Granada CF

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Granada Club de Fútbol is a List of football clubs in Spain team based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1931, Granada CF currently plays in Segunda División B. Their stadium is Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, with a capacity of 16,200.

History

Granada Club de Fútbol was founded on 14 April 1931. Its original name was Recreativo de Granada and the first president was Julio López Fernández.

The first football match was played against Deportivo Jaén, with a 2-1 victory. The first goal in the match, and in Granada CF's history, was scored by Antonio Bombillar.

In the 1931-1932 season, Granada CF won the Tercera Regional - Región Sur championship.

After several promotions, in 1941-42 Granada CF debuted in La Liga. From here until the 80s, it alternated between the first and Segunda División, with its golden age coming during the 70s, with eight top flight seasons, which included a career-best two sixth league places (1971-72, 1973-74).

In 1959 it obtained its greatest sports landmark, being the runner-up of Copa del Generalísimo (now Copa del Rey). In the final match, played in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Granada CF lost to FC Barcelona 4-1.

Also in the 1980s Granada CF had some brief appearances in the second division, but it spent most of the seasons in Segunda División B, Tercera División in 2002-03, due to the non-payment to its players, with the passivity of the local authorities and local businessmen.

After five seasons in the third division, former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz, along with son Francisco Sanz, arrive at the club. With their help, the Andalusia side is again promoted again to Segunda B, and establishes the bases of its future: to be a professional club, with healthy finances, planning a return to the first division.

In 2007-2008, Granada played in Group IV of the third level.

Major achievements

Domestic tournaments

- Segunda División: 1956-57, 1967-68, runner-up 1939-40, 1940-41, 1965-66
- Segunda División B: 1982-83, 1999-00
- Tercera División: 1933-34, 2003-04, 2005-06
- Copa del Generalísimo: Runner-up 1959
- La Liga: 6th place 1972, 1974

2008–09 squad

Season to season

: 17
- Segunda División: 30
- Segunda División B: 20
- Tercera División: 5

Colours

Upon its foundation, club colours were a shirt with blue and white vertical stripes and white shorts.

At the end of the 1970s, Granada CF changed the vertical to horizontal stripes to cheer the supporters. Since then, several changes (between horizontal and vertical) took place until 2004-2005, when in a member assembly it was decided to use horizontal stripes definitively.

The last kit used by Granada CF is:
- Main kit: Shirt with red and white horizontal stripes, blue shorts and white socks finished with a red line;
- Second kit: Shirt with blue and white horizontal stripes, blue (or white) shorts and white socks finished with a red line.

Stadium

After its foundation Granada CF played its local matches at Campo de Las Tablas, inaugurated on 20 December 1931. The existence of this field ground is short because, on 23 December 1934, a new stadium was opened: Estadio Los Cármenes. Granada CF plays its local matches in this stadium until 1995 when a new facility, named Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, takes its place. It was inaugurated on 16 May 1995, with a capacity of 16.212 seats.

- Dimensions: 105x68 meters.
- Address: C/ Pintor Manuel Maldonado s/n.
- Inauguration date: 16 May 1995, with the match Real Madrid-Bayer Leverkusen (1-0).
- First Granada CF match: 22 August 1995. Granada CF-Real Betis (4-1) XXIII Granada Trophy.

Famous players

- Valeriano Ferreira
- Pedro Fernández Cantero
- Víctor Juárez
- Adalberto Martínez
- Eduardo Pascual
- Crispín Maciel
- Gustavo Benítez
- Carlos António Gomes
- Arsenio Iglesias
- César Rodríguez Álvarez
- Ángel Javier Hernández Pindado
- Capi (footballer)

- Pedro Vega Rodríguez
- Francisco Esteban Granado
- Diego Camacho Quesada
- Antonio Notario
- Pahiño
- Juan José Carricondo
- Julio Montero
- Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
- Denís Milar
- Félix José Hernández
- Milos Kostic
: 1941-43
- Jenő Kálmár: 1958-60
- Pedro Pablo Braojos

Club information

- Official Web: www.granadacf.es.
- Global budget: about 1.800.000 €.
- First team budget: about 1.200.000 €.
- Associates number: Not determined.

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