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| Full name | Córdoba Club de Fútbol (Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) | |||
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| Nicknames | Los Califas (TheCaliphs) Los Blanquiverdes (The White and Greens) | |||
| Founded | 6 August 1954; 71 years ago (6 August 1954) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Bahrain Victorious Nuevo Arcángel de Córdoba | |||
| Capacity | 25,800 | |||
| Owner | Infinity Capital | |||
| President | Abdulla Jehad Abdulla Alzain | |||
| Head coach | Iván Ania | |||
| League | Segunda División | |||
| 2024–25 | Segunda División, 14th of 22 | |||
| Website | cordobacf.com | |||
Córdoba Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkoɾðoβa]), is aSpanish football club based inCórdoba, in the autonomous community ofAndalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution ofRCD Córdoba, the team currently plays in theSegunda Division, with its home matches at theEstadio Nuevo Arcángel, which has a capacity of 25,800 seats.[1]
Forerunners ofCórdoba Club de Fútbol included names such asSporting Fútbol Club de Córdoba,Sociedad Deportiva Electromecánicas andRacing Fútbol Club de Córdoba. The latter changed its name after theSpanish Civil War (as foreign names were banned under the new regime) toClub Deportivo Córdoba.[citation needed]
From 1940, its predecessorRCD Córdoba met varying success, spending most of its time in thesecond andthird divisions ofSpanish 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 fromEstadio America toEstadio del Arcángel. In 1954, RCD Córdoba was dissolved due to its many debts and Córdoba CF was refounded by acquiring the place ofCD San Álvaro de Córdoba in the third category.[citation needed]
In the early 1960s and also in1971–72, Córdoba amassed eightLa Liga seasons. Inits third presence it only conceded two goals at home as it went undefeated, the first being courtesy ofEspanyol'sAlfredo Di Stéfano. The club finished 5th, its best finish to date, but was not allowed to enter the following season'sUEFA Cup due to city infrastructure issues.[citation needed]
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.[2]
On 17 February 2014, former Spanish internationalAlbert Ferrer was hired as Córdoba manager.[3] He led the team to a 7th-place finish, and then Córdoba defeatedLas 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.[4]
Córdoba experienced a difficult return to La Liga however. In their opening match of the 2014–15 season, Córdoba lost 2–0 away atReal 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 atAthletic Bilbao. This boosted their hopes for survival in the elite. Additional wins againstCF Granada at home andRayo 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 againstFC Barcelona.[5]
On 15 June 2018, the club announced that it had purchased local women's clubAD El Naranjo and their respective youth teams with the intention of turning them into the club's official women's team. The newly createdCórdoba Club de Fútbol Femenino will play in the SpanishSegunda División (women) starting in the 2018–19 season.[6] After ranking second-to-last in the2018–19 Segunda División (after disqualified Reus), the club was demoted toSegunda B.[7][8]
In December 2019, the club was purchased by Infinity, an investment fund fromBahrain, for a reported amount of €3.25 million[9][10] The club gained promotion to thePrimera RFEF (the third tier of the Spanish league system) in April 2022.[11]
In June 2024, Córdoba was finally promoted to the second division after a 5-year absence by beatingBarcelona Atlètic in the promotion play-off.
Córdoba currently plays at theEstadio 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.
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| 1952–53 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 1st | |
| 1953–54 | 3 | 3ª | 4th |
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| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Iván Ania |
| Assistant manager | César Negredo |
| Goalkeeping coach | Sebas Moyano Fabián Fernández |
| Fitness coach | Pablo Gutiérrez Eu Gavilán |
SeeCategory:Córdoba CF footballers
Vicente del Bosque
Florin AndoneJosé Antonio Reyes
Daniel OnegaJuaninMiguel ReinaPaco JémezRafael BergesToni MuñozJavi MorenoRoque Olsen
Oleg SalenkoFernando CáceresMiguel de las Cuevas
Federico PiovaccariJavi Flores
Rene Krhin
Fidel Escobar
Nicolás OliveraAriel MontenegroAlejandro Alfaro
Paweł Kieszek
LaurenCristian Osvaldo ÁlvarezJuan Luna EslavaJaime RomeroRobert FernándezJesús García SanjuánSilvio González
Charles Dias de Oliveira
BebéFede VicoXisco JiménezAlessandro PieriniRafa NavarroBorja García
Javier Patiño
José Juncosa (1955–57)Miguel Gual Agustina (1958–59)Roque Olsen (1959–63)Rosendo Hernández (1963–64)Ignacio Eizaguirre (1964–65)Eduardo Toba (1965–66)
Marcel Domingo (1966–68)
László Kubala (1968–69)Ignacio Eizaguirre (1969–70)José Juncosa (1970–71)
Vavá (1971–72)Joseíto (1972–73)Vavá (1974–75)Ignacio Eizaguirre (1975–77)Pachín (1981)
Cayetano Ré (1981–82)
Zdravko Rajkov (1981–83)Manuel Ruiz Sosa (1983–84)Josu Ortuondo (1985–86)Vicente Carlos Campillo (1987–88)Francisco Parreño (1991–92)Julio Cardeñosa (1991–92)Luis Costa (1993)Sánchez Duque (2001)José Murcia (2001–02)Mariano García Remón (2002)Josu Ortuondo (2002–03)Fernando Zambrano (2003)Fernando Castro Santos (2003)Miguel Ángel Portugal (2003–04)Roberto (2004)Esteban Vigo (2004)Quique Hernández (1 July 2005 – 1 Oct 2005)Paco Jémez (1 July 2007 – 30 May 2008)José González (2008)Juan Luna Eslava (9 Dec 2008 – 30 June 2009)Lucas Alcaraz (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2011)Paco Jémez (1 July 2011 – 13 June 2012)Rafael Berges (1 July 2012 – 8 April 2013)Juan Esnáider (13 April 2013 – 30 June 2013)Pablo Villa (1 July 2013 – 9 Feb 2014)Luis Carrión(interim) (9 Feb 2014 – 16 Feb 2014)Albert Ferrer (17 Feb 2014 – 20 Oct 2014)
Miroslav Đukić (20 Oct 2014 – 16 March 2015)José Antonio Romero(interim) (2015)José Luis Oltra (2015–16)
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