CF Fuenlabrada

Fuenlabrada

Full name	Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Fuenla Kirikos
Founded	June 1975; 49 years ago (1975-06)
Ground	Estadio Fernando Torres
Capacity	5,400
President	Jonathan Praena
Head coach	Alfredo Sánchez[1]
League	Primera Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Primera Federación – Group 1, 14th of 20
Website	https://www.cffuenlabrada.es/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds home matches at Estadio Fernando Torres.^[2]

Fuenlabrada was founded in 1975, as a merge between San Esteban and Atlético Fuenlabrada.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[4] In 1986, the team was first promoted to Tercera Division, finishing third from bottom in their debut campaign.^[5]

With Julián Pérez as a president, Fuenlabrada achieved new level, culminating with the promotion to Segunda División B in 1994.^[4] 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.^[4] 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.^[4]

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.^[6]

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.^[7][8] 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.^[4] Mere was appointed as coach for the 2018-19 season.^[9]

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.^[10] Ten days later, the club took the Segunda B title with a 2–1 aggregate win over Racing de Santander.^[11]

On 7 May 2022, Fuenlabrada was relegated to Primera RFEF,^[12] bringing their three-season spell in the second tier to an end.

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1975–76 8 3ª Reg. 3rd 1976–77 7 3ª Reg. P. 2nd 1977–78 7 2ª Reg. 12th 1978–79 7 2ª Reg. 11th 1979–80 7 2ª Reg. 4th 1980–81 6 1ª Reg. 10th 1981–82 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 8th 1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1984–85 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1985–86 5 Reg. 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 2ª B 16th Second round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1995–96 3 2ª B 11th 1996–97 3 2ª B 6th 1997–98 3 2ª B 9th 1998–99 3 2ª B 8th 1999–2000 3 2ª B 13th 2000–01 3 2ª B 16th 2001–02 4 3ª 5th 2002–03 4 3ª 3rd 2003–04 3 2ª B 9th 2004–05 3 2ª B 16th 2005–06 3 2ª B 6th 2006–07 3 2ª B 10th Second round 2007–08 3 2ª B 18th 2008–09 4 3ª 10th 2009–10 4 3ª 5th 2010–11 4 3ª 8th 2011–12 4 3ª 1st 2012–13 3 2ª B 6th First round 2013–14 3 2ª B 6th Second round 2014–15 3 2ª B 12th Second round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2015–16 3 2ª B 11th 2016–17 3 2ª B 3rd 2017–18 3 2ª B 3rd Round of 32 2018–19 3 2ª B 1st Second round 2019–20 2 2ª 8th Second round 2020–21 2 2ª 11th Round of 32 2021–22 2 2ª 21st Round of 32 2022–23 3 1ª Fed. 11th First round 2023–24 3 1ª Fed. 14th 2024–25 3 1ª Fed.

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• 3 seasons in Segunda División
• 3 seasons in Primera Federación
• 19 seasons in Segunda División B
• 14 seasons in Tercera División

As of 9 September 2024.^[13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Lucas Díaz 3 DF  ESP Barbu 4 DF  ARG Marcos Mauro 5 DF  ESP David Alba 6 DF  ESP Álvaro García 7 FW  ESP Manu Garrido 8 MF  ESP Fer Ruiz 9 FW  NGA Cedric Omoigui 10 MF  ESP Ale Galindo 11 MF  ESP Abde Damar 13 GK  FRA Florentin Bloch 14 DF  ESP Álvaro Barbosa

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ESP Antonio Moyano 16 MF  ESP Sergio Aguza 17 DF  MAR Bilal Ouacharaf 18 MF  CIV Lass Sangaré 19 FW  FRA Ilies Faure 20 DF  ESP Ismael Casas 23 FW  CAN Jeevan Chang-Sang 26 MF  ESP Marcos Pérez 29 FW  ESP Nene 37 MF  ESP Javi Currás — MF  ESP Adal Hernando

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  PER Aldair Fuentes (at Alianza Lima until 31 December 2024)

Position	Staff
Head coach	Alfredo Sánchez
Assistant coach	Rubén Anuarbe
Fitness coach	Chamo
Goalkeeping coach	Dele
Physioterapist	Antonio Javi
Analyst	Miguel Ángel Sierra
Sport readaptator	Joselu
Chief doctor	Juan Manuel Blanco
Nutritionist	Kevin Ardón
Kit man	Baba Sule Jota

Fuenlabrada's reserve team was founded in 2015, and it currently plays in the Preferente de Madrid – Group 2.

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

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