CD Badajoz

Founded after the merger of two clubs, named Racing and Sport, Badajoz became a competitive club in 1931, when Francisco Fernandes Marquesta donated the team their first ground, named El Vivero. Subsequently, playing most of their history between the third and second divisions, the club achieved a consistent stay in the latter level during the 1990s.

Never quite good enough to reach La Liga, 11 seasons in the second division came to an end in 2003, with relegation to Segunda División B, the new third level created in 1977. In 2006, Badajoz was saved from folding by the president of a junior club from the city, AD Cerro de Reyes, who replaced them in the third level, with Badajoz falling to the fourth.

On 1 July 2012 Badajoz was relegated to division four, due to a €70,000 debt contracted with its players during the 2011–12 season.^[1] being later disbanded through a liquidation process.^[2]

After the dissolution, the club was refounded by the supporters with the name of Club Deportivo Badajoz 1905. This re-foundation achieved two consecutive promotions, immediately to Tercera División and, at its third attempt, the club finally came back to Segunda División B on 25 June 2017 by beating CD Calahorra in the last round of the promotion play-offs.^[3] In 2019–20, the team dispatched SD Amorebieta, UD Las Palmas and La Liga club SD Eibar to make the last 16 of the Copa del Rey for only the second time, before losing 3–2 to Granada CF after extra time.^[4]

In 2020–21, the final season of Segunda B, Badajoz topped both of their groups to qualify for the new Primera División RFEF, but lost by one goal to Amorebieta for a place in the second tier in the play-off final.^[5]

CD Badajoz plays at Estadio Nuevo Vivero, which had a capacity of 15,200, expandable to 30,000. The club previously played at Estadio El Vivero in the east of the city, before moving a few kilometres south of the Guadiana in 1998 to the new facilities; the first match at the new grounds took place on 2 December 1998, in a friendly goalless match with neighbours CF Extremadura.^[6]

The stadium hosted two full internationals for the national team. On 8 September 1999 Spain beat Cyprus 8–0 in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier; nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the national side defeated Liechtenstein 4–0 in the qualifying stages of Euro 2008.

• 20 seasons in Segunda División
• 18 seasons in Segunda División B
• 32 seasons in Tercera División (26 as third tier, 6 as fourth tier)

• Promotion to Second Division: 1952–53, 1992–93
• Promotion to Second Division B: 1986–87, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2016–17
• Copa Federación de España (Extremadura tournament): 2015–16, 2016–17

• Badajoz-Cartagena FC (5–1; 28 June 1992)
• Badajoz-UE Figueres (7–1; 14 February 1993)
• CD Leganés-Badajoz (2–6, 31 October 1993)
• Badajoz-Burgos CF (5–1; 21 November 1993)
• FC Barcelona B-Badajoz (1–5; 20 April 1996)
• Badajoz-Elche CF (5–0; 14 September 1997)
• Badajoz-Sevilla FC (2–0; 22 February 1998)
• Córdoba CF-Badajoz (0–4; 22 April 2000)
• Mérida UD-Badajoz (0–5; 13 December 2009)

The following players have either appeared in at least 100 professional games with the club and/or gained international status:

• Carlos Alhinho
• Colin Addison
• Marco Antonio Boronat
• Paco Herrera
• Josu Ortuondo
• Miguel Ángel Lotina
• Antonio Maceda
• Adolfo Muñoz
• Joaquín Peiró
• Manuel Sarabia
• Víctor Torres Mestre
• Patxi Salinas
• Pedro Munitis

The music for the club's anthem was composed by Pablo Romero Aradila, and the lyrics were written by Jesús Delgado Valhondo.