CD Badajoz

History

Founded after the merger of two clubs, named Racing and Sport, Badajoz became a serious member of the Spanish League in 1931, when Francisco Fernandes Marquesta donated the team their first ground, named El Vivero. Subsequently, playing most of their history between the third and second divisions, the club achieved a consistent stay in the latter level during the 1990s.

Never quite good enough to reach La Liga, 11 seasons in the second division came to an end in 2003, with relegation to Segunda División B, the new third level created in 1977. In 2006, Badajoz was saved from folding by the president of a junior club from the city, AD Cerro de Reyes, who replaced them in the third level, with Badajoz falling to the fourth.

On 1 July 2012 Badajoz was relegated to division four, due to a €70,000 debt contracted with its players during the 2011–12 season. being later disbanded through a liquidation process.

After the dissolution, the club was refounded by the supporters with the name of Club Deportivo Badajoz 1905. This re-foundation achieved two consecutive promotions, immediately to Tercera División and, at its third attempt, the club finally came back to Segunda División B on 25 June 2017 by beating CD Calahorra in the last round of the promotion play-offs. In 2019–20, the team dispatched SD Amorebieta, UD Las Palmas and La Liga club SD Eibar to make the last 16 of the Copa del Rey for only the second time, before losing 3–2 to Granada CF after extra time.

In 2020–21, the final season of Segunda B, Badajoz topped both of their groups to qualify for the new Primera División RFEF, but lost by one goal to Amorebieta for a place in the second tier in the play-off final.

Stadium

CD Badajoz plays at Estadio Nuevo Vivero, which had a capacity of 15,200, expandable to 30,000. The club previously played at Estadio El Vivero in the east of the city, before moving a few kilometres south of the Guadiana in 1998 to the new facilities; the first match at the new grounds took place on 2 December 1998, in a friendly goalless match with neighbours CF Extremadura.

The stadium hosted two full internationals for the national team. On 8 September 1999 Spain beat Cyprus 8–0 in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier; nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the national side defeated Liechtenstein 4–0 in the qualifying stages of Euro 2008.

Season to season

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• 20 seasons in Segunda División
• 18 seasons in Segunda División B
• 32 seasons in Tercera División (26 as third tier, 6 as fourth tier)

Team re-founded

• 2 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF
• 4 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 3 seasons in Tercera División
• 2 seasons in Tercera Federación

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Main article: CD Badajoz B

Out on loan

Achievements

• Promotion to Second Division: 1952–53, 1992–93
• Promotion to Second Division B: 1986–87, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2016–17
• Copa Federación de España (Extremadura tournament): 2015–16, 2016–17

Historical results

• Badajoz-Cartagena FC (5–1; 28 June 1992)
• Badajoz-UE Figueres (7–1; 14 February 1993)
• CD Leganés-Badajoz (2–6, 31 October 1993)
• Badajoz-Burgos CF (5–1; 21 November 1993)
• FC Barcelona B-Badajoz (1–5; 20 April 1996)
• Badajoz-Elche CF (5–0; 14 September 1997)
• Badajoz-Sevilla FC (2–0; 22 February 1998)
• Córdoba CF-Badajoz (0–4; 22 April 2000)
• Mérida UD-Badajoz (0–5; 13 December 2009)

Notable players

The following players have either appeared in at least 100 professional games with the club and/or gained international status:

• Romania Dãnut Voicilã
• Argentina Héctor Bracamonte
• Argentina Ezequiel Castillo
• Argentina Alejandro Mancuso
• Argentina Martín Romagnoli
• EQG Sipo
• Croatia Ivica Barbarić
• Paraguay Carlos Torres
• Peru Pablo Zegarra
• Spain Adelardo
• Spain Adolfo Baines
• Spain Óscar de Paula
• Spain Eloy
• Spain Emilio López
• Spain Enrique Galán
• Spain Gerardo
• Spain Paco Herrera
• Spain Xavi Moro
• Spain Pedro Munitis
• Spain Txutxi
• Spain Francisco Villarroya
• Turkmenistan Valeri Broshin
• Ukraine Gennadiy Perepadenko

Famous coaches

• Angola Portugal Carlos Alhinho
• England Colin Addison
• Spain Marco Antonio Boronat
• Spain Paco Herrera
• Spain Josu Ortuondo
• Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina
• Spain Antonio Maceda
• Spain Adolfo Muñoz
• Spain Joaquín Peiró
• Spain Manuel Sarabia
• Spain Víctor Torres Mestre
• Spain Patxi Salinas
• Spain Pedro Munitis

References

References

1. [http://www.hoy.es/v/20120701/deportes/segunda-b/badajoz-condenado-tercera-20120701.html El CD Badajoz, condenado a Tercera (CD Badajoz, doomed to ''Tercera'')]. ''Hoy''. 1 July 2012 {{in lang. es
2. [http://www.hoy.es/v/20121220/deportes/mas-futbol/liquidacion-badajoz-llega-busqueda-20121220.html La liquidación del CD Badajoz llega a su fin con la búsqueda de responsabilidades (CD Badajoz liquidation reaches its end with search for responsible parties).] {{Webarchive. link. (24 September 2015 ''Hoy''. 20 December 2012 {{in lang). es
3. (26 June 2017). "El Badajoz logra el ascenso y vuelve a Segunda B cinco años después". [[ABC (newspaper).
4. (29 January 2020). "El Granada sufre en Badajoz y pasa de ronda a cuartos en la prórroga". ABC.
5. (22 May 2021). "El Amorebieta hace historia y sube a Segunda División". [[El Correo]].
6. Beverly, Damon N.. (2025-12-02). "Badajoz is From Which Country?".