CD Leganés

Leganés

Full name	Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Lega, Pepineros
Founded	1928
Ground	Butarque, Leganés, Madrid, Spain (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	María Victoria Pavón
Manager	José María Rico
League	2ªB - Group 1
2010–11	2ªB - Group 1, 4th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Leganés, in the Madrid outskirts. Founded on 26 June 1928, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home games at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 8,000 spectators.

Team colours are white shirts with blue stripes, and white shorts.

Brief history

Leganés played the vast majority of its existence in the lower leagues. In 1977, the club regained promotion to the fourth level, where it had played before for seven years.

After a steady progression, Leganés reached Segunda División B in 1987, being promoted again six years later, and maintaining its second-level status for 11 seasons; during this timeframe, it collected two consecutive eighth places (best) from 1995–97.

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1954/55 3ª 5th 1955/56 3ª 4th 1956/57 3ª 13th 1957/58 3ª 12th 1958/59 3ª 13th 1959/60 3ª 16th 1960/61 Regional — 1961/62 Regional — 1962/63 Regional — 1963/64 3ª 13th 1964/65 3ª 16th 1965/66 Regional — 1966/67 Regional — 1967/68 3ª 17th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey from 68-69 Regional — to 76-77 Regional — 1977/78 3ª 16th 1978/79 3ª 3rd 1979/80 3ª 11th 1980/81 3ª 6th 1981/82 3ª 6th 1982/83 3ª 16th 1983/84 3ª 7th 1984/85 3ª 3rd 1985/86 3ª 1st 1986/87 3ª 3rd 1987/88 2ªB 7th 1988/89 2ªB 8th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1989/90 2ªB 3rd 1990/91 2ªB 5th 1991/92 2ªB 8th 1992/93 2ªB 1st 1993/94 2ª 15th 1994/95 2ª 19th 1995/96 2ª 8th 1996/97 2ª 8th 1997/98 2ª 13th 1998/99 2ª 17th 1999/00 2ª 13th 2000/01 2ª 17th 2001/02 2ª 14th 2002/03 2ª 19th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2003/04 2ª 19th 2004/05 2ªB 5th 2005/06 2ªB 13th 2006/07 2ªB 8th 2007/08 2ªB 12th 2008/09 2ªB 4th 2009/10 2ªB 5th 2010/11 2ªB 4th First round 2011/12 2ªB —

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• 11 seasons in Segunda División
• 12 seasons in Segunda División B
• 19 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

Retrieved on 4 September 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Rubén Falcón 2 DF José Antonio Llamas 3 DF Carlos Alcántara 4 DF Bidari García 5 DF Mario Fuentes 6 MF Iván Díaz 7 MF David López 8 MF Vicente Pérez 9 FW Rubén Navarro 10 MF Chupe 11 FW Aridane Santana 14 MF Alberto Bayón 15 MF Carlos de Lerma

No. Position Player 17 MF Tonino 19 DF Federico Azcárate 21 FW Víctor 22 DF Pedro Hernández 24 MF Marco Navas 25 GK Sebas 30 FW Rida Arkide DF Diego García DF Alberto Ramírez MF Raúl Corrales MF Guillermo Palacios FW Dani Guzmán

Honours

• Segunda División B: 1992–93
• Tercera División: 1985–86

Famous players

Mário Jorge Lucas Alessandría Pablo Calandria José Chamot Gastón Coyette Federico Domínguez Claudio Enría Santiago Kuhl Bernardo Leyenda Claudio Marini Nicolás Medina Mauro Navas Pablo Rodríguez

Mario Turdó Martín Vitali Jasminko Velić Samuel Eto'o Pierre Webó Francisco Arrué Chupe David Darmon Baba Sule Abass Lawal Christopher Ohen Joyce Moreno José Manuel Bizarro

Ariza Makukula Paulo Torres Andrei Mokh Goran Stojiljković Alfredo Catanha Jordi Lardín Moisés Sergio Pachón Jesús Unanua Ángel Vivar Dorado

see also Category:CD Leganés footballers

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)