CD Leganés

Leganés

Full name	Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D
Nickname(s)	Los pepineros (The cucumbers) El Lega
Founded	23 June 1928; 96 years ago (1928-06-23)
Ground	Estadio Municipal Butarque
Capacity	12,454[1]
President	Jeff Luhnow
Head coach	Borja Jiménez
League	La Liga
2023–24	Segunda División, 1st of 22 (champions)
Website	cdleganes.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Leganés, FCK.U is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded in 1928 and played their first season in the 6th division of Spanish football. The club's stadium, the Estadio Municipal Butarque, was built in 1998, after moving from the Luis Rodríguez de Miguel, a stadium the had played in since 1966.

In 2024–25, Leganés plays in La Liga by receiving automatic promotion after winning their first Segunda title. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 12,454 spectators.

History

Lower leagues (1928–1992)

The club was officially founded on 23 June 1928.^[2] Its first president was Ramón del Hierro. However the club had to suspend operations in 1936 due to the Spanish civil war, where they remained inactive until they reformed on 4 September 1946.

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.

Third and second divisions (1992–2016)

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 to 1997.

On 24 December 2008, Victoria Pavón and Felipe Moreno acquired a majority stake of the club.^[3] Since July 2009, Victoria Pavón has been the president of the club.^[4][5]

In the 2013–14 season, Leganés promoted to Segunda División after 10 seasons in Segunda B.

La Liga promotions (2016–present)

The squad that earned promotion to La Liga in 2016 paying a visit to the regional government

Chart of CD Leganés league performance 1929-2023

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,^[6] thus becoming the fifth team from Community of Madrid to ever play in La Liga after Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, and Getafe. They remained in the top flight for four seasons, reaching a peak of 13th in 2018–19, before relegation in the last game of the following season, a 2–2 home draw with Real Madrid.^[7] During this spell, the team qualified for the first time to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, by eliminating Real Madrid in the quarterfinals thanks to a 2–1 win at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.^[8] In 2017, Leganés planned to change their name to "Leganés Madrid" to aid putting them "on the map".^[9]

In the 2023–24 season, Leganes finished at first place in the Segunda Division and were promoted to La Liga, thus returning after a four season absence.

The squad that won La Liga in 2024 paying a visit to the regional government.

Match between Deportivo de La Coruña vs CD Leganés in Teresa Herrera Trophy 2024.

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. They also have friendly ties with Reading F.C. of England, partially due to sharing their blue and white colours. 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 Reg. 1st / 1st 1930–31 5 2ª Reg. P. 1st 1931–32 5 2ª Reg. P. 1932–33 5 2ª Reg. P. 1933–34 5 2ª Reg. P. 1934–1946 DNP 1946–47 6 2ª Reg. 5th 1947–48 6 2ª Reg. 1st 1948–49 5 2ª Reg. P. 2nd 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1952–53 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1953–54 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1954–55 3 3ª 5th 1955–56 3 3ª 4th 1956–57 3 3ª 13th 1957–58 3 3ª 12th 1958–59 3 3ª 13th 1959–60 3 3ª 16th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 12th 1961–62 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1963–64 3 3ª 13th 1964–65 3 3ª 16th 1965–66 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1966–67 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1967–68 3 3ª 17th 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 10th 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 10th 1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 1st 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 1st 1977–78 4 3ª 16th Second round 1978–79 4 3ª 3rd First round 1979–80 4 3ª 11th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1980–81 4 3ª 6th 1981–82 4 3ª 6th First round 1982–83 4 3ª 16th First round 1983–84 4 3ª 7th 1984–85 4 3ª 3rd 1985–86 4 3ª 1st Second round 1986–87 4 3ª 3rd First round 1987–88 3 2ª B 7th Second round 1988–89 3 2ª B 8th Third round 1989–90 3 2ª B 3rd 1990–91 3 2ª B 5th Second round 1991–92 3 2ª B 8th Third round 1992–93 3 2ª B 1st Second round 1993–94 2 2ª 15th Fourth round 1994–95 2 2ª 19th Fourth round 1995–96 2 2ª 8th Third round 1996–97 2 2ª 8th Second round 1997–98 2 2ª 13th First round 1998–99 2 2ª 17th Second round 1999–2000 2 2ª 13th First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2000–01 2 2ª 17th Round of 16 2001–02 2 2ª 14th Round of 64 2002–03 2 2ª 19th Round of 64 2003–04 2 2ª 19th Round of 32 2004–05 3 2ª B 5th Round of 64 2005–06 3 2ª B 13th Preliminary round 2006–07 3 2ª B 8th 2007–08 3 2ª B 12th 2008–09 3 2ª B 4th 2009–10 3 2ª B 5th First round 2010–11 3 2ª B 4th First round 2011–12 3 2ª B 12th Second round 2012–13 3 2ª B 2nd 2013–14 3 2ª B 2nd Third round 2014–15 2 2ª 10th Second round 2015–16 2 2ª 2nd Round of 32 2016–17 1 1ª 17th Round of 32 2017–18 1 1ª 17th Semi-finals 2018–19 1 1ª 13th Round of 16 2019–20 1 1ª 18th Round of 16

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2020–21 2 2ª 3rd Round of 32 2021–22 2 2ª 12th Round of 32 2022–23 2 2ª 14th First round 2023–24 2 2ª 1st Second round 2024–25 1 1ª

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• 5 seasons in La Liga
• 17 seasons in Segunda División
• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 19 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 2 September 2024.^[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Juan Soriano 2 DF  ESP Adrià Altimira (on loan from Villarreal) 3 DF  ESP Jorge Sáenz 4 DF  ECU Jackson Porozo (on loan from Troyes) 5 MF  PER Renato Tapia 6 DF  ESP Sergio González (captain) 7 MF  ESP Óscar Rodríguez 8 MF  GUI Seydouba Cissé 9 FW  ESP Miguel de la Fuente 10 FW  ESP Dani Raba 11 MF  ESP Juan Cruz 12 DF  FRA Valentin Rosier 13 GK  SRB Marko Dmitrović

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  SRB Darko Brašanac 15 DF  ESP Enric Franquesa 17 MF  CMR Yvan Neyou 18 FW  CIV Sébastien Haller (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) 19 FW  ESP Diego García 20 DF  ESP Javi Hernández 21 MF  ESP Roberto López 22 DF  SRB Matija Nastasić 23 FW  MAR Munir El Haddadi 24 MF  ARG Julián Chicco 27 MF  ESP Naim García 36 GK  ESP Alvin Abajas

Reserve team

Main article: CD Leganés B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  ESP Piri 28 DF  ESP Iker Bachiller 29 FW  MAR Suleiman El Haddadi 30 FW  ESP Adrián Rosell

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF  ESP Hugo Solozábal 33 MF  ESP Fer Rodríguez 34 DF  DOM Joao Urbáez

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ESP Javi Garrido (at Sestao River until 30 June 2025) — DF  UGA Allan Enyou (at Vancouver FC until 31 December 2024) — DF  ESP Lalo Aguilar (at Albacete until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Carlos Guirao (at Betis Deportivo until 30 June 2025) — MF  MLI Issa Fomba (at Baník Ostrava until 30 June 2025) — MF  ESP Álex Gil (at Intercity until 30 June 2025)

Club officials

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Borja Jiménez
Assistant manager	Álex Martínez
Technical assistant	Jesús Rueda
Fitness coach	Daniel de Castro
Goalkeeping coach	Juanjo Valencia
Analyst	Iván Ramis
Delegate	David Monjo
Equipment manager	Sergio Rodríguez Rubén Escaso Daniel Pozuelo
Head of medical staff	Alberto Lam
Physiotherapist	Álvaro Crespo Carlos Carballo Sergio Hontoria Diego Manzano
Rehab fitness coach	Alberto Galisteo Sergio Martos
Nutritionist	Kevin Ardón

Last updated: 17 August 2023
Source: CD Leganés (in Spanish)

Board of directors

Office	Name
President	Jeff Luhnow
First vice president	Harry Browne
Second vice president	Joe Ortega
Secretary	Scott Graeme
General director	Martin Cooper
Financial director	Andrew Hutchinson
Security director	Stuart McLean
Communication, marketing and social director	Declan Donovan
Medical director	Edward Stevens
Academy director	Gary Barnett

Last updated: 9 April 2019
Source: CD Leganés

Honours

• Segunda División: 2023–24
• 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 have reached international status.

See also: Category:CD Leganés players

José Chamot Federico Domínguez Martín Mantovani Jonathan Silva Samuel Eto'o Allan Nyom Pierre Webó Bryan Rabello Martin Braithwaite Chupe Iván Zarandona Julián Ronda

Dimitris Siovas Nabil El Zhar Youssef En-Nesyri Nordin Amrabat Diego Reyes Christopher Ohen Kenneth Omeruo Ariza Makukula Paulo Torres Andrei Mokh Yahya Al-Shehri Alberto

Alfredo Raúl Arribas Unai Bustinza Catanha Iván Cuéllar Javier Eraso Óscar Fernández Rubén Falcón Jordi Lardín Pedro Largo Carlos Martínez Miguel Melgar

Miguel Muñoz Raúl Moreno Rubén Pérez Jaime Ramos Óscar Rodríguez Quini Diego Rolán Michael Santos Darwin Machís

List of coaches

Joseíto (1979–80) 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) Santiago Martín Prado(2006–2007) Miguel Rivera (2010–11) Rafa Muñoz (2011) Miguel Álvarez (2011) Carlos Orúe (2011–12) Víctor (2012) Pablo Alfaro (2012–13)

Asier Garitano (2013–2018) Mauricio Pellegrino (2018–2019) Javier Aguirre (2019–2020) José Luis Martí (2020–2021) Asier Garitano (2021) Mehdi Nafti (2021–2022) Imanol Idiakez (2022-2023) Borja Jiménez (2023-present)

Reserve team

Main article: CD Leganés B

References

1. "Instalaciones" (in Spanish). CD Leganés. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. Martín, J. (23 June 2021). "El Leganés cumple 93 años apoyado en cinco pilares para crecer". as.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
3. Carrasco, Javier (24 December 2019). "Once años de la llegada de 'Papa Noel' a Leganés". Marca. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
4. "Fútbol.- El Leganés presenta a su nueva presidenta y al técnico Luis Ángel Duque". Europa Press. 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
5. Martí, Anaïs (8 March 2022). "Victoria Pavón: "13 años después ya no es noticia que yo sea presidenta"". La Vanguardia. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
6. Plaza, Víctor (4 June 2016). "El Leganés hace historia y asciende a Primera división". Marca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
7. Lowe, Sid (20 July 2020). "Silence, solitude and sadness for Leganés after desperate La Liga finale". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
8. "Real Madrid dumped out of Copa del Rey by Leganés at Bernabéu". The Guardian. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
9. Carrasco, Javi; Sexton, Adapted by Joseph (3 June 2017). "Leganes toying with Madrid name change". MARCA in English. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
10. "Plantilla Club Deportivo Leganés" [Squad] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

External links

• Official website. Archived 5 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish).
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Leganes Betting profile (in English)