CD Leganés

Leganés

Full name	Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D
Nickname(s)	Los Pepineros (The Cucumber Growers) Lega
Founded	26 June 1928 (1928-06-26)
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Capacity	12,450[1]
Chairman	María Victoria Pavón
Manager	Mauricio Pellegrino
League	La Liga
2017–18	La Liga, 17th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Leganés, in the outskirts of Madrid. Founded on 26 June 1928 it plays in the Primera División, holding home games at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 12,450 spectators.^[1]

History

The players, celebrating the promotion to La Liga in 2016.

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 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]

On 24 January 2018, Leganés 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.^[3]

Fans

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.

Season to season

• 3 seasons in 1ª
• 13 seasons in Segunda División
• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 19 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 31 August 2018^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Iván Cuéllar 2 DF Juanfran (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 3 DF Unai Bustinza (2nd Vice-captain) 4 FW Diego Rolán (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 5 DF Jonathan Silva (on loan from Sporting CP) 6 MF Gerard Gumbau 7 FW Dani Ojeda 8 MF Recio 9 FW Guido Carrillo (on loan from Southampton) 10 MF Nabil El Zhar 11 MF Alexander Szymanowski (Captain) 12 DF Allan Nyom (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 13 GK Jon Ander Serantes (Vice-captain) 14 DF Raúl García

No. Position Player 15 DF Mauro dos Santos 16 MF José Arnaiz 17 MF Javier Eraso 18 MF Sabin Merino (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 19 DF Ezequiel Muñoz 20 FW Michael Santos (on loan from Málaga) 21 MF Rubén Pérez (3rd Vice-captain) 22 DF Dimitris Siovas 23 MF Mikel Vesga (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 24 DF Kenneth Omeruo (on loan from Chelsea) 26 FW Youssef En-Nesyri 27 MF Óscar (on loan from Real Madrid) 28 DF Rodrigo Tarín 29 GK Andriy Lunin (on loan from Real Madrid)

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — DF Josua Mejías (at Gimnàstic until 30 June 2019) — MF Facundo García (at AEK Larnaca until 30 June 2019) — MF Fede Vico (at Granada until 30 June 2019) — FW Gabri Salazar (at Burgos until 30 June 2019)

No. Position Player — FW Mamadou Koné (at Málaga until 30 June 2019) — FW Moussa Camara (at Salmantino until 30 June 2019) — FW Owusu Kwabena (at Salmantino until 30 June 2019) — FW William (at Karpaty Lviv until 30 June 2019)

Honours

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

Famous players

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

Managers

Reserve team

References

External links

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