Cádiz CF

Cádiz Club de Fútbol, sometimes abbreviated to Cádiz, is a Spanish football club, currently playing in the 2ªB - Group 4 after being relegated from the Segunda División in 2007-08. They are based in the Andalusian port of Cádiz and play their home games at the Estadio Ramón de Carranza. The most notable player to have played for them is the Salvadoran legend Mágico González. He is definitely recognized as the greatest player to have played for the team.

Recent history

After a long spell in the Segunda División B the club was finally promoted out of the Segunda División B in 2003. After 2 years, the club was spectacularly promoted to La Liga, after taking the championship with a famous last day victory at local rivals Xerez CD. The team was eventually relegated back to the second tier in the 37 and penultimate matchday of 2005-06.

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 the club the title of the best fans to visit the Bernabeu - 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 has 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 have maintained an average attendance of around 17,000 in the 2006-07 season - 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!

Promotions and relegations

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

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• 12 seasons in La Liga
• 35 seasons in Segunda División
• 9 seasons in Segunda División B
• 12 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.cadizcf.com and www.lfp.es

As of 22 June 2008

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

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2003-2004	2D	7	42	17	10	15	52	47	61
2004-2005	2D	1	42	21	13	8	68	30	76	third round	promoted
2005-2006	1D	19	38	8	12	18	36	52	36	quarter-final	relegated
2006-2007	2D	5	42	15	16	11	53	45	61	third round
2007-2008	2D	20	42	12	13	17	46	51	49	third round	Relegated

Stadium Information

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

Famous players

Ariel Zárate Hernán Vigna Matías Pavoni Lucas Lobos Luciano Vella Oscar Limia Negro Cabrera Armando Husillos Indio Vázquez Hugo Vaca Gustavo Acosta Tubo Fernández Mario Véner Pintinho Carlos Jordão Tilico Natael Macedo Osvaldo Hurtado Fernando Carvallo "Mágico" Gónzález José de la Cuesta	Goran Milanko Igor Štimac Zoran Varvodic Ján Pivarník Cherno Samba Sambegou Bangoura József Szendrei Lajos Schróth Haruna Babangida James Obiorah Carlos Acuña Julio César Eulalio Barreto Jorge Dos Santos Maximo Mosquera Kamil Kosowski Duda Mário Silva Bratislav Djordjevic Vujadin Lalovic Mirko Vojinovic	Darko Ljubojevic Nenad Mirosavljević Aleksandar Ilic Dušan Galis Armando Alfonso Cortijo Kiko Migueli Juan José Carmelo Pepe Mejías Oli Pedro Contreras Jonathan Sesma Alejandro Grandi Andrés José Fleurquin Alexander Medina José Zalazar Fabián Estoyanoff Juan Ramón Carrasco Sánchez Pose

see also

Famous coaches

• Domènec Balmanya
• 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,
Andalusia,
Cadiz CF Official Website,
Cadiz CF Official E-mail,
Spain.

Phone numbers

Telephone: 00 34 956-07-01-65
Fax: 00 34 956 07 01 70

References

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial website
• Fansite "PortalCadista.com": News, downloads, forums, chats
• Fansite forum
• Unofficial Swedish fansite