CD Guadalajara (Spain)

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Guadalajara, in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. Founded in 1947 it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Pedro Escartín, with a capacity for 6,000 seats.

Guadalajara

Full name	Club Deportivo Guadalajara, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Guada Dépor Guada Dépor Deportivo Morados (Purples)
Founded	4 January 1947; 78 years ago (1947-01-04)
Ground	Estadio Pedro Escartín
Capacity	6,000
President	Carlos Ávila
Head coach	Pere Martí
League	Primera Federación – Group 1
2024–25	Segunda Federación – Group 5, 1st of 18 (champions)
Website	https://www.cdguadalajara.es/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Club crest used from 2002 to 2021

Club crest used from 2021 to 2025

Guadalajara was founded on 10 January 1947, playing its first match in the amateur league against Real Ávila CF, a 2–1 win. In 1970 its grounds, Pedro Escartín (in honour of a former referee), were inaugurated.

On 18 July 1985, on the day of the club hymn's official presentation, the club first appeared in the Copa del Rey, against Rayo Vallecano. It would spend the first sixty years of its existence in the fourth division and the regional leagues.

Guadalajara first reached the third level at the end of 2006–07, after a 3–2 aggregate win against UD Las Palmas Atlético in the playoffs. After four seasons in the category, the club climbed to division two: after finishing second in the regular season, promotion was achieved after a comeback against CD Mirandés in the playoffs (2–1 away success after a 0–1 home loss).^[1]

Guadalajara players during a Segunda División B match against Real Unión.

On 4 June 2013, shortly before the second division season was over, Guadalajara was dropped back to the third category after a two-year spell even though it eventually finished above the relegation zone, due to alleged financial irregularities.^[2][3]

In April 2025, CD Guadalajara promoted to Primera Federación.^[4]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1947–48 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1949–50 3 3ª 8th 1950–51 3 3ª 2nd 1951–52 3 3ª 12th 1952–53 3 3ª 11th 1953–54 3 3ª 14th 1954–55 3 3ª 10th 1955–56 3 3ª 6th 1956–57 3 3ª 7th 1957–58 3 3ª 9th 1958–59 3 3ª 10th 1959–60 3 3ª 13th 1960–61 3 3ª 13th 1961–62 3 3ª 14th 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1963–64 3 3ª 10th 1964–65 3 3ª 8th 1965–66 DNP 1966–67 DNP

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1967–68 3 3ª 15th 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1973–74 3 3ª 8th First round 1974–75 3 3ª 19th First round 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1976–77 3 3ª 18th First round 1977–78 4 3ª 20th Second round 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 10th 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1980–81 4 3ª 16th 1981–82 4 3ª 20th 1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1983–84 4 3ª 12th 1984–85 4 3ª 6th 1985–86 4 3ª 12th First round 1986–87 4 3ª 20th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1987–88 4 3ª 14th 1988–89 4 3ª 4th 1989–90 4 3ª 6th 1990–91 4 3ª 2nd Second round 1991–92 4 3ª 6th 1992–93 4 3ª 14th First round 1993–94 4 3ª 11th 1994–95 4 3ª 11th 1995–96 4 3ª 9th 1996–97 4 3ª 6th 1997–98 4 3ª 4th 1998–99 4 3ª 2nd 1999–2000 4 3ª 9th 2000–01 4 3ª 5th 2001–02 4 3ª 11th 2002–03 4 3ª 3rd 2003–04 4 3ª 5th 2004–05 4 3ª 8th 2005–06 4 3ª 2nd 2006–07 4 3ª 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2007–08 3 2ª B 8th 2008–09 3 2ª B 9th 2009–10 3 2ª B 3rd 2010–11 3 2ª B 2nd Second round 2011–12 2 2ª 16th Second round 2012–13 2 2ª 18th Second round 2013–14 3 2ª B 5th First round 2014–15 3 2ª B 3rd Second round 2015–16 3 2ª B 17th 2016–17 4 3ª 4th 2017–18 4 3ª 6th 2018–19 4 3ª 15th 2019–20 4 3ª 3rd 2020–21 4 3ª 4th / 1st 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 1st 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 7th Second round 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 10th 2024–25 4 2ª Fed. 1st 2025–26 3 1ª Fed.

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• 2 seasons in Segunda División
• 1 seasons in Primera Federación
• 7 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Segunda Federación
• 51 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

As of 30 July 2024

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 Amador Zarco 2 DF  ESP Jesús Palomeque 3 DF  ESP Alejandro Herranz (on loan from Getafe) 4 DF  ESP Javier Ablanque 5 DF  ESP Dani Gallardo 6 MF  ESP Pablo Rojo 7 MF  ESP Neskes 8 MF  ESP Toño Calvo 9 FW  ESP Eric Iglesias 10 MF  ESP Darío García 11 FW  ESP Unax Álvarez

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Pablo Sanz 14 FW  ESP Manu Márquez (on loan from Real Madrid) 16 DF  ESP Miguel Ángel Cera 17 FW  USA Alex Krehl 18 DF  ESP Julio Martínez 19 FW  ESP Alejandro Cañizo 20 MF  ESP Borja Díaz 21 MF  ESP Manu Ramírez 22 FW  ESP David Amigo 23 DF  ESP Jorge Casado

Out on loan

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  URU Mateo Caprile (at Marchamalo until 30 June 2025)

See also

• CD Guadalajara B, reserve team