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 name	Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Fuenla, Kirikos
Founded	1975
Ground	Estadio Fernando Torres
Capacity	5,400
President	Jonathan Praena
Head coach	José Luis Oltra
League	Segunda División
2019–20	Segunda División, 8th of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 3ª 18th 1987–88 4 3ª 6th 1988–89 4 3ª 5th 1989–90 4 3ª 2nd 1990–91 4 3ª 2nd Second round 1991–92 4 3ª 10th Second round 1992–93 4 3ª 1st 1993–94 4 3ª 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 3ª 5th 2002v03 4 3ª 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 3ª 10th 2009–10 4 3ª 5th 2010–11 4 3ª 8th 2011–12 4 3ª 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 2ª 8th Second round 2020–21 2 2ª -

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• 2 season in Segunda División
• 19 seasons in Segunda División B
• 14 seasons in Tercera División

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 2–2 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.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Club & stadium history - Estadios de España (in English)