977, Cádiz achieved promotion to La Liga for the first time. Since then Cádiz has played sixteen seasons in the first tier, as well as spending several at the second level.

History

The first documented game of Cádiz CF was played against Cádiz Sporting Club on Thursday, 8 September 1910. Cádiz CF won it 1–0.[2] Two days later on 10 September 1910, several Cádiz citizens appealed to Civil Government to register a club under the name Cádiz Foot-Ball Club. One of the founders was José Rivera y Lora, the first Cádiz president. A year later, in 1911, two other important events of Cádiz football took place: the foundation of the Español Foot-Ball Club and the inscription of Cádiz Foot-Ball Club to the Federación Sur (Southern Football Federation). The Civil War interrupted the organization of competitions and Cádiz CF only played friendly matches, among others, against teams such as Betis and Celta de Vigo.[3]

Cádiz played the first complete season 1939–40 in Segunda División after the Spanish Civil War. The club finished 1st in the Group 5 with 11 wins in 14 games.[4] That season the coach position was occupied by Santiago Núñez, who was also a player, and the key roles were played by Roldán, Díaz, Mateo, the goalkeeper Bueno, future Real Madrid player, and Camilo Liz, who decades later became the technical secretary of the club. During the following 3 seasons Cádiz was far away from repeating that success. Cádiz first reached La Liga in 1977–78, after having spent two decades in the second division. It took place on 5 June 1977, with a 2–0 victory at Ramón de Carranza against Tarrasa. Relegated after just one season, the club returned in 1980, managing a further 13-year stay. In August 1981, before returning to La Liga, Cádiz won its first Ramón de Carranza Trophy.[5] They beat Sevilla (led by coach Miguel Muñoz) 1–0 with the goal scored by Dieguito. Among them there were such important players in Cádiz history as Bocoya, Juan José, Hugo Vaca, Dos Santos, Amarillo, Luque, Linares, Pepe Mejías, Dieguito (Escobar), López (Choquet) and Mané.

Often led by the skills of Salvadoran Mágico González, the club managed to maintain its top flight status in the 1990–91 season, thanks to youth graduate Kiko (and 25 minutes of his inspiration against Real Zaragoza), who picked up the offensive burden after González left. During the late 1980s and early 1990s the club became known as "The Yellow Submarine", due to its capacity of "coming afloat" every year at the end of each season and remain in the top division, despite having been "sunk down" during most of the campaign.

However, in just two seasons, Cádiz dropped down two levels. In 1995 Cádiz was on the brink of extinction due to financial issues. The investment group no longer invested in the club and declared the suspension of payments. A group of cadistas, headed by Antonio Muñoz and Manuel García, had the negotiations with the creditors, reorganized the club and started managing it directly from the city of Cádiz. After a long spell in Segunda División B the club was finally promoted in 2003, spectacularly returning to the top level in 2005, after taking the championship with a last-day victory at neighbours Xerez CD. The match was played on 18 June 2005, and ended up with 2–0 Cádiz win in the presence of 8000 Cádiz fans, arrived in Xerez.[6]

However, Cádiz was eventually relegated back to the second tier, in the 37th and penultimate matchday of 2005–06. Cádiz finished in the 19th position, 4 points away from 16th place, which could secure the club a place in La Liga.[7] For the following campaign, former Spanish international Oli took the reins of the team, being sacked after only a few months. With him the club won just 4 from 11 matches.[8]

In June 2008, Cádiz dropped another level returning to the Segunda División B. However, after just one season, it managed to return to the second division, but was immediately relegated in the 2009–10 campaign. Cádiz finished in 19th place, falling just one point behind the teams in 17th and 18th positions, which guaranteed them a place in the Segunda División.[9] Performance of such experienced players as Raúl López, Andrés Fleurquin and Enrique Ortiz was the major asset to the successful 2008–09 season. Cádiz became the champion of the Segunda División B, having a successful season with 24 wins, 7 draws, and 7 losses in 38 matches.[10] During the 2015–16 the club finished its season in Group 4 in 4th place and qualified for the promotion playoffs, they beat Racing Ferrol, Racing Santander and Hércules and therefore promoted back to Segunda División after 6 years. The key match against Hércules took place on 26 June 2016, at the Ramón de Carranza stadium. Cádiz won it 1–0.On 29 September 2019, Cádiz CF organized trials in Mumbai, India. For the second time, the club gave an opportunity to more than 250 Indian students to win a scholarship to live and train in Spain. As a result, three players were selected: Harshika Jain, Veer Gondal and Arnav Gorantala. Their stay in Spain began on January, 2020.[11]

In the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Cádiz repeated its best start record as per first ten league games of a single season. This record dates 80 years back to the 1939–1940 season.[12] Head coach Álvaro Cervera admitted the good start of the season and said:

On 28 December 2019, Manuel Vizcaíno Fernández was appointed as chairman of the board of directors for the next six years, along with the directors Jorge Cobo and Martín José García Marichal.[13]

On 2 March 2020, Cádiz CF confirmed that an unnamed American investor of great economic strength became one of the club's shareholders.[14] Despite acquiring a minority of shares, the investor's goal is expanding his presence in the club and helping the Andalusian club with the promotion to La Liga.[15] The president of the club Manuel Vizcaíno revealed the plans of using new resources to modernize the infrastructure, facilities and other areas of the club.[16]

On 12 July 2020, Cádiz CF was promoted back to the Primera División after 14 years.[17] On 20 September 2020 Cádiz won its first La Liga match (2:0 away win over Huesca) since the previous campaign in the league.[18] On 5 December, Cádiz CF won a home game for the first time in the season, setting another historic moment in the process: in fact, goals by Álvaro Giménez and Álvaro Negredo secured a 2–1 final result against Barcelona.[19] Plus, on 21 February 2021, they managed to block Barcelona once again, as the match ended up in a 1–1 draw: a penalty by substitute Álex Fernández equalized the initial opener by Lionel Messi (also from the penalty spot).[20]

On 4 April 2021 in a league game Mouctar Diakhaby of Valencia denounced an alleged racist aggression by Cádiz defender Juan Cala. The game was briefly halted after Valencia players walked off the pitch.[21] The tests carried out by LaLiga and the RFEF showed that the complaint was false, so the judge declared Juan Cala innocent.

On 2 May 2021, Cádiz won 1–0 at Granada in Los Cármenes. With 40 points in the standings, Cádiz CF mathematically achieved survival in LaLiga Santander.

On 19 May 2024, Cádiz was relegated to second division after a 0–0 draw against Las Palmas, ending their four year stay in the top tier.

Individual records

Most appearances

RankPlayerNationality Apps
1Raúl López Spain390
2José Manuel Barla Spain 343
3Jose Mejias Spain 304
4Juan Jose Spain 270
5Armando Ribeiro Spain 267
6Ángel Oliva Spain 243
Alex Fernandez Spain243
8enrique Ortiz Spain 242
9Carmelo Navarro Spain 240
10Abraham Paz Spain 230

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerNationality Goals
1Jose Mejias Spain 70
2Magico Gonzalez El Salvador 60
3Adolfo Bolea Spain 56
4Juan Villar Spain 43
5Enrique Ortiz Spain39
6Airam Cabrera Spain 38
7Abraham Paz Spain 33
Álex Fernández Spain 33
9Salvador Mejias Spain 31
10Matias Pavoni Argentina 28

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1935–3627thGroup round
1939–4021st
1940–4128thFirst round
1941–4223rd
1942–4327th
1943–44310thThird round
1944–4541st
1945–4638th
1946–4732nd
1947–4835thThird round
1948–4935thThird round
1949–5038th
1950–5138th
1951–5234th
1952–5333rd
1953–5433rd
1954–5531st
1955–56214th
1956–57212th
1957–58210th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1958–5927thRound of 16
1959–50214thFirst round
1960–6124thFirst round
1961–62210thFirst round
1962–6324thRound of 32
1963–6427thFirst round
1964–65214thFirst round
1965–66212thFirst round
1966–6728thRound of 32
1967–6825thFirst round
1968–69218th
1969–7031stRound of 32
1970–71212thThird round
1971–72216thFourth round
1972–7327thFourth round
1973–7425thThird round
1974–7525thFourth round
1975–76213thRound of 32
1976–7722ndThird round
1977–78118thRound of 16
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1978–7928thFourth round
1979–8028thSecond round
1980–8122ndThird round
1981–82116thSecond round
1982–8322ndRound of 16
1983–84116thSecond round
1984–8522ndRound of 16
1985–86115thSecond round
1986–87118thRound of 16
1987–88112thRound of 16
1988–89115thQuarter-finals
1989–90115thSemi-finals
1990–91118thRound of 16
1991–92118thThird round
1992–93119thFourth round
1993–94220thFourth round
1994–9532ª B10thSecond round
1995–9632ª B6th
1996–9732ª B7th
1997–9832ª B3rd
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1998–9932ª B5thSecond round
1999–200032ª B12thPreliminary round
2000–0132ª B1st
2001–0232ª B7thRound of 64
2002–0332ª B4th
2003–0427thRound of 32
2004–0521stRound of 32
2005–06119thQuarter-finals
2006–0725thThird round
2007–08220thThird round
2008–0932ª B1stFirst round
2009–10219thSecond round
2010–1132ª B4thThird round
2011–1232ª B1stRound of 32
2012–1332ª B13thSecond round
2013–1432ª B3rd
2014–1532ª B1stRound of 32
2015–1632ª B4thRound of 16
2016–1725thThird round
2017–1829thRound of 16
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
2018–1927thRound of 32
2019–2022ndSecond round
2020–21112thRound of 32
2021–22117thQuarter-finals
2022–23114thFirst round
2023–24118thSecond round
2024–252
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Current squad

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Reserve team

See main article: Cádiz CF Mirandilla.

Current technical staff

Honours

Segunda División Champions (1): 2004–05

Copa del Rey Semi-finalists: 1989-90

Stadium information

Famous players

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

Coaches

[23] [24]

TenureCoach
1935–36 Jose Rey
1936 Aurelio Omist
1939–40 Santiago Núñez
1940 Manuel Valderrama
1940–41 Santiago Núñez
1941 Miguel Ángel Valcárcel
1941–42 José Quirante
1942 Teodoro Mauri
1942–44 Santiago Buiría
1944–46 Juan Bejarano
1946–48 Gabriel Andonegui
1948–49 Anastasio Calleja
1949–50 Casto Moliné
1950–51 Jose Peralta
1951 Juan Bejarano
1951–52 Camilo Liz
1952–53 Higinio Ortúzar
1953–54 Anastasio Calleja
1954–56 Diego Villalonga
1956–June 1958 Santiago Núñez
July 1958–November 1958 Valdor Sierra
November 1958–December 1958 Antonio Fernández
December 1958–June 1959 Julián Arcas
July 1959–February 1960 Camilo Liz
February 1960 Juan Bejarano
February 1960–June 1960 Diego Villalonga
July 1960–June 1963 José Luis Riera
July 1963–December 1963 Casimiro Benavente
December 1963 Luis de Miguel
December 1963–June 1965 José Valera
July 1965–June 1969 Julio Vilariño
July 1969–May 1971 León Lasa
May 1971–June 1971 Guillermo Delgado
July 1971–October 1971 José María García de Andoín
October 1971–December 1971 Ferdinand Daučík
December 1971–February 1972 Adolfo Bolea
February 1972–June 1972 José Antonio Naya
July 1972–June 1974 Domènec Balmanya
July 1974–October 1975 Sabino Barinaga
October 1975–February 1976 Juan Arza
February 1976–June 1976 Adolfo Bolea
June 1976 Luis Escarti
July 1976–October 1977 Enrique Mateos
October 1977–November 1977 Luis Escarti
November 1977–June 1978 Mariano Moreno
July 1978–June 1980 Roque Olsen
July 1980–December 1983 Dragoljub Milošević
December 1983 Luis Escarti
January 1984–June 1985 Benito Joanet
July 1985–April 1986 Paquito
April 1986–June 1986 David Vidal
July 1986–March 1987 Manolo Cardo
TenureCoach
Mar 1987–June 1987 Dragoljub Milošević
June 1987 David Vidal
July 1987–June 1988 Víctor Espárrago
July 1988–October 1988 Helmut Senekowitsch
October 1988–Mar 1990 David Vidal
Mar 1990–June 1990 Colin Addison
July 1990–April 1991 Héctor Veira
April 1991–June 1992 Ramón Blanco
July 1992–January 1993 José Luis Romero
January 1993–June 1993 Ramón Blanco
July 1993–October 1993 Colin Addison
October 1993–November 1993 Hugo Vaca
November 1993–January 1994 José Antonio Naya
January 1994–June 1994 Marcelino Pérez
July 1994–June 1995 Ramón Heredia
July 1995–October 1995 Paco Chaparro
October 1995–June 1996 Chico Linares
July 1996–December 1996 Juan Carlos Álvarez
December 1996–June 1998 Ramón Blanco
July 1998–September 1998 Ismael Díaz
September 1998–November 1998 Juan Antonio Sánchez
November 1998–June 1999 Jordi Gonzalvo
July 1999–December 1999 Chico Linares
January 2000–March 2000 Juan Antonio Sánchez
March 2000–June 2000 Emilio Cruz
July 2000–June 2001 Carlos Orúe
July 2001–October 2001 Pepe Escalante
October 2001–December 2001 Juan Antonio Sánchez
December 2001–April 2002 José Enrique Díaz
April 2002–June 2002 Juan Antonio Sánchez
July 2002–June 2004 José Manuel González
July 2004–June 2006 Víctor Espárrago
July 2006–November 2006 Oli
November 2006–June 2007 José Manuel González
July 2007–October 2007 Mariano García Remón
October 2007–April 2008 Antonio Calderón
April 2008–May 2008 Raúl Procopio
May 2008–June 2008 Julián Rubio
July 2008–January 2010 Javi Gracia
January 2010–June 2010 Víctor Espárrago
July 2010–November 2010 Risto Vidaković
November 2010–June 2012 José Manuel González
July 2012–November 2012 Alberto Monteagudo
November 2012–December 2012 Ramón Blanco
December 2012–March 2014 Raül Agné
March 2014–November 2014 Antonio Calderón
November 2014–April 2016 Claudio Barragán
April 2016–January 2022 Álvaro Cervera
January 2022–January 2024 Sergio González
January 2024–present Mauricio Pellegrino

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

!Period!Kit manufacturer!Shirt sponsors
1910–1985NoneNone
1985–1986MeybaNone
1986–1989MassanaNone
1989–1990La Mar de Cerca Tours
1992–1993ElementsUnicaja
1997–2000KelmeNone
2000–2001Diario de Cádiz
2002–2003Financa
2003–2005Grupo Zona Franca Cádiz
2005–2006Caja San Fernando
2006–2007Armoniza
2007–2008NoneTeka
2008–2009DiadoraNone
2009–2010KelmeLa Pepa 2012
2010–2011None
2013–2014ErreàGagá Milano
2014–2015Solver
2016–2017AdidasSocibus
2017–2020Torrot
2020–2021Dafabet
2021–2022MacronBitci
2022-Khalifa Capital

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cádiz – Estadio Ramón de Carranza. chrisentrenador. 2018-08-11. Estadios de España. 2020-01-05. 20 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420025129/https://espanaestadios.com/2018/08/11/cadiz-estadio-ramon-de-carranza/. live.
  2. Web site: Reseña histórica: El primer partido del Cádiz CF Cádiz CF – Web Oficial. Reseña histórica: El primer partido del Cádiz CF Cádiz CF – Web Oficial. es. 2019-10-09. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233358/https://www.cadizcf.com/noticia/resena-historica-el-primer-partido-del-cadiz-cf. live.
  3. Book: Alba, Enrique Díaz. Historia del Cádiz C.F.. 2005-10-10. Silex Ediciones. 978-84-7737-158-8. 16. es. 30 October 2020. 7 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220407192104/https://books.google.com/books?id=duarqueyvRQC&q=cadiz+cf+historia&pg=PA273. live.
  4. Web site: Segunda División Grupo 5 - Grupo 5, Temporada 1939/1940 - liga smartbank, segunda division, campeonato nacional de liga de segunda división, segunda division española, laliga 2 española. resultados-futbol.com. 2019-10-14. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233358/https://www.resultados-futbol.com/segunda1940/grupo5. live.
  5. Web site: Trofeo Ramon de Carranza. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2019-10-14. 10 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080610065753/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/carranza.html. live.
  6. Web site: El día que el Cádiz tocó la gloria en Chapín. eldesmarque.com. 18 June 2016 . 2019-10-16. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233358/https://eldesmarque.com/cadiz/cadiz-cf/cadiz-reportaje/44446-el-dia-que-el-cadiz-ascendio-a-primera-en-chapin. live.
  7. Web site: Clasificación Primera división 2005/2006 en AS.com. resultados.as.com. 2019-10-16. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233358/https://resultados.as.com/resultados/futbol/primera/2005_2006/clasificacion. live.
  8. Web site: Entrenadores Cádiz. bdfutbol.com. 2020-01-04. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233358/https://www.bdfutbol.com/es/e/eentrlig10.html. live.
  9. Web site: Estadisticas Segunda División- 2009-10 en MARCA.com. Marca. 2019-10-09. 16 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220516005410/https://www.marca.com/futbol/segunda-division.html. live.
  10. Web site: Estadisticas Segunda División B-Grupo 4-2008-09 en MARCA.com. Marca. 2020-01-04. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233359/https://www.marca.com/estadisticas/futbol/segundab/2008_09/grupo_4/. live.
  11. Web site: Spanish football club Cádiz CF conducts trials to select young Indian footballers. 2019-10-01. Hindustan Times. 2019-10-10. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233359/https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/spanish-football-club-cadiz-cf-conducts-trials-to-select-young-indian-footballers/story-NIEIuqfxY18ALhjo4Dnp3J.html. live.
  12. Web site: ¡Cómo hemos cambiado!... El Cádiz rompe registros para ser líder destacado. 2019-10-09. Marca. es. 2019-10-10. 10 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010125542/https://www.marca.com/futbol/cadiz/2019/10/09/5d9b6bac46163f21748b4598.html. live.
  13. Web site: El Cádiz CF prevé un superávit superior a 1,8 millones para esta temporada. Canal Amarillo. 28 December 2019 . es-ES. 2020-01-05. 28 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228182328/https://www.lavozdigital.es/deportes/cadizcf/noticias/cadiz-cf/cadiz-cf-preve-superavit-superior-18-millones-esta-temporada.html. live.
  14. Web site: Nuevo inversor en el accionariado del Cádiz. 2020-03-02. AS.com. es. 2020-03-02. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233358/https://as.com/futbol/2020/03/02/segunda/1583148317_313019.html. live.
  15. Web site: Un inversor estadounidense compra acciones del Cádiz CF. Cádiz. Diario de. 2020-03-02. Diario de Cádiz. es-ES. 2020-03-02. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233404/https://www.diariodecadiz.es/cadizcf/inversor-estadounidense-acciones-Cadiz-CF_0_1442256067.html. live.
  16. Web site: Un grupo norteamericano entra en el accionariado del Cádiz. 2020-03-02. Marca. es. 2020-03-02. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504233358/https://www.marca.com/futbol/cadiz/2020/03/02/5e5cf8e446163fbca68b4641.html. live.
  17. Web site: 2020-07-12. ¡Y el Cádiz regresa entre los grandes 14 años después!. 2020-07-14. Marca. es. 14 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714101012/https://www.marca.com/futbol/cadiz/2020/07/12/5f0982be268e3ec6368b459e.html. live.
  18. Web site: 2020-09-20. El Cádiz enseña sus armas en El Alcoraz. 2020-12-04. Marca. es. 25 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125230836/https://www.marca.com/futbol/primera-division/huesca-vs-cadiz/cronica/2020/09/20/5f675b9846163fbd298b461a.html. live.
  19. Web site: López. Marcos. 2020-12-05. El Barça se derrota a sí mismo. 2021-03-02. elperiodico. es. 22 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210222205221/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barca/20201205/cadiz-cf-barcelona-directo-online-10122083. live.
  20. News: Draw with Cádiz ends Barcelona's winning run. BBC Sport. 2021-03-02. 11 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220911065052/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56146886. live.
  21. Web site: Valencia players walk off pitch after alleged racist incident vs. Cádiz. 2021-04-04. ESPN. 2021-04-04. 5 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210405002241/https://www.espn.com/soccer/valencia/story/4352112/valencia-players-walk-off-pitch-after-alleged-racist-incident-vs-cadiz. live.
  22. Web site: Players . Cádiz Club de Fútbol SAD . 15 October 2022.
  23. News: Cádiz. BDFutbol. 8 February 2014. 22 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133824/http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/e/e10.html. live.
  24. News: Historial cadista. Cadista history. Cadistas 1910. es. 8 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140209120840/http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/historial.php. 9 February 2014. dead.