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Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spain football (soccer) club, currently playing in the Segunda División, after being promoted in Segunda División B 2008–09. Based in the Andalusian port of Cádiz, it holds home games at the Estadio Ramón de Carranza.

Salvadoran legend Mágico González, who played for Cádiz during the 80's/90's, is widely recognized as the greatest player to have ever played for the team.

History

Cádiz first reached the La Liga in La Liga 1977-78, after having spent two decades in the Segunda División. Relegated after just one season, it returned in 1980, managing a further 13-year stay.

Often led by the skills of El Salvador Mágico González, Cádiz managed to miraculously maintain its top flight status in La Liga 1990-91, thanks to youth graduate Kiko (footballer) (and 25 minutes of his inspiration against Real Zaragoza), who picked up the offensive burden after González left. During the late 1980's and early 1990's Cádiz became known as "The Yellow Submarine", due to its capacity of "coming afloat" every year at the end of each season and remain in the top division, despite having been "sunk down" during most of the campaign.

However, in just two seasons, Cádiz dropped down two levels. After a long spell in Segunda División B Cádiz was finally promoted in 2003, spectacularly Segunda División 2004-05, after taking the championship with a last-day victory at local rivals Xerez CD.

However, Cádiz was eventually relegated back to the second tier, in the 37th and penultimate matchday of La Liga 2005-06. For the following campaign, former Spain national football team Oliverio Jesús Alvarez González took the reins of the team, being sacked after only a few months.

In June 2008, Cádiz dropped another level, returning to the Second B. However, after just Segunda División B 2008-09, it managed to return to the second division.

Supporters

Cádiz fans are called "cadistas". They are quite famous among the country for being among the friendliest and most jovial, being voted Spain's best fans in a recent survey. At the end of 2006 Real Madrid, awarded Cádiz the title of the best fans to visit the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu - after the large numbers which travelled to support their team earlier in the year.

Despite the population of the city of Cádiz being only 120,000, the stadium sold out every match for four consecutive years. Due to work on the stadium, the Carranza has been limited to a capacity of around 20,000. Cádiz maintained an average attendance of around 17,000 in the Segunda División 2006-07 - spectacular when compared with the more modest league average of around 7,000 in the second division.

Unlike other stadiums, supporters cheer opposition teams and players and sing songs such as, "Alcohol alcohol alcohol, hemos venido a emborracharnos el resultado nos da igual!" translating - "Alcohol alcohol alcohol, we came here to get drunk and the result doesn't matter!"; the tune was started somewhere during 2001-02, with Cádiz in the third division, subsequently expanding all over Europe.

As of 1 July 2009

Transferable

- Juan Manuel Delgado
- David García Haro
- Juan José Bezares Alarcón
- Libero Parri Romero
- Borja Rubiato Martínez

Promotions and relegations

- Promoted to Segunda División in 1935-36.
- Relegated to Tercera División in 1942-43.
- Promoted to Segunda División in 1954-55.
- Promoted to Primera División in 1976-77.
- Relegated to Segunda División in 1977-78.
- Promoted to Primera División in 1980-81.
- Relegated to Segunda División in 1992-93.
- Relegated to Segunda División B in 1993-94.
- Promoted to Segunda División in 2002-03.
- Promoted to Primera División in 2004-05.
- Relegated to Segunda División in 2005-06.
- Relegated to Segunda División B in 2007-08.
- Promoted to Segunda División in 2008-09

Recent seasons

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- 35 seasons in Segunda División
- 10 seasons in Segunda División B
- 11 seasons in Tercera División
- 2 seasons in Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol

Statistics 2007-08

- Top Scorers:
- - Dani - 10 goals
- - Natalio - 6 goals
- - Casas - 5 goals
- Top Goalkeepers:
- - Contreras - 37 goals in 36 matches
- - Limia - 9 goals in 5 matches

Stadium information

- Name: Estadio Ramón de Carranza
- City: Cádiz
- Capacity: 20,000
- Inauguration: 1955
- Pitch size: 106 x 68 m

Famous players

- Hernán Vigna
- Matías Pavoni
- Lucas Armando Lobos
- Luciano Vella
- Oscar Alejandro Limia
- Luis Cabrera
- Armando Husillos
- Indio Vázquez
- Hugo Vaca
- Gustavo Acosta
- Jorge Luis Fernández
- Mario Véner
- Pintinho
- Carlos Alberto Jordão
- Mario De Oliveira Costa
- Natael dos Santos Macedo
- Osvaldo Hurtado
- Fernando Carvallo
- José Julián de la Cuesta
- Goran Milanko
- Igor Štimac

- Ján Pivarník
- Jorge Alberto González Barillas
- Yago Alonso-Fueyo Sako
- Benjamín Zarandona
- Cherno Samba
- Sambegou Bangoura
- József Szendrei
- Lajos Schróth
- Haruna Babangida
- James Obiorah
- Carlos Javier Acuña
- Julio César Franco
- Eulalio Barreto
- Jorge Domingo Dos Santos
- Maximo Mosquera
- Kamil Kosowski
- Duda (Portuguese footballer)
- Mário Silva (footballer)
- Bratislav Djordjevic
- Vujadin Lalovic
- Mirko Vojinovic

- Nenad Mirosavljević
- Aleksandar Ilić (footballer)
- Dušan Galis
- Diego Tristán
- Armando Riveiro
- Alfonso Cortijo
- Kiko (footballer)
- Migueli
- Juan José Jiménez Collar
- Carmelo Navarro Careaga
- José Mejías
- Oliverio Jesús Alvarez González
- Pedro Contreras
- José María Quevedo
- Jonathan Sesma González
- Alejandro Grandi
- Andrés José Fleurquin
- Alexander Medina
- José Zalazar
- Fabián Estoyanoff
- Juan Ramón Carrasco
- Gabriel Sánchez Pose

- David Vidal
- Enrique Mateos
- José González
- Roque Olsen
- Víctor Espárrago
- Dragoslav Milosevic
- Colin Addison

see also

Contact details
Address
- Associates Members: 10,750
- Fan Groups: 27

Pza. de Madrid, s/n.,

Cádiz,

Cádiz (province),

Andalusia,

mailto://general@cadizcf.com Cadiz CF Official E-mail,

Spain.

Phone numbers
Telephone: 00 34 956-07-01-65

Fax: 00 34 956 07 01 70

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