CD Tenerife

Tenerife
Full name Emilio Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D.
Nickname(s) Tete, Chicharreros, Insulares, Blanquiazules
Founded 1912
Ground Heliodoro Rodríguez López,
Tenerife, Canary Islands,
Spain
Capacity 22,824[1]
Chairman Miguel Concepción
Manager José Luis Oltra
League Segunda División
2017–18 Segunda División, 11th
Website Club website

Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 22,824-seat capacity.

History

Match between CD Nacional of Madeira and CD Tenerife in 1925.

Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in 1912 as Sporting Club Tenerife, which had come about as a merger between two or more previous football clubs on the island. The club changed its name to Club Deportivo Tenerife in 1922. La Liga started in 1928, but the team played in regional divisions until it was promoted to the Segunda División in 1953. It first reached the top flight in 1961, being immediately relegated back and, in the following 27 years, played almost exclusively in the second level, also spending three years in Tercera División and six – five in a row – in Segunda División B, the newly created division three (in 1978).

In 1985, when Tenerife were relegated to the third division for a second time, Javier Pérez became president of the club. The side was promoted this year to the second level and, two years later, returned to the first, after winning the promotion playoff against Real Betis (4–1 on aggregate).

In 1991, Jorge Valdano took charge of the club as manager, and the Argentine would help rob former side Real Madrid of two consecutive league titles in the last round, to the benefit of Barcelona. In the first season, the Canary Islands outfit barely avoided relegation, but would finish in a best-ever fifth position in the following year, eventually reaching the round of 16 in the subsequent UEFA Cup, losing to Juventus 2–4 on aggregate.

German Jupp Heynckes became head coach of Tenerife in 1995, leading the club to another fifth-placed finish and the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. In the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, the islanders fared better, reaching the last-four after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lazio, Feyenoord and Brøndby (the winner coming late in extra time from an Antonio Mata free-kick), only bowing out to eventual winners Schalke 04.

Tenerife then went on a downward spiral which eventually led to relegation to the "silver category" in 1999, prompting various managerial changes within the club. In 2001, the club was again promoted, led by Rafael Benítez, who promptly left to take up the manager's job at Valencia; the promotion was achieved in the last match of the campaign thanks to a goal from Hugo Morales.

Match: Tenerife – Real Sociedad, in 2008

Pepe Mel became the new trainer but the first division season never took off, as Tenerife were beaten heavily at home by Barcelona 0–6, which cost the manager his job. Javier Clemente, formerly with the Spain national team, took the reins, but could not help prevent the eventual immediate relegation.

Tenerife suffered from serious economic problems in the following years, owing more than €40 million. President Pérez was replaced with Víctor Perez de Ascanio, who resigned due to bad management, leaving his position to Miguel Concepción, who negotiated with local politicians and businessmen, also creating a construction company as a subsidiary of the side.

On 13 June 2009, Tenerife secured a top flight return after a seven-year absence after a 1–0 win at Girona. In the following season, even though the team held on until the last round, another relegation befell, after the 0–1 loss at third-placed Valencia.

2010–11 brought with it three coaching changes,[2] as Tenerife eventually suffered another relegation, returning to the third division after 24 years. On 2 June 2013, the club, led by Álvaro Cervera, returned to the second level after winning the promotion play-off against Hospitalet (3–2 on aggregate).

Seasons

Season to season

European cup history

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1993–94 UEFA Cup Last 64 France Auxerre 2–2 1–0 3–2
Last 32 Greece Olympiacos 2–1 3–4 5–5
Last 16 Italy Juventus 2–1 0–3 2–4
1996–97 UEFA Cup Last 64 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 1–1 4–3
Last 32 Italy Lazio 5–3 0–1 5–4
Last 16 Netherlands Feyenoord 0–0 4–2 4–2
Quarterfinals Denmark Brøndby 0–1 2–0 2–1
Semifinals Germany Schalke 04 1–0 0–2 1–2

Honours

Semi-finals (1): 1996–97
Semi-finals (1): 1993–94
Quarter-finals (4): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1995–96

Current squad

As of 31 August 2018

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

No. Position Player
2 Spain DF Luis Pérez
3 Spain DF Héctor Hernández
4 France DF Samuel Camille
5 Spain DF Alberto Jiménez
6 Spain MF Luis Milla
7 Colombia FW Joao Rodríguez (on loan from Chelsea)
8 Honduras MF Bryan Acosta
9 Serbia FW Filip Malbašić
10 Spain MF Suso (Captain)
11 Spain FW Tyronne
13 Spain GK Ángel Galván
14 Spain DF Carlos Ruiz
No. Position Player
16 Spain MF Aitor Sanz (2nd captain)
17 Tanzania FW Shaaban Idd Chilunda (on loan from Azam)
18 Spain MF Paco Montañés
19 Argentina DF Lucas Aveldaño
20 Spain MF Iker Undabarrena
21 Spain DF Jorge Sáenz
22 Spain FW Nano (on loan from Eibar)
23 Spain DF Raúl Cámara (3rd captain)
24 Spain FW José Naranjo
25 Venezuela GK Dani Hernández
27 Spain FW Borja Llarena

Reserve team

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

No. Position Player

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
— Spain GK Carlos Abad (at Córdoba until 30 June 2019)
— Spain DF Nahuel (at Murcia until 30 June 2019)
— Spain FW Brian Martín (at Melilla until 30 June 2019)

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Spain José Luis Oltra
Assistant manager Spain Emilio Isierte
Assistant manager Spain Rodri
Fitness coach Spain Marcos Chena
Goalkeeping coach Spain Zeben Ortiz
Analyst Spain Carlos Rodríguez

Last updated: September 2018
Source: CD Tenerife

International players

Notable coaches

Fans

Fans of Tenerife are called Chicharreros because in early days, the inhabitants of a small fishing village called Santa Cruz (later the capital of Tenerife) consumed "chicharros" (Atlantic horse mackerel) as a main part of their diet.

Other inhabitants of Tenerife and the Canary Islands used the moniker as a pejorative name, but finally the inhabitants of Santa Cruz accepted it affectionately.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Instalaciones" (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "David Amaral es el nuevo entrenador del Tenerife" [David Amaral is new Tenerife coach] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
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