CD Leganés

Leganés

Full name	Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Lega, Pepineros (Cucumber Growers)
Founded	1928 (1928)
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Ground Capacity	10,954
Chairman	Juna
Manager	Asier Garitano
League	La Liga
2016–17	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 Madrid outskirts. Founded on 26 June 1928 it currently plays in the Primera División, holding home games at Estadio Municipal de Butarque, which seats 10,954 spectators.

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.^[1]

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

• 2 seasons in La Liga
• 13 seasons in Segunda División
• 16 seasons in Segunda División B
• 19 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 8 August 2017^[2]

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 Tito 3 DF Unai Bustinza 4 MF Erik Morán 5 DF Martín Mantovani (Captain) 6 MF Gerard Gumbau 7 FW Mamadou Koné 8 MF Gabriel 9 FW Miguel Ángel Guerrero 10 MF Nabil El Zhar 11 MF Alexander Szymanowski 13 GK Jon Ander Serantes (2nd captain)

No. Position Player 14 DF Raúl García 15 DF Diego Rico 16 DF Mauro dos Santos 17 MF Javier Eraso 19 DF Ezequiel Muñoz 20 DF Joseba Zaldúa (on loan from Real Sociedad) 21 MF Rubén Pérez (on loan from Granada) 22 DF Dimitris Siovas 23 MF Omar Ramos 24 MF David Timor 25 GK Nereo Champagne (on loan from Olimpo)

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)