CD Leganés

The players in 2016.

The club was officially founded on 23 June 1928 by Félix Pérez de la Serna. 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.

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 1995–97.

In the 2013–14 season, Leganés promoted to second division after 10 years in third division.

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.[2] 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.[3] Ending Lega's four-year stint in the first tier. 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.[4]

The fans have friendly relation with ultras group Gate 12 of Egaleo FC, the towns of Egaleo and Leganés happen to be twinned too. Their biggest rival is Getafe with whom they contest the South Madrid derby.

• 4 seasons in Primera División
• 13 seasons in Segunda División
• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 19 seasons in Tercera División

As of 3 February 2021[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Iván Cuéllar 2 DF  ESP Sergi Palencia (on loan from Saint-Étienne) 3 DF  ESP Unai Bustinza (Captain) 4 DF  NGA Kenneth Omeruo 5 DF  ARG Jonathan Silva 6 DF  ESP Sergio González 7 FW  ESP Brandon (on loan from Osasuna) 8 MF  JPN Gaku Shibasaki 9 FW  ESP Sabin Merino 10 FW  ESP José Arnaiz 11 FW  ESP Juan Muñoz 12 DF  ESP Dani Lasure (on loan from Zaragoza) 13 GK  ESP Asier Riesgo 14 FW  ESP Javier Avilés

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ESP Rodrigo Tarín 16 DF  VEN Roberto Rosales 17 MF  ESP Javier Eraso 18 MF  ESP Rober Ibáñez (on loan from Osasuna) 19 MF  ESP Luis Perea 20 DF  ESP Ignasi Miquel (on loan from Getafe) 21 MF  ESP Rubén Pérez (Vice-captain) 22 MF   SUI Kevin Bua 24 FW  ESP Borja Bastón 25 MF  ESP Rubén Pardo (on loan from Bordeaux) 28 DF  ESP Javi Hernández 29 FW  ESP Miguel de la Fuente (on loan from Valladolid) 30 GK  ESP Diego Conde (on loan from Atlético Madrid)

Reserve team

Main article: CD Leganés B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF  ESP Javi Rubio 35 GK  ESP Pablo Lombo

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 MF  BRA Cássio Júnior

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  VEN Josua Mejías (at Málaga until 30 June 2021) — DF  UKR Vasyl Kravets (at Lech Poznań until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Recio (at Eibar until 30 June 2021) — MF  MAR Aymane Mourid (at Chabab Mohammédia until 30 June 2021) — MF  ARG Facundo García (at Valencia Mestalla until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Raúl Sánchez (at Rayo Majadahonda until 30 June 2021) — FW  URU Agus Alonso (at Melilla until 30 June 2021) — FW  ESP Manu Garrido (at Hércules until 30 June 2021) — FW  BRA William (at Valencia Mestalla until 30 June 2021)

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

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and have reached international status.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Leganes Betting profile (in English)