CF Fuenlabrada

Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Fuenlabrada, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1975 it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at Estadio Fernando Torres, with a capacity of 5,400 seats.[1]

Fuenlabrada
Full nameClub de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Fuenla, Kirikos
Founded1975 (1975)
GroundEstadio Fernando Torres
Capacity5,400
PresidentJonathan Praena
Head coachJosé Luis Oltra
LeagueSegunda División
2019–20Segunda División, 8th of 22
WebsiteClub website

History

Fuenlabrada was founded on July 5, 1975 as a merge between CF San Esteban and AD Fuenlabrada. The idea came from the mayor of the city, Regino Benítez, who suggested the directors of both clubs can unite their efforts and by this receive a higher municipal grant.[2] A key role in the birth of the new club was played by Ramón García Pajuelo, who was appointed secretary of the entity and is still linked to the club as its delegate.[2] In 1986, the team was first promoted to Tercera Division, finishing third from bottom in their debut campaign.[3]

With Julián Pérez as a president, Fuenlabrada achieved new level, culminating with the promotion to Segunda División B in 1994.[2] They bounced between that and Segunda Division B for the next 30 years. For the 1997-98 season, the club made infusions of certain amounts of money to hire a new coach Eduardo Caturla and new players in order to achieve promotion, but finished the season only in 9th position in the Segunda División B.[2] With the will to achieve promotion, for the following season the club bet on another coach of recognized prestige and with the experience in La Liga, Felix Barderas.[2]

The team had its best result in the Copa del Rey in 2017–18, reaching the last 32 through a bye and wins over Mérida AD and CD Calahorra. In a two-game tie with European champions Real Madrid, the side lost 4–2 on aggregate, having drawn the second leg 2–2 away at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.[4]

Fuenlabrada played at La Aldehuela before moving into the Estadio Fernando Torres in August 2011, named after former Spanish international forward Fernando Torres, who was born in the town but never represented the club.[5][6] In 2016–17, the club finished in 3rd position in Segunda División B, before losing each match of the playoffs 0-1 to CF Villanovense.[2] Mere was appointed as coach for the 2018-19 season.[7]

On 2 June 2019, Fuenlabrada was promoted for the first time ever to Segunda División by defeating Recreativo de Huelva 4–1 on aggregate in the play-offs.[8] Ten days later, the club took the Segunda B title with a 2–1 aggregate win over Racing de Santander.[9]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1975–76 8 3ª Cat. 3rd
1976–77 7 3ª Pref. 2nd
1977–78 7 2ª Cat. 12th
1978–79 7 2ª Cat. 11th
1979–80 7 2ª Cat. 4th
1980–81 6 1ª Cat. 10th
1981–82 6 1ª Cat. 1st
1982–83 5 Pref. 8th
1983–84 5 Pref. 4th
1984–85 5 Pref. 4th
1985–86 5 Pref. 2nd
1986–87 4 18th
1987–88 4 6th
1988–89 4 5th
1989–90 4 2nd
1990–91 4 2nd Second round
1991–92 4 10th Second round
1992–93 4 1st
1993–94 4 2nd
1994–95 3 2ªB 16th Second round
1995–96 3 2ªB 11th
1996–97 3 2ªB 6th
1997–98 3 2ªB 9th
1998–99 3 2ªB 8th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1999–00 3 2ªB 13th
2000–01 3 2ªB 16th
2001–02 4 5th
2002v03 4 3rd
2003–04 3 2ªB 9th
2004–05 3 2ªB 16th
2005–06 3 2ªB 6th
2006–07 3 2ªB 10th Second round
2007–08 3 2ªB 18th
2008–09 4 10th
2009–10 4 5th
2010–11 4 8th
2011–12 4 1st
2012–13 3 2ªB 6th First round
2013–14 3 2ªB 6th Second round
2014–15 3 2ªB 12th Second round
2015–16 3 2ªB 11th
2016–17 3 2ªB 3rd
2017–18 3 2ªB 3rd Round of 32
2018–19 3 2ªB 1st Second round
2019–20 2 8th Second round
2020–21 2 -

Current squad

As of 3 February 2021

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 Pol Freixanet
2 DF  ESP Pol Valentín
3 DF  ESP Antonio Glauder
4 DF  ESP Alejandro Sotillos
5 DF  ESP Juanma Marrero (captain)
6 FW  EQG Iban Salvador
7 MF  ESP Álex Mula
8 MF  ESP Cristóbal Márquez
9 FW  SEN Sekou Gassama (on loan from Real Valladolid)
10 MF  FRA Randy Nteka
11 FW  FRA Abou Kanté
13 GK  SRB Dragan Rosić (on loan from Almería)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  ESP Pinchi (on loan from Extremadura)
17 DF  ESP Adrián Diéguez
18 MF  ARG Franchu (on loan from Real Madrid)
19 DF  ESP Mikel Iribas
20 MF  PER Aldair Fuentes
21 MF  ESP Álvaro Aguado (on loan from Real Valladolid)
22 MF  SEN Pathé Ciss
23 MF  ESP Jano Velasco
24 MF  ESP Javier Espinosa
26 DF  ESP Rubén Pulido
28 FW  ESP Borja Garcés (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
31 GK  ESP Javier Belman

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF  ESP Damián
30 GK  ESP Álvaro Ruvira
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF  ESP Luis Peteiro
35 MF  ESP Guti

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  ESP Paco Puertas (at Etar Veliko Tarnovo until 30 June 2021)

Reserve team

Fuenlabrada's reserve team was founded in 2015, and it currently plays in the Preferente de Madrid – Group 2.

References

  1. Simón, Paco (2019-09-10). "(CF FUENLABRADA) El estadio Fernando Torres acaba de ser ampliado y ya empieza a quedarse pequeño". alcabodelacalle (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  2. "Historia de fútbol del C.F. Fuenlabrada | C.F. Fuenlabrada". www.cffuenlabrada.es. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  3. "Histórico Fuenlabrada - Tercera División G 7 1986/1987". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  4. "Real Madrid 22 Fuenlabrada". BBC Sport. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. "Cinco cosas que quizá no sabías del Estadio Fernando Torres" [Five things that you perhaps did not know about the Estadio Fernando Torres] (in Spanish). La Liga. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  6. "El Fuenlabrada inaugurará el estadio "Fernando Torres" frente al Atlético" [Fuenlabrada will inaugurate the Estadio Fernando Torres against Atlético] (in Spanish). La Información. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  7. "Mere Hermoso: "Es importante que lleguen los fichajes"". Diario AS (in Spanish). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. "El Fuenlabrada reina en Huelva y asciende a Segunda por primera vez en su historia" [Fuenlabrada reign in Huelva and rise to Segunda for the first time in their history]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  9. "El Fuenlabrada empata ante el Racing de Santander y se proclama campeón de Segunda B" [Fuenlabrada draw with Racing de Santander and become champions of Segunda B] (in Spanish). Libertad Digital. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

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